In her independent practice, Isabella meticulously studies the built environment, skillfully manipulating its elements into distinctive patterns for adorning exquisite silver jewellery and tableware. Each creation reflects a seamless harmony of architectural inspiration and innovative design, demonstrating her unwavering commitment to craftsmanship and individuality.
Sophie handcrafts small-scale metal forms and contemporary jewellery, adding texture and detail with playful enamel mark-making. Her work explores the tactile quality of objects, creating beautiful yet unusual pieces that are designed to be handled. She gathers inspiration mostly from rugged rock forms and textures using photography as a reference, but also likes to allow …
Jill Stewart lives and works in rural Northumberland and handmakes jewellery and clocks, also sometimes small metal birds and animals. She works in mixed metals- silver, brass and copper with blue titanium, to use the contrasts produced by the different metal surfaces. Etching and surface marks add pattern and texture, and heat effects heighten the …
Colin works in mixed media metals, always with an eye on experimentation and the use of found objects and fine metal. His work focuses on recycling and reuse, creating one-of-a-kind or series pieces. The pieces use simple shapes but with the extraordinary contrasting colours of metal patina and enamels
Ralph is a contemporary sculptor and designer working in wood and metals to create pieces with intriguing textures and form. His material led design process forms sculptures which push the materials to new areas, using bending and casting techniques he has developed. Ralph’s work is inspired by the making processes, and how this can influence …
Stephanie creates one of a kind metalwork including hand raised copper vessels, jewellery and decorative hangings. Taking inspiration from nature, and using patination as her main process, each piece she creates is truly unique.
Adele makes jewellery, small objects and 2D multimedia landscapes. She values practical hand-making skills in the creation of her work and enjoys letting the material influence and dictate how the pieces of work evolve during production. She has become increasingly interested in pattern and texture after a trip to Iceland where she found the linear …
Mark creates work in cast bronze, steel and mixed media painting. He casts his own work and often harnesses chance by using thin wax originals, or wood which is not fully burnt out. This creates imperfect and fractured pieces that make a solid permanent material seem fragile and in the process of disintegrating. He uses …