Our next Art Market is Friday 2nd December - Sunday 4th December ... we are really excited because over 35 of the very best artists and designer-makers around will be there selling their own work direct - come and "meet the makers" plus we open our very first showcase exhibition - work for sale and commission from selected Art Market artists over the past 4 years.
Come along and "meet the makers" - talk to them about their work & inspiration. Drink lovely teas and fresh coffee, eat cake and great sandwiches, listen to live jazz, watch live action installations and demonstrations and take part!
See you at Huddersfield Art Gallery:
on Friday 2nd December 6pm -10pm
Saturday 3rd December 11am-10pm
Sunday 4th December 12noon - 6pm
Installations from:
Jane Platts 'Dresser'&'Tree' were designed as displays,out of reclaimed cardboard, distressed & stitched but have become pieces in their own right. "My inspiration is textiles and reclaiming of materials and turning them into combinations that make you say Eh?! "
Oonagh Corr "This installation has been a fantastic opportunity to develop my work on a different scale and setting, comprising of a cluster of wire birds suspended in the gallery. I will be there with more wire creations in the making!"
Kirsty Shaw creates a range of lighting made from different types of plastics and inspired by colour, shapes and form. She produces table lamps, floor lamps, wall lights and LED candle lights. All her pieces are limited additions or small batch productions, making each piece unique.
Maneggi - Nikki Ainscow is designer/maker behind Maneggi – ‘the art of embellishment’. She create jewellery and accessories to enhance any wardrobe. All her pieces are unique and handmade to create a statement . . .
Agnis Smallwood is an interdisciplinary designer maker who graduated in 2009, with a first class honours degree in Contemporary Applied Arts from the University of Cumbria. Agnis has since set up her own business and is focusing on her textile work from her studio at home in Leeds. She was also awarded Licentiate membership of the Society of Designer Craftsmen in July 2009.
Angela & John Hinchcliffe collaborate on all aspects of the design and making, contemporary woven jewellery. Their designs are influenced by the jewellery of the ancient world, which inspires them to create pieces that both look back to the past, but are also very contemporary.
Anna Tosney was born and bred in Skipton. She is inspired by the Dales and the scenes of farming life that surround her. Her art work recreate the moody skies, amazing landscapes, and loveable characters of Yorkshire. Anna's style is to distil the scenes to their simplest forms, and the resulting work is both bold and contemporary.
Brendan Hesmondhalgh has always been inspired by the different form, movement and characteristics of nature. Large life-like sculptures, encapsulating real essence of his subjects as he sees through his own personal experiences. He work has been seen all over the world, including Sotheby's and at The Chelsea Flower Show.
Annie Peaker explores the beauty and movement using the female figure and animal forms as subject matter. Some of her figures are slightly elongated to emphasise elegance, some exude calm and serenity while others give the impression of communication and purpose. Humour also plays a part.
Beverley Porter Primarily specialising in figurative ceramics, Beverley's work ranges in scale from small individual figures, which can be picked up and turned in the hand, to larger pieces with a sculptural quality.
Charlotte Brown handcrafts jewellery in her studio in West Yorkshire. Her work is based around the theme of sentimentality and takes inspiration from the romantic connection people have with their jewellery and the memories each piece can evoke.
Creatively Occupied Ceramic artist, Michelle Freemantle uses a mix of handbuilt, press mould and thrown techniques, creating work that is tactile and visually pleasing. Lines and text are inscribed into the surfaces and slips and oxides applied.
Daniel Shield is a photographic artist is uses formal constructions of images with a unifying theme exploring details, highlighting variation and complexity through repetition.
Ella Mcintosh works from a workshop in the small town of Clitheroe, which is located in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire. Ella was introduced to pewter in 2006, whilst at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University studying for her first class Honours degree in Designed Metalwork and Jewellery where she won the Pewter Live 2006 student competition run by the Worshipful Company of Pewterers, Ella continued to work with pewter whilst at university and took this time to learn more about the metal. Since setting up her workshop in 2009 Ella has shown at many general public exhibitions and design fairs in the North West, her work can also be found in selected galleries throughout the country. Ella not only enjoys promoting her work and designs, but also telling a wider audience about the current revival of Pewter and its benefits as a metal. This can be seen in her enthusiasm as well as her designs and use of the metal.
Fiona Cameron creates her own style of jewellery on the eastern side of Bredon Hill on the edge of the Cotswolds. She uses silver and semi-precious stones to make exsquisite jewellery based on styles from many countries including Mexico, Africa and elsewhere.
Hilary Simm's trip to The Gambia provided the inspiration for her Nautilus collection. Shells and bones were collected on a deserted beach and these natural forms influenced her current work. The naked Raku finish seems to bring the forms to life.
Jane Cummins produces her work using a century old techniques of; feltmaking, woodturning and moulding plywood.
Jane's fascination with felt is in the making process how the fibres matt together producing a fabric and how the process can be manipulated to produce shape. Whilst looking for a material that would compliment the felt Jane was introduced to woodturning. Using the lathe Jane works with the grain to produce contrasting textures and patterns to the surface of the wood, the handmade felt adding further colour and texture.
