Somerset Art Weeks 2012
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SAW Ltd. The Town Hall, Bow Street, Langport, Somerset TA10 9PR Telephone: 01458 253 800 Email: [email protected] www.somersetartworks.org.uk Front & back cover images: Sebastian King Guide design: www.fireandicecreative.com STUDIOS somersetartworks artweeks12 15th to 30th September 2012 FREE GUIDE
frontcover_back cover v6.indd 1-2 11/07/2012 12:02 Words from SAW Chairman A message from And warm and grateful thanks go to our Friends who are:- Giles Adams Ruth Lyde Firstly we’d like to thank Pauline Watson for having chaired SAW for so many Christine Akhurst Sylvia Lyndley years with such attentive and detailed care. It’s a complex ship to helm and she Friends of SAW Committee Geoffrey Allen David & Marion Mainhood Angela Andrews Mr Nick Moore has steered SAW with great skill and ambition. We look forward to her continued Michael Armstrong Carolyn Moore contributions to the board. How dull our lives would be without the visual arts. It is therefore important that we support our Antonette Barrett Stephanie Morland Somerset artists, as many of you kindly do. Geoffrey & Rossanne Bertram Magnus and Lyn Mowat Carlo and Alan Blandford Frances Neal This year is Open Studios - a chance for visitors to see the heart of Somerset’s During the past year the combined contributions from our Friends and Corporate Friends has directly Mr & Mrs Christopher Bond Mr & Mrs Paddy O’Hagan creativity. There is a huge variety of work out there to see and an equal variety enabled SAW to offer bursaries, prizes, sponsorships and placements to graduates and emerging artists. Dorothea Susan Bradley Sarah Owens A career in the arts is a precarious journey and this support really does make a difference. Gill Braniff Janet Paterson of people and places to visit. It’s a chance for you to explore! Rosalie Challis Mark & Juliet Pollock Being a Friend of SAW is a direct way for people who enjoy art to become involved. As a Friend you Diana M Gordon Clark Pat Robinson receive invitations to Friends events, private views of the works of SAW members, a copy of the annual “Somerset Arts Week is a much-loved and Seek out the hidden studios, find secret masterpieces; it’s a good time to buy Adam Clarke Audrey Roux Guide and regular information. As an extra thank you, Friends names are entered into a Prize Draw 4 Betty Cloke David & Elisabeth Rutherford thriving annual event and I’m proud to at artists’ prices too. times a year providing the chance of winning an original piece of art work kindly donated by a Dave Cufflin Sir Benjamin Slade Bt SAW member. Stewart & June Cursley Janet Spicer support it. Open Studio is an opportunity to talk to the makers, discussing techniques Isabel de Pelet Heather A Stallard The generous support of our Corporate Friends Scheme has been of great benefit in helping SAW fulfil its Peter Allen & Delia de Silva Andrew Tandy and theories. Open studios, open minds. commitment to promoting and developing the visual arts in Somerset. Irene Dickson Angela Warden Fran Edwards Chris J Watts It plays an invaluable role in identifying We sincerely thank our Corporate Friends who are:- Lastly take the chance to really get to know Somerset: the extraordinarily varied Julia Evans Jennifer Wiggins and celebrating a huge variety of creative Bruton School for Girls King’s College Taunton Michael & Rosalie Fiennes Robin & Romey Williams landscape; the vigorous food and drink culture; the significant historic and Somerset College Mill on the Brue Colin & Eileen Forbes Brigadier & Mrs Christopher Wolverson activities and projects in this county, finding spiritual past. Somerset is a huge county with a complex cultural fabric. Woodland Castle Montague Inn Deirdre Gascoigne Chilton Cantalo School Wells Cathedral School Marian Greswell emerging artists and raising awareness of Explore! Enjoy! Churton Inge Associates What’s On Somerset Nicola Harford them. I urge you to go out and enjoy this Mr & Mrs D J Hawken Peter and Rosemary Hill glorious week of cultural exploration.” Richard Pomeroy Sylvia M Hilliard Chairman, Somerset Art Works Jim Hollingsworth Mr & Mrs B J Hurst-Bannister Kevin McCloud Rosie Inge Chris Irwin IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY A FRIEND OF Sue Isherwood Junction 24 Ltd SAW DO JOIN NOW... it is easy! Sir Michael Layard Visit our web site www.somersetartworks.org.uk Norman and Anne Lees and download a form or telephone Stephanie at the Shirley Lomas office 01458 253800
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Words from Patron, Kevin MaCloud Inside cover Welcome to Somerset Art Weeks 2012. The event features 221 venues this year Studio Open Words from SAW Chairman Inside cover Artists Exchange and residency with more than 300 artists taking part. Each year, we promise to take the Open 2012 Special Projects 1 Studios event to a new level, by showcasing some of the new commissions and In collaboration with SVA in Stroud and supported 2012 Event Snippet 2 projects SAW have initiated, organised and/or curated, alongside the diverse by Reveal Somerset, the Brewhouse turns into a Somerset Art Weeks 2013 2 temporary artist studio to host resident artist range of work presented by artists in Somerset. Art Weeks Education Pack for Schools 3 Eunju Yoo from Stroud and Hazel Holman, an emerging artist from Somerset. A short film Reveal Somerset 3 Studio Works documenting the Somerset based artist group, How to use this guide 4 Artists in their creative space Hacker Farm who carried out their residency in the Open Studios event at SVA in May, will also be Map - Mendip 5 Welcome to our world! From the field nearby, to the garden, from the purpose built studio, to the kitchen shown. For details please see Venue 138, p53. table just to name a few examples keeping the creativity alive. In Somerset, there are a very small number Map - Sedgemoor 23 of professional studio spaces and public galleries for artists and yet, the artistic community is thriving. Open Flight of Crane Map - West Somerset 37 Studios gives the public an insight into how the artists work and are inspired. To celebrate this, 11 artists Exhibition inspired by The Great Crane Project Map - Taunton Deane 47 were invited to work with our guide designer graduate photographer Chantelle Henocq, Sebastian King Map - South Somerset 59 and Somerset based writer David Davis, to produce a collection of images that are incorporated in the guide As part of the on-going partnership between SAW Mendip Venues 01 - 50 6 - 22 and other publicity materials. Participating artists are Amanda Khan-Davis, David Brayne, Emma Scott, and The Great Crane Project, we collaborate George Foweraker, Jane Brayne, Jane Mackey, John Candler, Melanie Moulding, Pauline Rooke, with Somerset Crafts, an artists’ co-operative, Sedgemoor Venues 51 - 94 25 - 36 Simon Ledson and Val George. Larger scales of the images will be exhibited at The Brewhouse Theatre to present an exhibition featuring a wide range West Somerset Venues 95- 122 39 - 46 & Arts Centre. For details please see Venue 138 p53. of works inspired by cranes and their living Taunton Deane Venues 123 - 154 49 - 58 environment in Somerset. The exhibition also South Somerset Venues 155 - 221 61 - 83 features an art installation of hundreds of origami paper cranes created by Lucy Lean in collaboration Artist Index (A to Z) 84 - 85 with schools and the community. For details Artist Index (Artform) 86 - 88 please see Venue 27, p14. Acknowledgement 88 Friends of SAW inside back cover Maximum Exposure Bringing Contemporary Arts to Somerset Photographs from Studio Works commission: Art Weeks is an ideal opportunity for SAW to Front Cover - David Brayne showcase two of the Maximum Exposure p1 - Emma Scott commissions, namely One to Twenty, a 13 metre p24 - Jane Mackey long inflatable sculpture by artists Claire Barber p38 - Pauline Rooke and Steve Swindells and a film documenting the Taunton Stop Line Live Project by artists Rob p48 - David Brayne and Matt Vales. For Details see p68 & 77.
SAW_ven_v36.indd 1 11/07/2012 12:03 Event Snippet Somerset Art Weeks 2013: Schools who wish to participate Exhibitions & Events SAW have encouraged artists to expand their horizons in Venue 125: Places to Dream In 21st September to 6th October in Art Weeks 2012 contemporary art making for many years. SAW recognise A special art installation in a wood above Chipstable. A nest built with natural materials that change and degrade over time by Liz Fathers and a carved four The biggest county-wide visual arts festival There are many ways in which schools can To request a pack please email many of these activities are not financed by selling activities poster bed by Jane Mowat inviting the viewer to sleep and dream amongst the in Somerset, Somerset Art Weeks: Exhibitions get involved in Art Weeks from simply setting a during the Open Studios event. We have highlighted some trees. Evening events of music, storytelling, singing or experience the quiet of the homework activity or by visiting venues. To assist Beccy Swaine at beccy.swaine@ wood. Wed, Fri & Sun 6 - 8pm. Visitors advised to wear good footwear. & Events set out to celebrate diverse range of of these events and projects whereby artists have made an visual arts in Somerset. The next Event will take schools to plan their activities around Art Weeks, somersetartworks.org.uk SAW and SPAEDA have jointly put together an Art extra effort to present their new ideas to you. On reading Venue 174: Unravelled place from 21st September to 6th October, 2013. The previous Festival of 2011 featured a total Weeks Education Pack specifically tailored for Leah Hislop performs a site-specific installation of weaving and light, alongside the guide you will find more. of 108 venues at which more than 450 artists schools. This pack will assist schools in obtaining the installations created by Bryony Tidball and Nina Gronw-Lewis. Interactive Reveal is a partnership of equals between three participated. It successfully attracted more than maximum benefits from the event and include all weaving workshops on Saturday and Sunday; Storytelling by Jane Flood on visual arts and media organisations based in Venue 01: David Davies 50,000 visitors. essential information required to organise tours Invites the public to take part in his collaborative poetry about Open Studios. Saturday 22nd; and final celebration on Sunday 30th. Open daily 11am to 6pm. and activities. Somerset – Brewhouse Visual Arts, Somerset Art Visit the website in advance and give your views. Tue to Sun, 11am to 6pm. Works and Somerset Film. The partnership has Venue 201: Everything and more Somerset Art Weeks: Exhibitions & Events 2013 welcomes group exhibitions and projects Included in the pack: emerged and grown with the support of the Arts Venue 20: Dove Studios Shattering the idea of the artist’s studio by filling the venue with ideas, images, - Homework and activity sheet templates for Council Thrive programme. Reveal’s work is focused objects and creative detritus left behind by artists previously involved in where more than 3 artists take part. Criteria Visit the most established printmaking studio in Somerset. Artists Bronwen and registration process will be posted on SAW students in Key Stages I to III. on professional and infrastructure development, Bradshaw, Tony Martin and Pennie Elfick are working in the studio and OSR Projects. ‘Aspects of the creative process that usually remain hidden - A list of Art Weeks Venues suitable for school visits are disclosed revealing everything and more.’ Wed to Sat 11am to 6pm, website www.somersetartworks.org.uk from engagement and widening audiences. will talk about their work on Saturday 22nd September, 2-4pm. September 2012 onwards. - Practical information to assist in the organisation Sun 11am to 4pm. of venue visits, tours, workshops and preparing Venue 88: The Engine Room risk assessments Needing help to take part? For more go to www.revealsomerset.org.uk Somerset Film presents ‘archive for the future’ programmes made with Venue 204: Pop-up Museum - Information on organised tour packages volunteer community chroniclers during the past few years. An ideal opportunity Audio-visual artist-musicians Hacker Farm occupy an empty shop at Quedam (SPAEDA can organise these on your behalf, FREE Advisory Sessions for individuals and Our mission statement is quite simply: for you to get hands on with cameras and recorders. Mondays 17th & 24th, Shopping Centre in Yeovil to create an art-space that’s part installation, part subject to a fee) gallery, part museum, with hand-picked objects and archive materials from organisations planning to take part. Wednesdays 19th & 26th, Fridays 21st & 28th September from 10am - 4.30pm To book, please contact - Testimonials from schools who have participated growing great art. including Saturday 22nd September 10am - 2pm. Community Heritage Access Centre in Yeovil. Workshops and performance on in Art Weeks tours in previous years. Saturday 22nd September 11am to 6pm. [email protected] Venue 110: Story Walk A new Curatorial Toolkit for Artists and 4 GPS walks in scenic Exmoor with a spin. Visit website Venue 212: Demonstration Day www.storywalks.info Curators in Somerset is available soon. It in advance to download the app and walking route. You will find a hidden box A demonstration day organised by Somerset Guild of Craftsmen who invite the public to see makers and artists working in a wide range of medium. Saturday includes tips and case studies of curating at the end of the walk and you will be asked to sign and hide again for the your own projects and exhibitions. To request next visitor. 16th September, 11am to 4pm. a copy, please contact SAW office oninfo@ Somerset Art Weeks somersetartworks.org.uk Venue 122: OutOfOrder Gallery Venue 220: Waterhole Event at Shave Farm Education Pack A resource for teachers Artist Peter Messa turns the telephone box into the smallest gallery in the county. Visit the long-standing artists collaborative venue at Bruton. Feature artists How to make the most of Somerset Art Weeks Visit and you will get a surprise during your journey. Thursday to Sunday, 11am Rowena Pearce, Terri Hogan, Kay Lewis-Bell, Tim Millar, Colin Bell, Annie to 6pm. Fry and Lin Hawkins. Special event on Saturday 15th September 11am to 6pm SAW and Spaeda working together to increase children and young people’s access to the visual arts in Somerset Spaeda with bands, cafe and creative activities, to include stonecarving, clay, printmaking. arts education Suitable for all ages.
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SAW_ven_v36.indd 2-3 11/07/2012 12:03 Additional Information ©Crown Copyright Reserved reproduced from Ordinance Survey How to use this guide mapping with permission of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office under Licence no. LA 07683 X. Unauthorised reproduction infringed Crown The venues are divided into 5 areas, Mendip, Sedgemoor, West Somerset, Taunton Deane and South Somerset. No Dog Sign: No Dogs, except guide dogs. Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. You will find FIVE maps indicating the venue locations. Disabled access sign: This provides information on physical access. Some venues Map 1 - Mendip (Venue 01-50) may have gravel paths and steps. If you are not sure, please check before your visit. Map 2 - Sedgemoor (Venue 51-94) Family Friendly: Venues with this logo mean that you can be sure that they are Map 3 - West Somerset (Venue 95-122) expecting visits from families and groups. Please also see Disclaimers for more Map 4 - Taunton Deane (Venue 123-154) information. Map 5 - South Somerset (Venue 155-221) Activities: Workshops, demonstrations, tasters or Have-A-Go activities: Practical We are using OS maps this year and we hope you will be able to locate your visit by referring to the workshops are provided by some venues, please contact individual venues for relevant road system and the directions provided by each venue. You can also visit our website booking details. www.somersetartworks.org.uk prior to your visit and plan your route by using the online map provided. If you are unsure about the location, you can always contact individual venues for directions. Large Print available from SAW office
Signs to find the venue Look for signs and posters with Somerset Art Weeks 12. Disclaimer They will guide you to the venue. All information in this guide is correct at the time of printing. Each venue is responsible for the Opening Dates & Times information it has provided to appear in the Guide. However, SAW Ltd. cannot accept responsibility for unforeseen circumstances that may occur during your visit. Visitors are advised to contact venues This year, most of the venues will be open from 11am to 6pm, but please look at the opening times of each about access and opening times before visiting. venue, as they may vary. A calendar provided indicates the venue closing dates as follows: FAMILY FRIENDY POLICY: During Somerset Art Weeks 12 most of the venues will be very happy to S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S welcome families. Venues with the Family Friendly logo mean that you can be sure that they are 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 expecting visits from families and groups. It also means they are doing their best to provide clear A venue without a calendar means that they are open daily. Please contact individual venues before information and facilities for your family. However, some of the venues are opened for public your visit if you are not sure or wish to make a visit outside the opening times as publicised. access on a temporary basis during the Art Weeks only, such as artists studios and private premises; therefore, they will have limited facilities and great care should be taken when visiting them. Website (www.somersetartworks.org.uk) Adults are responsible for the supervision of any children in their care at all times. SAW Ltd. and It contains the most up-to-date information on the event. You can use the maps to locate your venue. participants cannot accept liability for any loss, damage or injury sustained by any member of the Also you will be able to read the information on artists you wish to visit by art form or by location. public during their visits.
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Sarah Truscott - Weaver, Sal Fleming - Painter, David Davies - Writer Sara Ingleby-Mackenzie Gare Hill Road Pottery Ian Marlow ARBS Melanie Moulding Tony Mayell Russell Coates, Hiro Takahashi
Sarah creates scarves, rugs, wall-hangings and soft Workshop / studio, teas, coffee, cake and garden. Exhibition includes Russell Coates: Underglaze- furnishings including commission work. Her textiles blue porcelain, bowls, vases, boxes, jugs and mugs Ceramics and landscape paintings. Paintings are I make drawings and oil paintings of people; some are inspired by techniques that use graduated colour S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S enamelled with birds, animals and sea creatures. atmospheric, studies of the landscape. The studio I know, some I don’t. Often they are outsiders but opens into the garden with space to work outside. there is always a touch of an old memory. Time to give a feeling of movement and harmony. Sal 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Hiro Takahashi: Ceramic sculpture - ‘soul houses’, Enjoy a coffee or tea as you stroll through the Open Daily - 11am to 6pm paints with watercolour washes and glazes, using trees, boats, small animals and functional pottery. Sculpture Garden admiring the stunning works in passes ever more quickly and I try to capture the Opening times - 11am to 6pm Landscape Paintings in oil and egg tempera and fleeting moments of almost arcadian pleasure. points of stillness to create contrast, movement and stainless steel and glass that shimmer, playfully, as Ebenezer Chapel, High Street, ‘Handbag Fairy’ utilitarian ceramics. light. David’s ‘Authors of Our Work’ uses words, 5 Gurnville Cottages, Little Keyford Lane, Pottery making and painting demonstrations at you move around them. There is a bold freshness in Buckland Dinham, Nr Frome, Bronze and Resin sculptures. Small affordable S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S images and sound. It looks at ‘collected word’ Frome, Somerset BA11 5BD weekends. Tea and coffee. Ian’s use of modern materials to create natural forms Somerset BA11 2QT bronzes. and collaborative poems that connect us to who Preview Friday 14th September 5pm - 7pm. that sit so comfortably in either traditional gardens or S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 we are and who we will become. David’s writing T 01373 465780 / 0781 5463568 in contemporary settings. Also showing in the small T 01373 471 711 Opening times - 11am to 6pm S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S collaboration with photographer Sebastian King and W www.textilespaintpoetry.blogspot.co.uk S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S side gallery are his drawings and prints. W www.marlowsculpture.co.uk Opening times - 11am to 6pm 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 graphic designer Chantelle Henocq on Studio Works, E [email protected] 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 E [email protected] Orchard House, High Street/ Mill Lane, commissioned for Open Studios 2012, is at The Glen View, Church Street, Coleford, Radstock, Coleford, Radstock, Somerset BA3 5GR Directions: From A361, take B3092 towards Frome. Sharp left just after Opening times - 11am to 6pm Directions: On the A362 between Frome and Radstock, near the Bell Brewhouse Arts Centre, SAW venue 138. ‘Frome’ sign. Straight ahead 300 yards. Venue on right, pull-in opposite. Opening times - 11am to 6pm Inn. You’ll see a large hanging sign saying IAN MARLOW SCULPTURE. Somerset, BA35LZ Please park in the High Street and walk up the driveway. The Haven, Gare Hill Road, Nr. Witham Friary, T 01373 812010 Rodden Manor, Warminster Road, Frome, Somerset BA11 5EX T 01373 812033 E [email protected] Presence Frome, Somerset BA11 5LE E [email protected] by Michael Bennett Directions: Opposite Coleford Co-op take road signposted to Leigh With a video installation by Clive Walley T 07745 477 135 on Mendip. Turn right on to High Street for 150 yds. Drive entrance T 01373 466610 Directions: From the Radstock direction come into the top of Coleford is immediately on the left as you turn into Mill Lane. House and W www.russellcoates.co.uk and turn right at the Co-operative Store into Church Street. From the SAT 8 September - SAT 13 October W www.slimsculpture.co.uk studio are pink buildings at the end. Please park on the road as drive E [email protected] Frome direction turn left at the store. There are two SAW venues on is shared. E [email protected] Church Street. One just below the church on the left and the next venue is at the bottom of the hill also on the left. Entry has two steps Black Swan Gallery at Black Swan Arts Directions: From A361 take B3092 South. Go through Westwoodlands. down into the studio. The hill is difficult for poor mobility. 2 the Bridge, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1BB Directions: Stone gates on Left of A362. 800 yards from Asda At Frome Show sign turn right into Bunns Lane. Turn left at T-junction. Tel: 01373 473980 roundabout heading towards Warminster. 100m on right on Gare Hill Road.
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Andrew Scott George, Val George Emma Scott Sally Jacob Fiona Campbell Rockwell Studio Christine-Ann Richards Thea Dupays
In my recent work I want to engender the spirit of ancient rock carvings; the mystery of the marks, S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S a sense of being worn by time but still discernible, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 with a hidden language. Opening times - 11am to 6pm Open Studio and exhibition of Fiona’s steel, copper I enjoy exploring and painting intimate corners of Opening times - 11am to 6pm I use materials to reflect these elements and take Images inspired by myth and legend blended with - luminous landscape and wire sculptures, based on organic, primal local as well as mediterranean gardens. Travelling Andrew Scott George the work through a series of processes: dyed Sally’s quirky gothic style create an exhibition of Chapel House, High Street, paintings in egg tempera on gesso panel, including forms in nature. Intricately woven layers contrast has meant smaller canvases, but they can still Noone Cottage, Springers Hill, Coleford, grounds, batiking, collage, printing, cutting and piec- unique and alternative art with a twist of fantasy. Wanstrow, Somerset BA4 4TE with strong, linear steel structures, incorporating accomodate lovely vistas and far horizons. This a selection of small works from £100 upwards. Radstock, Somerset BA3 5LN ing. Prices range from £90 (unframed) to £600, with Original work, print and cards for sale. Also on Mendips, Dorset, Wales and Scotland. - recycled materials. Work ranges from large outdoor has been a new departure, but one I shall continue Val George substantial reductions on older work. display is the jewellery Sally makes from semi- T 01749 850208 quirky papier mache animal sculptures and stylised pieces displayed in a beautiful spacious garden, to with this year. I work mostly in oil, but there are LAST OPEN STUDIO SHOW - Garden Ceramics and T 01373 812270 precious stones, beads, wire and vintage bits and W www.christineannrichards.co.uk animal paintings exploring a night-time world. smaller 3-D work, drawings, prints and sketchbooks preparatory sketches in mixed media. Work priced Thrown Porcelain: Christine-Ann will be making E [email protected] S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S pieces. And hair accessories, all one-of-a-kind E [email protected] in Fiona’s studio. Prices range from £10 - from £150 to £1,000. Textural, blotted watercolour pencil on panel: £90 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 pieces created with flowers, feathers and other one of her large, impressive pots during the show, Directions: Take road opposite Coleford co-op, continue; turn right into £2,900. Sunday workshops exploring wirework - £500. Gesso panels for painting in egg tempera interesting items. exhibiting these and her classical thrown porcelain. Directions: Two miles South of A361 between Shepton Mallet and High Street, pass Mill lane, Noone Cottage is further on left. Opening times - 11am to 6pm techniques (16th, 23rd, 30th, 12pm-1pm, booking for sale. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Her work is very much influenced by her journeys Frome on A359 to Bruton. At main crossroads in Wanstrow turn left. advisable). Refreshments available. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 to China and Japan. For 25 years she has arranged 100 metres on right-hand side. Studio behind Methodist church. 2 Wesley Villas, Church Street Coleford, S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S visits to other artists and places of cultural interest Radstock, Somerset BA3 5ND 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Opening times - 11am to 6pm Open Daily - 11am to 6pm both in China and Central Asia.
Opening times - 11am to 6pm Commissions welcome. T 01373 812955 Rockwells House, Batcombe, Laundry Cottage, 13 Cooks Lane, Somerset BA4 6HD Ceramics and Tours www.christineannrichards.co.uk E [email protected] 16 St. Michaels Close, Stoke St. Michael, West Cranmore, Somerset BA4 4RH Somerset BA3 5LF Directions: Coming down the hill into old Coleford, this venue is five T 01749 850656 houses down from the Methodist church, on the left T 01749 880394 T 01749 840444 W www.fionacampbellart.co.uk Directions: 350 metres west of the church, near the centre of the W www.thepunkfaeryartworks.com E [email protected] village. Reasonable parking on the road. Disabled parking on site. E [email protected] Good local pub. Directions: A361, Piers Road towards ES railway. Left to Strode Arms Directions: From the centre of the village, pass the church and take Pub. Left onto Cooks Lane. Through ‘The Laurels’ Gate. Laundry 1st right at top of hill. No. 16 is at the bottom of the Close. Cottage ahead.
