Our Artist pages (see left) give visitors an overview of the work we have in our Arts and Crafts Gallery.
Jennie's work is both functional and decorative, her Mishima range being particularly stunning. Largely hand-thrown, her work includes a selection of vases, jugs, mugs, lampbases and platters.
Jennie will also be showing her work at Art in Action this year.
Exhibiting in the Teashop throughout June and July is mixed media artist Emmie van Biervliet.
Emmie uses an eclectic range of materials in her work, from
coffee to newspaper and even lego, building up fascinating layers to
reflect
the mood, and often the story, of the places depicted.
Focusing predominantly on the exotic, colourful landscapes and architecture of places such as Cuba, Mongolia and China, her images evoke their atmosphere and convey the artist's passion for exploring different lands.
We are delighted to have Valerie Petts exhibiting her work in the Teashop throughout August and September.
Valerie is widely known for her beautiful watercolour paintings of the Oxfordshire countryside, including many of Waterperry, and has recently taken up painting in oils. A range of her work will be on show, with prints and cards also available in the Gallery.
The Arts and Crafts Gallery produces a quarterly newsletter, containing information about exhibitions and events at the Gallery.
You can download the most recent issue by clicking on the link to the right or, if you would prefer to receive every issue via email, please send an email with the word 'Newsletter' in the subject line to gallery@waterperrygardens.co.uk
We would love to keep you updated with specific events and information on new artists, so just email us on gallery@waterperrygardens.co.uk and we will add you to our mailing list.
Printmaker Amanda Ross exhibited a selection of her exquisite botanical prints in the Teashop throughout April and May.
Inspired by the British countryside, each image is hand-printed using several layers of botanical cuttings which Amanda inks and tranfers onto a selection of fabrics. The resulting pieces are unique and evoke the many faces of nature, from structured simplicity to wild chaos.
A selection of Amanda's work is also available in the Gallery, along with a range of her greeting cards.Exhibitors included Ken Messer, Sally Spencer, Ann Brooks, Tanja Entwistle and Kate Garwood.
Daren creates distinctive and humorous sculptures using mainly pieces from old bikes, and we have a variety of pieces both inside and outside the Gallery.
Ranging from his new wall-hanging Dragonfly through to his well-known Fish on a Bike (right), there are sculptures that will bring a smile to your face and challenge your knowledge of bicycle parts! The exhibition will run to the end of April.Laura Bardell exhibited a selection of her recent oil paintings in the Teashop throughout February and March this year.
Laura uses a subtle range of colours, gradually building up layers of paint to create understated, emotive images.
"I am drawn to places that feel like secret worlds; a beautiful cold morning, a heavy silence hanging in the air. A sense of exploration shapes my work…always drawing on memory, imagination and nostalgia."
Rose Hallam was our featured artist in January 2010, showing a broad range of her jewellery. Rose uses wood, paper, card and photomontage to make highly original jewellery, handrolling beads, which she then lacquers to create durable and light jewellery. She often uses photographs taken at Art in Action to create ranges of jewellery for the gallery, and changes her work with the seasons.
Several ranges of Rose's work are permanently on display in the Gallery.
Mary Thorp exhibited a range of her ethereal photographic images in the Teashop throughout December and January. The images begin life as spontaneously taken digital photographs, which are then manipulated and washed with colour to draw out the stark forms. With a lifelong passion for colour, light and architectural form, her emotive artwork conveys the experience of wide open space, the drama of wind and sky, and of natural light changing over the landscape.
Showing in the Teashop throughout October and November is Printmaker Sue Brown. Combining Collographs with various other printmaking techniques, Sue's images are given life and character by her use of rich textures and layers of ink. Chickens and cows are among her chosen subject matter, which will be shown alongside new work.
Our Featured Artist throughout October was Lis Lawrence, who exhibited a wide range of her felt accessories.
Lis creates her beautiful range of accessories by
hand-rolling felt, often using organically produced, British fleece.
The final result when working with felt is always unpredictable, so each piece is unique. Lis spent a day at the gallery demonstrating her felting techniques to vistors.
Our Featured artist for July was Rachel Ducker. Rachel's dynamic figures exude energy, their wild hair caught mid-action. Life-size figures through to tiny figures only a few centimetres high were exhibited, and a selection of her work remains on display.
Exhibiting in the Teashop throughout June and July 2009 was
Buckinghamshire-based artist Deborah Poole and her beautiful feltworks.
Deborah finds inspiration in nature to build up her unique images from hand-rolled felt. Movement and depth is created by the rich colours, and the texture of the fleece.
Examples of Deborah's work can be seen in the Gallery.Six local artists took part in Artweeks at the gallery this year, exhibiting their work throughout the month of May. A diverse range of textiles by Ann Brooks and Laura Sollis, sculpture by Tom Stogdon, digital prints by Mary Thorp, glasswork by Elaine Newson and jewellery by Sally Spencer was featured, and the artists were on hand on selected days throughout the month to talk about their work.
Featured artist Zoe Preston spent the day at the Gallery on Saturday 4th April demonstrating some of her painting techniques and talking to visitors about her work. Zoe's watercolour exhibition remains on display in the Teashop throughout May.
Zoe will be teaching a Painting Flowers watercolour workshop at Waterperry on 14th May.
Exhibiting her work throughout January was Oxfordshire-based Jeweller and Silversmith Lucy Jade Sylvester .
The intricate structures of insects and natural objects form
the basis of Lucy's jewellery. This gives her work a unique fascination, encouraging
the wearer to develop a new appreciation of objects not normally considered to
be beautiful.
Selected pieces of Lucy's work remain on display in the Gallery.
Local sculptor Christopher Townsend was our Featured
Artist throughout the month of October. We exhibited a wide range of his indoor and outdoor sculpture, from his striking metal Trees to his energetic
horse-shoe nail figures. A selection of Christopher's work, including 'The Wychwood' remains on display in the Gallery.
On Saturday 23rd August, three members of John
Hine pottery, well known for their characterful sculptures of hares, spent the
day outside the gallery showing visitors how the unique Raku firing process
works.
Sculptures are fired in the kiln and then submerged in wood
chip while still white-hot. This causes the distinctive crackled glaze, making
every piece unique. John Hine's hares are a regular feature in the Gallery.
Local
Silversmith and Jeweller Gemma Wheeler was the second in a series of
Featured Artists to exhibit at the Gallery at Waterperry. On Saturday 5th July Gemma set up her studio in the Gallery and demonstrated some of her working techniques to visitors. She showed the process of making a pair of her Curved Wire earrings, and talked about various techniques she uses to make the work on display including etching, printing and twisting
silver.
Also on display was a selection of Gemma's silverware, some of which also incorporates surface textures derived from etching. She creates unique pieces, ranging from hand-raised bowls, trinket boxes, and Jam Sticks etched with hand-written jam recipes.
It was a lively day at the Gallery on Saturday 3rd May, when visitors had the opportunity to chat to the four artists exhibiting their work here throughout Artweeks.
Valerie Petts and Ann Brooks demonstrated their working methods, while Sally Spencer and Noriko MacFarlane were on-hand to talk about their specialisms.
This was the first time for a number of years that the gallery has taken part in Artweeks, and it will now be a regular feature in the calendar.
The work on show ranged from smaller pieces such as his Wall Lizard inside the Gallery, to his 5' tall Fish on a Bicycle, which attracted a lot of attention outside.
Daren's work is regularly on display in the Gallery for those wanting to see new work.
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