Gabi’s highly decorative ceramics express her love of colour, texture and form. As a maker she enjoys the combination of throwing on the wheel and the slow, mindful decorating techniques. Her rich colour palette aims to evoke a range of moods, whilst the surface decorations bring a tactile sensory reward. Gabi was inspired by her …
Lithuanian born Virginija Knowles lives with her English family in Bradford and dedicates all her spare time to the artistic education of primary and secondary school children. Textile sculpture is a new field to Virginija, inspired by wildlife photography. Her colourful heroes are the various inhabitants of the forest, handsewn from wool felt and dressed …
Inspired by the fragility of nature, the romanticism of the sea and the mythical stories she heard in childhood, Claire creates beautiful jewellery for you to treasure. She elegantly combines silver with gold to highlight delicate details of her designs. She also loves to work on bespoke commissions to help you capture a feeling, a …
David Armes is an artist working with print, language and geography. His work is frequently site-specific and often considers how place shapes understanding. As a lifetime geographer, he is especially interested in borders, liminality and zones of contested space/use. He works primarily with letterpress printing on paper and makes artist’s books, prints and installations. Through …
Silver and stone set jewellery inspired by nature, including earrings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches and rings. Domed silver impressed with the texture of real leaves, bezel set with dewdrops of jewels and cascading oval leaf dishes creating an impression of falling leaves.
Carol’s work draws inspiration from the colours, silhouettes shapes and industrial architecture of the North. This influence takes form through her deliberate choice of earthy red stoneware and the contrasting qualities of silky-smooth porcelain. The vibrant and rich colours of her glazes are skilfully achieved by firing a gas kiln in a reduction atmosphere, making …
Predominantly a machine embroiderer Angie has recently moved to collage, mixing paper, textile and stitch. Inspired by many subjects from celestial events, foreign climes and closer to home, gardens and natural forms. The interest in collage came from research for her other work, teaching textile workshops on Zoom. She uses a broad range of methods …
Angela makes make limited-edition silkscreen prints from her home studio in North Yorkshire. Her work is an expressive and playful reflection of collected objects, still life studies, interiors, and gardens. Her prints start life in sketchbooks and explore everyday places and environmental subject matter. She works quickly and spontaneously in order to create simple but …
Aliyah Hussain is an artist and jewellery designer making playful, sculptural work for the body with a focus on line, form, and colour. She works with ceramics as well as other types of clay, adapting and using techniques that are typically found in more traditional applications of the medium, such as coil work and Nerikomi. …
James Bywood is a Leeds based contemporary landscape artist. His work focuses on the landscapes of Yorkshire and beyond and has in recent times included a great many pieces capturing the essence of plants and trees within the context of the landscape they are found. The work James will bring to the fair includes a …