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David Brayne RWS & Terry Macey & Angelika Ablitt Studio Pottery Sukey Erland Angie Rooke Venue 18 is on Noah’s Ark Studio Jane Brayne Elsebach Helen Ablitt page 17 Christine Farnworth, Irene Jackson
Figurative sculptures of people and animals both domestic and wildlife, some mythological subjects. Welcome to my studio from where I observe the year David Brayne: Painter. Founder member of Society of Portrait Sculptors. – distant trees purple with buds through to golden Jane Brayne: Painter/illustrator. Terry and Angelika design and make beautiful Reduction-fired domestic stoneware pots, ranging Exhibition of sculptures in open studio and garden, in leaf fall, birds and seasons blown in on the wind. I from egg cups to baking dishes, decorative bowls to bronze, bronze resins and hard fired stoneware. Professional artists showing recent paintings, clothes for women who desire style and individuality immerse myself in the landscape; the solitude and This unique garden studio is to be found in the lamp bases. All decorated with slips in soft, gentle drawings and printmaking in a working studio. beyond fashionable trend. Their clothes are made silence keep real life away for a time and I hope to heart of rural Somerset and offers a wide and varied S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S colours - some with abstract pattern and some with S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S in their Somerset workshop with an ethos for capture this in my work. Recent paintings on show, collection of art work. Light refreshment will be 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 images from nature. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S craft rather than mass production, using carefully also prints and cards. There will be cups of tea. available. natural explorations Irene Jackson’s Opening times - 11am to 6pm 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 sourced fabrics such as Irish linen, Scottish tweed, Opening times - 11am to 6pm of different landscapes inspire a range of vibrant S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Noah’s Ark, Millstreet, Baltonsborough, Opening times - 11am to 6pm silk and velvet. Clothes can be purchased direct Open Daily - 11am to 6pm etchings, collographs and paintings using multi 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Somerset BA6 8RG or commisions taken to suit individual needs.The Malt House, Totterdown Lane, media techniques. has an Christine Farnworth Studio is open throughout the year by appointment. Opening times - 11am to 6pm Pilton, Somerset BA4 4EA 5 Pilton Road, North Wootton, Shepton Mallet, intuitive approach towards nature in its diversity 4 Enfield Terrace, Weymouth Road, Evercreech, T 07812 856 640 Somerset BA4 4ET of form and colour inspiring prints, paintings and Somerset BA4 6JE E [email protected] S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S The Old Post Office, East Pennard, T 01749 890341 photography with ethereal qualities. Prices are T 01749 831006 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 6TU W www.sukeyerland.me.uk T 01749 890368 modest for wortk sold as originals and also prints Directions: Noah’s Ark is situated on edge of village of W www.davidbrayne.co.uk E [email protected] W www.angierooke.co.uk and cards. Baltonsborough. From centre of Baltonsborough take road passing Opening times - 11am to 5pm E [email protected] village shop signposted Butleigh. Studio is last house in village E [email protected] T 01749 860241 on right. E [email protected] Directions: The entrance is opposite The Crown Inn car park in Pilton. Directions: From A371 take road to Evercreech at Pecking Mill Inn. The Lodge, Pylle Hill, Pylle, Directions Signposted from main roads between Glastonbury, Wells Located between Weston Sports Ground and converted chapel. and Shepton Mallet. 2 or 3 miles of lanes and you’re there! Somerset BA4 6TE Directions: South of Shepton Mallet on A37. Opposite Queens Arms turn towards East Pennard. Take first right turn - house on right next T 01749 860 565 to red phone box. W www.terrymacey.com E [email protected]
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Dove Studios Sophie Harrison Love-Local at Middlewick Louise Bellairs Ioannis Antoniadis: The Red Brick Building Nightingale Studio Bronwen Bradshaw, Tony Martin, Pennie Elfick Holiday Cottages Heavenly Path Fine Art Gallery Paul Branson, Richard Pelham, Julie Avenell Richard Turner Craig Askew, Kate Chidley, Claire Springfield
Ioannis has a passion for the inspiring factor in art... It’s all about pastel. Painters Craig Askew and Kate Chidley and within the intimacy of his work there is an attempt The Red Brick building is a major new educational - Exhibits comprising of paintings, sketches and ceramicist Claire Springfield are all exhibitors to establish a connection between the viewer, the centre promoting arts and crafts in Somerset. During Unique handmade felt clothing and textiles. Sophie from the www.love-local.com online gallery and creative spirit and the mystery of art. His work Somerset Art Weeks, we are showing artists in monochrome preparatory work will aim to reflect the Louise Bellairs is inspired by Sacred Geometry and uses the wet felting technique to blend wool, hemp, shop. This year they are coming together to create a enabled him to explore the unknown territory... their embryonic studios with particular focus on the range and versatility of this medium. derives her work from intricate matrices which are Bronwen Bradshaw, Tony Martin and Pennie Elfick flax and a variety of natural fibres. Inspired by celebration of local events, coast and countryside at “I came in touch with a mysterious world. My work relationship between art work and the space within - My figurative style is inspired by light and rooted S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S then painted with patient brushwork and embelished exhibit paintings, prints, collages, drawings and the colours and texture in nature, Sophie creates Middlewick Holiday Cottages. became a continual reflection on the nature of which it is created. Paul Branson’s paintings reflect in design. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 with metallic paints, holographic glitter and video. Their work has the common theme of an sculptural clothing and abstract landscapes. Featured work will include printmaking, collage, the divine.” the Somerset landscape with simplified forms and - My materials include hand-crafted pastels, the Opening times - 11am to 6pm Swarovski Crystal Elements. abstraction that remains rooted in the world as they She apprenticed in Switzerland and has travelled painting in oils and acrylics and ceramic pieces Prices range between £15 - £8,000. a heightened palette of colours. His watercolours materials and information for making these will also The Flower of Lifes have been likened to ‘jewellery experience it. Bronwen Bradshaw’s etchings and exhibited in many places.Now living in Somerset which range from functional tableware to decorative are mostly created by tearing up paintings executed be on display. Dove Studios, Barton Road, Butleigh, for the wall’ and the visionary art has been grow from random markmaking into carefully she works from her studio at home and weaves the porcelain. Demonstrations and children’s drawing S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S outdoors. Richard Pelham creates specific design Somerset BA6 8TL highly regarded and is used as inspiration in edited series; she also makes video and books. landscape around into her art. events will take place during Saturday and Sunday. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 windows using opal glass and cathedral glass. He S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S healing centres, retreats and privately enjoyed as Tony Martin imagines spaces evoked by music and enjoys creating windows that take the elements 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 T 01458 850682 professional giclee reproductions. Opening times - 11am to 5pm poetry. Old trackways and Saxon architecture also S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Open Daily - 11am to 6pm presented by the house owner and the location. Opening times - 11am to 6pm W www.bronwenbradshaw.co.uk inspire his etchings and drawings. Pennie Elfick 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Julie Avenell’s work is photography and textiles. E [email protected] Open Daily - 11am to 6pm 3A Northload Street, Glastonbury, uses observation of her environment as a starting Opening times - 11am to 6pm Middlewick Holiday Cottages, Wick Lane, Somerset BA6 9JJ Nightingale Studio, Ashcott Road, Meare, point. Her colours are often soft and elusive. The Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 8JW Open Daily - 11am to 6pm Directions: On road between Butleigh and Barton St David, blue sign in 98 Wells Road, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 9SU artists will be working in the studios, and will give a hedge by lay by, down long drive Harepits Farms Cottage, Harepits Lane, Somerset BA6 9BP T 01458 832911 talk about their work on Saturday 22nd, 2 - 4pm. T 01458 832 351 Morlands Enterprise Park, Glastonbury, Butleigh, Somerset BA6 8TF W www.ioannisantoniadis.com T 01458 860694 W www.middlewickholidaycottages.co.uk Somerset BA6 9FW T 07980 470644 E [email protected] W www.artistrichardturner.co.uk [email protected] T 01458 850129 W www.artofsacredgeometry.co.uk E [email protected] T 07841 039320 Wwww.elfn.co.uk E [email protected] Directions: The Gallery Studio is by the Knight’s fish & chip restaurant Directions: From Glastonbury take A361 towards Shepton Mallet. 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SAW_ven_v36.indd 12-13 11/07/2012 12:04 Good Good Good Jewellery, Silverwork, Partial Good 27 OF 19 July to 3 September 28 29 30 Mixed Media, Painting, 31 Painting, Drawing, Metalwork, Stone Carving, Sculpture THE 2012 WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre, Painting, Prints, Drawing Mixed Media Prints, Drawing, Textiles, Fashion Painting, Prints, Drawing FLIGHT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, GL2 7BT Open daily 9.30am to 5.30pm Somerset Craft Centre Jo Binns Mark Hey Simon Ledson, Jane Peck Kate Noble, Susanna Lisle 15 to 30 September John Candler, Mithra Richardson, Billy Rhodes CRANES Somerset Crafts Centre at Avalon Contemporary art installation Marshes, Shapwick Road, Westhay, featuring hundreds of origami Somerset BA6 9TT Open Daily 10am to 5pm paper cranes alongside a wide range of work inspired by For more information contact SAW on The Great Crane Project 01458 253800 or email [email protected]
Billy Rhodes (Metalwork) PAINTINGS by Kate Noble and Susanna Lisle, explore Erica Sharpe (Jewellery) the use of dazzling colour within contemporary themes. John Candler (Stonecarving) Kate Rattray (Mosaic) The Sheppy on the Somerset Levels in Godney is full S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Leigh Combes (Pottery) of collected strangeness, great crafted beers, ciders 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Lucy Lean (Paper Crane Installation) I paint in oils mainly, with some gouache. I also show and Belgium lagers. We bake our bread, cook from Marie Burke (Watercolour) some etchings and drawings. My main subjects are charcoal fires and generate as much energy we can. Opening times - 11am to 6pm Mithra Richardson (Silk Painting) Intriguing collection of contemporary work landscape and the sea, but I also paint portraits, Gillian Widden (Sculpture) by prominent local artists, in a unique setting Open Daily - 10am to 5pm flowers and still life. This year I am concentrating Open Daily - 11am to 6pm The Old School, Godney, Wells, Sue Heys (Stained Glass) overlooking the Somerset Levels. on the Somerset Levels. Among other venues I have Simon Ledson Somerset BA5 1RY Susanne Branham (Jewellery) since completing his MA in fine art has a new Somerset Craft Centre at Avalon Marshes Suzanne Easton (Handmade Soap) exhibited at the Islington Art Fair and the Royal The Sheppey, Lower Godney, Wells, direction in his work; an observational study on surf Centre, Shapwick Road, Westhay, Viv White (Textiles) College of Art. Somerset BA51RZ T 01458 830078 culture. An understanding of form, light, space.
Somerset BA6 9TT The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Special tahnks to W www.katenoble.co.uk Ocean and earth are the elements. Also showing Organised and curated by Somerset Art Works in partnership with Somerset Crafts S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S T 01458-831594 E [email protected] and The Great Crane Project. Exhibition and Lucy Lean’s commission sponsored by his new time scapes [landscapes]. Jane Peck is T 01458 860426 Bruton School for Girls. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 E [email protected] returning to her roots in textiles and fashion, she will W www.somersetcrafts.com www.somersetartworks.org.uk Directions: Godney is off the A39 between Wells and Glastonbury. Old Opening times - 12pm to 6pm be showing a new body of work, coats and jackets School Studio is past the Old Post Office E [email protected] inspired by classic retro designs from the 50s and
Mithra Richardson: Atmospheric landscapes on The Hawthorns, Lower Godney, 60s alongside contemporary jewellery influenced by silk, cards and ink sketches. Directions: Follow brown signs to Avalon Marshes Centre on the road between Shapwick and Westhay. Wells, Somerset BA5 1RZ travels to different cultures. John Candler: Innovative stone sculpture “Wonderful, colourful, unafraid work” incorporating original use of glass. Exhibition Visitor T 01458 831387 Open Daily - 11am to 6pm Billy Rhodes: has spent his life working with his E [email protected] hands to create work of practicality and beauty. He Thornreed Studio, Lower Godney, Wells, has a stong affinity to industrial iron work and gets Directions: Godney is between Glastonbury and Wells. Turn off the A39 Somerset BA5 1RZ great satisfaction in manipulating iron and steel in at Polsham. The Hawthorns is the last house on the left before a sharp right fork. the ancient craft of blacksmithing. Girls age 2-18 T 07976 362709 Boys age 2-7 BRUTON SCHOOL W www.simonledson.co.uk Workshops FOR GIRLS E [email protected] 29 September 2012 (All day) 01749 814400 [email protected] brutonschool.co.uk 30 September 2012 (All day) Directions: Godney is off the A39 between Wells and Glastonbury. Sunny Hill, Bruton, Somerset BA10 0NT Blossom at Bruton Follow Sheppey river. Thornreed Studio is just past the Sheppey pub.
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SAW_ven_v36.indd 14-15 11/07/2012 12:04 Ceramics,Groups, Good Not Good Partial Partial Partial Partial Furniture, Interiors, Galleries, Organisations, Ceramics, Film, New Media, 32 Painting, Prints, Drawing, Printmaking 33 Jewellery, Silverwork, Willow, Baskets 34 Painting, Prints, Drawing, Photography 35 Painting, Drawing, Pottery, Printmaking, Stonecarving 18 Textiles, Fashion, Arts and Disability 36 Mixed Media, Sculpture, Stonecarving
Hill Farm Studio Lorraine Houlden Pennybatch Gallery: Peter & Jake Vincent Phil Brown & Gillian Hulse Orchard Vale Trust KC3D Media Myrtle Pizzey, SGFA Casey Nadine Banwall
Gillian Hulse: Collections of joyful, vibrant kiln- S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S An exhibition plus demonstrations in the workshop/ formed glassware for the home and garden. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 studio of a relief printmaker working mainly in At Greenfield Farm you will find children’s chairs Phil Brown: Serene figurative stonecarvings and Casey uses classic materials such as terracotta restored in Somerset rush. Rush baskets and Opening times - 11am to 6pm the medium of lino. The show will include original organic stoneware ceramics in a garden setting. clays and Porcelain; to create detailed, realistic, observation drawings, limited edition prints in black jewellery. Rushes harvested locally. Also for sale For 2012, husband and wife team Phil and Gill figurative sculpture with a contemporary twist. and white, and colour reduction. A visual example of straw jewellery fashioned from rye straw following 32 Knowle Lane, Wookey, Somerset BA5 1LB She also uses silicone and resin in a process called welcome you to their garden studios where you will be provides residential homes the relief process will be on dislay plus examples of traditional techniques. Orchard Vale Trust cold casting, creating extremely life-like one-off able to enjoy demonstrations of stonecarving and the for adults with learning disabilities. Throughout other processes and techniques. Workshops available in rush seating. A father and son exhibition in both watercolour and Open Daily - 11am to 6pm T 01749 679967 caricatures, that are sold on a commission basis. creation of new garden related pieces of glasswork. the event our workshops will be open where we photography. Peter’s flowing land and townscape W www.gillianhulse.com Alongside this, Casey Produces CGI music promos, Tea for two (or maybe more!) in the summerhouse, will be showing work in progress and displaying a S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S watercolours complimenting beautifully Jake’s large Pennybatch Gallery, Burcott, Wells, E [email protected] examples of which will also be on view. Her clients and other treats! Cards and prints also for sale. colourful collection of scarves in silk and wool fibre, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 panoramic photographs of Somerset. Jake will be Somerset BA5 1NH have included the RnB artists Estelle and Jessie J. Commissions always welcome! Directions: In centre of Wookey village, enter Knowle Lane (approx 30 textured felt bags, cushions and jewellery, textile Opening times - 11am to 6pm on hand most days to demonstrate the process of yards left of Ring O’ Bells pub). 32 is approx 300 yards on right. Opening times - 11am to 6pm and needlepoint items, and ceramics for indoor and capturing his photos, from conception to print. Peter T 01749 672553 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S outdoor use. Hill Farm Studio, Castle Lane, Wookey, Greenfield Farm, Upper Coxley, Wells too will be in the studio painting on Wednesdays and W www.pennybatchgallery.co.uk 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Somerset BA5 1QS Fridays and will be available for hints and advice in E [email protected] Somerset BA5 1NN Open Daily - 11am to 5pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm watercolour techniques. Prints and originals available T 01749 679683 for purchase. Directions: From Wells take B3139 to Wedmore for approximately one T 01749 678006 mile. Turn left at the two milk churns before you get to the Burcott Inn, East Court, Doctors Hill, Wookey, 17 Fairways, Wells, Somerset BA5 2DF E [email protected] continue over the hill 400yrds on left. W www.myrtlepizzey.co.uk Somerset BA5 1AR E [email protected] T 07882 736384 T 01749 673122 W www.kc3dmini-me.com Directions: From Wells take the A371 towards Cheddar, fork left onto Directions: A39 between Coxley and Wells,turn towards North Wootton the B3139 towards Wedmore. After approximately one mile fork left then turn next on right (signposted). Greenfield Farm 400m on left. W www.orchardvaletrust.org.uk E [email protected] into Castle Lane - follow the yellow signs. E [email protected]
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SAW_ven_v36.indd 16-17 11/07/2012 12:04 Partial Not Good Partial Partial Not good Partial 37 38 Painting, Prints, Drawing 39 Jewellery, Textiles, Fashion 40 Jewellery and Ceramics 41 Painting, Prints, Drawing 42 Ceramics, Photography
Caroline Beech Chris Lee Bella Beads Boutique: Sarah Dalton, Lyn Holland Laura Pearcey: Boop Design Cheese Yard Studios Christina White & Belinda Brownlee Janette Kerr PRWA, Fiona Hingston
My work demonstrates the variations reflected by using found objects along with modern materials Urban artist, capturing architectural heritage and Paintings and drawings and things made.. thoughts, images and space surfacing from land such as shrink plastic. I recycle vintage fabric and beauty. Delicately rendered pen and ink drawings, current work covers the industrial and sea... hands moving - flowing, hesitant... fast Christina’s mix them with funky stones and beads to create complex but accessible, offering a fresh look at the archaeology of the Mendips and consists of large S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S time - slow time… connections, rejections, and a modern look. I also apply my own hand printed world we sometimes take for granted. Contemporary textile pieces made Open Daily - 11am to 6pm Boop Design is the creative practice of Laura format photographs and multiple exposures. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Sarah Dalton: the possibilities of tensions in between, of small papers to objects personalising them and giving from chopped fabrics which have been painted, dyed Pearcey. She has developed a range of porcelain makes slipcast pots decorated with shifts and revisions…forwards - backwards... to not Belinda Opening times - 11am to 6pm them depth and a vintage look. My jewellery reflects S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S or stitched and bonded together to create layers of Bella Beads Boutique, 2 Priory Road, and silver jewellery and bottle vases, based on monoprints or enamel transfers. This year she know the gate until you run up against it... slipping my eclectic ideas from resin pendants to sweet 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 texture and colour. A final layer of stitch adds further Wells, Somerset BA5 1SY her collection of ‘things’ and childhood memories. has started to handbuild again as a result of a butterfly necklaces. through. Eastwater Cottage, Priddy, Wells, Opening times - 11am to 6pm depth, pattern and detail. Laura’s studio is based at her new contemporary collaborative project for Christina’s MA. Late night opening: Friday 21st September and Somerset BA5 3AZ T 01749 674196 craft shop, Just Make in Wells. Come and see how Work from both artists will range up to £150. The S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Laura creates her pieces and the inspiration behind 28th – open until 7pm 3 The Gardens, Sadler Street, Wells, Lyn Holland: Textile artist and knitwear E [email protected] fee for the photographic workshop is to cover T 01749 676252 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 them. Browse the other gorgeous pieces from British Somerset BA5 2SF designer (Studio Uccello) Textiles - mixed media, materials. E [email protected] designers in her shop. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Opening times - 11am to 6pm interpretations of architecture using painting/ 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 T 07979 592836 drawing, weaving, knitting, embroidery and collage. Cyanotype/ Van-dyke workshops and photogram Directions: Between A39 Bristol Road and B3135 to Cheddar. East of 11 Somerville Road, Wells, Somerset BA5 2NW W www.chrisleedrawing.co.uk Knitwear - handknitted scarves, hats and fingerless S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Opening times - 11am to 6pm workshops. village past Priddy Green on the Wells Road on left-hand side. E [email protected] gloves gloves combining nuno felting and bead 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 T 07703 595218 embellishment with hand dyed 100% kid Opening times - 10am to 5pm Cheese Yard Studios, West Horrington, Because there will be a wedding in the house we E [email protected] Directions: Follow the narrow alley way to the right of Armandine mohair yarns. nr Wells, Somerset BA5 3ED won’t open until Wednesday 19th. Gallery in Sadler Street. Just Make, 38 Market Street, Wells, Directions: Take the right fork into Kenion Road. The school car park is Somerset BA5 2DF T 01373 813147/079 6490 3120 Workshop on the right. Opposite the car park, turn into Somerville Road, No. 11, W www.janettekerrr.co.uk last house on right. Cyanotype/ Van-dyke workshops and photogram T 07971279552 E [email protected] workshops. W www.justmake.co.uk Date: Sat/Sun Directions: West Horrington - B3139, Bath Road (no access from E [email protected] A37). Follow SAW signs. Entrance to yard on right. Park ONLY where Time: 12-3pm indicated. ST572477. Fee: £5 Directions: Just Make is in Wells’ new craft quarter on Market Street, a short walk from the bus station car park.
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Buffy Fletcher Julia Davie, Hillview Farm Kate Newlyn - Sculptor Helen Gordon - Sculptor Willow Barn Studio Buddy Bird, Ian Beckton Bridget Winterbourne - Mixed Media Artist & Malcolm Curley Willa Ashworth - Decorative and Functional Metalwork
Buddy Bird design’s and makes intricately MYSTERY, MYTH AND MAN. Follow the 5 decorated art pieces. Her work is eclectic and Clue Treasure-Trail from the Ring O’Bells diverse and sometimes humorous. A combination Previously producing architectural steelwork and pub to an enchanting exhibition at Cliff of sandblasted and highly decorated hand-painted Taking inspiration from Somerset and Cornwall, Julia Davie is new to SAW and is building her An eclectic and varied mix of ceramic and cold cast ornamental metalwork, my sculptures are now Cottage: a collection of Kate Newlyn’s bronze enamelled stained glass, paper clay and wood make Bridget’s passion is painting colourful, vibrant, land- Original hand-framed knitwear in silk, wool and resin sculptures, ranging from animals (most of created with recycled wood and mixed media. I am portfolio of equestrian based work, she works mostly and resin sculptures depicting “Myths of the up this multifarious collection of work. scapes and coastal scenes, using a variety of paint- other natural fibres. Hats, scarves, sweaters and which are really very silly) to figurative sculptures. currently focusing on kinetic sculpture or pieces in oils and sometimes other media.Inspirition comes Past & Truths of Today”. Treasure-Trail 1st Prize: Ian Beckton: Importance of form, fluidity and ing materials. Mounted framed original paintings and jackets using a wide palette of colours. All pieces are sculpted from clay and are either fired which have a sense of movement and flow. Carved from years of riding and horse ownership.The work a signed, limited edition bronze sculpture: “The surface brilliance are the criteria and strength for canvas’s of all sizes along with limited edition giclee or cast in various resins. In general, if the sculpture sanded and treated with a two-pack translucent is done from life sketches, photographs, and having Dormouse” - (an image often associated with good these hand-built pots. Discipline and enthusiasm are prints, cards, original mosaic designed mirrors and Open Daily - 11am to 5pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm Mon - Wed makes me smile then I’m satisfied! The resin weatherproof material, each sculpture can be a stable yard helps too! She is self taught and fortune). equally demonstrated in the making and the final decorative ornaments. 11am - 7pm Thur - Sun has successfully completed commissions. Limited sculptures are all limited editions of 50. Prices from displayed indoors or out. Prices range from £60 - flourish that is so carefully applied during the final Inspired by the love of gardening, Willa’s designs Simshill, Ropers Lane, Wrington £50 to £3,000. £1,500. Year-round viewings welcome edition signed prints and cards are available starting NEWLYN SCHOOL OF SCULPTURE demo’s & info firing is pure gold enamel. are created to be durable, complement planting and North Somerset BS40 5NH Old Ditch Farm, Old Ditch, Westbury Sub, by appointment. from £10.00. Originals are available starting from also on display. blend comfortably into natural surroundings. Mendip, Somerset BA5 1HN £150.00 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Open Daily - 11am to 6pm Combining practical function with aesthetic qualities T 07736 068323 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Open Daily - 11am to 2pm & 3pm to 6pm and provide perfect backdrops adding interest, W www. bridgetwinterbourne.co.uk T 01749 870531 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Open Daily - 11am to 6pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm Pear Tree Farm, Back Lane, Kingston Seymour, structure to your garden all year. Prices range E [email protected] E [email protected] Cliff Cottage, The Coombe, Compton Martin, Opening times - 11am to 6pm Somerset BS21 6UZ from £9 to £500. Hillview Farm, Plummers Lane (B3135) Avon BS40 6JD Directions: Once in Wrington head for the Chapel situated on Ropers Directions: On Wells-Cheddar road (A371) turn up hill at Westbury The Old Vicarage, High Street, East Harptree, Lane. Simshill is off Ropers Lane will be well signposted ahead Cross. Follow lane for 1/2 mile to the cream farmhouse on right. Enter Priddy, Somerset BA5 3DA T 07793 544 384 N. Somerset BS40 6AY Willow Barn Studio, Stock Lane, Langford, 300 yards. yard, ample parking. Venue on right, pull-in opposite. T 01761 220175 N. Somerset BS40 5EU W www.buddybird.co.uk T 01749 870264 W www.katenewlyn.com T 01761 221428 E [email protected] E [email protected] E [email protected] E [email protected] T 07776 284255 Directions: M5 J20, B3133 W www. curleysculpt.com Directions: From Cheddar travel along the B3135, up through the Directions: Park at the Ring O’Bells pub, Compton Martin, Directions: Venue is on the corner of High Street and Church Road. Signpost: Kingston Seymour. First turning right: Back Lane drive 1/2 gorge, stay on road for a few miles up to Priddy, pass the turning on (BS40 6JE) and follow the 8 minute Treasure Trail on foot. E [email protected] mile. Pear Tree Farm on left. your right for the village of Priddy. Hillview Farm is 400 yards on your right opposite a barn on your left. A lay-by that offers good parking. From Wells or Shepton mallet locate the B3135 at Green Ore travel Directions: On B3133 between Churchill and Congresbury. Entrance towards Cheddar and are on your left. drive opposite Miltons Hotel and Restaurant, then bear right to first barn.
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Jane Geeson Jennifer Davidson Bill Moore Imaginative colourful enamels on copper. Richly coloured paintings, prints, cards and scarves. Raku vessels and studio domestic pottery. Courses available. Courses available. Courses available. M: 07866 957716 M: 07796 926296 T: 01934 863377 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.enamelart.co.uk W: www.walledgarden.co.uk W: www.clayability.co.uk Karen Edwards Ceramic garden sculptures and planters M: 07949 460897 The studios are set in beautiful restored working E: [email protected] kitchen gardens, with the award-winning W: www.karenedwardsceramics.co.uk ‘Ethicurean’ café also on site. Courses available in pottery, painting, glass and enamels. Contact artists for details.
