Stuart Ball
Painting
email, 01572 812051,
"I am a self taught artist with ever changing styles and believe that water-colour is arguably the least forgiving medium to paint in. But despite that I believe it suits my style, which could be described as sometimes loose and impressionistic, sometimes whimsical and witty in a simple naïve almost childlike perspective, but always full of strong and warm colours."
Angela Bell
Mixed Media Painting
email, 01482 566757
"I enjoy experimenting with paint, colour, composition and texture and like to introduce different techniques into my work using a variety of media, working layer upon layer. I ultimately aim to produce 'harmonious compositions'.
Roger Bell
Mixed Media
"Roger makes sculptural work in clay and mixed media for interior display or externally in gardens or the walls of buildings. Main areas of exploration are inspired by the jigsaw, metal cans and buildings, through the body, militarism and religion sometimes intrude."
Jennifer Barlow
Ceramics
email, 01995 670027,
"I am currently producing a range of decorative, slip casted, ceramic pieces which in the beginning, were inspired by the forms and precision of musical instruments. I have developed a range of strikingly coloured glazes to compliment these simple forms which I spray wire over."
Mark Butler
Photographer
"I take photographs for the satisfaction of 'seeing' a potential image in the landscape, searching around an area for the best viewpoint, arranging the elements within the camera viewfinder and capturing the moment that best expresses the vision I ‘saw."
Tony Broadbent
Painting and Drawing
email, 07944 783012,
"Primarily I am interested in colour and form, the abstract, along with mood and atmosphere that a good painting can bring to the viewer, also I have recently been painting and making heavy impasto substrates as the background basis for the larger ‘themed’ paintings."
Barbara Braithwaite
Oil Paintings
email, 01969 640463,
"I try to capture the spatial relationship of objects with the feelings of the moment rather than a photographic representation."
Cilla Cameron
Rug Making
"I am a traditional rag rug maker teaching the art throughout the UK and oversea. Recycling is a big part of the traditional methods although new materials are also used. I also hold a wide range of rug making equipment from hooks, hessian, frames to dye kits and dyed material swatches."
Jane Carlisle
Silk collages
email, 01423 858806,
"As an artist I specialize in hand-painted silk collage, discovering places whilst walking and recording images with photography from which I can develop stylized designs. Having always been a silk painter I developed the hand-painted silk collage medium as I found it enabled me to lift a simple composition with vibrant colour and a crisp line."
Nicky Dillerstone
Textiles
email, 01472 311819,
"My work is result of a long held fascination with fabrics, their touch, colour and movement, from my mothers dance dresses of the 50’s to a small piece of pink rubber fabric sent to me as gift wrapping."
Gina B. Clarke
Glass
website, 01422 342679,
"My work varies dramatically from delicate jewellery to large chunky panels and bowls. Colour, light and texture are very important to my work. Inspirations have come from research into the Bauhaus movement, with particular interest in the works of Kandinsky and Klee."
Barbara Cassell
Textiles
email, 01423 501311,
"I am fascinated by the way that textures and colours combine and also with the placement of objects one against another. I use textiles with other materials to create individually designed wall hangings, hats and pieces of jewellery."
Richard Dobson
Pastel and Oil Paintings
website, 0191 4879560,
"My work looks at how to achieve a better representation of our environment using the language of painting. It sources a number of influences from Hockney to Guston. I am particularly interested in Hockney’s recent joiner photos, multi-viewpoint paintings and the “post cubist” ideas involved with this work. I want to capture the process of observation and seeing rather than just a single viewpoint in space and time."
Janis Goodman
Printmaker
"I am a printmaker and have been working professionally for over fifteen years creating etchings and aquatints, which reflect both my architectural training and my love of both the inner city and familiar parts of the countryside - places where I walk or visit friends. The work is both detailed and atmospheric using line and aquatint to give tone and shading to the prints."
Karen Griffiths
Red Ragwork
"I use both of the traditional Ragwork techniques, hooking and prodding while the backing to each piece is hessian. I create largely domestic items such as tea cosies, cushions and bag. My inspirations comes from the work of Indian embroiders and the landscape of the Yorkshire Dales."
Vanessa Graham
Textiles
email, 07841517201,
"Using mainly weave and braiding I push the boundaries and test the viewer’s perceptions of the techniques. Inkle weaving is the main method I exploit to translate my ideas, having developed a system of weaving bands of text."
Iron Vein: Viki Govan and Richard Warner
Metal
"Our desire is to create sculpture which not only complements and enhances the landscape into which it is placed but also provokes thought and contemplation, pleasing the mind as well as the eye. Our pieces have resonance because they are created through traditional blacksmithing methods, yet the resultant forms are vibrant, energetic and contemporary."
Cecelia Heyne
Acrylic and Oil
"Cecelia works in a variety of styles including abstracts, surrealist mindscapes with their sense of depth, fullness and weightlessness, and two-dimensional design-oriented canvases, inspired by the totemic culture of Southern Africa. These works contrast with her earlier bustling, people-filled canvases of rural African scenes."
