Artists' Gallery
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Yasemin Adam
Contemporary Landscape Artist The landscapes appear, at first, to be calm and meditative in both content and colour, with soft, uncomplicated shapes merging into one another. Yet, on closer inspection, many layers are seen - usually scratched, abraded and scraped - revealing snippets of what lies beneath. The unpredictability is both exciting and symbolic of weathering, endurance and resilience. Though inspiration comes initially from contemplative wanderings (inside and out) there isn't a composition in mind when a piece is started. It slowly develops in the painting process - mostly imagined, or perhaps ‘remembered’. Each one represents a place where inner and outer landscapes meet and act as an invitation to pause and reflect. Sustainability is also important here, so the canvases are made from abandoned, discarded or donated wood already in existence. The substrates are transformed with natural mediums like chalk paint, pigments and charcoal. Telephone: 07383 566952 Email: [email protected] Website: www.yaseminadam.com Facebook: Yas Adam Art Instagram: @yasadamart Studio No 18 |
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Catherine Agates
Hand Knitted Items I enjoy knitting in a variety of yarns and patterns. If repeating a pattern, I will often make adjustments, making each item unique. This year I have branched into a few crocheted items. Telephone: 01892 665021 Email: [email protected] Studio No 2 |
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Maggie Austin
Textile, Hand & Machine Embroidery I love working with texture and colour. I use my own designs to create pictures that include painting, dyed and painted fabric and threads to create the effects. I combine traditional hand embroidery with machine embroidery and use a variety of techniques to enhance the work. I am happy to take commissions for my work. Telephone: 07971 460121 Email: [email protected] Studio No 1 |
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Nicola Bagge
Pottery My pottery is hand-built, and themes are taken from nature with the odd quirk thrown in. I decorate using the sgraffito technique, although recently I have been exploring classic blue and white decoration, which involves painting on the clay with cobalt oxide. Telephone: 07948 302223 Email: [email protected] Instagram: nickybaggeceramics Studio No 9 |
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Brett Banks
Mixed Media Sculptor/Workshop Facilitator I have facilitated numerous stone carving workshops, in London, Brighton and Sussex. I work mostly in stone and wood, taught by way of adult education for wood carving and by workshops with Zimbabwean stone carvers, for stone. Although I like getting my hands dirty, I use other materials such as Bronze and Jesmonite when casting. I've recently completed a residential marble carving course in Pietrasanta, Italy. Along with Claude Lester, I will be holding a stone carving workshop at Black Shed Studios. Telephone: 07956 977041 Email: [email protected] Instagram: brettgbanks Studio No 10 |
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Yvie Barraclough
Landscape & Still Life I focus on still-life and landscapes, mostly inspired by photos I have taken on my travels and walks. I particularly enjoy painting interesting skies and moody clouds, but also like to experiment with different styles and more impressionistic and abstract work. Telephone: 07788 107061 Email: [email protected] Studio No 14 |
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Yolande Beer
Decorative Ceramics My pots are usually brightly coloured; they are adorned with brush decoration, lively patterns and figures. I also make large figurative coil pots. Telephone: 07922 783564 Email: [email protected] Website: yolandebeer.co.uk Instagram: Yolande_Beer_Ceramics Facebook: Yolande Beer Studio No 3 |
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Black Shed Artists' Group
Landscape & Still Life Paintings Group of local artists working mainly in acrylic paint on a range of subjects including local landscapes, still life and abstracts. Telephone: 07710 128015 Email: [email protected] Studio No 10 |
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Mary Bradley
Paintings/Cards My paintings are in watercolour, pastel, acrylic, oils and encaustic wax. I take commissions in pet portraits. I will be demonstrating painting with beeswax using heated instruments. I make greetings cards, some using original paintings. Telephone: 01892 653556 Email: [email protected] Website: Marybradleyart/weebly Studio No 5 |
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Adriana Cann
Drawing & Painting I work in acrylic, pencil and pastel on a varied subject range, though portrait and thematic landscape imagery. Influenced particularly in the medieval and ancient Egyptian genres, my work crosses the broad spectrum of these eras. Portrait in Pencil is a collection of some well-known faces of contemporary and past popular culture. Telephone: 07794 762881 Email: [email protected] Studio No 2 |
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Clare Filskow
Linocut Prints Having lived in the Ashdown Forest for over 20 years, I discovered printmaking, and make full use of my beautiful surroundings to inspire my mostly landscape work. I use my own photography as a base for my pieces, to evoke the feelings of those spaces. Telephone: 07792 334891 Email: [email protected] Instagram: Clare1printart Studio No 6 |
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Philippa Frewin