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Barley Wood Walled Garden Studios, Long Lane, Wrington, BS40 5SA Becky Wills - Yellow Dog Glass Clare Hooper Fused, cast and flameworked glass. Courses available. Large paintings oozing vibrant colour and optimism. W www. walledgarden.co.uk M: 07970 265433 M: 07891 950979 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Directions: From A38 south of Bristol airport, brown sign for Walled W: www.yellowdogglass.co.uk W: www.clarehooper.co.uk Garden (1.3 miles along Long Lane). Access also from A370 through Wrington centre: follow School Road, bear right into Long Lane. Sedgemoor
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Anne Carpenter ASGFA Andy Tobin Frea Buckler & John Buckler
Completely handcrafted using traditional furniture- Anne’s FABRIC COLLAGE pictures are strongly 3D in making methods, Andy Tobin’s furniture embodies When I put my mark on paper after so long appearance by judicious use of net and tulle. There clean simple design with the use of solid natural Frea makes drawings, screenprints and my imprint felt unknown is no preliminary drawing, all materials are handcut hardwoods. Andy is an acclaimed Luthier of 25 photographs. Her work is about vibrant colour and using scissors and pinkingshears and fixed by PVA years’ experience who also makes individual and order, using found images. Prices range from £25 - so I decided to have no plan, to work adhesive. The results are ‘Painting and Drawing with beautiful furniture to commission. From sturdy £500 for large screenprints. Wicken House, Vicarage Lane, Compton Bishop, without concept; fabric’. Anne works to commission, mainly portraits kitchen tables to elegant dressing tables and fine Nr. Axbridge, Somerset BS26 2HL of houses and animals. Landscapes, foods and jewellery boxes, his work is versatile, unique and John’s new work consists of large colourful relief and only then, as the sky personal souvenirs are also major subject areas. built to last for generations. prints made using everyday objects and materials. T 01934 732286 gathered and billowed Illustrated talks given and workshops can W www.johnbuckler.com in hems and tucks of ink, be arranged. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S E [email protected] 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 did I begin to know who I was. Directions: Signposted on Webbington Road between Cross and S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Opening times - 11am to 6pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm Loxton, near Compton Bishop church. Important to park where 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 indicated. Opening times - 11am to 6pm Spindleberry Cottage, Church Lane, Compton Bishop Nr. Axbridge, The Conservatory, Baytree House, Somerset BS26 2HB Turnpike Road, Shipham, Somerset BS25 1TX T 01934 733197 T 01934 842421 E [email protected] W www.annecarpenterfabriccollages.co.uk Directions: Turn into cross at the A38. Follow road for 1 mile. Turn right E [email protected] into Compton Bishop. Follow this road for aprox 1/3 mile. Spindleberry Cottage is on your right. Directions: Pink house next to ‘Miners Arms’ pub on main road through village of Shipham. Conservatory and parking are down Comrade Avenue. www.somersetartworks.org.uk Sedgemoor 25
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Pete Beer, Guitar Maker Haven Studio: Anita Pegler Jean Winter, Samuel Balmer, Rug Hill Gallery & Frankie Woods Erica Sharpe Fine Jewellery Garden studio Lily Sawtell & Ray Blake Charles Stobart Carole Watson
Pete Beer makes classical guitars, repairs and re- Samuel Balmer creates digital and medium stores a variety of related instruments, and teaches format film images, reflecting his interest in the his craft to others: all from his small workshop in the subtle variations within and influence of man on the village of Cross. Award winning, unique precious jewellery. Having The human figure is important to my work and I landscape. He recently graduated from Falmouth accomplished traditional goldsmithing skills, have continued the practice of regular life drawing Though normally accepting visitors by appointment paints in watercolour and acrylics and Anita Pegler University with a BA (Hons) in Photography . Erica has developed new techniques to combine Creating in her garden studio Carole uses a variety classes throughout my life. Along with my quirky lady only, during the Art Weeks he will be open to the is inspired by the landscapes, flora and fauna of the Frankie sketches with pen and water colour wash Charles Stobart, a woodturner based in Somerset gold and silver with Cornish tin, her designs are of media. Unusual textile/ stitch pictures, hats and sculptures, planters and fountains I will be exhibiting public. See him at work, see instruments at different Somerset countryside. She offers workshops and and her images are available as high quality fine art who uses spalted and found wood, will be showing inspired by our rich and changing coastline. She will scarves,mixed media and watercolour paintings. some of my more recent work - wall plaques and The Studio Gallery, Bagley, Wedmore, stages of construction, and view finished guitars. You demonstrations to art groups. Originals, prints and prints in limited editions, mounted or unmounted, a selection of his work created this summer, whilst be demonstrating throughout Art Weeks with a Her love of colour, working in layers and texture are smaller interior pieces along with life drawings and Somerset BS28 4TG can also ask him about tuition. cards on sale from £1.50 - £400. priced £15 - £75. She paints whatever she finds Artist in Residence at the ‘Lost Garden of Heligan’, wide selection of her exclusive work on display apparent in her eclectic mix of work. Items for sale photographs of places, people and objects that I turns both decorative and useful interesting and particularly enjoys capturing Ray Blake in Cornwall. Jean Winter’s work ranges from deep, and for sale in her gallery. Commissions a speciality from £10. have encountered on my journey. Hope you can T 01934 713380 Open Daily - 11am to 6pm exquisite pieces in native hardwoods, making the movement. rich, colours to more subdued tones. Inspired by including remaking old jewellery into new creations. make it! W www.lilysawtell.com most of the beautiful grains and textures. Work on the imagination, poetry and religious narratives, the S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S E [email protected] Woodbine Cottage, Old Coach Road, sale from £2.50 - £75. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S paintings are rooted in the beauty of the natural S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Cross, Axbridge, Somerset BS26 2EH 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Directions: From Wedmore: B3151 left Mudgley Cross 3/4mile on left, world, parrticularly is the landscapes of Somerset 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Open Daily - 11am to 6pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm B3139 right at Theale sign (Townsend Lane) right at crossroad then and Cornwall. Opening times - 11am to 6pm 1/2mile on left. T 07971 964 935 Opening times - 10am to 4pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm W www.petebeerguitars.com Walnut Tree House, West End, Wedmore, Haven Farm, Kingsway, Tarnock, Axbridge, Open Daily - 11am to 6pm Overlea, Rug Hill, Crickham, Wedmore, E [email protected] Somerset BS28 4DR Somerset BS26 2SF Somerset BS28 4JZ 8 Borough Mall, Wedmore, Somerset BS28 4EB
Appletree Cottage, Middle Stoughton, T 01934 710058 T 01934 751147 Wedmore, Somerset BS28 4PT T 01934 713246 T 01934 710448 Directions: Woodbine Cottage is just North of where Old Coach Road W www.ericasharpe.co.uk E [email protected] crosses the Cheddar Yeo. Follow signs from the A38.Venue on right, E [email protected] W rughillgallery.co.uk pull-in opposite. E [email protected] Directions: Turn near Primary school into West End. House opposite Directions: Junction 22,then A38 towards Bristol, Tarnock right turn T 019347 710322 E [email protected] Beech trees, look for signs to studio. then into Kingsway Road. Cream coloured house 1/4 mile on left. E [email protected] Directions: Opposite the Post Office in the Borough Mall (centre of Cartwheels on shed. Directions: B3151 to Wedmore. After 2 miles turn right at top of steep Wedmore). Free parking in Borough Mall car park. Directions: From Wells: Take B3139 to Wedmore, turn right then left hill. Continue up Rug Hill. Overlea is on right opposite wooden house up Church Street and first right. Follow yellow signs from A38, turn off at Lower Weare towards Wedmore. At Stoughton Cross, follow yellow signs to venue. 26 Sedgemoor www.somersetartworks.org.uk www.somersetartworks.org.uk Sedgemoor 27
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Viv White Tina Spratt The Old Manor Gallery Redlynch Studio Old Piggery Studio Artisty in Wood: Cora Stock & Timothy Smith & Jaya Masters Malin Basil Anna Nicolaides, Angela Uren, Sharon Campbell Judith Champion George Foweraker Sue Hammond-Lovatt
Artists working throughout the year outside and in, My paintings which are focused on the female form, recording natures palette. Interpretted through a are glimpses of a simple everyday intimacy. I am Malin paints “trompe l’oeil” still life, inspired both by variety of artworks to create a collection of paintings, interested in capturing that fleeting time when a nature and by the small, every-day objects around George is one of Britain’s foremost artistic Two artists with individual approaches to their Using hand and machine sewing, Viv pieces and handmade bags, scarves and jewellery. This exhibition is joining together and person is unaware of being observed, there is us that we barely notice most of the time. She also Inspired by looking at the shapes in between my woodturners. He exhibits throughout the West and work: Cora’s atmospheric etchings printed from Tim Smith layers fabrics and papers. Many of the works include Refreshments available in the studio’s lovely garden. at Tim’s Lighthouse Art Studio. something very honest and private about that explores the play of light and shadow in intimate, surroundings - from Somerset Levels to eggs(!). other parts of the UK. He teaches woodturning in the copper plate, that explore the effects of light Jaya Masters hand dyed fabrics and combine print and stitch. Tim focuses on a variety of subjects, including moment. I work in both oils and pastels, with prices sun-flecked scenes from her favourite Greek island. Expressive drawings and paintings made with inks his workshop in Burnham-on-Sea. George produces & texture, colourful glazed ceramics & impressive Where possible Viv uses recycled materials, taking Open Daily - 11am to 6pm local scenes and “beauty that might otherwise ranging from £500 to £5000. Her latest textile work includes handbags made from and reeds, interactive acrylics and collograph prints. a range of handmade work from large turned mosaics made from found materials & Venetian pleasure in creating something new from something recycled materials. sculptures to pieces including bowls and hollow tesserae. Also Sue’s strong expressive paintings be overlooked” working in watercolour, gouache, old. Viv enjoys teaching and holds regular workshops Redlynch, 19 Rectory Road, Burnham-on-Sea, Private view Friday 14th September 7- 9 pm, forms. Using only wood from sustainable local that reflect her interest in colour & surface; oil, acrylic, pastel and ink. Jaya too works in at local venues. Somerset TA8 2BZ Folding sketchbooks, cards and more.. everyone welcome. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S sources, recently his works have included colour and celebrating the world as she sees it. A wide range watercolours and acrylics, with a poetic and oceanic angle to much of her work. As well as traditional 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Open Daily - 11am to 6pm texture. Prices from a few pounds to hundreds. of work at affordable prices. See their latest work on S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S T 01278 795215 the Somerset Art Works website. pictures, there are also impressionistic views, S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Opening times - 11am to 6pm 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 E [email protected] including ceramic and wood paintings. Prices are 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Middle Burnham Farm, Stoddens Lane, Open Daily - 11am to 6pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm Open Daily - 11am to 6pm modest and work sold as cards, prints and originals. The Old Manor Gallery, 164 Brent Street, Directions: From M5 J22 roundabout take Burnham exit. Continue Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset TA8 2DF Opening times - 11am to 6pm 7 Rectory Drive, Burnham-on-Sea, Brent Knoll, Somerset TA9 4BE to Tesco roundabout - take third exit. Continue past sharp left bend Rectory Road third on left. Studio fourth house on right. Somerset TA8 2DT North Myrtles, 47 the Esplanade, Opening times daily - 10.30am to 6pm Garvagh Cottage, Vole Road, Mark, T 01278 793873 Oakleigh, Southwick Road, Watchfield, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset TA8 2AQ Except Wed & Sun 2pm - 6pm Somerset TA9 4NY T 01278 760926 W www.championart.org.uk Highbridge, Somerset TA9 4RE T 01278 782074 W www.bayzilart.com E [email protected] T 01278 641327 W www.artistry-in-wood.co.uk T 01278 785144 47 Rosewood Avenue, Burnham-on-Sea, T 07747 603006 E [email protected] W www.lewisandwhitetextileartists.co.uk Directions: M5 J22 roundabout with A38 - head towards Burnham- E [email protected] E [email protected] Somerset TA8 1HF W www.tinaspratt.co.uk on-Sea. Take first right (Stoddens Lane) continue along to end of lane. E [email protected] Directions: From M5 J22 go North on A38 take first left into Brent E [email protected] Venue on right (by flags!) Directions: Take road opposite swimming pool. Got to end of road, turn Directions: From M5 J22. Follow B3140 into Burnham-on-Sea. At the Knoll, 1.2 miles to gallery. Right. Fourth bungalow on left. Esso Garage, bear right, second left into Myrtles Drive, follow signs. T 01278 781315 Directions: In Mark follow signs for village hall and bowls club. The W www.timsmithlighthouseart.net Directions: From junction 22 M5, turn left towards Highbridge A38, cottage is opposite village hall. Look for chicken house sign. Park in E [email protected] village hall car park. take first left onto Burnham Moor lane (signposted Watchfield,) follow road until T junction, turn right towards Watchfield, then the next left where you will see The Watchfileld Inn, immediately left again and you Directions: From M5, leave at J22, follow signs for Burnham and take will drive down beside the pub. 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SAW_ven_v36.indd 28-29 11/07/2012 12:04 Not Good Partial Partial Not Good Books, Paper, Painting, Partial Partial Partial 69 70 Mixed Media, 71 72 73 Prints, Drawing, Sculpture, 74 75 Painting, Prints, Painting, Prints, Drawing Textiles, Fashion Painting, Prints, Drawing Mixed Media, Textiles, Fashion Stonecarving, Textiles, Fashion Painting, Prints, Drawing, Sculpture, Stonecarving, Textiles, Fashion Drawing,Printmaking, Wood Peter Howe The Space Eric Petrie Garden Studio The Greenwood Debbie Nuttall, Andrea Coleman & Juliet Farnese Bawdrip Venture Veronica Broadley & Lynda Watts Linda Gee Margaret Micklewright, Geraldine Boley, Lesley Filce Jackie Curtis, Annette Rigler, Bryan Shields-Probett
A selection of contemporary paintings in oils Jackie Curtis - Printmaking and watercolours: portraying lanscapes, scapescapes, seascapes Veronica works with mixed media and textiles. She Visit this lovely 18th Century Grade II listed guest Innovative use of everyday materials in distinctive and people. responds spontaneously to colour and pattern from Andrea’s work highlights the beauty, functionality house nestled in 2 acres of attractive gardens. monoprints and collographs. My block prints the living world creating wearable art using a felt and versatility of handmade felt. Demos and taster This year’s Art Weeks Linda has taken inspiration - bringing the ancient art of book making feature strong designs and patterns contrasting Open Daily - 11am to 6pm embellishing machine and stitched wall hangings. Lesley sessions. Finalist BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012. from her garden, creating a vibrant and colourful up to date with individually designed sketch books with spontaneous lovely watercolours. Bryan Lynda enjoys using embroidery, machine stitching, Debbie’s work uses mixed media with acrylics. I am a wildlife painter, specialising in animals. It is collection of wall mounted textiles and paintings and journals, together with her uniquely designed Shields-Probett: I draw inspiration from the grain, 16 Osbourne Walk, Rosewood Farm, appliqué and printing in her textiles. She is inspired Juliet works in crank clay, bique fired and hand the life of a creature, the texture of its fur, feathers coupled with an elegent range of knitted bags and handbags and accessories. is inspired on colour and textures of different woods, enhancing Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset TA8 1QG and absorbed by abstracted natural forms and Geraldine coloured. This is her first year exhibiting in the or scales; how it interacts with its environment that broaches. A warm welcome awaits you and tea/ a daily basis by the natural beauty of the countryside these using different techniques and finishes. I enjoy uses extracts from hymns and poems throughout Open Studios event. Huntspill Court, 37 Main Road, West Huntspill, interest me as a painter. My work is researched cakes served in aid of Weston Hospice. and its inhabitants. Commissioned animal portraiture creating pieces which are beautiful, functional and T 01278 782377 her work. Opportunities to participate and see Somerset TA9 3QZ meticulously and accurate in its detail and execution. or images from the natural world, a moment in decorative. - Mixed Media Painting: E [email protected] demonstrations at weekend. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Annette Rigler I work mostly with acrylics and my work is available S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S time captured forever in paint, pastel or pencil. I take inspiration from the Somerset Levels and my Work for sale ranging £2 - £250 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 T 07957 420 174 Directions: From M5 J22 head to Burnham-on-Sea. 1st left at Tesco either as original paintings or as framed and signed, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 evocative local landscapes in acrylic ink cottage garden to produce paintings which have a roundabout. 1st right - Ben Travers Way. 2md Left - Osbourne Walk. Margaret’s W www.debsnuttall.com limited edition prints. and oils and paintings of horses and some sculpture. Opening times - 11am to 6pm vibrant and unique quality, both in style and colour. No 16. bottom of cul-de-suc. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Opening times - 11am to 5pm E [email protected] Light lunches and cream teas are available. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Directions: Leave M5 at J23. Take A38 towards Burnham & High- Open Daily - 11am to 6pm 212 Burnham Road, Burnham-on-Sea, S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Opening times - 11am to 6pm bridge. After four miles turn right into driveway opposite Huntspill Somerset TA8 1LT Open Daily - 11am to 6pm Arms pub. Drive to the end and park. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 100 Highbridge Road, Burnham-on-Sea, Opening times - 10am to 6pm 20 Holm Close, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset TA8 1LW T 01278 788574 The Greenwood, 76 Main Road, West Huntspill, Somerset TA8 1NJ W www.lindageestudio.com Somerset TA9 3QU Bay Cottage, 2 Greenfield Lane Bawdrip, T 01278 787402 E [email protected] Bridgwater, Somerset TA7 8PX T 01278 786266 W www.ericpetrieonline.co.uk T 01278 795886 E [email protected] E [email protected] Directions: M5 J22 roundabout follow signs to Burnham-on-Sea. At W www. margaretmicklewright.co.uk T 01278 685911 second roundabout Esso Garage turn left. Continue for 1/2 mile. E [email protected] Directions: From A38 turn onto B3139 to Burnham. At mini Directions: Almost opposite Burnham police station (parking at rear in No. 212 is on the right just before mini roundabout. Parking on drive. W www.jcurtisart.com roundabout turn left into Marine Drive. Take the third turning left Churchill Close, off Werston Lane) Directions: The Greenwood is situated 3 miles from junction 22 and E [email protected] and then first right. junction 23 of the M5, along the A38. Directions: Head to centre of Bawdrip from A39. Greenfield Lane is off Church Road which rings the church.
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Rosemary Anderton, Jennifer Hill & John Anderton Teresa Cudlipp Susan Gradwell Nancy Farmer Jenny Graham Anne Farmer Watercolours Clio Graham
HOME & AWAY - New work inspired by my travels Colourful watercolours painted with verve and to Kenya, France and Madeira and, closer to home, variety: boats and barns, sheep and shoes, flowers A joint exhibition of paintings, prints and etchings. Evocative atmospheric acrylic paintings in gorgeous colours and textures. in the Somerset Levels and Snowdonia. Paintings, and feathers...( plus artistry and alliteration, Rosemary Anderton experiments with mixed photo-etchings and drawings. I will be working in obviously)... I paint what takes my fancy! I love the media, oil and pastels to explore the colour and form The moods and movement of the Somerset Levels Hand printed, limited edition etchings and paintings Nancy works with a variety of media and techniques, my studio throughout Art Weeks and am happy to life and light of watercolours and the range of of the west country. Producing vibrant landscape as well as abstracts and nudes in a show for inspired by buried relics from archaeological finds, including watercolour and gouache paintings, etch- explain my working methods. Card payments can be things you can do with them. Yet I also enjoy the Open studios with display of domestic slipware, and flower paintings. Organic subjects are a frequent all tastes. revealing traces of the past, with a contemporary ing and mezzotint prints. Often rendering aspects accepted through Pay Pal. restraint of black-and-white drawings. Working showing a wide range of work from egg-cups to source of inspiration for Jennifer Hill’s unusual twist. Member of the Bath Society of Artists, Spike S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S and characters from mythology and folktale as in the framework of Spring Farm Artists results in large jugs and bowls in warm, cheerful colours and etchings, collographs and paintings. John 19 Brent Road, Cossington, Somerset TA7 8LF Print Studio and the Somerset Printmakers. Studied 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 modern subjects, with a satirical eye she invents and S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S a ‘cross-pollination’ which benefits the Art, the continuing the English slipware of combining words Anderton’s mixed media and wood block prints in London at St. Martin’s School of Art and the reconstructs. The finished pieces may be dark and 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Artists and the Visitors! with rural themes in the decoration. interpret the landscape of Somerset and Cornwall. T 01278 723064 Opening times - 10.30am to 6pm Central School of Art. Her work is regularly selected mysterious monochrome prints, or vibrant paintings E [email protected] for Open Competition Exhibitions, including the Mall Opening times - 11am to 6pm sometimes gleaming with gold leaf. Prices of original S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Boundary House, King William Road, Catcott, Galleries, London and the RWA Bristol. work from £10 to £1500 and everything in-between. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Directions: 10 minutes from M5 - Junction 23 take A39 towards Somerset TA7 9HU Spring Farm Arts (formerly Moorlynch Street. Turn left at B3141. Take 1st turning right into Cossington Lane. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Vineyard), Spring Lane, Moorlinch, Opening times - 11am to 6pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm Venue approx. 3/4 mile on left. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S T 01278 723457 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Somerset TA7 9DD 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Spring Farm Arts (formerly Moorlynch Spring Farm Arts (formerly Moorlynch E [email protected] Opening times - 11am to 5pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm T 07743 132157 Vineyard), Spring Lane, Moorlinch, Vineyard), Spring Lane, Moorlinch, Directions: M5 J23 towards Glastonbury. A39 between Bridgwater and W www.jennygraham.co.uk Somerset TA7 9DD Somerset TA7 9DD Southview, Moor Road, Moorlynch, Street, take Catcott turn. Over crossroads and into Kind William Road. Spring Farm Arts (formerly Moorlynch E [email protected] Boundary House 100 yards on right. Somerset TA7 9BU Vineyard), Spring Lane, Moorlinch, T 01458 210393 T 01458 210977 Directions: M5, Junction 23, Glastonbury direction. Moorlinch is sign- Somerset TA7 9DD W www.annefarmer.net W www.springfarmarts.co.uk T 01458 210018 posted off the A39 Bridgwater to Glastonbury and the A361 Taunton to Glastonbury roads. Spring Farm is on Spring Lane, which is to your E [email protected] E [email protected] W www.susangradwell.co.uk T 01458 211125 right going uphill from the pub. E [email protected] E [email protected] Directions From: M5 jct 23; right turn off A39 Bridgwater - Glaston- Directions: Signposted off the A39 Bridgwater to Glastonbury and bury; left turn off A361 Taunton - Glastonbury. A361 Taunton to Glastonbury roads, M5 Junction 23. Directions: Centre of Moorlynch,on corner of Moor Road and Spring Directions: Formerly Moorlynch Vineyard. South off the A39 Bridgwater Lane. Signposted off A39 Glastonbury/Bridgwater and A361 Taunton/ – Glastonbury road; north off the A361 Taunton – Glastonbury road. Glastonbury. M5 Junction 23
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Holly Tree Farm Arts The Chapel Studio Making Wood Work by Pound Studio - Jan Sweeney Helmi Handmade The Engine Room Michael Martin Kristine Krauze Claire Leverick, Janet Leverick Iona Clive Julian Redman Helmi Wolff
Open Studios at the Engine Room Claire’s collection of photography is inspired Batiks, embroidered, framed. Quilting, fabric art, CAPTURE SOMERSET revisited by the haunting Somerset countryside, travels Archiving the past … Chronicling for the future Iona is 14 years old and a very talented artist. At 12 pottery sculpture. Jewellery for all. Painting and abroad, fine art, vintage and retro glamour all Julian creates bespoke furniture, interiors and prints. A nice cuppa or elderflower sparkling drink for DROP IN to the Engine Room People’s Moving years old she was the winner of the whole of the Jan Sweeney is a renowned International sculptor I changed my life and one and half years ago, I came celebrating the beauty of the natural and urban. accessories to his unique designs, drawing everyone while you browse. A very friendly welcome Picture Archive during Open Studios to see our South West region of the Peace Poster Competition. and holds courses in her studio. Jan specialises to England. I started painting in England, before I Digital imaging processing and darkroom printing inspiration from the Bauhaus mantra ‘form and a seat in the garden if you like. Donations to growing collection of cine and sound recordings of A varied exhibition, in the artist’s home, of drawings, She loves painting and drawing, where she in Lost Wax Bronze Sculptures of African and was never painting. After my time in India, where I explained. Also introducing a collection of acrylic through function’. Pieces are enhanced with tactile St. Margarets Hospice, MS and MIND. life in Somerset and the South West. ENJOY some prints and paintings in assorted media. You will find demonstrates her strong fascination for faces and European wildlife, dogs and horses. went to find a new direction in my life and practiced abstract landscapes. Janet’s art evokes the beauty shapes and traditional detailing interpreted in a Private View September 14th 7-10pm. of our ‘archive for the future ‘ programmes made abstract pieces, landscapes, life drawing and work especially eyes using oils and acrylics. Her drawings Jan has spent six months a year for the past yoga I felt I wanted to paint with oil colours. Painting of the British Isles from the atmospheric Somerset contemporary light.The wood is finished using Will be opened by a dignitary. with volunteer community chroniclers in the past few inspired by the built environment reflecting Michael’s have a dramatic quality, using pen, ink, pencil and 20 years in Zimbabwe where she works on her is my meditation. In my pictures are my feelings, Levels to the wild landscapes of Scotland. A classic organic oils to enhance the natural beauty and lustre years. GET HANDS ON with cameras and recorders earlier career as an architect. typex in monotone and colour. Her passion for sculptures of African animals where she set up part of me. When I’m painting I don’t think what water-colourist, she is also interested in oriental of the grain. A selection of work will be on display and learn to make programmes about Somerset photography shows her love of nature and wildlife. her own foundry to do her casting. She is a regular S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S is right and what isn’t. It’s a gift from Life – they and abstract compositions and is now delving into and Julian will be on hand to explain the 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 today for the archive of tomorrow. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S exhibitor at RHS Chelsea flower show. are special. experimental techniques with acrylics. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Open Daily - 11am to 6pm techniques employed. Opening times - 11am to 6pm Mon to Fri S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 2pm to 5pm Sun & Sat Opening times - 11am to 6pm S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 The Old Farm House, 15 Pedwell Hill, Open Daily - 11am to 6pm 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Ashcott, Somerset TA7 9BD 2 Gloucester Road, Bridgwater, 3 Lyndale Avenue, Bridgwater, Western House, 30 Taunton Road, Pedwell, Opening times - 11am to 6pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm Somerset TA6 6DY Opening times - Mon, Wed, Fri 10am to Somerset TA6 3PS Opening times - 10am to 3pm Wed to Fri T 01458 211121 Somerset TA7 9BG 4.30pm and Sat 10am - 2pm Pound Studio, Stawell, Bridgwater, 11am to 1pm Sat Holly Tree Farm, Pit Hill Lane, Moorlinch, W www.ionaclive.com T 01278 431417 T 01278 422895 Somerset TA7 9AD Open late on Wed 7pm - 10pm Somerset TA7 9BT E [email protected] T 01458 210141 The Engine Room, 52 High Street, E [email protected] E [email protected] Directions: Bridgwater, Rode Lane (off Taunton Road) 2nd left King Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 3BL Bridgwater Art Centre, 11-13 Castle Street, T 01458 210510 Directions: As you leave Ashcott heading to M5 on A39, turn left at the W www.makingwoodwork.co.uk T 01272 722023 George Avenue. Follow over mini round-a-bout, till green triangle, 2 Directions: From A39 in Bridgwater, (North Street), turn at roundabout Gloucester Road is opposite. at Maltshovel Pub into Victoria Road, 2nd right(150m) into Lyndale Bridgwater, Somerset TA63DD Albion Pub and drive down the hill. Half way down on the right you W www.jsweeny.co.uk T 01278 433187 W www. claireleverickdesign.com will see Chapel Studio, after deep bend. Avenue. Directions: Pedwell is on the A361, in the centre of the hamlet turn E [email protected] W www.somersetfilm.com E [email protected] up Pedwell Hill and park. Walk back to the main road and turn right T 07956637645 Directions: M5, Junction 23, Glastonbury direction. Moorlinch is (20 metres) signposted off the A361 Taunton Road. Holly Tree Farm is down No Directions: Pound Studio is situated on the main Stawell Rd W www. kristinekrauze.co.uk Through road next to Ring O’ Bells pub. opposite the Church, look for sign posts to suitable parking. E [email protected]
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SAW_ven_v36.indd 34-35 11/07/2012 12:04 Not Good Partial Not Good Not Good Books, Paper, Painting, Prints, 91 Painting, Prints, Drawing 92 Painting, Prints, Drawing, Photography 93 Drawing, Textiles, Fashion 94100 Ceramics, Pottery 100 ©Crown Copyright Reserved reproduced from Ordinance Survey Venue 110, Story Walks takes place at four different locations across mapping with permission of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office under Tom Jacobs: The Cottage Studio Alison Jacobs Pat Thatcher Treston Holmes Licence no. LA 07683 X. Unauthorised reproduction infringed Crown West Somerset. For details see page 43 Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings.
