Our next exhibition is .....Inspire

Inspire is an exciting exhibition of gorgeous hand crafted, contemporary jewellery from the finest British makers, including Kate Smith, Lesley Strickland, Lindsay Mann and many more….

Featuring only the best local and national British artists, be inspired from
01 November – 31 December.

Open Monday – Saturday 10.00am – 5.00pm, Sunday 11.00am – 5.00pm

Elaine’s creations are not static copies from life – they capture life itself

Elaine is one of those artists whose work really moves you. Technically brilliant, Elaine’s creations are not static copies from life – they capture life itself. Each piece is full of vitality and captures the spirit of the animal.

Elaine says; ‘My fascination for anatomy goes as far back as I can remember. My aim is to capture the piece from inside to out from stretching slabs of clay to form a rib cage, rump, neck etc, right down to the feet. The challenge is combining an anatomical approach with capturing the essence of the creature,’

Upon graduation from Exeter College of Art and Design, Elaine set up her studio in Hampshire in 1987.

She been featured in many magazines, including ‘The Craftsman’; ‘Inspirations’; ‘Country Living’; ‘Garden Inspirations’; ‘World Of Interiors’; ‘Homes And Antiques’ and ‘Ceramic Review’, as well as the ‘Observer’ and ‘Guardian’ newspapers.

Texture plays a large part in most of Elaine’s pieces. As she says: ‘I love to work with different pieces of fabric, shells, netting and brushes, which are impressed into the clay, forming a reference to animal hide and brand marks, or sometimes just pure indulgence’.

Most pieces are made from stoneware clay and decorated with slips, stains and glazes. Subjects range from farm animals to exotic wild animals, stags, dogs and horses, hares and more recently mythological pieces.

To purchase a piece of Elaines work or for more information please call or email

Best in Show - 12 August - 30 September 2010

Best in show is an exciting exhibition of over forty works by leading UK artists specialising in dogs including Olivia Brown, Virginia Dowe, Jane Layton, Phil Hayes and more…

Striking, eccentric and humorous are just some of the qualities featured in the ceramics, sculptures, jewellery, paintings and prints inspired by our favourite furry friends!

Featuring only the best local and national UK artists, Best in Show runs from 12th August – 30th September.

Olivia Brown - Pug

Nicole Fenwick - Marcel

Jane Layton - Posh Pooch & All Ears

The Hares Are Back!

We're thrilled to have a new range of Jeremy's much loved ceramic hares.

Jeremy is a keenly collected ceramic sculptor whose work captures the life and character of animals, birds and figures. Beginning with outdoor sketches his ideas develop through working models into finished sculptures in stoneware, porcelain and earthenware, sometimes with painted wooden elements.

Jeremy studied Fine Art at Exeter College of Art & Design from 1983 - 1986, graduating with a 1st Class BA(Hons) degree; the following year he attained a Masters Degree at Cardiff.

Since 1987 he has worked from a variety of studios in East Anglia and the Midlands, making work and exhibiting nationally and internationally.

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.

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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.

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!

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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.

Click here for more work by Sara Jane Brown

What's new at Fenwick Gallery this Spring!

A Great Big Bear Hug

The great big bear hug in our window is causing quite a stir, not only because if it's size, but also it's sheer beauty.

'Bear Hug' is part of a fantastic range of new work from sculptor Paul Smith who's figurative sculptures re-interpret fairytales and fables for a contemporary audience.

Paul's version of Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, for instance, has a modern twist. Red riding hood is presented not as an innocent victim, but as a confident femme-fatale. The style is bold and semi-abstract with graceful sweeping curves and simplified details. Paul strives for a dream-like and contemplative quality to his work.

Click here to see more work by Paul Smith

Lovely new cards by Dorien Fenwick

Spring hares

There are so many lovely things at this time of year, the cloak of green returns, scent of apple blossom and bluebell, lambs, butterflies on primrose, leafy lanes edged in cow parsley and dandelions and hares dancing in the fields.

Spring is a great time to see hares, dancing, boxing and rushing through the undergrowth. During this spring frenzy, we love to watch hares, in the fields around Northumberland.

This spring we've got lots of new hare jewellery and lovely hare paintings and cards.

These hare cufflinks by Anna de Ville feature a hare sitting under a crescent moon. Inspired by the natural world, Anna de Ville creates beautiful and eye-catching jewellery. Anna, a designer with over 15 years experience of jewellery making has evolved a unique style based on contrasting polished and oxidised silver

Vibrant Jewellery from Michael Peckitt

Trained in fine art painting, Michael works colour into designs, jewellery is worn as dynamic fine art.

Never to fade, never to be replicated, each hand made individually designed piece holds their own unique beauty.

Shaped from acrylic and anodised aluminium with fittings handcrafted from sterling silver. High quality materials are used in vibrant designer jewellery and very wearable jewellery accessories.

Acrylic is painted in layers and then sealed. Aluminium is anodised to accept dyes.

"Focused on fine art rather than the applied arts, as a painter I use my sense and sensibilities avoiding pattern . My design is shaping this creativity into designer jewellery. I do hope that you enjoy wearing my very wearable art."