Acrylic, Watercolour, Pen & Ink I enjoy the immediacy of pen and ink and watercolour when on location, to capture my surroundings, whether it is a bustling cafe scene with colourful parasols or a tranquil landscape. I also relish the boldness of acrylics, to build up light and shade, often painted at home with reference to my photos, sketches and colour notes. I love using colour to represent the distinctive palettes of different seasons, locations and countries. My work evokes memories of the colours, sounds and scents of a place to me, long after I return home. I have completed an art foundation course and graphic design degree, specialising in illustration. I worked as a graphic designer, including working for a book publisher in Oxford. I have sold many pieces of my own work and enjoy undertaking private commissions. Telephone: 07855 096952 Email: [email protected] Studio No 4 |
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Chris Fry
Textured/Abstract/Acrylic/ Painting With a lifelong passion for creativity, my professional journey began in animation, media, and music composition, before I became a teacher working with young people with special educational needs. After a period away from art, I rediscovered my creative spirit through painting; swapping digital tools for acrylic paints, different materials for texture, brushes, acrylic inks and spray paints. As a self-taught artist, I now specialise in abstract art, exploring the beauty of texture, colour, and form on canvas. My work is a reflection of my evolving artistic journey and my love for the tactile, expressive, nature of texture and painting. Telephone: 07921 509005 Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisfryart/ Studio No 3 |
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Bill Gowans (Ashdown Pottery)
Pottery Anthea and Bill make colourful stoneware pottery inspired by classical forms for home and garden. Telephone: 07732 349796 Email: [email protected] Instagram: @ashdownpottery Website: https://www.ashdownpottery.co.uk/ Studio No 11 |
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Jennifer Grant
Textiles/Mixed Media My work is based on colour, texture and a love of everything. So my artwork involves painting, printing, ripping, tearing, hand and machine embroidery and myriad embellishments! Telephone: 07702 112203 Email: [email protected] Website: www.noholdsbarredtextiles.co.uk Instagram: NoHoldsBarredTextiles Studio No 10 |
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Wes Groves
Raku Ceramic Artist I have been developing my Raku ceramic creations over the past few years; these range from thrown pots to different types of birds. I have been developing Raku Puffins, Owls and am now working on a range of Penguins. I use many alternative Raku techniques and am always experimenting to see what different effects I can create. I love the Great Pottery Throw Down and Raku week. So, imagine after making something, I go out into my garden, place it in my oil drum kiln, fire it to 1000 C, opening the kiln whilst it’s still very hot, lift the item out using very thick gloves and long handle tongs and put it into a dustbin filled with sawdust, producing lots of dancing flames or plunging in a thin bread mix liquid with the smells of baking bread then plunge into water to stop it cooking. It’s Fun time again! Telephone: 07885 297640 Email: [email protected] Instagram: raku_wes Studio No 1 |
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Mary Hazel Harris
Watercolour, Pen Drawing, Printmaking Inspiration comes from living in Sussex, which has many rich resources of natural Wealden landscapes and varieties of ancient trees. Depicting colour, shape and light with different media, if possible ‘en plein air’. Telephone: 07803 254645 Email: [email protected] Instagram: maryhazelharrisprintmaker Studio No 1 |
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Gill Harvey
Ceramics The muted colours and earthy tones of the geology of Sussex form the starting point for my ceramics. All pieces are thrown on the wheel, and range from tiny salt bowls to mugs, vases and statement fruit bowls. Working in stoneware and porcelain, I make everything to be handled and used, but I also hope to evoke something of our natural surroundings. Telephone: 07946 531786 Email: [email protected] Instagram: @chalkandflintceramics Studio No 10 |
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Catherine Hawley
Contemporary Oil/Mixed Media Drawn to the natural world, I paint mainly in oils in a loose and impressionistic style. My work is a reflection of my fascination with the interplay of light and shadow. From the delicate beauty of a flower in bloom, to the raw power of a stormy sky, I find inspiration in the rhythms of nature. Telephone: 07802 902441 Email: [email protected] Studio No 12 |
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Jacqueline Horwood
Acrylic Paintings I take photographs of subjects that inspire me and, working in Acrylic, I use the photos as a guide to painting my version of it. With abstract painting, I am free to select a colour theme and design and see where it takes me. Telephone: 01435 872166 Email: [email protected] Studio No 12 |
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Sandy Infield
Oil, Watercolours, Batik Prints & Paintings I trained at the Slade in London, learning traditional painting and printmaking skills. I will be exhibiting original work: watercolour techniques overlaid with block printing, oil paintings and Batik on cotton. I live in Sussex but in the past, I have lived in Asia and Africa. I feel that a place has its own rhythm, almost its own pattern which makes each landscape unique. My work this year will be inspired by Sussex landscapes and contemporary pattern. Telephone: 07594 920763 Email: [email protected] Website: sandyinfield.com Facebook: black shed studios Instagram: sandy infield studios Studio No 10 |