Tom is a watercolour painter inspired by the moody An exhibition of individual and decorative wheel atmospheric West Country landscapes. He is thrown ceramics, some of stoneware or porcelain currently capturing scenes of Combwich Pill and Unusual hand-sewn embroidered panel, tunics, with matt or semi-matt glazes. Other work on display Parrett estuary before radical changes proposed by cushions, bags, boxes, mirrors, cards etc. All created have surfaces painted with liquid clay which has E.D.F. Tom also paints people and animals. Work will from original ideas and a love of colour including been burnished and then smoke fired. be ongoing and techniques can be demonstrated. some watercolours. A variety of work will be exhibited in his studio. Alison lives and works on a part of the Somerset Private View 6pm - 9pm Friday 14 Sept. coast that is currently undergoing change not seen Paintings, drawings, prints, cards, signed booklets Open Daily - 11am to 6pm and calenders. for generations. Her work reflects this transition Open Daily - 11am to 6pm as she explores the impact and possibilities of Highbank, Lime Street, Nether Stowey, Open Daily - 11am to 6pm transformation. Meet Alison and see her at work in Mill Lodge, Sea Lane, Kilve, Bridgwater, her shed studio by the sea. Bridgwater, Somerset TA5 1NH Somerset TA5 1EB 8 Church Hill, Combwich, Somerset TA5 2QR T 01278 732974 Open Daily - 11am to 6pm T 01278 741314 T 01278 652450 Directions: Nether Stowey lies off the A39 Bridgwater/Minehead Road E [email protected] W www.btinternet.com/~tom.jacobs Brufords Steart, Bridgwater, between Cannington and Holford. From the traffic lights at crossroads E [email protected] Somerset TA5 2PX take Lime Street into village. Highbank on left. Directions: A39 to Kilve. Sea Lane is beside the Post Office and runs towards the sea. Mill Lodge is 200 yards on the right-hand side. Additional parking behind village hall off A39. Directions: From Bridgwater A39 South. Turn North at Cannington War T 01278 652120 Memorial. Drive two miles to Combwich. Drive through village. Turn left W www.alisonjacobs.com up Church Hill. no.8 is on right. E [email protected]
Directions: Take A39 to Cannington, follow signposts to Hinkley Point. Take second right after Combwich to Otterhampton and Steart. Continue approximately one mile and take first right signposted Steart. Continue for 1 1/2 miles, first building on right. West Somerset
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SAW_ven_v36.indd 36-37 11/07/2012 12:04 Not Good Partial Partial Partial Mixed Media, Mixed Media, Painting, 100 100 100 100 95 Painting, Prints, Drawing 96 Painting, Prints, Drawing 97 Painting, Prints, Drawing 98 Prints, Drawing
Annabel Anderson Marilyn Ewens Roger Large Janet Lawrence
Marilyn’s garden studio, at the foot of the Quantock Local landscapes in rich and vibrant colours, still Hills, is a working studio from which she produces lifes and drawings. Semi-figurative work with paintings in oils, watercolour/pastels and charcoal. Photo emphasis on harmony of form and colour. Materials Her paintings are primarily inspired by the Somerset My paintings draw upon local woodlands and flora include oils, pastels and watercolour. Prints and landscape, village cricket and coastal scenes. for inspiration. This traditional subject matter is At last, the wind dropped. Paintings in oil, acrylic and mixed media, mostly cards are also available. rendered with oil and mixed media techniques abstract. Some landscapes in oil pastel. Prices from And, all morning As well as painting, Marilyn runs classes for aspiring that I have developed. I will also be dislaying my £250. Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays except by Open Daily - 11am to 6pm artists of all abilities. animal paintings and illustrations using techniques clouds illuminated the first week of spring appointment. Families welcome but there are no Pub Food available in the village. developed over my professional career. I will be special facilities for children. as oaks shot fluorescent green applause – 6 Trendle Lane, Bicknoller, Taunton, very happy to discuss and demonstrate this style a spot lit possibility frame Somerset TA4 4EG S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S to visitors. Cards and prints for sale. Tea and cake S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 available (proceeds to charity). three years earlier, now 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 T 01984 656844 Opening times - 11am to 6pm a monument of bright memory. E [email protected] Opening times - 11am to 6pm S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 5 Dashwood Lane, Bicknoller, Taunton, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Directions: A358 Taunton/Minehead road. Turn into Bicknoller. 2 Woolston Moor Cottages, Nr Williton, Continue past pub and church to T junction at top. Turn right into Somerset TA4 4EQ Opening times - 11am to 6pm Trendle Lane. Fourth house on the right. Somerset TA4 4LP T 01984 656346 4 Sampford Brett, Taunton, Somerset TA4 4JY W www.marilynewens.com T 01984 633600 W www.rogerlarge.co.uk E [email protected] T 01984 639362 E [email protected] W www. thegreywolves.co.uk Directions: A358 Taunton to Minehead. After 12 miles turn right to Bricknoller. Left at the church into Gatchells Lane. At T junction Directions: Take Vellow/Stogumber turning off A358 between E [email protected] studio on right. Bicknoller and Sampford Brett. 200 yards down, two stone cottages. Park on road. Studio entrance through rear gate. No on site parking. Directions: One mile South of Willington on A358. Turn opposite Quantock Garage, at church turn right. First cottage in row of three on right.
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SAW_ven_v36.indd 38-39 11/07/2012 12:05 Good Partial Partial Not Good Not Good Not Good Mixed Media, Painting, Prints, Drawing, 99 Painting, Prints, Drawing 100 Painting, Prints, Drawing 101 Jewellery, Silverwork, Mixed Media, Painting, Prints, Drawing 102 Sculpture, Textiles 103 Painting, Prints, Drawing 104 Furniture, Interiors, Jewellery, Silverwork, Mixed Media, Painting, Prints, Drawing
Vellow Wood Studio Barry Hibbert Geraldine Hollweg & Alexander Hollweg Rachel Waldock & Lucy Large Jenny Barron Emma and Caroline at the Little House by the Sea Gallery Elizabeth Edenborough
Barry Hibbert was born in Paignton, Devon, and has been a solicitor for many years, but having Geraldine Hollweg: Enamelled and pierced silver-sometimes gilded jewellery, cufflinks, Landscapes and Seascapes. semi-retired, he has taken up his passions for art spoons, salts etc. Images of land and seascapes, The treatment of light in pictures is fascinating and and photography with renewed vigour. He now paints Affectionately rendered, detailed, imaginative journeys, memories and enthusiasms. Commissions challenging to me. Living in the Quantock Hills and mainly landscapes and seascapes in oil or acrylic, and original still life paintings in watercolour. welcomed. surrounded by Exmoor, coupled with the influence and also sometimes uses collage. He is inspired Paintings, cards and prints for sale. of my Australian background and travels in Africa by the local scenery as well as that of Devon and Cornwall. Alexander Hollweg: Paintings, drawings and small and North and South America provide me with S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Emma is well known for her vibrant cockerels, constructions based on landscape and figures. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 endless inspiration. Watercolour has always been a Nettlecombe Studio, Nettlecombe, horses etc (see SAW web) - using bright S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S preferred medium; however I am now experiment- Open Daily - 11am to 6pm Rachel Waldock - A selection of recent drawings, watercolours, managing in a few strokes to capture 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Nr. Williton, Somerset TA4 4HS Opening times - 11am to 6pm ing with acrylics and mixed media also. Prices from paintings, works on fabric in response to nature. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 their beauty and movement. Opening times - 11am to 6pm Pound House, Brook Street, Stogumber, Lucy Large’s work includes a new range of paper £75 - £500. T 01984 640209 36 Causeway Terrace, Watchet, Emma’s studio, overlooking West Beach - sees Somerset TA4 3SZ Opening times - 10.30am to 5.30pm constructions mounted in recycled cigar and port boxes. E [email protected] Somerset TA23 0HP new work inspired by the changing tonal colours 76 West Street, Watchet, Somerset TA23 0BH S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S and textures she sees daily on this stretch of coast. T 01984 656954 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Directions: From Williton direction take B3188 towards Monksilver. T 01984 633049 Postcards, prints and large works for sale using T 01984 634574 W www.barryhibbert.co.uk Turn right at Woodford to Nettlecombe. After 200yrds turn right to 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 W www.jennybarron.co.uk different mediums. Opening times - 11am to 5pm E [email protected] Nettlecombe Court. Follow signs past church. W www.emmabradshaw.co.uk Opening times - 10am to 5.30pm E [email protected] Caroline designs and makes beautiful silver E [email protected] Vellow Wood Farm, Lower Vellow, Williton, Directions: 2 miles off A358 Taunton- Minehead road or 2 miles off jewellery in West Somerset. Her designs also explore Somerset TA4 4LT B3224. Chidgley Barn, Chidgley, Near Watchet, Directions: Past railway station (toward A39 and Bridgwater) Turn right, the variety of Exmoor, coastal and marine subjects. Directions: B3191 Take slipway to West Beach immediately turn left up up St Decumans Road, left at the top into Causeway Terrace. Somerset TA23 0LS Her necklaces combine silver and semi-precious path parallel to sea, Emma’s cottage 4th gateway with bunting T 07919 092 774 stones. W www.elizabethedenborough.co.uk T 01984 640953 W www.rachelwaldock.com Directions: Take A358 Taunton/Minehead one mile past Bickneller turn E [email protected] Left to Vellow. Past Vellow Pottery follow road left then right up steep drive - 1/3 mile to studio opposite pond. Directions: On the B3190 halfway up the hill between Tropiquaria and Raleigh’s Cross. Outside Watchet near Nettlecombe.
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SAW_ven_v36.indd 40-41 11/07/2012 12:05 Partial Partial Not Good Partial Not Good 105 Printmaking 106 Painting, Prints, Drawing 107 Painting, Drawing 108 Painting, Prints, Drawing 109 Painting, Drawing 110 Film, New Media, Installation, Site Specific, Photography
Gallery 41 Studios Neville Cox Valerie Cordell at Willows Studio Judy Blathwayt Tracey Hatton Christopher Jelley Sue Lowe & Angela Holland Four stories,
Four locations,
Four journeys,
Put them in your mobile phone and gather your friends to become part of the tale.
Each story is unique and weaves a tale which is linked to the location, (using the satnav in your phone and a little digital jiggery pokery!)
All the tales are text and image based, so you read Two printmakers occupying new studios in a lovingly- them aloud to your group, when the first chapter is restored, historic building, offering framed and S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Valerie Cordell again showing at award winning I love to paint the surrounding countryside, sea and Memory, identity and belonging tend to be the complete the story will direct you to the next location. unframed handmade prints. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Willows Studio. Working in a variety of mediums, hedgerow flowers; mostly in situ in watercolour, key elements that underpin my art practice. My works with words. She designs Angela Holland Opening times - 11am to 6pm her paintings are vibrant and colourful, depicting sometimes painting window pictures at my kitchen way of working is gestural, imbibing the work with You won’t know where they go next, or where they lettering to suit a particular quotation, cuts it into lino Neville likes to paint the Somerset countryside using many subjects in an impressionist style. Valerie is table. I also paint naíve, fun, colourful scenes in emotion and movement. Drawings and paintings are finish, but the secret path will be revealed as you Open Daily - 11am to 6pm - backwards - and prints onto damp paper using an 41B Swain Street, Watchet, Somerset TA23 0AE a variety of media, including pastel and acrylic but also a prolific craftswoman and jewellery maker, gouache for cards, calenders and prints. created in my lovely new studio from sketches and journey through the story. etching press for an embossed effect. Recently she mainly oils. He is attracted by contrasts in light, in fact something for everyone. Unpretentious and photographs made on my daily walks. The studio is Dunster - The Winding Charm has begun to experiment with screenprinting. T 07909 330633 colour and texture as the seasons change. welcoming. Art from the heart. Open Daily - 11am to 6pm nestled close to the church wall with the Butcher’s They are interactive too so you’ll be asked to partici- Porlock Weir - Typhus uses found materials to create richly- Sue Lowe E [email protected] Refreshments, Parking, Toilet available. Arms a few yards distant for meals and a great pint. pate in the tale and at the end is a geocaching log Horner Water - The Last Queen textured collagraphs. Her work draws on the S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 1 Riverside Cottages, Higher Rodhuish, (book hidden in a box) for you to sign and then hide Dulverton - The Watching Way landscape of Western Somerset, reflecting the Directions: The studios are in a courtyard behind Gallery 41 on 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Open Daily - 11am to 6pm Minehead, Somerset TA24 6QL S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S again for the next group. patterns and textures of the coastal geology and the Watchet town centre’s Swain Street (B3191). Parking, buses and 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 T 01643 703865 colours of the seasons. station (WSR) close by in Harbour Road. Opening times - 11am to 6pm Willows, Bilbrook Lane, Bilbrook, T 01984 641135 Opening times - 11am to 5pm So step inside the story here W www.storywalks.info Mineral Cottage, Whitehall, Watchet, West Somerset TA24 6HE E [email protected] www.storywalks.info E [email protected] Somerset TA23 0BD Holly Cottage Studio, Sea Lane, Carhampton, T 01984 640585 Directions: Between Bilbrook and Carhampton turn off A39, through All these walks are family friendly and FREE. Withycombe, uphill one mile, then down a short way until just past Somerset TA24 6LX T 01984 633110 E [email protected] Higher Rodhuish Farm, venue in semi-detached cottage on right. T 07519505913 Directions: In Watchet, leave your car in Whitehall and walk up the Old Directions: From Williton A39 towards Minehead. Bilbrook is found Mineral Line to last house on the right. after four miles. Bilbrook Lane is first Right after Dragon House Hotel. W www.traceyhatton.com From Minehead A39 first left after coastal 4x4 garage. E [email protected] Directions: Park only in Recreation Ground (found between bus stop and pedestrian crossing on seaward side). Walk to road; Sea Lane opposite Butcher’s Arms. First cottage on right. Disabled parking telephone ahead.
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SAW_ven_v36.indd 42-43 11/07/2012 12:05 Not Good Good Partial Not Good Good Not Good Good Partial Painting, Prints, Painting, Prints, 111 Painting, Prints, Drawing 112 Painting, Drawing, Textiles, Fashion 113 Painting, Prints, Drawing 114 Drawing, Printmaking 115 Painting, Prints, Drawing 116 Painting, Photography 117 Drawing, Printmaking 118 Painting, Prints, Drawing
Leo Davey Zoe Bingham Victoria Ward - The Reading Room Hilary Adair R.E. Andrew Davey Christopher Richards Bernadette Ash Sally Bryant, Steepholme Shed
Although new to this area, I have been an established artist in Wiltshire since the 1970s. I paint Exhibition of recent work by painter and Bridges, interiors, trees, land-sea & townscapes, landscapes and I try to make my work imaginative, printmaker Hilary Adair in her atmospheric new flora, fauna and food. Children’s picture book A graduate from Goldsmiths College, Zoe returned poetic, atmospheric and original, to capture the studio. Watercolours, oils and etchings (price illustrations, poster artworks, watercolours, drawings to Minehead in 2011, where she re-discovered her drama and mystery of the natural elements. My range £50 - £2,000) of landscapes, a series of and sketchbooks. creativity while living above her family’s Barbershop. work is mainly in acrylics and this is often richly summer windows, the Exmoor coast, gardens and A temporary studio showing oil paintings/woodcuts Zoe habitually paints and draws, using paper and layered and textured. Prices from £250. I also exhibit I paint local landscapes and local landmarks, fish, Greece. Open daily from 2pm - 5pm, mornings by and working on woodcuts during these two weeks. FACES and PLACES Come and see Leo’s exciting new work in his studio. textiles as imaginative explorations of existential limited edition photographs, from my many years of birds, sheep, whatever catches my eye and gives appointment. Steep steps make access unsuitable An outdoor painter working mainly in this Somerset Inspired by the faces and places she encounters, Prices of original artworks range from £95 - £1,650. concerns. travelling. me a lift. When it does I take photographs and make for wheelchairs. coastal strip. The woodcuts give me another Sally’s work ranges from sensitive graphite drawings Prints and cards are available. Abstraction and representation co-exist in the work. sketches for reference. For the final work I use dimension to explore different ways of making to large scale expressive paintings. Each piece Visitors are invited to participate in a Silent Auction Paintings and drawings in a variety of media. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S either acrylics or watercolour, sometimes on canvas, Open Daily - 2pm to 5pm images. I use what is already in the wood to inspire examines the colours and textures of the subject in a S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S rather than pay set prices. Bidding begins at £30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 sometimes on paper. Mornings by appointment. me to respond and develop a new image - maybe unique and luminous manner. Produced in her home 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 and closes at 6pm on the last day of the open S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Prices for paintings start at £30. Cards are also Opening times - 11am to 6pm a lapwing, sheep, a line of poetry - the possibilities studio, each work offers a beautiful interpretation of studio. Intrigued visitors welcome! 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Opening times - 11am to 5.30pm available at £1.50 Conifers, Clanville Road, Minehead, are infinite. its inspiration. Prices £40 to £400 Somerset TA24 5PD Opening times - 11am to 6pm Campions, Redgates Road, Minehead, Open Daily - 11am to 6pm The Leo Davey Studio/Gallery, S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Somerset TA24 8DA S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Private viewing Sat 8th Sept 6pm. 3A Irnham Road, Minehead, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 T 01643 708525 Westmoor, North Hill Road, Minehead, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Buckler’s Barber, No. 11, Holloway Street, Somerset TA24 5DL W www.hilaryadair.co.uk Somerset TA24 5SF T 01643 706014 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Minehead, Somerset TA24 5NR Opening times - 10am to 4pm Opening times - 11am to 5pm E [email protected] W www.christopherrichards.co.uk 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 T 07816 151 433 T 01643 707239 E [email protected] The Reading Room, 17 Friday Street, Minehead, Directions: ‘Conifers’ is on the lower slopes of North Hill, halfway Catholic Church Hall, Townsend Road, Opening times - 11am to 6pm W www.leodavey.com T 07920 520 777 E [email protected] W www.zoebingham.com/paintings Somerset TA24 5UB along Clanville Road, which is first left off Martlet Road. Park outside Directions: From The Parks take next right up Western Lane. Shortly Minehead, Somerset TA24 5RG E [email protected] ‘Conifers’ or in the Clanville Grange car park below. left into Redgates Road and Campions is at the top. Limited parking E [email protected] Directions: Up Martlett Road to the war memorial, on the bend turn Steepholme Shed, 32 Staunton Road for those less able to walk uphill. Directions: Irnham Road runs parallel to the Parade in Minehead T 01643 709199 right, Burgundy Road. A hairpin to the left,Beacon Road. North Hill T 07884 486 459 Minehead, Somerset TA246DX town centre. Leo’s studio is at the top end 2 doors down from the key W www.readingroom-minehead.co.uk Road 300 yards off to the right. W www.ashpaintings.co.uk cutters on the Bancks street corner. E [email protected] E [email protected] T 07803 830624 W www.sallybryant.co.uk Directions: Central Minehead. At the top of the parade (Floyds Corner) Directions: Townsend Road is near the Town Centre. The drive to E [email protected] Turn left into Friday Street. The Reading Room is opposite the Court- Catholic Church Hall car park is immediately to left of Esso Garage. yard Gallery. Plenty of Parking in Minehead car parks. Directions: Take first left from mini roundabout in Alcombe when travelling from Dunster or right just prior to roundabout from Porlock. 44 West Somerset www.somersetartworks.org.uk www.somersetartworks.org.uk West Somerset 45
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Working studio exhibition of oils, watercolours, I live and work in Dulverton as an architectural engravings and aquatints with a selection of tools designer and illustrator. My artwork is a mixture of used in printmaking. watercolour, pastel, pen and ink and photography, Handprinted engravings and aquatints from £50. the subjects are particular buildings which have Open studio and exhibition in tranquil setting. New, The telephone kiosk in the village becomes the Oils and watercolours from £300. been commissioned, street scenes, detail work, vibrant oil paintings that celebrate the wild, hidden OutOfOrder Gallery during Art Weeks. Is it the landscapes and wildlife, all inspired by the Somerset and untouched landscapes of the West Country. Tess smallest gallery in the county? Is it art? Can you Open Daily - 11am to 6pm countryside and townscapes. These are either works with a spontaneous approach to reach beyond make a phone call? A few yards away is Peter’s original works, limited edition prints or various sized visual representation and capture the spirit of these studio where you will be welcome to browse through Mill Meadow, Winsford, Somerset TA24 7JE prints to order, which will be available for sale. beautiful places. a variety of large and small scale work with the loose Refreshments available. theme of landscape. Unique hand-made greetings T 01643 851217 Open Daily - 11am to 6pm cards. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S First Floor Gallery, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Directions: Grey House with white paint next to house with plaque to Guildhall Heritage and Arts Centre, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Ernest Bevin. Parking in village. For disabled access prior notice must Opening times - 11am to 6pm be given. Please phone before 11am. Fore Street, Dulverton, Somerset TA22 9EX Opening times - 11am to 6pm The Studio, Lower Brown Farm, T 01398 324644 mobile 0777 9060969 Huish Champflower, Taunton, The Villa, Brompton Ralph, Taunton, W rogerhammond-architecturaldesign.co.uk Somerset TA4 2EL Somerset TA4 2RU E [email protected] T 01398 371261 T 01984 623743 Directions: After entering Dulverton the Heritage Centre is behind the Library on the south west corner of Fore Street. E [email protected] W www.petermessa.co.uk Disabled access; very old building, stairs to first floor, some works will E [email protected] be exhibited on ground floor together with video of exhibition items Directions: Follow SAW signs, turning left in Huish Champflower. which can be bought down. Parking is available in Fore Street and in Follow the road round to the right at Winters Cross. Fork right down Directions: Approximately 4 miles north of Wiveliscombe off B3188. the car park directly behind the Heritage Centre. Brown Lane. First farm on left. Studio in centre of village near OutOfOrder Gallery. Taunton Deane
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SAW_ven_v36.indd 46-47 11/07/2012 12:05 Partial Partial Not Good Partial Mixed Media, Painting, Painting, Prints, 123 Painting, Prints, Drawing 124 Prints, Drawing 125 Wood, Printmaking 126 Drawing, Textiles, Fashion
Lucy Pearn & Kate Fisher Clare Duvergier Jane Mowat Tilly Willis Studio Ask the painter how they do it, that’s simple – but ask them why, it takes longer because the two people in the boat on flat water are both me and if you recognise them, they dissolve into you. Hand-printed woodcuts on fine papers, carved reliefs in oak and cherry, silver jewellery cast from carved wax forms. All these are inspired by stories, folklore I paint both figurative and abstract oils and and inspiration from the wood itself. Prices range Lucy Pearn lives at the heart of Exmoor National watercolours. Smaller works are excuted en plein Park. Her work is inspired by the animals and from below £100 to £600 or so. Regular workshops air on the Quantocks and Exmoor using a pre-mixed available. The artist also presents a new project, people that inhabit this wonderful area. She works in palette to enable me to work quickly. Occasionally a variety of media including ink, watercolour, oil and alone in a wood above Chipstable, is a 4-poster An exhibition of Tilly’s recent work in oil, including sketchbook material is worked up in the studio, but bed that the artist has carved. Also a nest built with her ever popular African paintings, Somerset pastel. Kate Fisher works mainly in watercolour. larger abstract and stylised work usually evolves She likes to depict livestock and other animals in a natural materials by Liz Father. Evening events of landscapes, portraits and quirky still lifes. Also from memory. My sketchbooks, as always, will be on music, storytelling, singing on Wednesday, Friday watercolour landscapes. Prices from £200 - £2000. quirky, fun, naive style. She also enjoys working on a view and I hope will be starting point for some lively and Sunday 6-8pm. Details see page 2: Places to A wide range of prints, cards and African textiles large scale, creating wall hangings. discussions. Dream In. for sale. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Open Daily - 11am to 6pm 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Opening times - 11am to 6pm 3 Beech Tree Close, Wiveliscombe, Taunton, Somerset TA4 2PE Opening times - 11am to 6pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm 3 Wellington Terrace, Burges Lane, or by appointment Wiveliscombe, Somerset TA4 2NP T 01984 623781 Hurstone Studio, Waterrow, Somerset TA4 2AT W www.clareduvergier.com Bicknells, Bathealton, Nr. Wiveliscombe, T07530 641591 E [email protected] T 07946793747 Somerset TA4 2AN W www.lucypearn.com E [email protected] E [email protected] Directions: From Taunton turn Left at Wiveliscombe traffic lights, T 01984 624459 downhill. Beech Tree Close is the first turning right opposite Directions: From Taunton take B3227 through Wiveliscombe to W www.tillywillis.com Kingsmead school. Waterrow. Just before Rock Inn turn left up stepp lane. Studio at top Directions: From Taunton follow B3227 to Wiveliscombe. As you of hill on left. E [email protected] enter Wivelsicombe at the roundabout go straight across, signposted Wiveliscombe. Take the first right signposted Watchet. Go past the Directions: Bathealton is approximately three miles from Milverton Brewery and industrial estate on your left then take the turning on and Wiveliscombe. Bicknells is in village centre next to village hall your left signposted Burges Lane/ Wellington Terrace. Number Three and near church. is on your left. 48 Taunton Deane www.somersetartworks.org.uk www.somersetartworks.org.uk Taunton Deane 49
SAW_ven_v36.indd 48-49 11/07/2012 12:05 Not Good Good Not Good Mixed Media, Not Good Partial Not Good 127 128 129 130 Painting, Prints, 131 Painting, Prints, Drawing, Printmaking Painting, Prints, Drawing Painting, Prints, Drawing Painting, Prints, Drawing Drawing, Sculpture, Stonecarving 132 Mixed Media, Painting, Prints, Drawing, Sculpture, Stonecarving
Joyce Rowsell RMS, MAA.HSF Caroline Mcmillan - Davey Richard Willis Gordon Field Simonsburrow House Noonsburrow Studio Liz Gregory, Richard Carman, Alice Carman Jone Delahaye, Nigel Alway
Joyce looks forward to greeting old friends and new Trousers, Transvestites and Tracing Paper. Noonsburrow Studio a venue with fantastic views over the Vale of Taunton Deane. at her gallery where she will be showing miniatures Mainly marine and landscape paintings, cards I shall be opening my new studio in the orchard We’ve never exhibited together before, so we Beautiful paintings and prints from sought after An exhibition of paintings, posters painted in oil on silk. and prints. here at Otterhead. As well as existing artworks that thought it would be fun to enter as a family. Open Daily - 11am to 6pm Jone Delahaye: artist who has exhibited at several leading galleries and handmade cards combining recent and Open Daily - 11am to 6pm Non-fading laser prints of these will also be include paintings, mixed-media and sculptures I Liz’s work is colourful and bold. She works in including the Royal West of England Academy. retrospective works. Uses a mix of tools and media available. These she carefully prints to reproduce S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S will be showing new works inspired by the unique acrylic, ink and pastel. “This exhibition will focus on Simonsburrow House, Hemyock, Currently showing work in London, Pembrokeshire (to illustrate the passage of time across the local Hill Farm, Ruggin, Wellington, the size, detail and colour of the paintings, then 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Otterhead landscape. some of my favourite garments, worn and faded, Devon EX15 3XA she frames and varnishes them so as to match the and Somerset. but part of who I am”. Alice is studying illustration landscape and the impact of environmental change). Somerset TA21 9LL This show is an opportunity to View/purchase work Opening times - 11am to 6pm A selection of limestone carvings originals. Her paintings continue to win international On Saturday 22 at 5pm there will be a fire sculpture at UWE. Her work is experimental, lively and edgy. It T 01823 680351 Nigel Alway: direct from the artist , prices range from £70 to and sculptures. Using nature as inspiration. Work in T 01823 421788 prizes in England and the U.S.A. event to celebrate the Equinox. is often based around people she sees in the street E [email protected] Greenham Barton, Greenham, Wellington, £1500. and fleetingly overheard conversation.Richard is an progress - visitors are invited to view and to join in. W www.jonedelahaye.com Somerset TA21 0JW Directions: From Chelston roundabout near Wellington take A38 going Please ring for details. E [email protected] Open Daily - 11am to 6pm On Sunday 23 at 2pm there will be an artist’s walk architectural illustrator and has worked on some very West for two miles. Turn left into Monument Road. Continue for two S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S high profile projects. “I love drawing both from the miles to top of hill. Go straight across. Venue 400 yards on left. through the Otterhead landscape. Directions: M5 J26 - Ruggin 1 1/2 miles. Spring Grove Farm, Spring Grove, Milverton, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 T 01823 672253 street and as if I were a bird.” E [email protected] A38 from Taunton along Wellington Road takel eft to West Buckland Somerset TA4 1NW Opening times - 11am to 6pm S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S after approx. three miles, then straight on to Ruggin. Directions: Four miles West of Wellington on A38. Turn right and follow 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 T 01823 400854 Willow Acre Barn, Chipley, Wellington, signs to Greenham. Opening times - 11am to 6pm Mother Love - An exhibition by Jenni Dutton and Ingrid Hesling W www.joycerowsell.com Somerset TA21 0QY E [email protected] There will be a workshop with 22 September – 27 October Otterhead Lodge, Culmhead, Taunton, T 01823 400677 Thelma the artists at THG on Tuesday Directions: Spring Grove Cross is on the Wiveliscombe - Langford Somerset TA3 7EE W www.mcmillan-davey.co.uk Hulbert 2 October 10am – 1pm Budville Road. At Spring Grove Cross turn towards Milverton. Then £5 per person booking is Spring Grove Farm is the first entry on the right. E [email protected] Gallery T 01823 601162 essential. Please contact THG E [email protected] for further details. Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Elmfield House Directions: Located on the B3187 between Wellington and Milverton. Dowell Street, Honiton, Devon EX14 1LX Free admission donations welcomed. 5 minutes drive from either town. Turn off B3187 straight into venue. Directions: From Taunton follow the B3170 Corfe/Honiton road 6 1/2 miles to crossroads at top of hill. Follow road for further 1 1/2 miles, T: 01404 45006 take right-hand turn to Otterhead church. E: [email protected] www.thelmahulbert.com Open: Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm FREE ADMISSION
