Kate Thornton is a Huddersfield based artist producing distinctive collages and prints which draw inspiration from her love of birds and the natural world. Passionate about bird conservation and wild landscapes, Kate hopes to spark curiosity about wildlife and raise awareness of species decline through her work. Working from her studio in an old textile …
An exquisite collection of Jesmonite creations, where durability meets eco-friendliness. Jesmonite is a versatile composite material that not only boasts impressive strength but also offers a sustainable alternative to traditional materials. Guy Van Dichele is a skilled artisan who meticulously crafts each piece, ensuring that every item is not just functional, but a stunning focal …
Leon Hampson is an artist, designer and maker. Metal Guru is his range of limited edition, fidget toys, accessories and jewellery designed for adults. His designs are handmade to aid concentration and help reduce stress and anxiety and are created using recycled or up-cycled materials, including silver, steel, aluminium, off-cut and waste wood. Each piece …
Angela creates unique hand cut mosaic jewellery and interior pieces, made with iridescent glass, vintage ceramics and Italian millefiori. Her mosaics take inspiration from folk art and style movements through key themes as nature and human form, creating decorative and attractive pieces to wear and for the home.
Klara Repas is a Leeds-based gingerbread artist of Hungarian origin. She obtained a master’s degree in chemical engineering at the University of Pannonia in Hungary and a Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration at the New York Botanical Garden. Her gingerbread creations are artistically recognized by the Hungarian Heritage House in Budapest. Klara is deeply …
Caroline creates botanical casts from plaster using flowers and foliage. Casting preserves the natural beauty of plants enabling the form and structure of the different parts to be really seen and appreciated. Details are picked up by the clay into which she presses the plant material to create a mould for the plaster. She works …
1 Salts Mews hosting work by Ry Gibson place of the advertised artist Jo Walton, who due to unforeseen circumstances, is unable to exhibit in the Open Village. Thanks to Ry for stepping in at the last minute! Ry’s moss work is inspired by their observation of community, connection and infection throughout the pandemic. They …
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 …
Hannah is a local art and textiles facilitator, miniaturist, and visual artist, known as HanMade. Hannah has worked with people of all ages and abilities, from Forest schools to Well-being sessions in art centers to focussed workshops in colleges, providing individual tutorials to planning and running community group projects. She has experience in archiving, curating, …
Rachel Morrell creates abstract and semi-abstract work in acrylics, oils, textiles and mixed media. Her inspiration comes from the textures, strata and patterns of the coast, moorland, abbeys and former industrial ruins in North Yorkshire. She has a particular interest in the way nature will return and take over derelict buildings given little or no …