Pebble, pebble, pebble. That's treble pebble!

Hut 136 West Beach Herne Bay CT6 8RN

23rd-28th May 11-4pm daily

​Resident marvel Karen Simpson is at it again! Simple, creative fun for anyone and everyone - read on...

Please come along and Decorate a 'Pebble' for Karen's Community Art Installation "The People's Beach" which will be going on display at Reculver Visitor Centre in August.

​People will be invited to paint or draw on a Plaster of Paris "Pebble" on the theme "what the coast means to me".

All the Pebbles will form an Art Installation at Reculver Visitor Centre (Reculver Lane Herne Bay CT6 6SS) in August 2013 and Beach Creative (Beach Street Herne Bay CT6 5PT) in October 2013.

To find out more about Karen and marvellous works, visit: www.shoreisaloadofrubbish.com

Easter Colouring Competition

The shops are full of bunny-shaped Maltesers, so it must be Easter soon. To prove it, the splendid Karen Simpson has invented a colouring competition for anyone aged 11 or under. I'm gutted to find I'm just a couple of months too old, but never mind.

You can download your colouring in sheet here, or you can pick up a copy from any of these fine people:

• Beach Creative - Beach Street Herne Bay CT6 5PT
• Council Offices - William Street Herne Bay CT6 5NX
• Herne Bay Library - 124 High Street Herne Bay CT6 5JY
• Herne Bay Museum - 8 William Street, Herne Bay, CT6 5EJ
• Kids Korner toy shop - 98 Mortimer St, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 5EB

Entry forms are to be returned by Saturday 23rd March 2013 to: Beach Creative, Beach Street, Herne Bay CT6 5PT.

There will be three prizes of £10, £7 and £5 vouchers in each age group 6 and under and 7-11. Prizes will be awarded at 9.50am on Friday 29th March at CO-OP 160 Mortimer St Herne Bay CT6 5DU.

This bundle of fun is being sponsored by Herne Bay Community Groups Project Ltd and supported by Beach Creative.

You can find out more about Karen on her website www.shoreisaloadofrubbish.com

​Click the picture to download your copy

Half-term FUN for FREE!

FREE Half–Term Craft Workshop for families on Thursday 21st February 2-3.30pm at:
Beach House, Beach Street, Herne Bay CT6 5PT
www.beachcreativecic.co.uk

Come and create a Collage to go on display at Beach Creative and help make items for an Art Installation at the CO-OP High Street Herne Bay as part of FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT.

For more details visit Karen's website: www.shoreisaloadofrubbish.com

To book a place please contact
Karen Simpson
07525 832 875
karentribe@hotmail.com

Turtleastic - find out what it means to you

Local treasure Karen Simpson has a new exhibition at the Reculver Visitor Centre. Turtleastic looks at the effects of pollution (in this case plastics) on our natural environment.

Ocean litter is increasingly responsible for turtle deaths, autopsies have found alarming amounts of plastic debris in their stomachs especially floating plastic carrier bags which they mistake for their main source of food - jellyfish. These then fill up their stomachs meaning that they often die from malnutrition and starvation as they are unable to take in proper nutritional food. They often also ingest other types of plastic and get tangled up in netting and other floating plastic debris which can result in drowning.

As usual, Karen's work is quirky, eye-catching and thought-provoking... a great combination. You can see more of her work on her website: Shore Is A Load Of Rubbish.

Turtleastic is on at the Reculver Visitor Centre (by Reculver Towers) from 29th July - 30th August, every day except Tuesday and Wednesday, between 11am and 5pm.

Message in a Bottle at Reculver

Local litter action group 'Shore' is a load of Rubbish! is still going strong, and their project for 2011 is Message in a Bottle.

With the help of two local schools (Westmeads Whitstable and St Stephens Canterbury) they are constructing a full-sized beach hut from recycled materials, including 2 litre plastic bottles filled with beachcombed litter and facts about marine litter. Message in a Bottle is now on at:

Reculver Visitor Centre open Thursday-Monday 11am-5pm till 29th August, on display are:

• a Bottle Beach Hut, made of 2 litre bottles filled with beach litter,
• a bottle top deckchair made up of 560 bottle tops threaded onto 40 metres of cord, and
• a Mermaid made from crisp packets, balloon litter and recycled items!
• More details below.

Click it to big it.

‘Message in a Bottle’ Dates 2011

Herne Bay Band Stand/Sea Front
August, location TBC

Reculver Visitor Centre
1st-29th August
11-5 Thursday-Monday

Horsebridge Centre Whitstable
8th-18th September
9-6 Monday-Saturday 10-6 Sunday

For more information, and great pictures of work in progress and previous exhibits, visit

shoreisaloadofrubbish.blogspot.com

Hampton beach clean

HB Times 14th Oct 2010