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Jan Kemsley
Watercolour/Acrylic Ink Artwork I work mainly in watercolour and acrylic ink, getting inspiration from the colours and textures of the natural world. I allow my imagination to be led by the patterns created by the paint. Telephone: 01825 713477/07799 630783 Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/jan.kemsley.98 Instagram: jankemsleyart Studio No 9 |
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Louise Kentish
Oil Painter I live on Ashdown Forest which is a constant source of inspiration for my work, absorbing the changing outlook and weather on my daily walks. I enjoy painting landscapes but occasionally deviate to other subjects and mediums for experimentation, as I like to grow as an artist. Telephone: 07799 796421 Email: [email protected] Studio No 9 |
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Meike Knappert
Silk Painting, Interiors, Gifts I’m drawn to the patterns within things, the spaces between, camouflage, shadows, shades of colour. These things speak to me, grow, evolve till they are but a reflection of my thoughts and feelings. I create original art, interior pieces and gifts. Telephone: 07971 089303 Email: [email protected] Studio No 7 |
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Claude A Lester
Multi Media Sculptor & Wildlife Photographer Having dabbled in photography as a child, I returned to it at the beginning of the digital age with a bridge camera. After the initial frustration of many empty sky shots, I persevered to finally got a photo of a beautiful eagle swooping down towards me. A photographic safari in Kenya, a wildebeest migration later and I was hooked. Since then I have travelled extensively to the Arctic, Alaska, Madagascar and South America. I completely fell in love with the feeling of getting close & experiencing the animal’s own environment. I started my sculpture journey in wood. My first wood carving was based on two trees that had grown together in the forest. I am now used mixed materials including metal in my work. Along with Brett Banks, I will be holding a Stone Carving Workshop at Black Shed Studios. Telephone: 07957 469001 Email: [email protected] Website: http://thebear-house.co.uk/ Instagram: Thebearhouse_btn Studio No 10 |
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Valerie Letley
Fused Glass I like to keep my options open when it comes to glass design. I see something and wonder how I can transform it into fused glass. Inspiration includes nature, childhood games and abstract art, from which I create practical items for the home as well as decorative art and jewellery. There is always a sense of excitement on opening the kiln and seeing the magical transformation that has taken place during firing. Glass comes into its own when interacting with light, be it sunlight or candlelight, reflected or transmitted. Like us, fused glass is multi-faceted, having the ability to be both deeply complex and wonderfully straight-forward. It is a truly beautiful medium that has the power to bring joy and lift spirits. Telephone: 07740 256272 Email: [email protected] Website: www.glassophony.com Facebook: Glassophony - Fused Glass Art by Valerie Letley Studio No 10 |
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Jayne Luscombe
Enamelled Precious Metal Jewellery I create unique pieces using silver, enamel, a touch of gold and the occasional gemstone. I love to experiment with textures and finishes, resulting in a very wearable range of jewellery with abstract patterns and colours. My favourite finishes are those that bring out the best of the pieces. For example, a heavily oxidised finish makes gold accents pop, whereas a brushed, soft sheen adds a contemporary feel that highlights a texture or shape. I work from my home studio in the heart of East Sussex where I've been making jewellery for over fifteen years. My inspiration comes from the colours and textures of the skies, downlands and waters along the South Coast and the South Downs National Park. I enjoy the challenge of developing new skills and am currently practicing engraving techniques to add different types of texture. However, the joy of colour brought by enamels and gemstones is never far from my practice. Telephone: 07968 749943 Email: [email protected] Website: www.jayneluscombejewellery.co.uk Instagram: @jayne_Luscombe Studio No 3 |
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Johnny Marsh
Book Works & Prints I have been exploring folding book formats for sequences of images, telling stories about living and working in the Weald. Telephone: 07942 751680 Email: [email protected] Instagram: Johnny.marsh.5682 Studio No 13 |
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Caroline Martin
Acrylics, Prints, Gifts I create original, multi-layers contemporary abstract paintings at my home studio in East Sussex, working on canvasses and wood panels. I am hugely inspired by water and the sky and love blending creative mark making with a variety of mediums including watercolour ink, spray paint, acrylic and copper leaf, to crate colours and forms that our completely unique. Music and colour play a major part in my process, dictating the energy flow of each piece. My artwork is expressive but calm, with each painting developing organically to create a one-off piece of art. Telephone: 07970 763159 Email: [email protected] Instagram: @carolinemartinart Website: www.carolinemartinart.co.uk Studio No 3 |