Helen J. Houston
Photography
01387 810032, 07771550068,
"My photographic work encompasses close ups of things that we all too often pass by; the intimate details of the subject rather than the bigger picture. I have always been drawn towards nature and naturally occurring materials; the textures, the colours, the patterns formed by grasses, leaves, water on sand along with man's use of natural materials."
Nicolette Lafonseca-Taylor
Mixed Media
email, 01422 847163,
"My work is diverse but still has an homogeny to it stemming from the concept led approach that I use in creating my own visual language. I continually draw influences from the world around me; I have traveled extensively and believe that my experiences constantly feed into my work."
Debbi Johnson
Watercolour & Fine Pencil Artist
email, 01535 655175,
"Debbi’s love of animals and the countryside gave her an intimate knowledge and perception enabling her to capture the essence of the animal she is drawing or painting."
John Jones
Relief Printmaking
email, 01723 870759,
"John Jones is a printmaker specialising in figurative colour linoprints. These are derived from memorable sightings, occasions and viewpoints. Each image has first been a photograph or drawing, acting either as a specific guide or generalised idea for a linoprint design."
Bob Lees
Ceramics
01924 848289,
"I came to pottery after taking an early retirement from the ‘proper job’. I studied at Huddersfield and Holmfirth Adult Education colleges and soon became addicted to the pottery wheel."
Mark Malone
Photographer
email, 01535 648681,
"I have been a passionate photographer since my school days. My main areas of interest are in landscapes and wildlife, though the portfolio covers most subjects including a large aviation collection."
Rebecca Molloy
Portraits
"My main aim is to create atmospheric portraits which hold underlying emotions. I also integrating ideas of space and objects to add another element to the portraits and nudes."
Jasmine Mercer
Prints
email, 01273 328266,
"Art can tell a thousand rich and poignant tales; in my work inspiration is drawn from quirks in personality and the moving and humorous associations which these characters, whilst in the process of interacting with each other, can inspire. With a dash of imagination or a dusting of humor, the absurdity of certain ordinary events can reveal exquisitely touching scenes."
Sarah McDade
Ceramics
email, 01422 842879,
"I am inspired by the endless creative possibilities when hand – building the human form in clay. Ideas are developed from drawings, doodles and sometimes photographs. The female form provides scope for more fluid shapes, and modelled faces often portray a tranquil, contented expression."
Diana Morrison
Textile
email, 01253 890411,
"Over the years I have experimented with different textile related art forms. I now concentrate on designing knitted, woven, felted and stitched fashion accessories using hand-dyed yarns, embellished with beading and stitched detail."
Lita Narayan
Painting and Drawing
"My styles can be very diverse, from very detailed pencil drawing, to "messy" abstract painting and floral art on canvas. With whatever I am working on though I try to portray depth, perspective and structure. A visual balance is very important to me."
Vanessa Plews
Textiles
email, 01947 880361,
"I work principally with all natural fibres such as cotton, silks and merino wool tops. The base fabric for each of the scarves is personally hand dyed using my own specific mixes. The labour intensive craft of Nuno felting is then employed to apply pattern often inspired by my extensive knowledge of floral forms and colour gained through botanical drawing studies."
Fran Payne
Fine Artist
email, 01423 705703,
"My inspiration lies in all things natural. Quite often the object or vista that demands my attention is an unexpected vibrant shock of colour or a simple visual trigger which evokes a powerful emotion."
Tony O’Connell
Photographer
email, 01274 641527,
I am a self taught photographer and have only begun to exhibit my work in the last 12 months. I am pleased to have been acknowledged by the Independent on Sunday as a 2007 Travel Photographer award winner. I use both film and digital to capture images inspired by my interest in people, places and travel."
Karen Redmayne
Glass
website, 07790541659,
"My inspiration is drawn from my love for nature and my surroundings, having been brought up in the countryside on a farm I have always been drawn to nature. My work mainly derives from landscapes, seascapes and buildings and I try to replicate the colours and forms found in the natural world in my work."
Rebekah Rhodes and Oscar Rivilla
Photography
0034605 604470
"Working in partnership, Oscar and Rebekah aim to create images which challenge our first impression and demand a second look; mundane objects take on life, stereotyped characters reveal their ambiguity. Observant but dynamic, our photography invites the viewer to reflect and to participate."
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EXHIBITORS 2008
Alison Thompson
Photographer
website, 0114 2303332,
"The fields of landscape, travel, food and nature represent my main photographic interests and I find there is nothing more rewarding than to capture the beauty of the natural world to keep memories alive. I love to work alongside the quiet magic of Mother Nature and the vibrancy of life."
Caroline Riley
Drawings
email, 01278 660456,
"Inspired by local landscape, animals and growing collection of feathers, stones, shells and leaves. Caroline works from a converted tractor shed on the North Yorks Moors."
