Pilgrimage

'Pilgrimage' is a travelling exhibition of work by myself and two other artists, Sarah Baird and Stefanie Moss. Although we work in very different media we have come together in a collaboration of similar ideas from discussion on the theme of pilgrimage. "A pilgrimage is a journey of risk and renewal. A journey without challenge has no meaning. One without purpose has no soul and by definition it is life changing. A pilgrimage is to lose yourself or to find yourself". This travelling exhibition is on it's own pilgrimage and will be shown in a series of galleries during 2012. 

For the 'Pilgrimage' exhibition I will be creating new work subtly based around circles. My initial thought about what the word 'pilgrimage' meant to me was that I felt as if my life has been a journey leading me back, full circle, to doing the things I enjoyed most as a small child.  

Sarah Baird is a painter who creates mixed media works, recording her experiences in a diary of layered calligraphic markings. Sarah Baird - http://sarah-baird.blogspot.com/ 

Stefanie Moss is a textile artist who has created large hangings which incorporate the theme of journeys, architecture and maps. Stefanie Moss - www.stefaniemoss.com

Epping Forest Field Centre-40th anniversary

The Epping Forest Field Centre celebrated its 40th anniversary this September (2011). I created a wire sculpture based upon a map of the area to mark the occassion.

I took my inspiration for the work from the Ordnance Survey Map of the area, using roads to determine the shape of a tree. Having first cut the map to resemble a tree form I then drew around the shape with galvanised steel wire to create a framework and then coloured in the form using coloured copper wires.

The wire map is displayed in the Field Centre's reception area as part of the celebrations.

Paul's Nursery Road, High Beach, Loughton, Essex. IG10 4AF
www.field-studies-council.org/eppingforest

For images of the work see Sculpture page, sculpture-wire. 

Suffolk Craft Society

Making It 

I have been accepted on the Suffolk Craft Society's Making It scheme as an Associate Member, with metalwork as my discipline.

www.suffolkcraftsociety.com 

Craft and Design Magazine

Issue 210 - July/August 2010 have published an article about my work, pages 82 & 83.

Issue 221 - May/June 2012.  My work is featured on page 28 - Living Crafts Promotes Emerging Designer-Maker Pavilion.

GALLERIES

My work is stocked in the following galleries:

The Gallery at Snape Maltings, Snape, Saxmundham, Suffolk. IP17 1SR. www.snapemaltings.co.uk 

Gallery 2, Town Hall Galleries, Cornhill, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 1DH. www.suffolkcraftsociety.org 

FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS /SHOWS

Earthy Delights - pop up art exhibition

As part of an exhibition of work inspired by gardens and landscapes to coincide with Wivenhoe Open Gardens my work will be on show at Shipyard Studios, Cook's Shipyard, Wivenhoe, Essex.

18-20 May 2012.  Friday 3pm-8pm, Saturday & Sunday 10am-4pm. 

Snowshill Manor - 'Celebration of Craftsmanship'

As a member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen I will be showing my work at Snowshill Manor, a National Trust property in the Cotswolds.  This year's event will be the first collaboration between the Society of Designer and Craftsmen and Snowshill Manor, with the view to it becoming an annual event.

Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th June 2012, 11am-4.30pm.

Snowshill, near Broadway, WR12 7JU.  www.nationaltrust.org.uk/snowshill-manor 

Pilgrimage

April 2012
Jardine Cafe & Bistro
Westcott House, 140 High Stret, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9AF. Tel: 01206 820390 www.jardine-bistro.co.uk/events

July 2012
Coach House Coffee Shop
Waterside, Brightlingsea, Essex. CO7 0AX Tel: 01206 304200
Mon-Sun 10.00am-5.00pm

8 September - 4 November 2012
Naze Tower
The Naze, Old Hall Lane, Walton on the Naze, Essex CO14 8LE
Tel: 01255 852519 Email: mail@nazetower.co.uk www.nazetower.co.uk
Open every day 10am-5pm

RECENT EXHIBITIONS / SHOWS

Hatfield House, The Emerging Designer-Makers Pavilion

Thursday 10th - Sunday 13th May 2012, 10am-5pm daily. 

I have recently been selected to show my work in The Emerging Designer-Makers Pavilion at Hatfield House, Herts. The Pavilion is a new feature for Living Crafts that contains specially selected, recently qualified designer-makers. Craft & Design Magazine are supporting the scheme and will be featuring the Pavilion in forthcoming issues (see Issue 221 May/June 2012). Up to 10 places were available for selection, featuring work in a variety of materials including ceramics, glass, textiles, metal, wood and mixed media.

www.livingcrafts.co.uk

'Magical Forest'

Suffolk Craft Society

November 5th - December 24th 2011.

Gallery 2, The Town Hall Galleries, Ipswich, Suffolk.

Made in Essex

Art, craft & design show.

Sunday 4th December 2011 

Hedingham Castle, Essex (CO9 3DJ).  The show will be held in the castle's Tulip Lawn Marquee.

-Cressing Temple Barns   

Saturday 24th-Sunday 25th September 2011. 

Cressing Temple, Witham Road, Cressing (near Braintree), Essex. CM77 8PD

-RHS-Hyde Hall 

Art in the Garden 11 - The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Hampshire

Sycamore Wings

Forged mild steel sculptures inspired by Acer seeds.

22nd May - 30th October 2011 

EWAA

EWAA 2011

I have been shortlisted as a finalist in the East-West Art Award competition.  My work 'Spring-Acer Into Leaf' (see Sculpture page, exhibitons/shows, Walk The Seasons), selected for the 3D section, will be on show at La Galleria in Pall Mall, London.

25th-29th October 2011.

