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St. Mary’s church West Horsley is an iconic part of our local landscape and it’s likely that you have been inside, either as a curious visitor or as a regular member of a thriving congregation. Even so it is well worth making a visit to take a closer look at The de Berners’ Window. TASHL is proud to have contributed a small amount towards the window restoration and ongoing protection. This stained-glass is a small but perfectly formed portrait of Sir James de Berner which

TASHL is proud to support young artist Amy Mears with her solo exhibition. Our donation funded her Private View on April 23rd which was well attended and created a buzz at the Lightbox in Woking. Amy is an artist who is 24 years old and lives in Guildford. She loves bold vibrant colour and is fascinated by nature and is also inspired by travels with her family. Living with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and autism means seeing and experiencing the world in her own particular way

Its name derives from the verb motaty—to wind, to wrap—and already one senses the rhythm of hands at work, circling fabric into form. No needle pierces, no scissors sever; for destiny, it was believed, must not be cut. Instead, strips of cloth—often taken from the garments of loved ones—are twisted and tied into the semblance of a human figure, most often a woman or a child. Thus the doll becomes a vessel of continuity, its very body composed of the lives it seeks to protect.