<div id="LayerE20" style="visibility: visible; overflow: visible; width:650px; left:8px; top:8px; position:absolute; z-index:10; "> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript"> <!-- function ShowImage (image,imwid,imhgt) { var imgURL = "http://www.online-trossachs.co.uk/EZ/ot/ot/"; imwid = imwid+20; imhgt = imhgt+30; var thisimg = imgURL+image; var params = "width="+imwid+",height="+imhgt+",left=-100,screenX=100,top=100,screenY=100"; var w=window.open(thisimg,null,params); } //--> </script> <div id="mpage1" class="Black_Text" style="position:relative; overflow:hidden; height:1775px; border:none; left:0px; top:0px;"> <div id="map" style="z-index:10; position:absolute; border:none; left:19px; top:1447px; border:none; width: 612px; height: 308px"></div> <div id="mpageimg1" class="Black_Text_Bold" style="z-index:10; position:absolute; border:none; left:14px; top:44px;"> <img width="300" height="225" align="center" alt="Woodland Charm Bracelet. Ardell Morton created each of the individual charms on this unique bracelet with green, clear, smoky and lustre Swarovski crystals, pearls, green glass beads and Peridot green and light green cats-eye beads, to compliment the handmade lamp work glass feature beads. The bracelet is made on a silver chain with a silver clasp." title="Woodland Charm Bracelet. Ardell Morton created each of the individual charms on this unique bracelet with green, clear, smoky and lustre Swarovski crystals, pearls, green glass beads and Peridot green and light green cats-eye beads, to compliment the handmade lamp work glass feature beads. The bracelet is made on a silver chain with a silver clasp." src="../ot/memberimages/bracelet_leaf_800.jpg" ondblclick ="ShowImage('memberimages/bracelet_leaf_800.jpg',800,600)" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='pointer'" > </div> <div id="mpageiname1" class="White_SubHead" style="text-align:center; z-index:12; position:absolute; border:none; left:19px; top:278px; width:290px; height:152px; overflow:hidden;"> Charm Bracelet by Ardell Morton </div> <div id="mpageimg2" class="Black_Text_Bold" style="z-index:10; position:absolute; border:none; left:24px; top:993px;"> <img width="281" height="225" align="center" alt="'The Braes of Balquhidder' Oil painting by artist Ardell Morton whose studio is near Balquhidder kirk. The kirk, the old kirk and the kirk yard (resting place of Rob Roy MacGregor) are situated at the foot of Kirkton Glen and below the Kirkton Falls. They are depicted beyond green gently sloping fields in the near mid-ground of the painting. Byond , sunlight plays on The Braes of Balquhidder, viewed across Loch Voile, in which blue skies are reflected." title="'The Braes of Balquhidder' Oil painting by artist Ardell Morton whose studio is near Balquhidder kirk. The kirk, the old kirk and the kirk yard (resting place of Rob Roy MacGregor) are situated at the foot of Kirkton Glen and below the Kirkton Falls. They are depicted beyond green gently sloping fields in the near mid-ground of the painting. Byond , sunlight plays on The Braes of Balquhidder, viewed across Loch Voile, in which blue skies are reflected." src="../ot/memberimages/Braes_of_Balquhidder.jpg" ondblclick ="ShowImage('memberimages/Braes_of_Balquhidder.jpg',1000,800)" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='pointer'" > </div> <div id="mpageiname2" class="White_SubHead" style="text-align:center; z-index:12; position:absolute; border:none; left:19px; top:1228px; width:290px; height:152px; overflow:hidden;"> The Braes of Balquhidder </div> <div id="mpageimg3" class="Black_Text_Bold" style="z-index:10; position:absolute; border:none; left:332px; top:993px;"> <img width="300" height="224" align="center" alt="Three rich, deep garnet red leaves are pendant from this unique Gold Coat Pin brooch, created by Ardell Morton. The gold pin is made from a single, square section heavy gold wire; the leaf charms are suspended from loops which are formed as an integral part of the pin design. Perfect to wear on a coat or sweater" title="Three rich, deep garnet red leaves are pendant from this unique Gold Coat Pin brooch, created by Ardell Morton. The gold pin is made from a single, square section heavy gold wire; the leaf charms are suspended from loops which are formed as an integral part of the pin design. Perfect to wear on a coat or sweater" src="../ot/memberimages/pin_leaf_800.jpg" ondblclick ="ShowImage('memberimages/pin_leaf_800.jpg',800,598)" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='pointer'" > </div> <div id="mpageiname3" class="White_SubHead" style="text-align:center; z-index:12; position:absolute; border:none; left:336px; top:1228px; width:290px; height:152px; overflow:hidden;"> Gold and Leaf Coat Pin Brooch </div> <div id="mpage2" class="Black_Text" style="z-index:0; position:absolute; border:none; left:0px; top:0px;"> <img border="0" src="images/mpageback7.gif"> </div> <div id="mpage4address" class="Black_Text_Bold" style="z-index:12; position:absolute; border:none; left:337px; top:48px; width:293px; height:78px; overflow:auto;"> Ardell Morton<br><div><span class="Black_Text">The Kennels, Balquhidder<br /> by Lochearnhead</span></div><br>FK19 8BP </div> <div id="mpagesod" class="Black_Text" style="z-index:12; position:absolute; border:none; left:337px; top:185px; width:293px; height:58px; overflow:auto;"> We have no current Special Offer </div> <div id="mpagesostart" class="White_Text" style="z-index:12; position:absolute; border:none; left:396px; top:163px; width:75px; height:20px; overflow:hidden;"> N/A </div> <div id="mpagesoend" class="White_Text" style="z-index:12; position:absolute; border:none; left:515px; top:163px; width:75px; height:20px; overflow:hidden;"> N/A </div> <div id="mpagefacilities" class="Black_Text_Bold_Small" style="z-index:10; position:absolute; border:none; width:600px; height:88px; left:25px; top:358px; overflow:auto;"> <div id="fac_col0" class="Black_Text_Bold_Small" style="position:absolute; border:none; width:195px; height:14px; overflow:hidden; left:0; top:0;">Gifts for sale</div><div id="fac_col1" class="Black_Text_Bold_Small" style="position:absolute; border:none; width:195px; height:14px; overflow:hidden; left:193; top:0;">Limited parking</div><div id="fac_col2" class="Black_Text_Bold_Small" style="position:absolute; border:none; width:195px; height:14px; overflow:hidden; left:386; top:0;">Birdwatching</div><div id="fac_col3" class="Black_Text_Bold_Small" style="position:absolute; border:none; width:195px; height:14px; overflow:hidden; left:0; top:14;">Walking</div> </div> <div id="mpage5" class="Black_Text" style="z-index:10; position:absolute; border:none; width:600px; height:46px; left:25px; top:494px; overflow:auto;"> <div><span class="Black_Text">The studio is unable to accommodate large groups. Parking space is limited at <span class="Black_Text">Ardell`s Workshop</span>.