This is the 2^nd year of EWAA (East-West Art Award) organized by EWACC-Art and Club Friendly Japan.  EWACC (East-West Artists and Culture Club) based in the UK has 14 years experience for organizing and managing various art exhibitions for artists in the UK/Europe and Japan, this year extending the opportunity to artists from far eastern countries, such as China and South Korea.  The aim of the EWAA competition 2011 is to provide artists and film makers with an opportunity to show their talent and works as well as promote close-culture relationships and friendships for artists in east and west through art.

Ruby Red

The Suffolk Craft Society's 40th Annual Summer Exhibition

17th July to 29th August 2011

Peter Pears Gallery, High Street, Aldeburgh, Suffolk 

The Sandringham Flower Show 2011

Sandringham Estate, Norfolk 

27th July 2011

'Rain Circles' 

I have created a sculpture for a Show Garden at this year's Show. The garden is entitled "Ripple" and is designed and built by Gro Landscapes.  The sculpture, made out of stainless steel, was inspired by one of my photographic images based upon rain drops falling on water and the patterns they create.

The garden was awarded a silver-guilt by the judges.  

See Sculpture page, sculpture inspired by photography for images. 

Leigh Art Trail

Saturday 11th June - Saturday 18th June 2011

I have been invited to show my work as a guest artist in Sara's Tea Garden, 64 High Street, Leigh on Sea. 

Walk The Seasons

Solo Exhibition

April 2011 - weekends 9/10, 16/17 - 12 noon until 4pm  

Benham Gallery, Cuckoo Farm Studios, Boxted Road, Colchester, Essex CO4 5HH

The exhibition focuses upon our seasonal relationship with leaves and trees.   In spring the space around a leaf is small and intimate as the leaf breaks into bud.  During summer individual leaves are absorbed into the tree canopy above.  By autumn the different characteristic of trees and leaves become apparent.  Scale and form create patterns in the landscape over winter.

The subject matter for this exhibition is leaves and trees but it is about the space as much as the physical work.  Prior to studying art I had worked as a garden designer and I wanted to make work to go in a garden space, having spent time focusing on the artwork I want to re-engage with the space it occupies. 

Making It Exhibition

Suffolk Craft Society

12 March - 16 April 2011

Gallery 2, The Town Hall Galleries, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 1DH 

Designer Crafts at the Mall 2011

The Society of Designer Craftsmen

Saturday 8th - Sunday 16th January 2011. 10am-5pm, 4pm on Sunday. 

The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1 (near Admiralty Arch off Trafalgar Square).

A chance to view and buy work from some of the UK's most  innovative and creative designer makers. 

Art in the Garden 10, The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Hampshire

'Breeze'

Inspired by autumn leaves blowing in the breeze I wanted to experiment with ways of suspending my metal leaves to enable them to move freely with the wind. Employing the same forging techniques I use to create my plant forms I have adapted the designs to form letters.  The word 'breeze' will be suspended within the tree canopy and 'leaves' will be spelt out on the ground below. The stainless steel woven wirecloth leaves will be suspended from the mild steel forms.

My work will be at The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens from 22nd May until 31st October 2010. 

Open Studios

Saturday 11^th& Sunday 12^th September 2010. 11am-6pm.

Cuckoo Farm Studios, Boxted Road, Colchester, Essex. CO4 5HH  

Part of Colchester and Tendring Open Studios Cuckoo Farm opens its doors to the public.  

The Essex Art & Design Shows 2010

Artists and designers showcasing and selling a wide range of work. 

- RHS Garden Hyde Hall

Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th August 2010. (I will be exhibiting on Saturday only).

Westerns Approach, Rettendon, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 8AT. Opening times:10am-5pm. 

- Cressing Temple Barns

Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th September 2010 

Cressing Temple, Witham Road, Nr. Braintree, Essex CM77 8PD.  Opening times:10am-5pm. 

Outside 2010

August 13 - September 14 2010. 11am-4pm 

Cuckoo Farm Studios, Boxted Road, Colchester, Essex. CO4 5HH

An annual outdoor contemporary art exhibition showcasing local and national talent outside of the studio. 

This  year’s exhibition is based upon collaborations with artists based outside the studio group, to create a work together or works that compliment each other.  I have invited Judith Battersby who specializes in working in ceramics and we have chosen to make a collaborative work.

Talk - Photography

23rd August 2010 

I have been invited by the Harwich and Dovercourt Camera Club to give a talk on how I use photography with my art and design.

Grand Designs Live 2010

I will be exhibiting at this years Grand Designs Live event at the London Excel Centre from the 1st May to 9th May. For further infomation about this event please click on the event logo below (Note this will open a new browser window).

Closer

Solo Exhibition

From 28th March until 24th April 2010 I will also be exhibiting photographic work at the Colne Gallery, Colchester Hospital Art Gallery, Colchester Hospital (situated on the first floor main corridor),Turner Road, Colchester, Essex, where the aim of the gallery is to enhance the environment of the hospital through art. Although I chose to specialise in working with metal for my 3D work, photography was a major factor in my inspiration. In this exhibition, as well as displaying my photographs traditionally framed, I will also be experimenting with applying my images to other surfaces.

Canopy

In December last year, after graduating in the summer with a BA (Hons) Art and Design, 3D Design and Craft, I was awarded the Cuckoo Farm Studios/Colchester Institute Graduate in Residence Scholarship Award. This award had provided me with a studio for a year where I can experiment with materials and ideas. As part of the award I will be exhibiting my work at the Minories Art Gallery, 74 High Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1UE - www.theminories.co.uk - from 20th February until 23rd April 2010. I will be exhibiting 3D and photographic work. The work will be a progression of the ideas and techniques explored during and since my degree.