Thursday 24 June 2010

Adam Frew - Exhibition 08 July - 12 August 2010


Don't miss this exhibition by a unique young potter whose bold and dynamic pots will talk to us for years to come.
















Watch Adam 'Throwing'


"Making pots is my passion"

Clay is a wonderful material which is so malleable in its soft state.
Together with the potter's wheel as my creative tool, I throw loosely- the aim is to captivate a sense of movement and freshness in the soft clay. I misshape my pots even as I throw them and this intervention creates both energy and a tension in the finished piece. My style of throwing is akin to drawing, so that no one pot can be the same as another.

I love Porcelian for its whiteness and my pots are a perfect ground for my inky cobalt drawings.The mark making is spontaneous, yet considered. The decoration, like freedom in the making, is sometimes taken to its limits, the pot being covered in marks, drips and splashes of pigment or sometimes held back to the simplicity of a single line.

Friday 18 June 2010

Is a sculpture? No it's a brooch!




















We love these quirky brooches by Mike Abbott and Kim Ellwod. This contemporary collection of hand printed figurative brooches, with themes including the garden and the sea, are made to wear, display as mini sculptures and hopefully to bring a smile!

These one-off hand printed figurative sculptures explore narrative themes loosely drawn…. individual characters emerge through the process of making, using images printed onto metal and found objects to tell a new story, creating objects with humour and pathos!

Wednesday 16 June 2010

New work from Sarah Jane Brown



We’re thrilled to have an exciting collection of Sarah Jane Brown’s hand knitted wire creations.

Sarah’s development of the wire knit collection was a progression – a step away from previous 3 dimensional sculptures.

Wire is a material, which she could manipulate to form the sculpture, the essence being in the individuality and handmade qualities of each sculpture – creating a different character in each creature/animal.

Sarah’s wire knit creatures are moulded by hand. The legs and tails are kitted separately and hand stitched each creating an individual and unique piece. Lastly the collars and tags are added. The sculpture can be personalised by gently adjusting the tail and the head.