Anna Tosney
Paintings and Prints
I aim to re-create the atmosphere of Yorkshire’s unique scenery and beautiful skies, incorporating the familiar figures of farmers contemplating the countryside or having a friendly chat. The posture of the figures in my prints is an important aspect which I pay particular attention to when working on a design. All my pieces are Drypoint/Monoprints. All the prints are individual and hand printed in several layers using an intaglio press.
Gus Wright
Ceramics
email, 01274 552180,
"I have always sought to create forms, whether in ceramic or soapstone, that are pleasing to the eye without the need for deep analysis and I feel I know when a shape or form ‘works’ as a sculpture."
Richard Webster
Paintings
website, 07815614368,
"The initial approach to making paintings was to deconstruct the conventional perception of a painting in order to reconstruct it in a new way. This initially led the work in the direction of breaking the boundaries between painting and 3D media."
Bethan Hoyle
Jewellery
email, 01535 634579,
"Bethan’s style is colourful and feminine with a touch of sparkle. Her inspiration comes from the natural world and small items which she has collected over the years, such as buttons, beads, lace and other materials. She combines silver, felt, resin, fabric, buttons and other little objects like beads to create beautiful and desirable objects of design"
Libby Jubb
Jewellery
email, 01943 605489,
"Vintage lace, embroidery and jewellery from the Victorian and Art Nouveau period are the man sources of inspiration for Libby Jubb’s work. Semi Precious stone chips and Swarovski Crystals are threaded onto sterling silver wire. The wire is then crocheted to form intricate, textural and tactile jewellery."
Gordon Knight
Crafts
"Using trees which have been damaged in some way by nature, whether it be storms or disease, or trees which have been taken down for environmental reasons, I strip away the layers of bark and wood on a journey of discovery to find features nature has hidden within. Then, using simple shapes to encapsulate nature’s artistry, I aim to create an item of elegance and beauty."
Jackie Stonehouse
Painting
email, website 01756 751821,
"Jackie produces work that is semi-abstract, strong in composition and colour. These elements feature throughout her work, whether it is landscape, still for life or life drawing. She is also a regular participant of North Yorkshire Open Studios."
Richard Wells
Wire Sculpture
email, 07813300815,
"To capture the inherent balance and graceful beauty of a fleeting moment in nature using harsh, artificial and enduring media of wire is my challenge. I am constantly exploring the subtle compromise between scale, simplicity and detail; the gaps between the wire are just important as the lines which I choose to describe and the viewers imagination is key when experiencing my sculpture."
Matt Forster
Painting
Matt Forster has a bold and innovative approach to watercolour that challenges traditional watercolour painting. His landscape paintings have captured the North of England's moody evocations for the past 15 years and he has spent extended paintings periods in various locations around the world. As an accomplished British watercolourist Matt says his aim is to create paintings that "break the boundaries of 21st Century watercolour
Fran Jordan
Jewellery and Felt
“My unique handmade jewellery is designed around texture and colour. Easy to wear, the designs are made from a combination of wonderful glass beads, semi precious stones, silver and hand enameled motifs, all combined to form attractive pieces in a rich palette of colours. Softest Merino wool is combined with silk, British wool and other fibres to create gossamer fine scarves with a unique blend of colour and texture.”
Charlotte Clark
Glass
01384 481877
“I specialise in kiln formed architectural glass, making wall pieces, one off jewellery pieces and also 3d forms. My work explores texture, pattern colour and form in a very experimental fashion.”
Tim Fowler
Painter
0116 2201532, email
“The majority of my work is derived from the urban environment. I have always been interested in man-made structures and materials. However it wasn’t until I moved to Sheffield that it began to merge with my artistic practice.”
Val Marshall
Pottery
01524 262512, email
“Having been a hand spinner for many years, I turned to ceramics as another hands-on hobby. I have studied at Bentham Pottery via Craven College courses for the last 6 years, together with a selection of summer schools. I realised my interests lay in hand building to produce natural shapes and trying various types of clay and of decoration. Now being equipped with gas and electric kilns at home I have the opportunity to try different firing techniques, which is very satisfying.”
Geraldine Mallinson
Jewellery
01756 760497, email
“I take inspiration from the natural environment. I create unique jewellery and bespoke commissions from the new material silver clay and semiprecious stones and handmade glass.”
Lionel Playford
Painter
01384 481877 website.
The paintings, mainly in oils, respond to the moods of weather, light and season and are often imaginary evocations of places based on memory and drawings in the field. The drawings usually use natural found materials such as peat and sheep droppings to a greater or lesser degree and often there is an element of the weather in these pieces. Thus the drawings are direct and the paintings indirect responses.
Chryssie Burgess
Felt
email, 015242 63233,
“I can’t stand felt behind glass, shut away and trapped, distanced from the world. It’s a natural fibre, it will age, it will fade, it will get marked. So wash it. Let it live, let it evolve, let it go back to nature. Then make some more.”
