The Gallery at Snape Maltings
From December 2011 The Gallery at Snape Maltings, Snape, Saxmundham, Suffolk. IP17 1SR will be exhibiting my work. The Gallery will stock both metal sculptures and framed photographic prints.
Snape Maltings Gallery has a reputation for showing a good selection of quality, affordable art. The Gallery is open daily from 10am.
www.snapemaltings.co.uk
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.
Craft and Design Magazine
Issue 210 - July/August 2010 have published an article about my work, pages 82 & 83.
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS /SHOWS
RECENT EXHIBITIONS / SHOWS
'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.
Artists and designers showcasing and selling a wide range of work.
-Hylands House
Saturday 26th-Sunday 27th November 2011.
Hylands Park, London Road, Chelmsford, Essex. CM2 8WQ
-Cressing Temple Barns
Saturday 24th-Sunday 25th September 2011.
Cressing Temple, Witham Road, Cressing (near Braintree), Essex. CM77 8PD
-RHS-Hyde Hall
Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th August 2011.
Westerns Approach, Rettendon, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 8AT. Opening times:10am-5pm.
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 2nd 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.
Saturday 10th& Sunday 11th September 2011. 11am-6pm.
Cuckoo Farm Studios, Boxted Road, Colchester, Essex. CO4 5HH
As part of Colchester and Tendring Open Studios Cuckoo Farm opens its doors to the public. This is an excellent opportunity to meet artists and craftspeople in their workplace, see work in action or take the opportunity to purchase or commission new work.
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 11th& Sunday 12th 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.