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SAW_ven_v36.indd 50-51 11/07/2012 12:05 Good Painting, Partial Not Good Furniture, Interiors, Partial Partial Good 133 134 Prints, 135 136 Mixed Media Painting, 137 Glass, 138 Painting, Prints, Drawing Drawing, Jewllery, Silverwork, Textiles, Fashion Jewellery, Silverwork, Mixed Media, Painting, Prints, Drawing, Photography Prints, Drawing, Printmaking Jewellery, Silverwork New Media, Film, Photography, Mixed Media Calfpen Gallery The Barn Trudi Morgan, Jacki Stokes and Josephine Wadman Sarah Thompson-Engels/ Sue Heys & Bern Sawle: Studio Open: Artists Exchange Studio works Sylvia Lindley, Ophelia Lindley Rosemary Sargent, Catherine Ashworth, at The White Hart, Corfe Madmats Glorious Glass Hacker Farm, Eunju Yoo, Hazel Holman Sebastian King, David Davis, Chantelle Henocq Pamela Gilbert
Venue offers a welcome break, packed full of affordable art, cards and jewellery. Lunch served 12-2pm. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Jacki paints vibrant watercolour flower portraits, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 using experimental techniques to achieve exciting Opening times - 11am to 5pm New work at The Barn from established artists; textures, also mixed media paintings including Once again this September artists from across To compliment the Open Studios Event of this year’s watercolours, textiles, and beadwork in a relaxing abstract encaustic images. She also photographs Sue and Bern offer a combined celebration of glass. Somerset open their studios and invite the public Art Weeks, we are presenting a special exhibition The White Hart Inn, Corfe, Taunton, inspirational country garden. Catherine, with her close ups of flowers, and landscapes. Vibrant,colourful mixed media paintings,prints. Sue produces stained glass items including lamps, in to these private spaces. To support this event organised by SAW at the Café Bar, featuring portrait Both Sylvia and Ophelia are inspired by the Somerset, TA3 7BU Kenyan background, uses vibrant traditional fabrics specialises in Botanical flower paintings and Melamine coasters and placemats. mirrors, suncatchers and jewellery. Bern has been The Brewhouse is working with Somerset Art Works photography of Somerset artists in their studio/ countryside, animals, landscape and architecture. Trudi creating bags and matching hand painted silk pet portraits using watercolours and oils. Her latest Wonderful pictures and objects to brighten your producing creative works most of his life ranging (SAW) and Stroud Valley Arts (SVA) to present a working spaces. Created by graduate photographer, Sylvia works mainly in oils with some acrylic, T 01823 421388 scarves. Pam’s exclusive handmade beadwork, commission is designing the Jubilee card for the home or give as a gift. from fused glass dishes and sculpture, garden art Gloucestershire - Somerset artists’ exchange. Sebastian King in collaboration with writer/poet, Ophelia in watercolour and acrylic. Greetings E [email protected] including jewellery, embellished boxes, and tassels, local W.I. She is also a cartoonist. and photography. Both artists combine traditional David Davies and graphic designer Chantelle cards available. illustrates her love of colour and the use of Austrian Josephine melts glass in an open flame to create Directions: Take B3170 to Corfe. The venue will be found on the main Private view Friday 14th from 6pm until 9pm and experimental techniques, in a wide variety of From 1st to 14th September, the gallery will present Henocq, selected work is also published in this Swarovski Crystals. Roe’s botanical watercolours all her unique lampwork beads. She combines her road, to the right if travelling from Taunton. colourful and original work. Special prices on many a documentary film aboutHacker Farm, a Somerset year’s Art Weeks Guide. (See page 1 Special Project S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S try to capture the unique quality of flowers growing beads with sterling silver, gemstones and other S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S items. Please note larger venue. based artist group who resident in Stroud Open for details) 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 in her garden. Using the same inspiration she also materials in her beautiful jewellery designs. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Studios event in May this year. Then from the 15th Opening times - 9am to 5pm translates them into felt work, embroidery and cards. Open Daily - 11am to 6pm to 29th September, during the Somerset Art Weeks, S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Opening times - 11am to 6pm Throughout the fortnight at varying times all artists QUARTZ ARTS FESTIVAL the gallery space will become a studio for two artists: 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Nowers Farm, Popes Lane, Wellington, will be demonstrating and wanting to share their September 26th until October 6th 4 The Drive, Batts Park, Sherford, Taunton, Eunju Yoo from Gloucestershire and Hazel Holman 11am - 6pm Number 1, Honiton Road Trull, Taunton, Somerset TA21 9NN expertise. Unique items available from £1. Somerset TA1 4RE from Somerset. Eunju will be working with Taunton Somerset TA3 7EP Opening times - 10am to 5.30pm residents through a range of workshops, interviews,
Music Lesley Garrett
T 01823 662682 Open Daily - 11am to 6pm Ceramics T 07860 148837 street performances and any possible methods to Printmaking Performance artists Painting T 01823 970551 Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre, W www.nowersart.co.uk W www.sueheysstainedglass.co.uk create a short film exploring subject of desire and Film Elkie Brooks & her six piece band W www.madmats.co.uk Coal Orchard, Taunton, Somerset TA1 1JL E [email protected] The Barn, Lower Sweethay Farm, Chris Larner E [email protected] fear. Hazel will be developing a new series of felt
Furniture E [email protected] www.quartzartsfestival.org.uk and embroidered based works that are designed for Trull, Taunton, Somerset TA3 7PB T 01823 283244 Directions: Leave A38, South of Rockwell Green. Down Popes Lane, Directions: From Taunton centre follow A38 towards Wellington John Hegley Directions: Number 1 is situated between the hairdressers and Trull interaction with audiences. She will be encouraging farm on right. From Rockwell Green turn South at lights into Popes Henry Blofeld Harrison Richards passing police station on left. Take Trull road and The Drive is 3/4 mile W www.thebrewhouse.net T 01823 351864 Village Stores people to come, touch and talk about these new Lane, leave houses, first farm on left. Photography on left opposite Queens College. E [email protected]
E [email protected] Textiles tactile objects. Jewellery
Directions: Take the Trull road from Taunton, first right after Queens Sculpture Artist Talk on Wednesday 19th Sept, 6pm College, opposite shop, signed Dipford. One mile after first left (grass Queens College, Trull Road, Taunton, TA1 4QS Tel: 01823 340 829 www.quartzartsfestival.org.uk triangle) to Sweethay. Barn in farmyard on right. 52 Taunton Deane www.somersetartworks.org.uk www.somersetartworks.org.uk Taunton Deane 53
SAW_ven_v36.indd 52-53 11/07/2012 12:05 Partial Not Good Partial Good 139 Painting, Ceramics, Mixed Media 140 Mixed Media 141 Mixed Media, Painting, Prints, Drawing, Photography, Printmaking 142 Prints, Drawing, Pottery, Printmaking
Kings College Gary Dickins GIll Jones, Nigel Banks Thread Judy Crosher, Linda Hollingshead, Kristen Mercer, Susan Wallis An exhibition of new and original work displayed Both artists graduated from Somerset College with Each year the Art and Design faculty at within my home. These series have been crafted First Class Honours in June 2011. Somerset College produces a large number of King’s College, Taunton features four members and created in my studio which is situated within Gill’s background in Performing Arts makes an talented graduates. This exhibition celebrates the of Somerset Contemporary Artists’ Network. the garden. interest in the human form inevitable, focusing on quality of the work produced by the graduates of Judy: Paradoxically, porcelain is fragile, I continue to develop a unique style of contemporary parts of the figure rather than the whole. 2012. Selected graduate artists are: exotic, impermeable, luxurious and essentially painting from the use of found materials, including Nigel’s collages, created from individually hand-cut Leah Hislop - Installation, Grace Richmond - indestructible. Judy exploits it in non-utilitarian ways, rusted metal, felt, acrylic, wallpaper, wound pieces, reflect his fascination with the worlds of Animation and textiles, Jemma Schultz - Mixed evoking and subverting its traditional associations. dressings, linen, reused cheese cloth, leather science and space. He prefers not to influence the Media, Barbara White - Mixed Media, Gillian Linda: Nature inspires Linda’s uplifting paintings and velvet...all work completed with my signature viewer by titling his work, thus allowing individual Widden - Sculpture, Liam Godwin - Graphics. filled with light and sparkle, reflecting landscape and ‘hand stitching’. interpretation. ocean in mixed-media with collage and embedded Both artists are happy to undertake commissions The exhibition is supported by the Reveal partners light-reflective materials.Kristen’s paintings S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Somerset Art Works and Brewhouse Visual Arts, are entirely intuitive, combining play, planning, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Open Daily - 11am to 6pm in partnership with the school of Art and Design spontaneity, accident and gesture to create a mix of S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S of Somerset College.This year we are also able to Opening times - 11am to 6pm order, chaos, harmony and discord that ultimately 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 The Hot House Gallery, Taunton Conference offer secondary schools and sixth form colleges resonates a sense of self. paintings (also a special ‘taster tour’ of the Hot House and White Susan’s Opening times - 10am to 5.30pm 76 Alma Street, Taunton, Somerset TA1 3AL Centre, Somerset College, Wellington Road, used in textiles, book and film) explore the spirituality Taunton, Somerset TA1 5AX Cube galleries and the Fine Art Faculty. Led by 2011 of myths and legends, particularly goddesses and graduates Gillian Jones and Nigel Banks students King’s College Art School Gallery, South Road, T 07712 880357 animal totems. Directions: South Road from Taunton, turn left into Alma Street, venue will be able to talk directly to the artists about their Taunton, Somerset TA1 3LA W www.garydickins.com T 07789 284 264 Directions: Somerset College is located on the A38 Wellington Road. Wednesday 19th September is approx. 200m along on the left. House door colour is London Clay. Upon arriving at the college turn left and follow signs for time at the college whilst viewing their latest work Private View: T 01823 328200 E [email protected] W www. gilljonesart.com 6pm - 8.30pm The Conference Centre. W www.kings-taunton.co.uk E [email protected] ‘Mind over Matter’ showing in the Hot House Gallery. Tours available Mon 24 to Fri 28 September To book contact Nigel Banks on T 07779 260305 E-mail [email protected] wellington road, taunton S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Somerset College 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Opening times - 11am to 6pm
Arts and Design Studies The White Space Gallery, Somerset College, Wellington Road, Taunton TA1 5AY Call 01823 366 331 to choose from a variety of courses studio and project space including a range of programmes from degrees to short T 01823 366420 courses offered by the University of Arts, London. W www.somerset.ac.uk an artist led initiative supporting the production and presentation of artists work E [email protected]
SVA, 4 John St, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 2HA t: 01453 751440 e: [email protected] www.sva.org.uk Please visit www.somerset.ac.uk for these and many SVA other arts and non-arts related courses.
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The Studio Beth Philpot Gaye Fox Driftwood Art & Design Camilla Clark Clare Newman The Nook Studio: Richard Cox Gerald John Moore Diane Burnell Emma Duke
Follow a year through the eyes of an artist with this exciting new collection of paintings. Camilla As an animal artist I am inspired by the emotional A wide variety of wildlife paintings in watercolour, Empirical art from nature in the tradition from Titian This year I have removed myself to a permanent I use a variety of techniques, including monoprint, takes you to the Scilies, London, Rome, Florence response we experience when looking at an animal. oil and acrylic.Richard’s inspiration comes from far to Turner: landscapes, portraits, still-life, birds and studio at Ark Removals.Come and visit me in my collage, paint, and fabric. I draw inspiration from my and Portugal as well as many more familiar local I produce individualistic ink and bleach paintings, and wide - amongst the wonderful physique of the animals in oil painting, water colour and drawing. Di-pod, arguably the most unusual studio in surroundings and my imagination to create vibrant Somerset scenes. The exhibition includes original lino prints and drawings in more traditional media. levels with their ever changing scenes of nature - or Reproduction prints are available. Homemade wines Somerset.Constructed from two large containers images – from small animal sketches to larger Emma sources her driftwood from the Somerset artwork in oil, watercolour, drawings and You will be able to use the monocular microscope to from his travels farther afield where his love of the and fruit juices are free of charge. suspended in space and reached by a flight of steps more complex works on canvas. I look forward to coastline and uses inspiration from the elements to handmade cards. see how I produce my insect works greetings cards, high moors of Cumbria, Scottish firths or remote welcoming you to my studio situated in my award it’s truly a Hi-Di-Pod.A new range of my abstract oil An exhibition of jewellery and textiles influenced by create beautiful gifts and stunning wall hangings. Come and visit this delightful gallery where a prints and originals for sale £2.50 - £250 Africa, and abundance of wildlife all provide him with S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S winning cottage garden in the beautiful Quantock paintings will be displayed and you will receive the Somerset countryside. From tiny hearts and vase holders to large hurricane very warm welcome awaits - with tea, coffee and further material for his paintings. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 a very warm welcome. village of Kingston St Mary. lamps each piece oodles with individuality and homemade cake sold in aid of the NSPCC. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S My textile pieces range from pictures, scarves Opening times - 11am to 6pm and jackets to wedding dresses and use many charm. Prices range from £5 to £500 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 techniques to capture the colours, textures and Opening times - 11am to 5pm Lower Huntham Farm, Huntham Lane, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 patterns found in the ever changing landscape Opening times - 11am to 6pm Stoke St. Gregory, Somerset TA3 6EY 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Opening times - 11am to 6pm around me. I use wire work to sculpt the fascinating Opening times - 11am to 6pm Open Daily - 11am to 6pm 1 Virginia Orchard, Ruishton, Taunton, shapes of flora and fauna into wearable and Opening times - 11am to 6pm Somerset TA3 5LP The Nook, Lillesdon Lane, Nr. North Curry, T 01823 490479 The Studio, Ark Removals, Unit 6, affordable items of jewellery. Myrtle House, Church Lane, Kingston St Mary, Blundells Farm, Blundells Lane Taunton, Somerset TA3 6BY Albemarle Road, Taunton, Somerset TA1 1BJ Somerset TA2 8HR Summercourt, Dosters Lane, West Monkton, Somerset TA2 8NW T 01823 444037 Directions: Two miles North-East of North Curry, Huntham Lane leaves Open Daily - 11am to 6pm Stoke Road to go to Stoke St. Gregory. The Farm is half a mile from West Monkton, Somerset TA2 8NP W www.clarenewman.co.uk T 01823 490477 the latter village. T 07935 044419 T 01823 451673 T 01823 413005 E [email protected] W www.coxwildlifeart.com W www.dianeburnell.com 5 West Villas, Cotford St. Luke, E [email protected] T 07770 485822 E [email protected] E [email protected] E [email protected] Somerset TA4 1DF W www.emmaduke.co.uk Directions: From Taunton A358 J25 turn left at traffic lights signposted Directions: Myrtle House is accessed from a short private track off Ruishton. At pub (Ruishton Inn) turn right along Busy Cross Lane. E [email protected] Directions: From A38 follow signs to Monkton Elm Garden Centre. Directions: From Taunton turn onto A378 at Thornfalcon - left-turn for Church Lane, between the Village Hall and the Parish Church. After Garden Centre Gates on left, take first right into Blundells Lane. Virginia Orchard is 300ft on left. Park on Bushy Cross Lane. Directions: Station Road; into Belvedere Road; along Beaufort Road. At T 01823 619804 North Curry - first rght-turn Lillesdon Lane. Second house on right (approx. 300m) right bend left into Industrial Estate as indicated follow yellow signs. A378 from Langport - through Wrantage - turn right at crossroads for E [email protected] Directions: Pass Monkton Elm Garden Centre on your right hand side. Lillesdon Lane. Just before dual carriageway, turn left into Dosters Lane. Directions: Coming into Cotford St. Luke from A358 take first left Summercourt is 1st dwelling on left (approx. 300yards) signed North and West Villas. Follow road right round to West Villas and park in parking area at the end.
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Traditional framed paintings and drawings from miniatures to larger pieces. In addition paintings on varied surfaces including items such as painted boxes, driftwood, jigsaws and personalised advent Paintings from the Arab World. From 1990-2010 calendars. Tea and coffee available to enjoy in Sumptuous, colourful figurative wallhangings made Paintings in oil and pastel. Images of people at home Lucy Willis has painted in many Arab countries. garden. Further information available on my website by the ragrug method. My influences are many and and abroad. Unframed colourful monoprints, vibrant To raise money for the British Red Cross in Syria www.exmoorartist.com varied. From Medieval and Byzantine religious scene life drawings and cards for sale. Work in progress she is showing paintings, drawings and original and bestiaries to Aztec codices and Victorian circus and sketchbooks to browse through in the studio. prints from more peaceful times in Yemen, Egypt, Open Daily - 11am to 6pm posters. Also a series of laughing, shouting, moping Tunisia and Syria - four countries experiencing and pouting faces and a 20’ long last supper with Lunches available at the Rose and Crown nearby. unrest and revolution. Books, cards etc also for sale New Corner House, Stathe, nr. Bridgwater, life size characters. Taunton Ukulele Strummers Somerset TA7 0JL will be playing at the venue on Saturday 15th at S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 2pm and The Great British Tea Party will be 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 T 01823 698744 selling delicious cakes and tea in china cups on W www.exmoorartist.com Opening times - 11am to 6pm Sunday 16th in the afternoon. Opening times - 2pm to 5pm E [email protected] Or by appointment Larkfield Cottage, Woodhill, Stoke St. Gregory, S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Directions: Take Stathe Road for 1.5 miles from Burrowbridge; turn Somerset TA3 6EW 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Moorland House, Riverside, Burrowbridge, right opposite Stathe Drove. 100m on left after Post Box. Near Bridgwater, Somerset TA7 0RG Opening times - 11am to 6pm T 01823 490600 W www.sueluxton.com T 01823 698200 Hovelands Cottage, Stanmoor Road E [email protected] W www.lucywillis.com Burrowbridge, Near Bridgwater Somerset E [email protected] Directions: Follow signs from the village shop. TA7 0SA Directions: In Burrowbridge take the road opposite King Alfred pub. T 01823 698630 Follow the river for 1.5 miles. W www.lucywallhangings.co.uk E [email protected] South Somerset 58 Taunton Deane www.somersetartworks.org.uk 59
SAW_ven_v36.indd 58-59 11/07/2012 12:05 Not Good Partial Good Glass, Mixed Media, Mixed Media, Painting, 155 Ceramics, Painting, Prints, Drawing 156 Painting, Prints, Drawing,Textiles, Fashion 157 Prints, Drawing The Folly, Harwood House Art & Glass at Henley Barn Brian Dix Michael Layard, Mignon Yin Drake Charlotte Blotheridge, Amy Cook Photo After the success of last year’s exhibition, sisters Contrasting geometries of the natural and man-made worlds continue to be the basis of Michael Layard revels in the immediacy and Charlotte & Amy have decided to team up again & vibrancy of chalk pastels. Land and seascapes and S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S exhibit at Charlotte’s new studio which is beautifully my imaginative and serendipitous actions. Old and still lifes predominate in his garden studio. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 situated with views across the Somerset Levels. new themes persist, often in response to visits to historic sites at home and abroad. Imaginative Mignon Yin Drake was a pupil of the late Prof. Charlotte has been inspired by her surroundings & painted watercolours of stunning local landscapes leaps across recorded time, coupled with timeless Chao Shao-An and does traditional Chinese paintings Opening times - 11am to 6pm on rice paper, silk and pots. She also paints on silk in a traditional style. She will also be exhibiting her images of the natural world, throw up surprising atmospheric acrylics & vibrant mosaics. Amy uses outcomes expressed through painting, printmaking with palette knife and brush. Her stoneware/ Harwood House, Aller, nr Langport, beautiful coloured & textured glass which inspires and drawing. Complex pattern-making continues to porcelain pots are dinstinctly Oriental. Somerset TA10 0QN her to create contemporary stained glass panels be the dominant compositional preference.
using traditional lead & copperfoil techniques. T 01458 250675 Homemade cream teas available daily. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S E [email protected] 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Directions: Harwood House is in the middle of the village of Aller on Open Daily - 11am to 3pm Mon - Wed Opening times - 11am to 6pm the A372, opposite the village hall and beside the factory. Entry to the 11am to 6pm Thurs - Sun studio is up the steps beside the garage. Deer, fox, owl. Together 1 Church End, Pitney, Langport, you take over the alert night meadow One Moor Barn, Henley, Langport, Somerset TA10 9AS Somerset TA10 9BG to inhabit my canvas – T 01458 251096 your shapes are joyous like harps T 01458 259785 E [email protected] W www.bookhens.com and in the morning E [email protected] Directions: From B3153 twixt Somerton and Langport, follow signs to studio at the west end of the village below the church. Roadside I sketch you with wire parking. Directions: From Langport to Somerton road turn left, go through High and press your song Ham & at bottom of hill turn right into Henley. with my hands. 60 South Somerset www.somersetartworks.org.uk www.somersetartworks.org.uk South Somerset 61
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Little Hamdown Farm The DB Group - Somerset Art Works Speada Ben Horne John Newberry R.W.S. Arts in the Attic Sarah Trevithick, Wendy Dunt: Merry Maiden Designs Mark & Tracy Nesbit Nick Durnan, Emily Colenso, Mary Vanderplank
Welcome to SAW. Visit our office to obtain We will be running a number of workshops information about Art Weeks. We offer helpful including, throw a pot, pottery christmas tree Contemporary art in the heart of Langport: Mark & information about your studio visit. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S decorations, creating an applique cushion and make Tracy practice their individual talents in their studio Using everything under the sun, including Lego 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 your own Raggy Roux. Please call venue for details. and garden that has fantastic views across the About SAW robots, mud and boot polish, staff and students from Wander through the characterful Dudly Farmhouse Somerset Levels. Mark uses plaster and chemistry SAW is an artist-led organisation and Somerset’s Somerset Schools exhibit their responses to the Opening times - 11am to 6pm to the primary attic gallery where artists Fine artist Sarah Trevithick returns for her second to produce uniquely original coloured and textured only countywide agency dedicated to developing the Great Outdoors. Taking inspiration from the recent Shanti Living at Perham Workshop, Wick Farm. Emily Closed between 1pm - 2pm and sculptor Arts Weeks and is joined by local potter and regular abstract paintings on canvas, Tracy uses wood, visual arts. SAW offers an integrated membership exhibition, “Drawing Breath” at Great Bow Wharf, We reclaim unloved pieces of furniture, restoring and Colenso, Mary Vanderplank Nick Durnan will be presenting their work. With Wendy Dunt. Sarah paints local landscapes in metal and other media to produce a wide range of service, professional development programme and this show features work from a research project with transforming them in our own quirky way, to produce Exhibition in the artist’s home of new watercolour 2 Churchway Close, Curry Rivel, Emily’s oil paintings and drawings reflecting the local oils and watercolours and produces a range of work from craft items to conceptual fine art. Mark curatorial services to support practising artists and teachers and boys from Crispin and Huish Episcopi high quality bespoke artworks. Come and join us landscapes of the Somerset Levels with some Somerset TA10 0ED landscape and Nick’s exquisite, tactile, translucent unique appliqued cushions and Raggy Rouxs, her was shortlisted for the Black Swan Arts Open Prize organisations in Somerset. secondary schools, using creative technology and and explore ways of adding colour, inspiration and pictures of Dorset and Devon. Prices range from alabaster sculpture reflecting the beauty of the mischievous creatures from recycled clothing. Competition 2012. Most work is for sale at prices automated drawing techniques to explore the originality to your home and workplace. £80 to £800. Also a selection from around the world T 01458 251906 moblies band and the golden section carved in Wendy creates a wide range of domestic ware on from £10 to £1500. (We are working artists so will Follow SAW on Twitter, Facebook and our Blog locality. Opportunities for families and young artists Light snacks, tea and coffee available. includes France and Italy where the artist has lived stones collected from North Somerset and South her potter’s wheel, with glazes inspired by the local be practising during art weeks from time to time and created by Natalie Parsley, our Graduate Artist Intern to make work in a temporary studio at the Great Commissions accepted. and Egypt, Morocco and other countries where he Directions: On the outskirts of Curry Rivel: when approaching from Wales beaches. Mary exhibits seascapes and landscape and coast, in addition to a selection of we are happy to talk to visitors about our work.) and blogger in resident. Bow Wharf riverside cafe. Refreshments available. has travelled. Included is a series of flower studies Langport on the A378 take the second rght turning. landscapes from the West Country and the Lakes. quirky bags and purses. Exhibition runs Mon Sept 10th – Sun Nov 7th 2012 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S from his garden. Refreshments available daily, to be enjoyed in the Prices from £5, refreshments available. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Open Tue to Thur 9am to 3.30pm 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Open Daily - 9.30am to 4.30pm gardens or under the eaves in the courtyard. Open Times - 11am to 5pm Open Daily - 11am to 6pm SAW OFFICE, The Town Hall, Bow Street, Langport, Somerset TA10 9PR Great Bow Wharf, Bow Street, Langport, Open Daily - 11am to 5pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm Somerset TA10 9PN Keepers Cottage, Wick, Langport, Little Hamdown Farm, Picts Hill, The Garden, Priest Lane, Langport, T 01458 253800 Somerset TA10 0NN Manor Farm, Lower Street, Curry Mallet, Langport, Somerset TA10 9EX Somerset TA10 9QA W www.somersetartworks.org.uk T 01458 254262 Somerset TA3 6TA T 07825 337763 / 07949 720025 T 07795 077785 E [email protected] W http://www.spaeda.org.uk T 0786 7634328 W www. shantiliving.co.uk T 01823 480661 W www.merrymaiden.co.uk E [email protected] W www.marknesbitfineart.com E [email protected] E [email protected] E [email protected] Directions: Great Bow Wharf is situated in the town of Langport on the Directions: Head for Lower Street and signs to the church and the A378, next to the river bridge. Disabled parking only on site, free car Directions: Drive through Langport towards Curry Rivel. Take right turn school. Farmhouse is opposite the school. Parking in the field next Directions: Heading towards Langport on the B3153,turn right on to Directions: Priest Lane: opposite All Saints Church, The Hill Langport. parks in the town, 2 mins walk away. sign-posted ‘Wick’. Follow road for 2 miles road bears right then we to the house. Firpits Lane, first house on the right. Walk down lane, enter property through 2nd metal gate on left. are on top of small hill on left hand side.