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Mayfield Wednesday Art
Still Life, Landscapes, Portraits, Abstract We are a group of 5 enthusiastic, amateur artists who have been painting together every wednesday afternoon for many years. Aiming to constantly develop our skills, we work with a wide range of subject matter, from life and photographs, exploring and experimenting with oils, pastels, acrylic, cold wax medium, charcoal, watercolour and collage. We look forward to welcoming you to our Scout Hut, where we will be also serving tea/coffee and cake. (Proceeds of which will be donated to our Scout Group). Telephone: 07802 796507 Email: [email protected] Studio No 17 |
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Mindful Art Workshop
Book-Making, Collage, Mini Art We have been following an on-line course in "mini art" for the last three years and have been expanding our use of this work to make "big art". We use mixed media: watercolours, inks, crayons and acrylics and have learned different painting and paper-cutting techniques. Our subjects tend to be from the natural world but we also enjoy the abstract. We construct collages and experiment making different kinds of books, such as concertina, coptic, shutter books and eco-books. Telephone: 01892 661133 Email: [email protected] Studio No 8 |
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Claire Montagu
Portraits, Landscapes, Abstracts My work is mainly portraiture, commissioned in chalk pastel. My aim is to really capture the individual's personality, whether human or animal. Other paintings include a variety of subjects, usually taken from life or sourced from my own photos. I take inspiration from my travels abroad and in the UK. I work with chalk or oil pastel, acrylics, oils, watercolour and gouache. My knowledge and techniques are expanding all the time - in recent months I have been experimenting with oil paint and abstracts, and I enjoy the challenges that this brings. Telephone: 01435 872648/07753 376393 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cbm-art.co.uk Studio No 12 |
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Barbara Murray
Paintings in Oil, Mixed Media & Watercolour My ideal is to be inspired by a particular shape or play of light in the natural world, sketch it, take photos and work from the initial impressions in the studio to create a landscape or seascape. Traditionally an oil painter, I have recently been more experimental with other media including use of collage, charcoal and watercolour. I have also been finding my garden an inspiration with trees, flowers and objects opening up a whole new area of artistic interest. Telephone: 07921636385 Email: [email protected] Instagram: barbswordfish1 Studio No 15 |
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Laura Nicholson
Jewellery I am a jewellery designer specialising in aluminium, creating pieces influenced by mid-century design and modern sculpture. Using traditional techniques, I shape aluminium sheet into elegant forms, incorporating materials such as drinks cans, coloured perspex, wood and brass to craft unique earrings that are finished with sterling silver hooks. Recently, I've been exploring pendant necklaces, a process I find deeply satisfying, from sourcing beads - often reclaimed from vintage jewellery - to carefully stringing and finishing each piece. Every necklace is a one of a kind composition combining contemporary aesthetics with bold, sculptural elements Telephone: 07930 336766 Email: [email protected] Instagram: @lauranicholson Studio No 18 |
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Rapkyns Nursery
Inspired By The Outdoors! This unusual venue will host an eclectic mix of artists with a theme of plants, gardens and the outdoors, There will be a range of works including textiles, paintings and much more. The art works will be displayed throughout the nursery, with the plants providing a perfect backdrop. Visitors are encouraged to take some time out in one of the many seating areas at the nursery and refreshments will be on offer too. Rapkyns Nursery is totally unique and rather quirky and we like to think of it as being inspirational and full of ideas! The whole nursery is a show garden, often referred to as a "garden in pots” where every plant is for sale and nowhere is off limits - you can even view the propagation and potting areas. Visitors are encouraged to wander up and down the paths, admiring the plant combinations and enjoy the vistas while being inspired by a special nursery. Telephone: 07718 972819 Email: [email protected] Studio No 19 |
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Susie Rotberg
Oil & Acrylic Painting After leaving Art College with a Fine Art degree, I worked in Graphic design, Interior design and also spent time as a cartoonist and muralist. In recent years I have returned to painting. My studio is surrounded by woodland on Ashdown Forest where nature has become my inspiration. The natural world has all the best designs and I love to capture the shift in light and colour with the changing seasons, while reflecting the natural energy of the subject. I allow the medium and my imagination to lead the way. Telephone: 07855 052932 Email: [email protected] Instagram: @susie_rotberg Facebook: susie rotberg Studio No 1 |
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Emelye Snowdon
