Creatively connecting people with place along the Norfolk/Suffolk border
My work is about is about the textures and mood of the landscape around me – focusing sometimes on the details of vegetation and sometimes on evoking a sense of the season, of space, light and weather.
I draw and use digital photography, almost always in combination with experimental textile and mixed media approaches.
I work in series – responding to particular places, often the beautiful Waveney Valley landscape local to me, and exploring the possibilities of new techniques.
I try to communicate a sense of atmosphere by capturing the motion of the sea, the tranquility of the land, and the texture of the rocks.
I let my work develop and take over from my initial direct reaction.
The elements of the environment are not only beautiful, calm but vast, complex and dangerous. This relationship between fear and tranquility are emotions I can identify with.
Engaging with nature has helped me to overcome my recent surgery to remove a brain tumour. I admire and appreciate more so now the beauty found in an individual leaf or a spectacular view.
A mixed media and natural resources artist creating a selection of contact botanical prints and paintings using the plants gathered from around Suffolk.
The art work is a calm and gentle visual experience that allows the natural marks and colours from nature to connect you to the natural world.
Finding sanctuary in nature and seeking deeper connections with the landscape, I have immersed myself in researching and discovering the potential of natural colours and prints from my environment. Following a path that led to completing an MA at NUA I have continued to work exploring my locality through mindful practice.
Each print or painting is a result of a unique process, from gathering materials on long walks, to preparing the fabrics, dye baths and paints. Embracing the serendipity of creating this way allows for the materials to become their own part of the collaboration. I am able to guide the process but ultimately the outcomes are unknown until they are revealed. Each leaf, fabric or colour used has a journey attached to it, to create with these natural resources adds a deeper connection to the art.
Making my own paint brushes and paints, or using some recycled fabrics, feels different to painting with shop bought brushes and canvases. Seeking the beauty in natural resources and awakening ancient practices in our contemporary world is the way I feel drawn to express my art and my love for nature.
I am a Suffolk based artist working in architectural stained glass: light and colour are my medium.
Most of my work is commission based for secular and non-secular buildings. In some commissions, in agreement with the client, I enjoy taking an experimental approach to painting on glass, allowing for an element of surprise and discovery.
I also offer stained glass courses at my studio – Myglassroom in Mellis. There is a personal element running through my work, that is not commission based, in which themes of environment are explored and completed pieces can be displayed in numerous ways and places.
World Land Trust (WLT) is an international conservation charity that protects the world’s most biologically significant and threatened habitats acre by acre. Through a network of partner organisations around the world, WLT funds the creation of reserves and provides permanent protection for habitats and wildlife. Partnerships are developed with established and highly respected local organisations who engage support and commitment among the local community.
I am a Suffolk based artist inspired by low roofed black barns, peeling boats, mud and reed beds.
I paint primarily in acrylic and watercolour and take an an abstract approach to landscape and still life.
A career in organisational change taught me a lot about balancing chaos with order. Now enjoying how that plays out on the canvas.
A bespoke etching studio in a farm setting in Middleton for one to one tuition or sole use of the etching press.
Membership available for open access to printmaking facilities.
Mill Street Etching Studio
Rose Farm Barn, Mill Street, Middleton
Saxmundham
Suffolk
IP17 3NG
I am a writer, textile artist/bookbinder with a keen interest in fables, folktales, myths, and exploring ancient places.
I’m an enthusiastic walker also, and my writing is inspired by the many journeys I’ve made; from visiting mysterious places and ancient churches to observations within the woods, of wildlife, and of walking in nature.
My textile/bookbinding work is an extension of this. I mostly work in silk, with each piece being hand-dyed, painted and embellished.
www.aelfwynnbooks.com
Circle 67 is an amateur drama group, based in Bramfield, who normally do three productions a year.
Two of these tour to local theatres and village halls and there is a summer tour of a Shakespeare play to pub gardens.
Circle 67 are always open for new members who would like to get involved on or off stage.
I’m a potter & artist.
I work with porcelain & sculpture crank clay, hand build & using my love of painting, I create bugs ( insects) hares, owls, wildlife in nature, adding my own interpretation & with my love of the countryside, coastal & garden where I live, in Lowestoft, which gives me my inspiration.
If you wish to commission a piece of work please contact via my Facebook or Instagram.
I’m also a member of Anglian Potters & Lowestoft Arts Centre where I also exhibit my work. I hope to be able to open my studio to visitors when we can safely do so, corvid restrictions are lifted.
