A site-specific textile, interactive installation, built to spectacular dimensions in gaudy and enticing colours. Grace works with oilcloth to make shiny, colourful crafted objects and installations, and is excited to bring this work to her native West Yorkshire in a new formation, and a domestic setting. This patchwork piece uses the traditional pinwheel pattern, made …
Titled ‘Looking Forward to Looking Back,’ these works are generated by the temperature ranges on 13 key dates of the Coronavirus pandemic in the UK. These pieces relay exactly what the country was experiencing environmentally through key turning points of the pandemic. The journey expressed through the collection, explores the early stages of the UK’s …
The context of the artists’ creative practice focuses on richness of Welsh culture, heritage and language. She collects objects to capture information about past and present. By referring to these objects in her making she creates a personal response to their context and its history. Using the medium of glass, the unpredictable nature of the …
Wendy is a former athlete and her understanding of sport and what it offers us has evolved over the years. Wendy once interviewed volunteer coaches about their motivation and one claimed it was his way of upholding the human right to be the best we can be. Here are people of Shipley being that: performing …
Catherine both hand-builds and throws her pottery. She often incorporates elements influenced by nature or kitsch diving belles; adding additional pieces used as handles or knobs. Made to be joyful and uplifting, playful yet practical. Once leather hard she sprays or sponges on colourful slips and hand decorates. He pieces are high fired so suitable …
Eve Marshall is a professional felter and has been working creatively with wool for over fifteen years. She uses a variety of wet and needle felting techniques to create her pictures. She is inspired by the countryside and her wacky brain. During the wet felting process she throws as much colour and texture at a …