Jane Eastwood, a textile designer and weaver exploits structure with materials. Her work covers designs for upholstery, windows, walls, floors, throws, scarves and art installations. A hand woven and factory production facility for projects is available for interior designers, architects and private consumers
Perth born Jim Bond was brought up surrounded by art for his mother is well-known painter Marj Bond, but he is very clearly his own man. Primarily Bond is a sculptor; often using copper and steel to create skeletal work that feels as fragile and vulnerable as the human body. He may also incorporate letters or numbers into it, suggesting thought-DNA, software behind the hardware. Bond is also a kinetic artist creating work such as “blink,” an eyeball that blinks when you look at it, as well as larger mechanical museum pieces.
Bond has just finished a major commission for Cambridge university and has exhibited widely throughout the UK and beyond.
Julie Miles Sculptural and functional ceramics using nature both as inspiration and material for her work. Julie works with both porcelain and brick clay to produce two diverse ranges of work which you can explore through the different galleries here. Her porcelain work uses traditional slab building techniques to create vessel forms from abstract landscape inspired vessels to battered watering cans and tea light holders. Flowers, petals and fabrics are also used but are dipped in porcelain to create new surfaces that when exposed to light reveal details of prints, drawings and impressions taken from the landscape.
Julia Ogden paintings have been published by Milkwood Publishing and her prints can be found in lots of different galleries in the country. Julia has been published internationally by Washington Green, she paint many subjects from landscapes, to florals, to figurative. Her interests are colour and composition.
Julie Langan Glass is an inspirational contemporary design studio who specialise in the creation of unique and innovative pieces of glass art. The pieces usually in the form of panels can be integrated into both interior and exterior architectural spaces or simply displayed as individual pieces of art.
Kate Wimbush specialises in creating original and exciting jewellery in silver and resin. Developing her own unique method of casting and cutting resin, she combined and enhanced miniature silver elements, oxidised and etched for surface pattern detail, with rich jewel coloured resin.
Kate has participated in a number of exhibitions nationwide and worked for an independent designer maker alongside creating her own jewellery. More recently, relocation to Manchester provided Kate with a creative respite and she is now working on a new range of silver and gold collections, introducing colour through resin, semi-precious stones and Swarovski crystals.
Liliane Taylor
Through her painting, Liz Salter explores aspects of landscape. She is fascinated by wild, undiscovered, rough places, undisturbed by man, where weather, time and the rhythms of the seasons mould and change the landscape. This relationship may be explored by looking at the panorama of the land, or going in close to examine some small anonymous place.
Behind Vitrum Glass Designs is Leeds based designer-maker Lydia Haines. Her work explores the relations between material and space, light and shadow, transmission and reflection.
“My work is about indulging the senses,” Haines says. “I want people to feel, touch and experience my work. I like to use texture, colours and forms to stimulate the senses and evoke emotions.”
“People who come to me want something different for their homes or office space - a 'wow factor', something that brings the space to life and reflects who they are.”
Matthew Thompson young artist originally from the Huddersfield area, now studying at Manchester School of Art. He works in the media of paint, charcoal and pastels creating a passionate and expressive take on everyday scenes.
Helen from Mercury Arts work is generally inspired by my experiences of the natural world and often considers the way that man-made objects interact with the landscape – the cut of a wooden fence into the surface of a reservoir or the layering of wind swept ice against a stone wall. She also really enjoys designing for children and this gives her the chance to indulge in my love of bright colours and make believe. Two very different styles but wrapped up in a desire to offer joy, originality, quality and new memories to those who come into contact with the things she has created.
Print for Love of Wood a small design & letterpress studio in Lancashire dedicated to the love of wood type and tree hugging paper.
It is a labour of love by freelance graphic designer Jacqui Sharples, a Lancashire lass inspired by a passion for print, the smell of ink, vintage typography and her collection of wood type.
Jacqui prints in house on a range of vintage printing presses, including a Victorian treadle, using traditional methods of hand setting type.
All the presses are manually operated so the only energy used is an eco friendly light bulb and some muscle power! All the paper and card is tree friendly stock and the ink is recycled from printers who have closed down due to the impact of digital on traditional print methods.
Sequel bags are created by Laura Queening and Claire Baigent are made from leather jackets, tweed suits, second-hand silk ties and pre-loved curtains, providing the unique details that can be found on Sequel products. All of our material is carefully selected from Oxfam Wastesaver. We only choose the best quality material, even if the clothing itself has long since passed its fashion sell-by date.
They use recycled materials wherever possible, with all swing tickets, packaging and stationery made from recycled paper. Sequel London aim to reuse whatever materials they can on a day to day basis, reducing waste and encouraging environmental sustainability in fashion.
New Work by Victoria Ashworth presents digital Landscapes combining drawing and photography. She loves using the organic nature of drawing, through observation and memory and mixing the two mediums together.
News on the Showcase and artists coming next....
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