Hand Cut Lino Prints I am a Sussex based artist, originally from Crowborough, finding inspiration in the natural world. I enjoy trying to recreate what I see using lino cut printing and drawing and painting. I am very happy to be included in Open Studios again this year. Telephone: 01435 864788 Email: [email protected] Studio No 1 |
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Anthea Stewart (Ashdown Pottery)
Pottery Anthea and Bill make colourful stoneware pottery inspired by classical forms for home and garden. Telephone: 07732 349796 Email: [email protected] Instagram: @ashdownpottery Website: https://www.ashdownpottery.co.uk/ Studio No 11 |
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Daphne Strachan
Soft Furnishings/Textile Pictures All my creations are inspired by colours, textures, shapes and fabrics. Telephone: 07713 636959 Email: [email protected] Instagram: #daphnestrachan Studio No 9 |
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Zoe Stuttard
Stained Glass I am a stained glass artist and have a studio in Jarvis Brook where I make commissions and teach workshops. I love working with glass, and watching how the colours of each piece reflect and bounce around the room when the light shines on them. I love to make stained glass sun catchers using the copper foil technique, but also like to use the traditional method using lead, and making panels for stained glass windows. I love to experiment and make 3D pieces such as boxes, lanterns and orchids and other flowers too. I am inspired mainly by nature and like to make pieces which reflect creation such as the sea, the sun and flowers. One of my main passions is holding stained glass workshops and teaching the basics of stained glass, so that anyone can come and try, no matter what experience they have. Everyone is creative, it's just taking the time to find it in you and then going for it with enthusiasm! Telephone: 07947 637653 Email: [email protected] Facebook: Creative Craft Works Ltd Instagram: creative.craft.works.ltd Studio No 6 |
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Carolyn Tester
Handicraft, Applique Cushions I love all handicrafts but I really enjoy seeing a picture of an animal, tractor or even a dragon appear from sewing material together. Telephone: 07813 654843 Email: [email protected] Studio No 2 |
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Barbara Todd
Painting in Oil The most important element of my work is design supported by colour whether it be representational or abstract. I base my imagery on memories of places, dreams, and invented landscapes inhabited by wild life and plant forms My approach to Abstraction is completely intuitive starting from one initial mark and building from that. Telephone: 01435 873960 Email: [email protected] Studio No 16 |
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Justin Todd
Illustrations in Gouache & Paintings in Oil I have spent most of my working life as as an illustrator, mainly for Children's Books of all kinds. Needless to say my paintings have an narrative quality, but they can stand on their own as Fine Art. I really enjoy the freedom this gives me to produce imagery which exploits my own idiosyncratic approach with no-one to please but myself. Telephone: 01435 873960 Email: [email protected] Studio No 16 |
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Sarah Van der Gucht
Woodblock Prints & Sculpture The ancient coppiced woodland where I live has been quietly informing my work, traditional skills and the appreciation of wood, my background as a carpenter, designer and maker has led me to be influenced by the natural qualities of the materials I work with, this in turn has led me to become an accidental print maker. The prints are made with left over oak, sweet chestnut and printing inks, These materials I have saved and collected over the years and using the reuse, rethink and repurpose mantra informs and controls my process. I am and have long since been inspired by Japanese design and aesthetic, the traditional Japanese technique Yaki Suki I use to scorch and capture grain in my sculptural pieces. The intention is to celebrate, explore and capture the grain and the consequence of negative space. Telephone: 07900014868 Email: [email protected] Instagram: sarahcaplinwoodware Studio No 13 |
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Angela Vernon Bates
Drawings, Jackets, Screens I studied at Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts ( NDD, ATD) and the Royal College of Music where I studied at the Opera School. I also designed costumes and painted sets there to help finance my studies. (I sang at Glyndebourne/English Opera Group etc and was part of a quartet specialising in Victorian song. We performed regularly at Purcell Room and Wigmore Hall). I had a career in music and also my own antiques restoration and painted furniture business and clients included commissions from Fortnum and Mason. I have been lucky enough to run two such creative careers side by side and my art is very much influenced by rhythm, line and colour. My jackets are made from preloved and up-cycled fabrics using a flowing line and being creative with the fabric and decoration. Telephone: 01892 664534 Email: [email protected] Studio No 1 |
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Sophie Whelpton
Ceramics - Every Day Homeware I create wheel thrown and hand built pieces for every day use in the home. I like the colours of the sea and usually create small and medium bowls with a small detail of texture. Telephone: 07767 615667 Email: [email protected] Studio No 18 |
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