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Eel Pie Island -  the private island on the Thames at Twickenham has announced the Artisits Open Studio weekend this December 2nd, 3rd & 4th. In addition to mixed dwellings and a nature reserve, the island is home to 22 artists' studios all situated in and around a working boatyard. 

The island is home to a mixed and creative group of just over 100 people. Some are retirees who live in the cottages near the water.

Twice a year the island opens up to the public and the studios open their doors to interested visitors providing a unique opportunity to see inside a real working artist’s studio, talk to the artists and purchase or commission new art works.
Indeed, the most eccentric part of the island is the artist’s community – an organised chaos of colourful painted shacks, sheds and old boats where the artists  live and work.