</span></div> </div> <div id="mpage5" class="Black_Text" style="z-index:10; position:absolute; border:none; width:600px; height:46px; left:25px; top:592px; overflow:auto;"> <div><span class="Black_Text">Ardell`s Workshop is open by appointment:<br /> Please phone Ardell Morton on Tel. 0845 0945 119, write or send an e-mail to arrange a visit.</span> </div> </div> <div id="mpage4" class="Black_Text" style="z-index:12; position:absolute; border:none; left:25px; top:693px; width:600px; height:270px; overflow:auto;"> <div> <div><span class="Black_Text">Artist Ardell Morton designs and creates unique gold and silver jewellery, using gemstones, antique ethnic beads and lampwork glass beads in her workshop studio by the Falls in Kirkton Glen, near the Kirk in Balquhidder. Ardell has over thirty years` experience as a stained glass artist. The Ardell Morton studio and workshop is open to visitors by appointment; additionally there are special Open Days, which are advertised locally. </span></div> <div><span class="Black_Text"> </span></div> <div><span class="Black_Text">Ardell specializes in traditional oil paintings of the landscapes, castles and wildlife of the Highlands and the Hebrides Islands, where she has travelled extensively. Ardell accepts two or three commissions each year and also sells original paintings and prints of her art work. Ardell has held exhibitions in the China, Spain and the USA and her paintings have been commissioned by private individuals, corporate and public clients.</span></div> <div><span class="Black_Text"> </span></div> <div><span class="Black_Text">The location of Ardell`s studio itself, and her home with views towards <span class="Black_Text_Bold">Glen Buckie</span>, a is inspirational for any artist. The scenery of the glen, the Braes of Balquhidder and Loch Voil and Loch Doine are spectacular and their history little less so. </span></div> <div><span class="Black_Text"> </span></div> <div><span class="Black_Text">Kirkton is a very special place and people have always known this. </span><span class="Black_Text"><span class="DarkBlue_Head"><span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text">On level ground below the manse at Kirkton are the <span class="Black_Text">remains of a stone circle, at Broomfield is a standing stone called the Puidreag, nearby is another stone called the Basan An Saguirt: the stones and the circle were known as "worshipping stones". </span></span><span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text">In the 8th century, the glen found Christianity in the shape of St. Angus. For many years St. Angus preached to the congregation from atop a small hillock close to the site of the present day church, which he recognised to be a 'Thin Place' where Earth and Heaven are not far apart. </span> </span> <div><span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text"> </span> </span></div> <div><span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text">The clans MacLaren and MacGregor are associated with the glen - until the mid fifteenth century the MacLarens were dominant . The story of <span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text">Donald MacLaren of Inverenty, who <span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text">fought with his men at Prestonpans, Falkirk, and Culloden and was later condemned to be executed in Carlisle but escaped on the journey south is recorded in `<span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text">RED GAUNTLET` by Sir Walter Scott.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div><span class="Black_Text"><span class="DarkBlue_Head"><span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text"><span class="DarkBlue_Head"><span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Black_Text"> </span></div> <div><span class="Black_Text"><span class="DarkBlue_Head"><span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text"><span class="DarkBlue_Head"><span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text">In the early seventeenth century the famous, (or infamous) Rob Roy MacGregor lived in the glen and he lies buried in the churchyard. Little more than thirty years after Rob Roy`s death, f<span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text">ollowing his induction to Balquhidder church in 1669, t<span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text">he Reverend Robert Kirk </span></span></span>set about translating into Gaelic the first hundred Psalms and then going on to translate the Bible. However he is probably better remembered for writing `<span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text"><span class="Black_Text">The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns And Fairies` which is still regarded today as one of the definitive works on the subject of these inhabitants of the Unseen World. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="mpage6" class="White_SubHead" style="z-index:10; position:absolute; border:none; left:410px; top:4px;"> 0845 0945 119 </div> <div id="mpage7" class="White_Text_Bold" style="z-index:10; position:absolute; border:none; left:540px; top:5px;"> <a target="MainPanel" href="page182.php?member=61&PHPSESSID=krb9kl36g41pohqaahsicldfa1&subject=Enquiry"> <img border="0" alt="Click to send email" title="Click to send email" src="images/sendemail.gif"> </a> </div> <div id="mpage8" class="White_Title" style="z-index:10; position:absolute; border:none; left:16px; top:3px;"> Ardell`s Workshop </div> </div> </div>
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