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DR Ceramics Honeysuckle Workshop Sophy Denny Christine Buckler Ceramics Tom Kealy Furniture Charlotte Roffe-Silvester June Dobson Andrew Bell Drew Robins Janet Maher & Sara Ellen Glanfield
I will be opening my new self built studio for this years Open Studio Event. I work with stoneware clays either subtly decorated functional pottery or decorative agateware. I will be running throwing and agateware demonstrations at 12pm each weekend Christine produces decorative domestic hand thrown Sophy works on canvas with acrylic, mixed media and taster sessions by arrangement (call or check “Gateways” is an evocative collection of artwork pottery. Warm toned earthenware brightly decorated Inspired by her surroundings, June paints in oils- that explores man’s potential;’journeying’ through and textiles exploring light and colour, drawing with a variety of coloured slips in many stylised my website for details). In addition to my work, I will landscapes, flowers and cattle on the family farm. In my tiny working studio I have new work on display different scapes physically, emotionally and inspiration from everyday objects and themes that floral designs. Robust strong-bodied stoneware also be offering other items of interest for sale. Contemporary furniture and clocks, designed and She uses precious metal clay to make pendants, and in progress. Acrylic, oil and watercolour paint- spiritually. uses an eclectic mix of both are relevant to rural Somerset life. the surfaces juicy with a suprising palette of glaze Sara made to commission by Tom, will be on display Paints still life, landscapes, and animals in water- which are fired and polished, leaving a pure ings of mainly landscape subjects in the Blackdown Open Daily - 11am to 6pm medium and subject, reflecting her life long love Pictures range fom £50 - £300. combinations. In addition, tiles, plaques, platters and alongside work by some of his students. The colour and gouache, influenced by her training as a silver pendant. (A demo will be given, if asked). In Hills and in Wales, France and other places abroad. and knowledge of rural Somerset, to produce lively, all sorts. See work in progress and ‘have a go’ too. individual tuition they receive, when attending Tom’s textile designer. This year she has produced a series pottery she makes bowls,vases, ovenware, trivets, Plenty of vibrant colour! All pictures are for sale, 11 Popes Cross, Curry Mallet, Somerset, bright and expressive pieces. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Refreshments. Phoebe Collings furniture making classes, enables them to achieve of pictures, prints and postcards for the Diamond influenced by the local flora and fauna. including older, mostly unframed work. I also have TA3 6SS blends a colour palette from cottage 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Stoney path up gentle slope to studio. Designs high standards in their work. You can see completed Jubilee. Original works, prints, jewellery and pottery for sale. artist prints (lightfast) of selected pictures, and gardens to create handmade, one-off items of Opening times - 11am to 6pm pieces and work in progress. Tom will be available to Free refreshments available. greetings/postcards. Tea/coffee, squash available. T 01823 481877 clothing and accessories. No piece is ever repeated. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S answer questions about his work, the techniques he Open Daily - 11am to 6pm A range of fibres and materials is used, natural 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 W www.drceramics.com The Yellow House, Pound Road, Horton, uses and his weekly classes. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S E [email protected] where ever possible, for easy wearability. Nr. Ilminster, Somerset TA19 9QU Opening times - 11am to 5pm Combesbury Farm, Buckland St Mary, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Nr Chard, Somerset TA20 3ST Opening times - 11am to 6pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S T 01460 52982 Glenalmond, Pottery Road, Horton Nr. Ilminster, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Directions: From Curry Mallet Post Office head toward Beercrocombe, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 W www.sophydenny.co.uk Somerset TA19 9QN travel 500yds, up Headwell Hill, first right into Redlands Lane for Opening times - 11am to 6pm T 01460 234432 Colley Farm, Buckland St Mary, Moorseek Cottage, Buckland St Mary, 150 yards. Opening times - 11am to 6pm E [email protected] W www.charlotters.co.uk Nr Chard, Somerset TA20 3QD Nr Chard, Somerset TA20 3QE T 01460 258822 Boundary Barn, Hare Lane, Buckland St. Mary, E [email protected] Honeysuckle Cottage, Stewley, Ashill, Ilminster, E [email protected] Nr Chard, Somerset TA20 3JS T 01460 234327 T 01460 234463 Somerset TA19 9NN Directions: On A303,five minutes west of the Ilminster roundabout, Directions: A303 Ilminster roundabout, take Chard Road. Sharp right take the 2nd road to the right after the Eagle crossroad. This is an E [email protected] E [email protected] onto Horton Road. One mile to 5 Dials Inn. Immediate left into Pottery T 01460 234272 unmarked road to the right just after the hamlet of Newtown. Our T 01823 481373 Road. 1/4 mile to Glenalmond on right. W www.tomkealy.com house is on the right after 300yards. Drive up into the yard. It is Directions: 150m past Buckland church, turn right to Birchwood. After Directions: 150m past Buckland church, right to Birchwood. After 1.4 named Combesbury. 1.4 kms, turn right up farm lane. Park in farmyard OS257141. E [email protected] E [email protected] kms, left down farm lane. After 150m, veer right. OS255136.
Directions: Just off the A358, three miles from the A303/358 Ilminster Directions: 1 mile up Hare Lane from Broadway village, near Ilminster. roundabout. Signposted to Stewley and Beercrowcombe from A358. The workshop is on the left, opposite a thatched house. Turn into lane and travel for 1/2 mile. Left turn at Art Weeks sign into Honeysuckle Workshop. 64 South Somerset www.somersetartworks.org.uk www.somersetartworks.org.uk South Somerset 65
SAW_ven_v36.indd 64-65 11/07/2012 12:06 Partial Partial Not Good Partial Not Good Not Good Partial Ceramics,Glass, Jewellery, Silverwork, Metalwork, Painting, Prints, Drawing, Installation, Site Specific, 173 174 175 Sculpture, Stonecarving 176 177 Pottery Sculpture, Stonecarving, Wood 178 Photography, Work on paper 179 Glass, Installation, Site Specific Books, Painting, Prints, Drawing Mixed Media, Textiles, Fashion Ceramics, Pottery Lower Whatley Farm Studio Unravelled Ian Edwards Studios Jacky Duncan Dowlish Wake Pottery & Gallery Henrietta Van den Bergh Glass by Fabrizia Bazzo Sue Cullen Nina Gronw-Lewis, Bryony Tidball & Leah Hislop Chris Brewchorne, Nicky Clarke, David Metcalff
A contemporary exhibition showcasing new work of established artists Nina Gronw-Lewis and emerging Top notch work by three established and inventive artists Leah Hislop and Bryony Tidball. Henrietta graduated from Middlesex University professional artists. Chris Brewchorne celebrates Fabrizia is an architectural glass artist creating Artist in residence Leah Hislop performs a site- having studied graphic design. Since, she has 25 years of making his rustic high fired stoneware innovative designs which incorporate stained glass specific installation of weaving and light, which worked professionally in wildlife filmmaking, I paint in watercolour the plants that grow in my pottery and will be throwing pots on the wheel, in a wide range of spaces. Texture and vibrant materializes during art weeks. Bryony Tidball’s photography, illustration and design. For this event garden, often on dreamlike or abstract backgrounds supervised by Ruby the dog. Nicky Clarke is colours are the hallmarks of her sophisticated sculpture/installation art narrates the relationship Henrietta will be exhibiting predominantly a mix of which I then embellish with acrylic ink, pastels and I make terracotta garden pots and sculptures which renowned for her inspiring watercolour landscapes, site-specific artworks. She works to commission between humans and animals. Nina Gronw-Lewis Sculptor Ian Edwards will be exhibiting his wide photography and works on paper. various mixed media. There will also be an illustrated are coiled and thrown on the wheel. They are fired reflecting moods ranging from serene tranquil on private and public art projects and visitors are work explores the collective identity of family. range of bronze wildlife and figurative sculptures. book of short stories in progress on show. to 1100° plus using wood off cuts from a local saw woodlands to moody dramatic skies. David welcome to visit her studio where they can see new Reworking textiles from the past to create objects He is currently working on a new body of work S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Work for sale ranges from £25-£250 for original mill. The passage of flames through the kiln leaves Metcalff’s wire bird and animal sculptures are S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S work in progress as well as completed works on with new identities. for his Cork Street, London solo exhibition “The 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 paintings to £1.50 for a printed card, and the varied flashes of colour on the pots. Sizes range full of humour and movement to give a lift to your 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 display. Free Events: Interactive weaving wall, daily. possibility to purchase the finished book! Emergence within Form”. garden. The gallery also sells an eclectic range of Opening times - 11am to 6pm Weaving workshops Sat & Sun bring textiles from from 20cm to 65cm, and all are frost resistant. Opening times - 10am to 5pm glass, wood, jewellery and other quality local crafts. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S your past. Saturday 22nd Storyteller Jane Flood S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Set in a delightful village next to Perrys Cider Mills 29 Strawberry Bank, High Street, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 weaves words and spins yarns. Sunday 30th viewing 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Dowlish Wake Pottery & Gallery, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 and Cafe. Ilminster, Somerset TA19 9AW finished installation by Leah Hislop. Dowlish Wake Village, Ilminster, Somerset, Opening times - 11am to 6pm Open Times - 10.30am to 5pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm TA20 1 RF T 01460 54394/07973838452 Open Daily - 11am to 6pm The Studio at Hall Cottage, Whitelackington, W www.hvdbphoto.com Lower Whatley Farm, Otterford, Nr Chard, Closewood, Ammerham, Winsham, T 01460 53553 Ilminster, Somerset TA19 9EF Unit 11 Willoughby Place, E [email protected] Somerset TA20 3QL Tithe Barn, Cotley, Nr Chard, Somerset, Somerset TA20 4LA E [email protected] Millfield Industrial Estate, TA20 3EP T 01460 54831 T 01460 234561 Chard, Somerset TA20 1BB Directions: Dowlish Wake is 2 miles South of Ilminster. Follow brown Directions: From the A358/A303 roundabout follow signs into T 01460 30289 tourist signs for Perrys Cider MIlls (wagon) and Pottery (pot). Ilminster, carry along the road and just past The Warehouse Theatre W www.fabriziabazzo.co.uk E [email protected] T 07742 117770 and The Crown, 29 Strawberry Bank is on the north side. E [email protected] W www.ianedwardsstudios.co.uk W www. unravelledart.wordpress.com Directions: From Chard: Turn right at Winsham War Memorial, signed Directions: A303 - Honiton. E [email protected] Forde Abbey. Half mile on, drive on left. Ample Parking From the east, pass along the old A303 and just past the Bell Inn, Directions: One mile from Ilminster towards Seavington St. Michael Right turn, Bishopswood. Through village. Right turn, village hall 1/2 E [email protected] Strawberry Bank starts. and about 100m after sign to Dillington House take left fork into mile Lower Whatley Farm 1st thatched cottage on right. B3170 - Whitelackington. Hall Cottage is on right after Village Hall. Honiton. Left-turn, Whatley and Otterford Mill one mile. Lower Whatley Directions: From Chard take A30 West/Honiton. 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SAW_ven_v36.indd 66-67 11/07/2012 12:06 Not Good Not Good Partial Good Good 180 181 182 Mixed Media, Painting, 183 183 Painting, Prints, Drawing Screening of Glass Prints, Drawing, Photography Sculpture, Site-specific Installation Pottery, Textiles, Glass Charo Ritchie Sally Kent Linda and Paul Green Field for Somerset Barrington Court Workshops
Watercolour paintings of flowers and animal portraits. This exhibition will be like walking through an indoor Taunton Stop Line garden - the only thing missing will be the scent. I will be holding a demonstration on Monday 17th Friday 28th September, 6-8pm, from 10am until 1pm. The studio is set in a delightful The Warehouse Theatre, Brewery Lane, Ilminster TA19 9AD NGS garden with scenic views, toilet available. Lovely cakes and lunch snacks at the village shop café. In February artists Mat and Rob Vale laid a line of light across the county by projecting onto 100 Pillboxes along the WW2 Somerset defense system, S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S ‘The Taunton Stop Line’. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Opening times - 11am to 6pm The film of this epic creation is being screened on Friday September 28th Antony Gormley. Field for the British Isles, 1993. Terracotta between 6-8pm at The Warehouse Theatre, Brewery Lane, Ilminster TA19 9AD. Variable size: approx. 35, 000 elements, each 8-26 cm tall Installation view, Barrington Court “South Meade”, Meade Lane Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London. © the artist Dip in and out of the images, enjoy tea in the NAAFI, meet the artists and Acquired in 1995 with the assistance of the Art Fund and The Henry Moore Seavington St. Mary, Ilminster Foundation. This year the Barrington Court workshops provide Fused glass art inspired by the Somerset Somerset TA19 0QL discover how this mammoth work was made you with a unique opportunity to see Master Crafts- countryside. A selection of fused glass art work Inspired by Antony Gormley’s Field for the British men at work. Beverley will be offering an insight from large framed pictures, to bowls, coasters, Linda Green: New works - paintings, drawings, Isles exhibition at Barrington Court from May to T 01460 249690 More details http://www.somersetartworks.org.uk/artists/illuminos into bespoke Leather bag design and making, in her small hangings and jewellery. Prices range from £5 collages, stitched and mosaic work. Always playing August, visitors made their own clay figures with W www.somersetartworks.org.uk/node/4385 eclectic workshop, including a collection of hand to £175. Each piece is made by melting together with colour, materials, patterns and imagery. Large the guidance of the Somerset Guild of Craftsmen. E [email protected] blown crystal glass. While Paul will be making his coloured glass pieces at high temperatures in the and small pieces. The figures are planted individually over the summer distinctive country pottery where you will be able to kiln. Often wire and copper is included within work Paul Green: New experimental work. Drawings and to form a single mass installation in the historic Directions: with Seavington Hall and Shop/Café on your right, turn left see him Throwing at the potter’s wheel along with - no through lane. “South Meade” is the first house on the right in tall to create interest. traditional photography, worked into a mixed media Bustalls building in the gardens at Barrington Court. conifers with good parking. approach. Marion’s dishes with hand drawn designs. National Part of MAXIMUM EXPOSURE, a new curatorial project includes new commissions by Trust’s Orchard café availble for lunch and coffee. Karen Guthrie, Barber Swindells and Illuminos exposing enigmatic or unknown aspects S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Work for sale. Commissions undertaken. Tea Garden. Open Daily - 10am to 5pm of Somerset. Commissioned and Curated by Somerset Art Works. Supported by the 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S National Lottery through Arts Council England. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Barrington Court Garden, Barrington, Opening times - 11am to 3pm Mon & Tues 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DENNIS CHINAWORKS More information: www.somersetartworks.org.uk/projects/maximum-exposure 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Nr Illminster, Somerset TA19 0NQ 11am to 5pm Sat & Sun Sally Tuffin designs on earthenware pottery with incised, Opening times - 11am to 6pm Opening Times - 11am to 6pm sliptrailed and painted patterns. The pots are hand thrown T 01460 241938 3 Bedford Cottages, Lambrook Rd, W www.nationaltrust.org.uk/barrington-court Barrington Court, Barrington, by Rory Mcleod, decorated by a team of artists led by Shepton Beauchamp, nr Ilminster, Sunnyview, Water Street, Barrington, E [email protected] Nr Illminster, Somerset TA19 0NQ Vanessa Thompson - Theresa Blackmore, Adam White, Somerset TA19 0LY Nr Ilminster, Somerset TA19 0JR Michelle Frost and Natasha Spearpoint. T 01460 249647 T 01460 242033 T 01460 57988 Modelling by Alan Pepper. W www.barringtonpottery.com W www.meltingpotglassart.co.uk E [email protected] E [email protected] Open Mon - Fri 10am to 4pm E [email protected] Continual demonstrations & sales of trials and seconds Directions: FREE ENTRY to the workshops. Follow National Trust signs Shepton House, Shepton Beauchamp, Ilminster TA19 0JT Directions: On the main street through the village approximately 300m to Barrington Court. Please Park in Free Main Carpark and walk to the down from The Duke of York on the left hand side. Tel: 01460 240622 www.dennischinaworks.com farm building workshops.
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SAW_ven_v36.inddPB 68-69 11/07/2012 12:06 Not Good Not Good Not Good Good Good Mixed Media,Painting, 184 Jewellery, Silverwork, Painting, Prints, Drawing 185 Prints, Drawing 186 Jewellery, Silverwork 187 Painting, Prints, Drawing 188 Photography
Nicky Clarke Studio & Heather Hughes Ashar - Works on plaster Holly Webb - Jeweller David Mole & Tom Mole at Knaggs Fine Framing Lopen Farmhouse Pauline Rook, Steve Payter, Anna Howie
Holly Webb has been working in Somerset for over An exhibition with a friendly atmosphere and Open Daily - 11am to 6pm 30 years. Specialising in gold and silver jewellery, affordable work. From an exciting collection fusing contemporary and classic designs. Most Pauline Rook ARPS leads an inspiring and Nicky, My work is about exploring the marks left by our of watercolours and mixed media. Her work exploring The Florins, Westport, Langport, pieces are one offs. Her works include semi- dramatic photographic exhibition. She is showing ancestors on the British landscape and investigating the landscape is full of texture and atmosphere. Somerset TA10 0BN precious stones such as opals, moonstones, rubies photographs from her recent work in Somerset ancient sites and the art of prehistoric peoples. Also available, a packed portfolio and art cards. and lapis-iazuli. presented in both traditional and contemporary styles Materials and processes are an important part of my From a jewellery collection which combines T 01460 281773 Holly accepts commissions in precious metals and which emphasize the power of the imagery. Heather practice. Carving into plaster on board, I then use Directions: From Taunton: the lavish and extravagant with the subtle and E [email protected] also undertakes repairs and alterations. Holly makes Tom’s portraits in oil are imbued with subtle details Collaborative and other books by James Crowden graphite, silver-leaf, and or oil paint sometimes At J25 on the M5 take the A358 south to Ilminster. At the lights on demure. Her exquisite necklaces and earings are all her work in her studio in Thorney. Prices start and resonate with personality while his figurative Thornfalcon hill turn left on the A378 to Langport. In Curry Rivel, will be on sale. Directions: Nicky’s studio can be found on the B3168 Ilminster to I leave them natural. I am hoping the viewer will from £20. work, encompassing elements inspired by poetry and turn right at the Shell petrol station onto the B3168. After 2 miles, unique designs, using fine silver, beautiful semi Bowdens Farm is on the left, signposted at the road. Curry Rivel road. Look out for yellow balloons, yellow bunting and SAW make a link through my work, into our ancient past. classical literature, is complemented by small studies travels overseas inspired by her love of precious stones, freshwater pearls and Swarovski crystals. signs after the village Westport sign - both ways. Anna Howie S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S of treasures from the V&A. Form Somerton/Langport: horses, to capture the spirit and movement of herds S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 David exhibits some recent aviation illustrations Take the A378 west from Langport towards Tuanton. After 2 miles in in their natural environment. First showing of these S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 and his landscapes. Work for sale. Commissions Curry Rivel, turn left at the Shell petrol station onto the B1368, then 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 proceed as above. striking monochrome images. Opening times - 11am to 4.30pm welcomed. Opening times - 11am to 6pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm For the very best in quality From Ilminster: Steve Payter of Image Art. Fine art digital 3 Ducks Corner, Thorney, Langport, S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Take the B3168 out of Ilminster (nr Shrubbery Hotel). After 5 go picture frame making. 17 Hamgreen, Hambridge, Langport, through Hambridge, over the river and up the hill. At the bend, graphics are today’s equivalent of traditional Lopen Farmhouse, Church Street, Lopen, Somerset TA10 0DR 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Somerset TA10 0AR Bowdens Farm is on the right, signposted from the road. photographic prints. Steve is a photographer South Petherton, Somerset TA13 5JX and professional Fine Art printer, he constantly T 01458 252701 Opening times - 9am to 5pm KNAGGS 01458 250088 T 01460 281900 experiments with printing and displaying images W www.holly-webb.co.uk T 01460 240644 via alternative methods. F i n e F r a m i n g 07743 179640 W www.asharart.co.uk E [email protected] Knaggs Fine Framing, Bowdens Farm, W www.rookphoto.co.uk E [email protected] Hambridge, Somerset TA10 0BP E [email protected] Directions: Thorney is two miles South of Langport. Hamstone house Directions: Take the road opposite The Lamb and Lion Public House Bowdens Farm, Hambridge on the right next to Drove Road. Park outside the house. Follow signs Directions: Turn south at Poulett Arms roundabout on old A303 at www.knaggsfineframing.co.uk then the first left, you will find me at the end of the cul-de-sac, park- T 01458 250088 to the studio at the back in the garden. Lopen Head. Second left under oak tree - Farmhouse on right. TA10 0BP ing is on the road, or by the garages
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The Mangle House Eggwood Farm Kate Chidley David Brown Pottery Worlds within Worlds Kathrin Khan-Davis Robert Innes Angela Naunton Davies, Jackie Cundall George Hider, Cathy Spearing SWA SEA Amanda JVJ Khan-Davis, Karen Dupe
Junk can be a beautiful if you have the eyes to and explore nature by looking at George Hider creates lifelike animal forms from Amanda Karen see it. From litter to odds and ends in the house, ‘Worlds within Worlds’. Enter a Secret Garden and Shadows and Reflections. Intriguing, surprising, light recycled steel. His work will be exhibited in the this artist explores the creative potential of using This love of nature, it is also the love of life and it is find Amanda’s questioning installation in stitched and dark, colourful; another voyage of collaboration informal garden and yard at Eggwood Farm. Open Daily - 11am to 6pm I make a range of vessel forms in matt and textural recycled materials to create unique and ‘upcycled’ this that shines out of all his paintings, Le Progrès, textiles and Karen’s vibrant paintings where both between artists who use the workshop, in print, paint Cathy Spearing’s beautifully detailed pencil See it all.... Ewenique surfing sheep, pink prancing glazes mainly in turquoise and blues. Many bowls jewellery and gifts. 6 May 2011. Robert Innes is a plein-air landscape artists push the boundaries of their media.This or other materials in the courtyard workshop and drawings and photographs of horses, dogs and Eggwood Farm, Bowood Lane, Merriott, ponies, wicked fancy fairies, mad cows and other have textural rims and some have glass in the Sunday workshops (12-1pm) Recycled Africa will painter. An award winning graduate of Leith and fabulous hairy creatures. New book, “Glastonbury collaborative exhibition is fun and thought provoking. demonstrate a range of African recycled beads for garden room. Angela Naunton Davies known for other animals will be on display in the stables. Both Somerset TA16 5QW bases. I sometimes modify my clay to increase Glasgow Schools of Art, creator of the “Plein Air tails” reveals where all the festival cows go! Working with Artists and friends from ‘Home grown visitors to explore as well as discover the history etchings and multimedia prints, Jackie Cundall for Cathy and George will be working on commissions textural surfaces reflecting interest in rocks. I also Prize” and proprietor of “La Folie des Artistes”, a Art’ they bring together the local community and wood engravings and calligraphy. Framed, unframed throughout Somerset Art Weeks and welcome T 01460 76100 Illustrated maps of festivals, fetes, weddings and make a range of practical mugs, jugs, bowls, and behind them (book in advance). wonderful artist’s holiday house and gallery space schools with a variety of workshops and events work from £5-£500 and cards. Refreshments questions and enquiries about their work. E [email protected] celebrations. Country scribbles, bespoke family teapots. Work is fired to 1,250°C. in the Beaujolais. Bespoke day painting courses which are open to the public. available. A linked themed flower festival in the maps or eccentric portraits. Commission me for S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S available with the artist. Directions: Take Lopen road out of Merriott passing Hinton St. George For further information on workshops and events adjacent church for the first weekend. anything you fancy! Originals, prints, books, cards, Open Daily - 11am to 6pm 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 signpost on left: 200 yards to Bowood Lane on right. visit: www.homegrownart.org.uk or trinkets, jewels and treasure. Sculptures, recycled Opening times - 11am to 6pm S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S www.somersetartworks.org.uk/artists/amanda- S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S goodies and funky junk. Something for everyone. Highway Cottage, Church Street, Merriot, 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 khan-davis or www.somersetartworks.org.uk/artists/ 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Somerset TA16 5PR Old Farm Studio, West Street, Open Times - 11am to 6pm Open Daily - 11am to 6pm karen-dupe Opening times - 11am to 6pm Hinton St George, Somerset TA17 8SA Other times by appointment. T 01460 75655 Kate’s Studio, Old Scotts Nurseries, W www.dbpottery.co.uk S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Denman Cottage, Church Street, Lopen, T 01460 271676 The Grove, Popleswell, Crewkerne, Somerset, Higher Street, Merriott, Somerset TA16 5PI E [email protected] 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 South Petherton, Somerset TA13 5JX E [email protected] TA18 7ES Opening times - 11am to 6pm T 01460 76000 Directions: Take the B3165 from Lopen Head or Crewkerne. Pottery is Directions: Old Farm Studio is located opposite the teashop on the T 01460 240921 W www.katechidley.com almost opposite the Kings Head Pub in Church Street. Level parking corner of Abbey Street T 01460 279 790 in yard. West Street, Hinton St George, Somerset TA17 8SA E [email protected] E [email protected] W www.robert-innes.com E [email protected] Directions: Turn south from the Poulett Arms roundabout on the old W www. homegrownart.org.uk A303 towards Lopen. Second turning left under big oak tree. 100yds Directions: Merriott Co-op, turn into Lower street up hill to higher beyond Pauline Rook. street. Right into double gate into the old garden centre. Directions: Follow the signs in the village to the end of West Street and walk 20 yards to lead you into a secret garden.
