Gabi’s highly decorative ceramics reflect the tactile joy of throwing clay on the pottery wheel. She experiments with form, surface texture and glazing to create individual and small-batch pieces that are best experienced in the viewer’s palms. The vessels are embellished with imprinted pattern, using a variety of tools and traditional slip trailing methods. The …
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 …
Claire creates stunning jewellery collections celebrating the sculptural plants and tiny creatures of the great British countryside. She is fascinated with capturing a snap-shot of life; A butterfly gently landing on a flower, the first unfurling of a leaf and the fat and furry bumble bees buzzing around in the summer. Using traditional goldsmithing techniques …
David is a visual artist working with print, language and geography, primarily using letterpress printing to make typographic artworks that range in scale from large scroll installations to art prints to small artist’s books. His work is often site-specific and considers how experience of place can be represented. He frequently shows at book and print …
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 …