Neurodivergent artist Sara Hood creates work to promote acceptance and knowledge of neurodiversity. The use of many different clay bodies symbolises the diversity of our society. The rabbit and sometimes other prey animals appear as a central agent referencing the fight or flight response which is prevalent in many neurodiverse conditions. Neurodiversity adds a richness …
Final year, level 3 Art and Design students at Shipley College have been creating work across a wide range of contemporary craft disciplines – including printmaking, bookbinding and ceramics. Linocuts inspired by the surrounding Yorkshire landscape, screen printed designs inspired by nature adorn artworks and tote bags, handmade decks of playing cards and ceramic bowls …
Penny is a contemporary sculptor, artist and teacher based in York. Her work explores British wildlife, conveying the beauty, fragility, and vulnerability of her subject matter. Lock down allowed her a brief sojourn to explore a series of primate studies, however British wildlife has always remained central to her practice. Penny creates her pieces from …
Sarah enjoys exploring themes of forgotten story, folklore, history, the land and dreamscape in her work with a keen emphasis on ceramic and textile discipline with her current focus in handmade slipware and embroideries. Most of her ideas and musings come together first in free form machine embroideries. Some parts of these develop further into …
Helen, the artist behind Ginnel and Snicket, makes work largely inspired by a love of idiosyncratic historical characters and events. She has a particular interest in the convoluted and occasionally hilarious history of the early modern period, but her interests range from the bronze age Beaker people to 1970s wrestlers. Helen makes functional and decorative …
Colourful contemporary ceramics. Natalie’s key themes within her work are colour and repetition. The meditative aspect of repetition comes with slipcasting, a technique usually used in a mass production setting, whereby liquid clay is poured into a plaster mould. The impact colour has on a space, on people and their emotions is another aspect Natalie …
Andrea creates hand-built and wheel-thrown pottery, ranging from spoon rests to vases, emphasizing functionality and organic textures and drawing inspiration from the natural world.
Inspired by the Yorkshire hills and coast and childhood memories of the West Coast of Scotland, Lorna makes stoneware pots for people seeking space and calm. Pots to be held, used and enjoyed. Pots that are tactile and designed to fit perfectly in your hands. Clay is earth and water, and Lorna’s ceramics pull you …
Dianne makes hand built vases, wall pieces, boxes, bottles and vessel forms with washes of cobalt and copper over a matt white glaze sometimes adding a ‘pop’ of yellow. She wants to evoke a feeling of the sea shore and coastline so these are imagined seascapes/landscapes rather than illustrating a specific view. New work has …
Olivia B Illustration and Print Design offers playful, intricate designs that feature antique objects and pattern filled still life scenes. She translates her designs into monochrome and colourful prints for the home and onto handmade ceramic pieces.