Rebecca’s ceramic practice is influenced by shapes and lines within the landscape. She translates the colours and textures onto her pots using slip decoration, mono-printing and bold glazes. To create her earthenware vessels, Rebecca uses a combination of slip casting and hand building. The form is kept simple with curved sides to allow for the …
Ally’s work occupies a relaxed middle ground between mixed media and abstract painting: using embroidery and a detailed use of stitch, she is able to express her interests with mother nature and in particular, lichen. Through her work, the artist presents what would otherwise be overlooked into a space where it can be viewed and …
Welcome to Suzanne’s wonderful world where jewellery and needle crafts collide! Using silver chain, wire and sheet as alternatives to thread, wool and fabric, Suzanne handcrafts French knitted, crocheted, embroidered and woven jewellery. Each piece is characterised by a slinky movement and feel to the skin, or is visually enlivened by the manipulation of the …
Through illustrating mining heritage and communities of the North, Seanna’s work has been featured in The Guardian, Observer, and The Yorkshire Post Magazine. Coming from a family of folk musicians, Seanna grew up listening to and singing songs about mining, industrial strikes and other historical and social struggles. These created a vivid picture of working-class …
Matt Hooper is a fine art linocut printmaker based in Leeds whose relief printmaking focuses on fine detail, careful composition and attention to detail following the Japanese disciplines of Moku-Hanga, Shin Hanga and primarily Sōsaku Hanga. He questions the rustic finish of many traditional linocut prints and seeks to introduce the grace and fine line …
Paula creates detailed original hand-carved lino prints and marquetry designs inspired by nature, using beatiful and unusual veneers and a unique combination of processes Most of her work features trees and woodland landscapes. The strength of the timber, the delicate fragility of their foliage. The mossy textures of bark, the habitat and shelter they provide, …
Agnis is a Designer Maker Researcher and Educator specialising in weave, living in Leeds and working across Yorkshire and beyond as a freelancer. Agnis designs and weaves her own work, often taking inspiration from the natural world around her, including vegetables! She is drawn to the diversity and vivid colours that can be found when …
Weewoollies are contemporary gifts for baby and home. Individual and unique. All are designed and handmade from the finest merino lambswool by Emily Beaver in her Nottingham Studio.
*Please note that the Old Brewery Pottery will be exhibiting on Saturday ONLY* Mary North produces handthrown bowls and vases which are Raku Fired. The Copper Matt pots have very little glass in the glaze, so the surface texture resembles velvet. The colours are produced by a thin layer of copper oxide reflecting light, thin …
Zoë’s main objective is to create bold and colourful hand printed linocuts. Mark making with the use of pattern and texture are the key elements of her work. She predominately favours the multi block method using one block per colour to build up layers and depth within each print. However, recently she has experimented with …