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Kate Bartholomew Jenny Mellings Angela Charles Rod Dyson Jane Mackey OSR Projects
Everything and more. Shattering the idea of the artists studio as a romantic Open Daily - 11am to 6pm atelier this exhibition is a collision of ideas, images, objects and creative detritus left behind by the 80 Hermitage Street, Crewkerne, transitional artist group OSR Projects. The distinction Somerset TA18 8EX between where one artists work stops and another begins dissolves. Individuality and the importance T 01460 271113 of product over process is questioned. Aspects of W www.katesbeads.co.uk the creative process that usually remain hidden are E [email protected] disclosed revealing everything and more. Directions: Hermitage Street is the B3165 out of the town towards Lyme Regis. Those coming on the A356 from the east can turn sharp S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S left into Hermitage Street; for those coming from the north on the 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 A356, Hermitage Street is straight on up the hill; those entering An exhibition of current work by Jenny Mellings, (a A recent graduate of De Montfort University in I make a range of colourful glazed earthenware Crewkerne from the direction of Chard need to go around the one way Leicester, I moved to Somerset in August 2011. My Opening times - 11am to 6pm system and follow the sign for Lyme Regis. Number 80 is on the right previously Devon based artist) will include paintings, beads, which are threaded onto leather cord to hand side about 150 yards from the town centre and 75 yards beyond drawings, and some stop-motion animated film Angela Charles returns for her sixth Somerset Art work is a fusion of ideas and styles though largely Sunday 11am to 4pm produce unique items of jewellery. I mix the ceramic The Royal Oak public house on the same side of the road. Entrance sequences. The semi-figurative mostly landscape Weeks exhibition in this venue. Her gestural acrylic abstract based, utilising a wide range of materials to the studio is via the garden gate to the right of the property. The As an experimental printmaker with a ‘painterly’ beads with glass and metal beads. I also sell loose related images often contain photographic elements paintings on aluminium and board are inspired by (acrylics, watercolour, plaster, metal and photog- Old School Room, Church Street, parking bay adjacent to the house is for private use only but there is style, I enjoy the excitement of the ‘accidental’ creamic beads and a range of handmade ceramic parking available on the road both below and above the house. OS Grid and can perhaps be said to describe places where the South West landscape. This open studio event raphy) and techniques. I draw my inspiration from West Coker, Somerset BA22 9BD image. I often combine screen printing, etching, lino buttons for the customers own craft projects. My Reference: ST440093 imagination meets perceived reality. More recently follows her successful summer exhibition with researching modern art, current socio-economic printing, collagraphy and monoprinting. Each picture prices range from 50p for an individual button, to this has encompassed words and imagery from Porthminster Gallery at Westcotts Quay in St Ives, climate and more latterly, the village and countryside T 01935 862201 is a unique image or part of a small edition, usually £16 for a ceramic bead necklace and bracelet set. the realms of virtual reality and it’s influences Cornwall where her paintings showed alongside about me. W www.osrprojects.wordpress.com on hand made paper. I love big skies, seas, on contemporary life. works by Victor Pasmore. Price range £40 to £200. E [email protected] countryside, the human form and still life. Paintings, Directions: If traveling by car please park at Lanes Hotel, High Street, collage, mixed media and sculpture also exhibited. West Coker, BA22 9AJ and walk to the Old School Room, S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S A wide variety of images. Church Street. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Opening times - 11am to 6pm ANNE BRUCE STUDIO PAINTERS Opening times - 11am to 6pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm Open Daily - 11am to 6pm www.osrprojects.net Tarada, North Street, Haselbury Plucknett, CREWKERNE Goldfinch Place, 19 East Street, Crewkerne, The Tower House, Mount Pleasant, Cranford, North Street, Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset, TA18 7RG MUSEUM Somerset TA18 7AG Crewkerne, Somerset TA18 7AH Somerset TA18 7RJ
Heritage Centre, Market Square, T 01460 929428 T 07747 100775 T 01460 279783 Everything T 01460 78814 Crewkerne TA18 7JU E [email protected] W www.axisweb.org/ W www.angelacharles.com E [email protected] seCVPGaspx?ARTISTID=5792 E [email protected] Saturday 15th—Sunday 30th Directions: Situated on the A3066 Bridport Road near the junction with September E [email protected] the A30 Yeovil to Crewkerne Road. Tarada Cottage is 100 yards from Directions: From A30 Yeovil to Crewkerne road, take A3066 signed Directions: Entering Crewkerne on the A30 from Yeovil, The Tower The White Horse pub, diagonally opposite Leaze Farm. Bridport. Studio 450yds on left where road narrows. No parking here. Open 10am—4pm House is a distinctive hamstone house on the corner of Mount Roadside parking before studio or in village and walk 300yds. More Directions: From Market Square, Crewkerne, proceed along East & Pleasant and Easthams Road, just before the pedestrian crossing. Street past the Post Office. Goldfinch Place (19, East Street) is just Every day including weekends The entrance is on the A30. Please park opposite if no space on drive. Old School Room, Church Street (closed Weds 19th Sept) beyond Merefield House on the left hand side of the road. West Coker, Somerset BA22 9JR
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Not Good Partial Good Good 202 Books, Paper, Mixed Media, 203 204 205 Painting, Prints, Drawing, Printmaking Painting, Drawing, Photography, Prints New-media, Site-specific Installation Bouncing on Painting, Prints, Drawing East Coker Arts Chilton Cantelo School Hacker Farm Pop-up Museum New Works at The Old Forge Lorna Doyle, Caroline Mornement Lee Allen, Paul Tonkin Riddle: when is a shop not a shop? One to Twenty Answer: when it’s a Pop-up Museum. Yeovil no longer has a museum, so let’s create our own. For Somerset Art Weeks. Audio-visual artist-musicians Hacker Farm will be occupying an empty retail-outlet in Yeovil’s Quedam pedestrian Saturday precinct to create a transient art-space that’s part 22nd September installation, part gallery, part museum. Working in partnership with Community Heritage 11am - 2pm During SAW 20ll visitors were impressed by, the Access Centre in Yeovil, Hacker Farm will cherry- outside St. John’s peaceful atmosphere and friendly welcome at our pick their favourite, half-forgotten moments from 16th century farmhouse - a perfect backdrop for Yeovil’s cultural past, juxtaposition and re-present Parish Church a mixed exhibition. This year Lorna Doyle will them for your enjoyment and delight. They will also Yeovil be showing a selection of her bold oil and acrylic create a zone where QR-codes and Edwardian landscapes, abstracts and recent monoprints. These ephemera cohabit with Punk Rock posters and After launched at Yeovil’s Glove Factory are interpretations of experiences absorbed in such tractor parts, where the Present and the Past in June, and travelled to Huddersfield Art varied locations as Cornwall and Finland. co-mingle and gently collide to remind us what an 26 Ivel Square (previously Whittard), Gallery during the summer, our 13-metre Alongside, Caroline Mornement’s etchings, This exciting exhibition of work has been created by amazing and robust town Yeovil is. Quedam Shopping Centre, Yeovil, Somerset inflatable sculpture inspired by Yeovil’s prints and Artists’ Books depict a variety of themes the students, parents, teachers and friends of gloving industry is back in Yeovil! One mostly based on travel and the structure of the Chilton Cantelo School. Visit us to discover a wide T 07733 407866 Lee: An eclectic mix of paintings in various media S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Open Saturday 15, 22 & 29 September 11am to to Twenty will be placed outside St. and sizes. From quirky animals to realistic human 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 landscape. Also on sale unframed paintings, prints range of thought provoking paintings, drawings, including drop in workshops. Guided Tours and W hackerfarm.net 6pm, John’s Parish Church on 22nd September portraiture. You might like to sit for an hour’s portrait and postcards. prints and photography inspired by a range of demonstrations. Permanent window display. Special E [email protected] Opening times - 11am to 4pm between 11am to 2pm during the Yeovil drawing of yourself during the exhibiton. Details from themes. Please report to reception to pick up your performance - Saturday 22 Sept, 5-6pm Flower and Gardeners Market. This time, [email protected] S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S visitor’s badge before you enjoy the exhibition. The Old Forge, 8 High Street, you are invited to bounce, walk and lay Cards and light refreshments available. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Stoke-Sub-Hamdon, SomersetTA14 6PP on the sculpture. There will be other Developed his artistic flair during his S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Paul: Opening times - 11am to 6pm activity accompanied with it, lead by upbringing in Cornwall. He believes in the 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 T 01935 472675 artist collaboration Barber Swindells. three fundamentals of ‘bright colour’ satisfying E [email protected] Burton Cottage Farm, Higher Burton, Opening times - 11am to 6pm composition’ and ‘strong contrast’, which are East Coker, Somerset BA22 9LS More details www.somersetartworks. revealed in delicate yet vibrant watercolours ranging Directions: In the High Street, at the foot of Ham Hill, adjacent to Chilton Cantelo School, Chilton Cantelo, Yeovil org.uk/artists/barber-swindells from abstracts to landscapes, fruit and flowers. the village shop. Parking 50 metres up the hill. Lunches available at T 01935 862731 Yeovil, Somerset BA22 8BG nearby pub The Fleure-De-Lis W www. caroline-mornement.com LIVE E [email protected] T 01935 850555 W www.chiltoncantelo.co.uk BUSKFEST Directions: North end of East Coker, between the village shop and E [email protected] SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER Burton Lane, on the main village road. Yeovil Town Centre • 10am - 4pm Directions: Chilton Cantelo is 4 1/2 miles from Yeovil and 2 1/2 miles from the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton. From Yeovil follow the Yeovil Flower and Gardeners Market A359 towards Sparkford. Turn left after the River Yeo bridge Part of MAXIMUM EXPOSURE, a new curatorial project includes new commissions by Karen Guthrie, at Mudford. Entertainments Area, Middle Street, 10am - 4pm Barber Swindells and Illuminos exposing enigmatic or unknown aspects of Somerset. Featuring Children’s Activities, Yeovil Town Band and more! Commissioned and Curated by Somerset Art Works. 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SAW_ven_v36.indd 76-77 11/07/2012 12:06 Partial Good Partial Partial Not Good Partial Ceramics, Painting, Prints, 206 Painting, Prints, Drawing 207 Jewellery, Silverwork, Painting, Prints, Drawing 208 Mixed Media, Sculpture, Stonecarving 209 Drawing, Photography, Stonecarving 210 Wood 211 Painting, Prints, Drawing, Printmaking
Rebecca Stidson The Polishing Room Caroline Humphries Hurst Barton Workshops Dave Appleby Woodturning Ann Fagan & Vera Sheaf Julia Thompson, Corinne Short Andrea Clark, Tom Clark - Stonecarver & Justin Orwin
An exhibition of rich and vibrant paintings depicting I always look forward to Somerset Art Weeks. It gives Two artist friends and neighbours collaborate to local landscapes, quirky cupcakes and sunny days me the opportunity to share with others my love of show their recent work in a small garden studio and Using traditional fabrication woodturning and the excitment of discovering the cottage: they share enjoyment of the rythmns of the at the beach. Commissions welcomed for individual Julia Thompson: S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Originally from Newcastle, I was an infant and techniques, Julia creates bespoke silver trinket 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Visit us in an inspiring setting of historical hamstone colour and grain pattern hidden in the wood. Timber natural world using contrasting techniques. houses and landscapes. Prints, cards, stationery and special-needs teacher. Many of my creations are boxes, lockets and unique pieces of precious metal buildings with small woodland and yurt. Tour around is obtained locally and I allow the wood’s natural concentrates on printmaking and personalised gifts for children also on sale. Prices Opening times - 11am to 6pm based on the female form, aesthetically pleasing, Ann Fagan art jewellery from The Polishing Room studio. Her our gallery, workshop and studios. characteristics to influence my designs in creative mixed media work inspired by birds and Somerset range from £3 to £300. Tea and homemade cake or to make you smile! I experiment with leather, collection ‘Two for Joy’ complete with semi-precious Justin Orwin – exciting contemporary photography bowls, hollow forms and utility items. My workshop landscapes. paintings and prints are available. The Polishing Room, Flaxdrayton Farm, textiles, glass, ceramics and welded metal to form Vera Sheaf’s stones and 18ct gold, explores a familiar supersti- exhibition in the barn. Tom Clark – stone/concrete/ and gallery will be open everyday except Mondays. shaped by energetic drawing and evolve from the South Petherton, Somerset TA13 5LR 3D sculptures, prints, hangings and jewellery priced cious narrative. Commissions always welcome. wood sculptures displayed outside in the woodland process of mixed media used and evocative colour. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S from £3 - £300. Fun art activities for all on Sundays 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Figurative oil painter Corinne is and garden. Andrea Clark – drawings/etchings and S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S There will be demonstrations of lino cutting and Corinne Short: T 07886 906 262 3-4.30pm. A charge of £3 to cover costs greatly influenced by bodily shapes and forms more - including new work, on show in the gallery. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 monoprint techniques. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Opening times - 10.30am to 4pm W www. juliathompson.co.uk of consumables. in dance, circus and movement. Her primary Work to suit all tastes and pockets. Delicious homemade refreshments available. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Opening times - 11am to 6pm compositions developed from charcoal and pastel Tea and cakes at weekends. 24 Brocks Mount, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Directions: From A303 South Petherton Roundabout, take Yeabridge S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Opening times - 11am to 6pm are taken from studies drawn in-situ, and then exit, then 1st left signed Drayton. Turn right at T-junction, up lane ‘Have -a-Go’ at charcoal drawing 11am -12pm Somerset TA14 6PJ 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 New Street House, New Street, Long Sutton, conveyed in oil on canvas. Original paintings, prints round sharp left bend. Flaxdrayton Farm is on the right. Saturdays and Sundays. Except 22 & 23 Sept. Somerset TA10 9JW Berry Cottage, Langport Road, Somerton, and cards available. Opening times - Wed - Sat 11am to 6pm T 01935 825021 Somerset TA11 6RT Afternoon Teas available. Sun 11am to 4.30p.m S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S W www.rebeccastidson.co.uk 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 T 01458 241522 W www.daveappleby.co.uk T 01458 273136 E [email protected] South Harp Farm Lower Stratton, Wigborough, Workshops Opening times - 11am to 6pm E [email protected] E [email protected] Directions: From A303 follow signs for Martock/Stoke-sub-Hamdon. 3hr Silver Ring Making Workshops available through- South Petherton, Somerset TA13 5LP Just before church on North Street turn right. Continue straight ahead. out Art Weeks. Please see www.juliathompson.co.uk Hurst Barton, Hurst, Martock, Directions: From village green towards Martock take first right into Directions: Cottage next to convenience store near Pound Pool. Studio Exhibition is in top left-hand corner. for dates, times and fee. Booking is essential. T 01460 242688/ 07718 461838 Somerset TA12 6JU New Street. at rear of property. Parking on Langport Road and Behind Berry by E [email protected] studio and memorial garden. W www. carolineottart.com T 01935 822111
Directions: From A303 South Petherton roundabout, take the lane Directions: Near Yandles Wood Yard and the 303 Gallery. One mile off to “Yeabridge, Lower Stratton, Wigborough”. Follow the road over the A303 between Martock and Bower Hinton. Sign on gate says ‘Tom crossroad to junction, turn left to thatched longhouse on next corner. Clark Stone Carver’ TA13 5LP 78 South Somerset www.somersetartworks.org.uk www.somersetartworks.org.uk South Somerset 79
SAW_ven_v36.indd 78-79 11/07/2012 12:06 Partial Partial Good Partial Partial 212 Jewellery, Silverwork, Pottery, Wood, Stone, Prints, Glass, Metalwork, Furniture 213 Printmaking, Ceramics, Pottery 214 Glass 215 Painting, Prints, Drawing 216 Painting, Prints, Drawing
Somerset Guild of Craftsmen Julia Manning & Paul Stubbs Sarah Leeson Stained Glass Lower Cockhill Studio Affinity Fine Art Will Vaughan, Biddy Peppin Peb Burfoot, Patricia Wood, Barbara Karn Fine Furniture Award Final Exhibition and Prize Presentation During May and June, selected work from Bridgwater College students on the Fine Furniture course were exhibited at the Courthouse Gallery, Somerton. Visitors and members of the Somerset Guild of Craftsmen were invited to vote for their favourite pieces. 3 finalists have been selected and their work Demonstration Day will be on display in the Courthouse Gallery during On Sunday the 16th September, members of the Somerset Art Weeks. The Prize will be presented on Somerton Guild of Craftsmen will show their skills in Sunday 16th September, 12noon, by Tony Portus, a Somerton Town Centre from 11am to 4pm. A number nationally acclaimed furniture maker and co-founder of crafts will be demonstrated including letter cutting, of Makers Eye (www.makerseye.co.uk). Please come stone carving, pottery, printing and woodwork. There Julia Manning: Vibrant and colourful original I make copper foiled window hangings, traditional and see the high quality of work on display and lend will be opportunities to ‘have a go’ and to speak to limited edition etchings, lino and woodcuts. Birds leaded windows, and undertake commissions and your support and encouragement to new craftsmen. the makers. The demonstrations will be close to the and animals inspired from my walks and the Patricia Wood and Peb Burfoot share a studio restoration work. I will be demonstrating the different Prize is sponsored by Friends of SAW and The Courthouse Gallery which will have a full exhibition of wild places I love to visit. View my professional in the gallery that they run in Castle Cary. They techniques involved in both leaded and foiled glass Will Vaughan: Landscape etchings, largely of Somerset Guild. work from Guild Members. printmaking studio set in curious yards and are joined this year by Barbara Karn, well known work. Prices start from £3.50. Please see my Somerset. £100 - £400. interesting gardens. Visitors should be aware that for her expressive animal portraits. Their work website for more information about my work and Biddy Peppin: Still lives, portraits and landscapes Open Daily - 10am to 5pm Courthouse Gallery, Market Place, Somerton, this is a working studio and is not very suitable for is diverse, ranging from landscape to portraiture feel free to call me if you have any questions. I look in oil and on paper. Somerset TA11 7LX young children. Prints and greeting cards for sale. and from charcoals to oils, but it all embraces a forward to seeing you. Cottage garden and teas 3pm - 5pm. Listed T 01458 274653 Paul Stubbs: Back to pot making in earnest, so it’s freedom of expression and a keen eye. Commission Medieval painted room open on Sundays 2pm - S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S W www.somersetguild.co.uk small extruded and modelled figures like penguins an original drawing of your dog! Barbara Karn Open Daily - 11am to 6pm 4pm only. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 E [email protected] and elephants, to wheel thrown functional pots for will spend an hour with you at the studio making
Directions: In Somerton town centre opposite parish church. the table and garden. Come and see how it’s done Opening times - 11am to 6pm a series of drawings which you can buy if you and plenty of work for sale. 28 Castle Rise, Castle Cary, choose. Contact the gallery for more information. Somerset BA7 7ND Lower Cockhill Farm, Castle Cary, Somerset S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S BA7 7NZ Dog portraits by Barbara Karn. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 T 01963 350612 Barbara will spend one hour drawing your dog. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 W www. sarahleeson.com T 01963 351840 Drawings can be purchased at £95 each - no Opening times - 11am to 6pm Opening times - 9.30am to 5.30pm Welcome to Maker’s Eye E [email protected] W www.willvaughan.com obligation to buy. Makers’ Eye is an exciting and E [email protected] Pre-booking is essential. Please contact the gallery. 2 Rosebank, Queen Street, Keinton Mandeville, Directions: At the end of Castle Cary Fore Street, between the bus stop Affinity Fine Art, High Street, Castle Cary, invaluable online showroom where Somerset TA11 6EQ and the pond, turn left into Castle Rise. At the top of the road at the T Somerset BA7 7AN junction turn right, and I am the house behind the flower bed! Directions: From Station Road, Castle Cary turn down Torbay Road to you can purchase beautiful signpost. We are about a mile along the road signed to North Barrow. T 01458 223025 Alternatively follow Art Weeks signs from B3126. bespoke furniture made by Britain’s T 01963 350602 W www. juliamanning.co.uk W www. affinityfineart.com leading designer craftsmen. E [email protected] E [email protected]
Directions: Halfway down Queen St. look for yellow signs and flag. Directions: Follow signs to town centre from A371 or A359. Situated www.makerseye.co.uk Park on road or in Chistles Lane. in the main shopping street. Free local parking.
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Judy Hall & Beryle Fraenkel At the Chapel - Dominic Greensmith Richard Pomeroy Shave Farm Artists Julie Jenkins: Distant Horizons Tim Millar, Lin Hawkins, Rowena Pearce, Colin Bell, Kay Lewis-Bell, Terri Hogan, Annie Fry
Rowena Pearce: Drawing, painting, books, printmaking.
Terri Hogan: Coastal landscapes in acrylic/ mixed media.
Kay Lewis-Bell: Oil and mixed media paintings, drawings.
Tim Millar: Glass sculpture, printmaking. Photographer Dominic Greensmith Opening times - 9am - 11pm (Mon to Sat), Ceramics and digital prints. (www.dominicgreensmithphotos.com) depicts 9am - 4pm (Sun) Colin Bell: Rich and colourful abstracts with more than a hint of Silk House, Bailey Hill, Castle Cary, images of local quarries. Oil paintings based on figures, S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S An exhibition of vibrant pastel and gouache paintings landscape. Somerset BA7 7AD ‘You would think that living where we do, we would At the Chapel, High Street, Bruton, Annie Fry: possessions and surroundings. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 inspired by a recent journey to the Himalayas. Also textured paintings from a reduced palette be a million miles from big industry. Well, whilst Somerset BA10 0AE Bhutan, a hidden land of happiness, magnificent echoing the rocky nature of wild landscapes. T 01963 359618 looking on google earth one day, I realized not. We Opening times - 11am to 6pm Lin Hawkins: Acrylic paintings based on food. architecture of towering Buddhist monasteries, Framed prices range from £100 - £500. E [email protected] are surrounded by giantscars in the earth, created by T 01749 814 070 Bodyprints, landscape and observational drawings prayer-wheels and flags create a kaleidoscope huge explosions and massive machinery. 100,000 E [email protected] of trees and fungus dominate the studio at the Shave Farm, South Brewham, Bruton, Directions: Centre of Castle Cary. Carpark behind Market House by the Gallery café with astonishing cakes. Special of colour and atmosphere. Vibrant Nepal, ancient S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S tons of earth being brought to the ground at the W www.atthechapel.co.uk moment, I will be working on those during art weeks. Somerset BA10 0LG lockup and post office. Right-hand side of archway. “Waterhole” free event Saturday 15th September temples and friendly people all create its chaotic 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 press of a button. I wanted to see and photograph Bruton is THE lunch stop with restaurants, pubs and 11am - 6pm with bands, café and creative charm. Included are paintings evocative of my this hidden world that few get to see or even realize cafes in profusion. I will also be showing paintings T 01749 813248 Opening times - 10.30am -1pm and activities suitable for everybody: stone carving, clay, travels to other fascinating locations. is there.’ and prints at HESTERCOMBE GARDENS near E [email protected] 2pm - 5.30pm printmaking etc. raising money for charity. Bring a Taunton, during Art Weeks. picnic! Directions: B3081 Wincanton - Bruton. Right at Redlynch crossroads. S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Past Bull Inn. Left towards Brewham. Lane on right before village. 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S ahead 300 yards. AT THE CHAPEL 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Opening times - 11am to 6pm Opening times - 11am to 6pm Bakery Winestore Restaurant Clubroom Bedrooms 2 The Old Police Station, North Street, Wincanton, Somerset BA9 9AZ Patwell Studio, Patwell Lane, Bruton, Somerset BA10 0EQ T 01963 31583 Opening hours HIGH STREET W www.julie-jenkins.co.uk Monday – Saturday, BRUTON T 07850 238239 E [email protected] 9 am – 11 pm; SOMERSET BA10 0AE E [email protected] Sunday, 9 am – 4 pm 01749 814 070 W www.richardpomeroy.co.uk Directions: Wincanton Town Centre turn left at Market Place, post [email protected] office, yellow building on left into North Street signposted B3081 to Directions: Turn left before you cross the river, with Londis behind you. Bruton The Old Police Station down on right. The studio is on the left in 30 meters 82 South Somerset www.somersetartworks.org.uk www.somersetartworks.org.uk South Somerset 83
SAW_ven_v36.indd 82-83 11/07/2012 12:06 Artist Index Barron, Jenny 104 Brownlee, Belinda 42 Cook, Amy 156 Duncan, Jacky 176 Fisher, Kate 123 H Jenkins, Julie 221 Martin, Tony 20 Philpot, Beth 144 Thompson, Julia 207 Organisations, Bartholomew, Kate 196 Bryant, Sally 118 Cordell, Valerie 107 Dunt, Wendy 158 Fleming, Sal 1 Hacker Farm 204 Jessop, Paul 183 Masters, Jaya 68 Pizzey, Myrtle 32 Thompson-Engels, Sarah 136 (Alphabetical) Basil, Malin 63 Buckler, Christine 168 Cox, Neville 106 Dupays, Thea 11 Fletcher, Buffy 43 Hall, Judy 217 Jones, Beverley 183 Mayell, Tony 6 Pomeroy, Richard 219 Tidball, Bryony 175 Galleries, Groups A Bazzo, Fabrizia 179 Buckler, Frea 53 Cox, Richard 149 Dupe, Karen 193 Foweraker, George 66 Hammond, Roger 120 Jones, Gill 141 McMillan-Davey, Caroline 128 Tobin, Andy 52 & Schools Beckton, Ian 48 Buckler, John 53 Crosher, Judy 139 Durnan, Nick 164 Fox, Gaye 145 Hammond-Lovatt, Sue 67 Mellings, Jenny 197 Tonkin, Paul 205 Ablitt, Helen 15 Beech, Caroline 37 Burfoot, Peb 216 Cudlipp, Teresa 77 Duvergier, Clare 124 Fraenkel, Beryle 217 Mercer, Kristen 139 R Trevithick, Sarah 158 Harrison, Sophie 21 Redman, Julian 85 The Barrington Court, Adair R.E., Hillary 114 Beer, Pete 54 Burnell, Diane 143 Cullen, Sue 173 Dyson, Rod 199 Fry, Annie 220 K Messa, Peter 122 Truscott, Sarah 1 Hatton, Tracey 109 Karn, Barbara 216 Rhodes, Billy 27 National Trust 182 Allen, Lee 205 Bell, Andrew 172 Cundall, Jackie 189 Metcalff, David 177 Turner, Richard 26 Hawkins, Lin 220 Kealy, Tom 169 Richards, Christine-Ann 12 The Brewhouse Alway, Nigel 132 Bell, Colin 220 Curley, Malcolm 47 Micklewright, Margaret 73 Hey, Mark 29 Kent, Sally 181 Richards, Christopher 116 Theatre & Art Centre 138 Anderson, Annabel 95 Bellairs, Louise 23 C Curtis, Jackie 75 E G Millar, Tim 220 Campbell, Fiona 10 Edenborough, Elizabeth 99 Gee, Linda 72 Heys, Sue 137 Kerr PRWA, Janette 41 Richardson, Mithra 27 Chilton Cantelo School 203 Anderton, John 76 Bingham, Zoe 112 Mole, David 187 U - V Campbell, Sharon 64 Edwards, Ian 175 Geeson, Jane 50 Hibbert, Barry 100 Khan-Davis, Amanda 193 Rigler, Annette 75 Uren, Angela 64 The Engine Room, Anderton, Rosemary 76 Binns, Jo 28 Mole, Tom 187 Candler, John 27 Edwards, Karen 50 George, Andrew 7 Hider, George 190 Khan-Davis, Kathrin 194 Ritchie, Charo 180 Van den Bergh, Henrietta 178 Somerset Film 88 Antoniadis, Ionannis 24 Bird, Buddy 48 D Moore, Bill 50 Carman, Alice 131 Dalton, Sarah 39 Elfick, Pennie 20 George, Val 7 Hill, Jennifer 76 King, Seb 140 Robins, Drew 165 Vanderplank, Mary 164 Orchard Vale Trust 18 Appleby, Dave 210 Blake, Ray 55 Moore, Gerald 150 Carman, Richard 131 Davey, Andrew 115 Elsebach, Angelika 14 Gilbert, Pamela 134 Hinds, Lucy 152 Krauze, Kristine 90 Roffe-Silvester, Charlotte 170 Vaughan, Will 215 OSR Projects 201 Armitage, Tess 121 Blathwayt, Judy 108 Morgan, Trudi 135 Carpenter, Anne 51 Davey, Leo 111 Erland, Sukey 16 Glanfield, Sara Ellen 166 Hingston, Fiona 41 Rook, Angie 17 Veasey, Rebecca 154 SAW 160 Ash, Bernadette 117 Blotheridge, Charlotte 156 Mornement, Caroline 202 Champion, Judith 65 Davidson, Jennifer 50 Ewens, Marilyn 96 Gordon, Helen 46 Hislop, Leah 142, 174 Rook, Pauline 188 Vincent, Jake 34 Somerset College 142 Ashar 185 Boley, Geraldine 73 Moulding, Melanie 5 Charles, Angela 198 Davie, Julia 44 Gradwell, Susan 78 Hogan, Terri 220 L Rowsell, Joyce 127 Vincent, Peter 34 Somerset Guild of Ashworth, Willa 49 Bradshaw, Bronwen 20 Large, Lucy 102 Mowat, Jane 125 Chidley, Kate 22, 191 Davies, David 1, 138 Graham, Clio 82 Holland, Angela 105 Craftsmen 212 Ashworth, Catherine 134 Bradshaw, Emma 104 Large, Roger 97 Clark, Andrea 209 Delahaye, Jone 132 F Graham, Jenny 80 Holland, Lyn 39 SPAEDA 161 Askew, Craig 22 Branson, Paul 25 Fagan, Ann 211 Lawrence, Janet 98 Clark, Camilla 147 Denny, Sophy 167 Green, Linda 182 Hollingshead, Linda 139 S W - Y Avenell, Julia 25 Brayne RWS, David 13 Farmer, Anne 81 Layard, Michael 155 N Sargent, Rosemary 134 Wadman, Josephine 135 Clark, Tom 209 Dickins, Gary 140 Green, Paul 182 Hollweg, Alexander 101 Naunton-Davies, Angela 189 Brayne, Jane 13 Farmer, Nancy 79 Le Bas, Ann 119 Sawle, Bern 137 Waldock, Rachel 102 Clarke, Nicky 177,184 Dix, Brian 157 Gregory, Liz 131 Hollweg, Geraldine 101 Nesbit, Mark 159 Brewchorne, Chris 177 Farnese, Juliet 74 Ledson, Simon 30 Sawtell, Lily 60 Wallis, Susan 139 B Clive, Iona 84 Dobson, June 171 Gronw-Lewis, Nina 175 Holman, Hazel 138 Nesbit, Tracy 159 Broadley, Veronica 70 Farnworth, Christine 19 Lee, Chris 38 Scott, Emma 8 Ward, Victoria 113 Balmer, Samuel 56 Coates, Russel 3 Doyle, Lorna 202 Holmes, Treston 94 Newberry, John 163 Brown, David 192 Field, Gordon 130 Leeson, Sarah 214 Sharpe, Erica 58 Watson, Carole 59 Banks, Nigel 141 Coleman, Andrea 74 Drake, Mignon Yin 155 Hooper, Clare 50 Newlyn, Kate 45 Brown, Phil 35 Filce, Lesley 73 Leverick, Claire 83 Sheaf, Vera 211 Watts, Lynda 70 Banwell, Casey Nadine 36 Colenso, Emily 164 Duke, Emma 146 Horne, Ben 162 Newman, Clare 148 DOS SAW ad 100612 11/06/2012 09:37 Page 1 Leverick, Janet 83 Shields-Probett, Bryan 75 Webb, Holly 186 Houlden, Lorraine 33 Nicolaides, Anna 64 Lewis-Bell, Kay 220 Short, Corinne 207 White, Christina 42 Howie, Anna 188 Noble, Kate 31 Lindley, Ophelia 133 Smith, Timothy 68 White, Viv 61 Howe, Peter 69 Nuttall, Debbie 74 Hughes, Heather 184 Lindley, Sylvia 133 Spearing, Cathy 190 Willis, Richard 129 Art at its origin Hulse, Gillian 35 Lisle, Susanna 31 Spratt, Tina 62 Willis, Tilly 126 A FREE full colour event guide is available from all leading Devon art venues, Humphries, Caroline 208 Lowe, Sue 105 O - P Springfield, Claire 22 Willis RWA, Lucy 153 Devon and Somerset Tourist Information Centres and libraries. Luxton, Sue 151 Orwin, Justin 209 Stidson, Rebecca 206 Wills, Becky 50 Lytton, Caroline 104 Payter, Steve 188 Stobart, Charles 56 Winter, Jean 56 Or call or email us for a copy: 07768 164560 or I & J Pearce, Rowena 220 Stock, Cora 67 Winterbourne, Bridget 49 [email protected] www.devonartistnetwork.co.uk Ingleby-Mackenzie, Sarah 2 Pearcey, Laura 40 Stokes, Jacki 135 Wolff, Helmi 87 Innes, Robert 195 M Pearn, Lucy 123 Stubbs, Paul 213 Wood, Patricia 216 Siddy Langley Lympstone Estuary Artists Neil Edgson Macey, Terry 14 Jackson, Irene 19 Peck, Jane 30 Sweeney, Jan 86 Woods, Frankie 57 Mackey, Jane 200 Jacobs, Alison 92 Pegler, Anita 55 Yoo, Eunju 138 Maher, Janet 166 Jacob, Sally 9 Pelham, Richard 25 Manning, Julia 213 Jacobs, Tom 91 Peppin, Biddy 215 T
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Artform Index Stock, Cora 67 Glass Jewellery, Antoniadis, Ionannis 24 Lawrence, Janet 98 Brayne, Jane 13 Farmer, Nancy 79 Layard, Michael 155 Richards, Christopher 116 Woods, Frankie 57 Winterbourne, Bridget 49 Stubbs, Paul 213 Bazzo, Fabrizia 179 Ashar 185 Lewis-Bell, Kay 220 Bryant, Sally 118 Farnese, Juliet 74 Le Bas, Ann 119 Richardson, Mithra 27 Takahashi, Hiro 3 Silverwork Banks, Nigel 141 Lindley, Ophelia 133 Buckler, Frea 53 Farnworth, Christine 19 Ledson, Simon 30 Rigler, Annette 75 (Alphabetical) Bird, Buddy 48 Trevithick, Sarah 158 Bartholomew, Kate 196 Banwell, Casey Nadine 36 Marlow ARBS, Ian 4 Burfoot, Peb 216 Field, Gordon 130 Lee, Chris 38 Ritchie, Charo 180 Photography Pottery Cook, Amy 156 Avenell, Julia 25 Ablitt, Helen 15 Books/Paper Wolff, Helmi 87 Beech, Caroline 37 Bartholomew, Kate 196 Metcalff, David 177 Burnell, Diane 143 Fisher, Kate 123 Leverick, Janet 83 Roffe-Silvester, Edwards, Karen 50 Balmer, Samuel 56 Beckton, Ian 48 Beech, Caroline 37 Orchard Vale Trust 18 Candler, John 27 Bird, Buddy 48 Mornement, Caroline 202 Carman, Alice 131 Fleming, Sal 1 Lewis-Bell, Kay 220 Charlotte 170 Geeson, Jane 50 Bell, Colin 220 Brewchorne, Chris 177 Bradshaw, Bronwen 20 Cordell, Valerie 107 Boley, Geraldine 73 Pearce, Rowena 220 Carman, Richard 131 Fox, Gaye 145 Lindley, Sylvia 133 Rook, Angie 17 Gronw-Lewis, Nina 175 Brewhouse Theatre Brown, David 192 Chidley, Kate 22, 191 Dalton, Sarah 39 Bradshaw, Emma 104 Scott, Emma 8 Carpenter, Anne 51 Fraenkel, Beryle 217 Lisle, Susanna 30 Rowsell, Joyce 127 Heys, Sue 137 & Arts Centre 138 Buckler, Christine 168 Cullen, Sue 173 Film, New Media Davidson, Jennifer 50 Broadley, Veronica 70 Sheaf, Vera 211 Champion, Judith 65 Fry, Annie 220 Luxton, Sue 151 Sargent, Rosemary 134 Banwell, Casey Nadine 36 Hulse, Gillian 35 Buckler, Frea 53 Coates, Russel 3 Cundall, Jackie 189 Dobson, June 171 Buckler, John 53 SPAEDA 161 Charles, Angela 198 Gee, Linda 72 Mackey, Jane 200 Sawtell, Lily 60 Bradshaw, Bronwen 20 Kent, Sally 181 Carman, Alice 131 Dobson, June 171 Davies, David 1, 138 Edwards, Karen 50 Burnell, Diane 143 Stokes, Jacki 135 Chidley, Kate 22,191 George, Andrew 7 Maher, Janet 166 Scott, Emma 8 Denny, Sophy 167 Leeson, Sarah 214 Clive, Iona 84 Drake, Mignon Yin 155 Dickins, Gary 140 Gilbert, Pamela 134 Carpenter, Anne 51 Thompson-Engels, Sarah 136 Clark, Camilla 147 George, Val 7 Manning, Julia 213 Sheaf, Vera 211 Hacker Farm 204 Millar, Tim 220 Dyson, Rod 199 Edwards, Karen 50 Filce, Lesley 73 Hollweg, Geraldine 101 Champion, Judith 65 Tidball, Bryony 175 Clark, Andrea 209 Glanfield, Sara Ellen 166 Martin, Michael 89 Short, Corinne 207 Horne, Ben 162 Pelham, Richard 25 Farnworth, Christine 19 Gordon, Helen 46 Hulse, Gillian 35 Horne, Ben 162 Chilton Cantelo School 203 Watson, Carole 59 Clarke, Nicky 177,184 Gradwell, Susan 78 Martin, Tony 20 Smith, Timothy 68 Mellings, Jenny 197 Sawle, Bern 137 Green, Paul 182 Graham, Clio 82 Karn, Barbara 216 Hughes, Heather 184 Cook, Amy 156 Wolff, Helmi 87 Clive, Iona 84 Graham, Jenny 80 Masters, Jaya 68 Spearing, SWA, SEA, Noble, Kate 30 Wadman, Josephine 135 Greensmith, Dominic 218 Jessop, Paul 183 Mornement, Caroline 202 Jacob, Sally 9 Cordell, Valerie 107 Colenso, Emily 164 Green, Linda 182 Mayell, Tony 6 Cathy 190 OSR Projects 201 Wills, Becky 50 Gronw-Lewis, Nina 175 Moore, Bill 50 Watts, Lynda 70 Khan-Davis, Kathrin 194 Davies, David 1 Cook, Amy 156 Green, Paul 182 McMillan-Davey, Spratt, Tina 62 The Engine Room 88 Hammond, Roger 120 Rigler, Annette 75 Lytton, Caroline 104 Delahaye, Jone 132 Painting/Prints/ Cordell, Valerie 107 Gregory, Liz 131 Caroline 128 Stidson, Rebecca 206 Wallis, Susan 139 Howie, Anna 188 Robins, Drew 165 Installation, Pearcey, Laura 40 Denny, Sophy 167 Cox, Richard 149 Hammond, Roger 120 Mellings, Jenny 197 Sweeney, Jan 86 Ceramics Yoo, Eunju 138 Drawing Jackson, Irene 19 Springfield, Claire 22 Peck, Jane 30 Dickins, Gary 140 Adair R.E., Hillary 114 Cox, Neville 106 Hammond-Lovatt, Sue 67 Mercer, Kristen 139 Thatcher, Pat 93 Ablitt, Helen 15 Somerset College Site Specific Jacobs, Alison 92 Stubbs, Paul 213 Bradshaw, Bronwen 20 Philpot, Beth 144 Dix, Brian 157 Allen, Lee 205 Cudlipp, Teresa 77 Harrison, Sophie 21 Messa, Peter 122 Thompson-Engels, Banwell, Casey Nadine 36 Graduates 142 Jones, Gill 141 Takahashi, Hiro 3 Barrington Court 183 Sharpe, Erica 58 Doyle, Lorna 202 Anderson, Annabel 95 Cullen, Sue 173 Hawkins, Lin 220 Micklewright, Margaret 73 Sarah 136 Bartholomew, Kate 196 King, Seb 138 Trevithick, Sarah 158 Campbell, Fiona 10 Springfield, Claire 22 Dunt, Wendy 158 Anderton, John 76 Curtis, Jackie 75 Hibbert, Barry 100 Mole, David 187 Tonkin, Paul 205 Beckton, Ian 48 Ledson, Simon 30 Wolff, Helmi 87 Furniture, Candler, John 27 Thompson, Julia 207 Dyson, Rod 199 Anderton, Rosemary 76 Davey, Leo 111 Hider, George 190 Moore, Gerald 150 Trevithick, Sarah 158 Brown, Phil 35 Leverick, Claire 83 Davies, David 1,138 Wadman, Josephine 135 Edenborough, Elizabeth 99 Antoniadis, Ionannis 24 Davey, Andrew 115 Hill, Jennifer 76 Morgan, Trudi 135 Turner, Richard 26 Brownlee, Belinda 42 Interiors Leverick, Janet 83 Duke, Emma 146 Hislop, Leah 142,174 Webb, Holly 186 Field, Gordon 130 Armitage, Tess 121 Davidson, Jennifer 50 Hogan, Terri 220 Mornement, Caroline 202 Uren, Angela 64 Buckler, Christine 168 Mellings, Jenny 197 Printmaking Edwards, Ian 175 Hacker Farm 204 Wolff, Helmi 87 Fox, Gaye 145 Ash, Bernadette 117 Davie, Julia 44 Hollingshead, Linda 139 Moulding, Melanie 5 Van den Bergh, Henrietta 178 Adair R.E., Hillary 114 Crosher, Judy 139 Moulding, Melanie 5 Horne, Ben 162 Holman, Hazel 138 Gee, Linda 72 Ashar 185 Delahaye, Jone 132 Hollweg, Alexander 101 Naunton-Davies, Angela 189 Vanderplank, Mary 164 Anderton, John 76 Drake, Mignon Yin 155 Nesbit, Mark 159 Houlden, Lorraine 33 Jelley, Christopher 110 Green, Linda 182 Askew, Craig 22 Denny, Sophy 167 Hooper, Clare 50 Nesbit, Tracy 159 Veasey, Rebecca 154 Anderton, Rosemary 76 Duncan, Jacky 176 Metalwork Nesbit, Tracy 159 Kealy, Tom 169 Ledson, Simon 30 Hall, Judy 217 Avenell, Julia 25 Dobson, June 171 Howe, Peter 69 Nesbit, Mark 159 Vincent, Jake 34 Blotheridge, Charlotte 156 Dunt, Wendy 158 Ashworth, Willa 49 Orwin, Justin 209 Khan-Davis, Kathrin 194 Naunton-Davies, Angela 189 Hey, Mark 29 Barron, Jenny 104 Doyle, Lorna 202 Innes, Robert 195 Newberry, John 162 Vincent, Peter 34 Bradshaw, Bronwen 20 Edwards, Karen 50 Chilton Cantelo School 203 OSR Projects 201 Redman, Julian 85 OSR Projects 201 Hider, George 190 Basil, Malin 63 Drake, Mignon Yin 155 Jackson, Irene 19 Newman, Clare 148 Waldock, Rachel 102 Brownlee, Belinda 42 Gordon, Helen 46 Curley, Malcolm 47 Payter, Steve 188 Somerset Guild Redman, Julian 85 Hill, Jennifer 76 Bell, Andrew 172 Dupays, Thea 11 Jacobs, Alison 92 Noble, Kate 30 Wallis, Susan 139 Buckler, Frea 53 Hollingshead, Linda 139 Hatton, Tracey 109 Richards, Christopher 116 of Craftsmen 212 Sawle, Bern 137 Hingston, Fiona 41 Bell, Colin 220 Dupe, Karen 193 Jacob, Sally 9 Nuttall, Debbie 74 Ward, Victoria 113 Champion, Judith 65 Holmes, Treston 94 Hider, George 190 Rook, Pauline 188 Thompson-Engels, Sarah 136 Somerset College Hollingshead, Linda 139 Bellairs, Louise 23 Duvergier, Clare 124 Jacobs, Tom 91 Pearce, Rowena 220 Watson, Carole 59 Clark, Andrea 209 Hughes, Heather 184 Marlow ARBS, Ian 4 Sawtell, Lily 60 Tobin, Andy 52 Graduates 142 Hollweg, Alexander 101 Bingham, Zoe 112 Dyson, Rod 199 Jenkins, Julie 221 Pearn, Lucy 123 White, Christina 42 Curtis, Jackie 75 Humphries, Caroline 208 Rhodes, Billy 27 Smith, Timothy 68 Truscott, Sarah 1 Tidball, Bryony 175 Hulse, Gillian 35 Binns, Jo 28 Edenborough, Elizabeth 99 Jones, Gill 141 Pegler, Anita 55 Willis RWA, Lucy 153 Farnworth, Christine 19 Layard, Michael 155 Winterbourne, Bridget 49 Stobart, Charles 56 Van den Bergh, Yoo, Eunju 138 Humphries, Caroline 208 Blathwayt, Judy 108 Edwards, Karen 50 Karn, Barbara 216 Peppin, Biddy 215 Willis, Richard 129 Gradwell, Susan 78 Moore, Bill 50 Stokes, 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SAW_ven_v36.indd 86-87 11/07/2012 12:06 Jones, Gill 141 Humphries, Caroline 208 Nicolaides, Anna 64 Guide Design Le Bas, R.E., NEAC, Marlow ARBS, Ian 4 Nuttall, Debbie 74 Acknowledgments Chantelle Henocq, Fire & Ice Creative, R. Ann 119 Millar, Tim 220 Orchard Vale Trust 18 01935 862 201 www.fireandicecreative.com Ledson, Simon 30 Mole, Tom 187 Philpot, Beth 144 Patron Lowe, Sue 105 Newlyn, Kate 45 Thatcher, Pat 93 Kevin McCloud Website Development Mackey, Jane 200 Nuttall, Debbie 74 Thompson, Julia 207 Mark Muhleder, AnalogWeb www.analogweb.co.uk Manning, Julia 213 OSR Projects 201 Trevithick, Sarah 158 Board of Directors Martin, Tony 20 Sawle, Bern 137 Truscott, Sarah 1 Richard Pomeroy (Chairman) Guide Distribution Messa, Peter 122 Sawtell, Lily 60 Waldock, Rachel 102 Alice Crane Acoustic 01202814818 / 07754429305 Mornement, Caroline 202 Scott, Emma 8 Watson, Carole 59 Bronwen Gwillim Mowat, Jane 125 Stobart, Charles 56 Watts, Lynda 70 Tim Martin SAW would like to thank individuals and Naunton-Davies, Angela 189 Sweeney, Jan 86 White, Viv 61 Pauline Watson organisations for all their hard work and Newman, Clare 148 Tidball, Bryony 175 Willis, Tilly 126 Magnus Mowat commitment to make Somerset Art Weeks OSR Projects 201 Wolff, Helmi 87 2012 possible. Pegler, Anita 55 Local Authority Representative Textiles Pizzey, Myrtle 32 Pauline Burr (South Somerset District Council) Somerset Art Weeks 2012 Launch Sponsor Ashworth, Catherine 134 Stock, Cora 67 Wood At the Chapel atthechapel.co.uk Avenell, Julia 25 Appleby, Dave 210 Thompson-Engels, Sarah 136 Curatorial Steering Group Beech, Caroline 37 Beer, Pete 54 Vaughan, Will 215 Tim Martin Prize Draw sponsored by Friends of SAW and Bingham, Zoe 112 Blake, Ray 55 Jacy Wall the following SAW Corporate Friends: Blotheridge, Charlotte 156 Cundall, Jackie 189 Bruton School for Girls www.brutonschool.co.uk Broadley, Veronica 70 Duke, Emma 146 Sculpture/ SAW Team Somerset College www.somerset.ac.uk Campbell, Sharon 64 Foweraker, George 66 Carol Carey (Development Manager) Stonecarving Carpenter, Anne 51 Hollweg, Alexander 101 Alway, Nigel 132 Zoe Li (Coordinator, Art Weeks & Curatorial Services) SAW is funded by: Clive, Iona 84 Redman, Julian 85 Banwell, Casey Nadine 36 Martha Parkinson (Admin Assistant) Coleman, Andrea 74 Robins, Drew 165 Barrington Court 183 Natalie Parsley (Blogger in Residence) Cook, Amy 156 Shields-Probett, Bryan 75 Brewchorne, Chris 177 Stephanie Sutcliffe (Office Manager) Dalton, Sarah 39 Stobart, Charles 56 Brown, Phil 35 Beccy Swaine (Project Coordinator) Davidson, Jennifer 50 Winter, Jean 56 Campbell, Fiona 10 Dunt, Wendy 158 Candler, John 27 Area Representatives Elsebach, Angelika 14 Chilton Cantelo School 203 Jan Ollis (Mendip) Filce, Lesley 73 Clark, Tom 209 Helga Watkins-Baker (Mendip) Fletcher, Buffy 43 Cox, Neville 106 Judith Champion (Segemoor) With thanks for the support of the following Harrison, Sophie 21 Delahaye, Jone 132 Andy Davey (West Somerset) media: Hinds, Lucy 152 Duke, Emma 146 Diane Burnel (Taunton Deane) Holland, Lyn 39 Durnan, Nick 164 Peter Messa (Taunton Deane) Holman, Hazel 138 Edwards, Ian 175 Nina Gronw-Lewis (South Somerset) Horne, Ben 162 Erland, Sukey 16 Mark Nesbit (South Somerset) Hughes, Heather 184 Farnese, Juliet 74 Jones, Beverley 183 Field, Gordon 130 PR Support Khan-Davis, Amanda 193 Hingston, Fiona 41 Helen Fripp, Banter Publicity, 07753 610066 Macey, Terry 14 Hislop, Leah 142,174 www.banterpublicity.co.uk Maher, Janet 166 88 www.somersetartworks.org.uk
SAW_ven_v36.indd 88 11/07/2012 12:06 Words from SAW Chairman A message from And warm and grateful thanks go to our Friends who are:- Giles Adams Ruth Lyde Firstly we’d like to thank Pauline Watson for having chaired SAW for so many Christine Akhurst Sylvia Lyndley years with such attentive and detailed care. It’s a complex ship to helm and she Friends of SAW Committee Geoffrey Allen David & Marion Mainhood Angela Andrews Mr Nick Moore has steered SAW with great skill and ambition. We look forward to her continued Michael Armstrong Carolyn Moore contributions to the board. How dull our lives would be without the visual arts. It is therefore important that we support our Antonette Barrett Stephanie Morland Somerset artists, as many of you kindly do. Geoffrey & Rossanne Bertram Magnus and Lyn Mowat Carlo and Alan Blandford Frances Neal This year is Open Studios - a chance for visitors to see the heart of Somerset’s During the past year the combined contributions from our Friends and Corporate Friends has directly Mr & Mrs Christopher Bond Mr & Mrs Paddy O’Hagan creativity. There is a huge variety of work out there to see and an equal variety enabled SAW to offer bursaries, prizes, sponsorships and placements to graduates and emerging artists. Dorothea Susan Bradley Sarah Owens A career in the arts is a precarious journey and this support really does make a difference. Gill Braniff Janet Paterson of people and places to visit. It’s a chance for you to explore! Rosalie Challis Mark & Juliet Pollock Being a Friend of SAW is a direct way for people who enjoy art to become involved. As a Friend you Diana M Gordon Clark Pat Robinson receive invitations to Friends events, private views of the works of SAW members, a copy of the annual “Somerset Arts Week is a much-loved and Seek out the hidden studios, find secret masterpieces; it’s a good time to buy Adam Clarke Audrey Roux Guide and regular information. As an extra thank you, Friends names are entered into a Prize Draw 4 Betty Cloke David & Elisabeth Rutherford thriving annual event and I’m proud to at artists’ prices too. times a year providing the chance of winning an original piece of art work kindly donated by a Dave Cufflin Sir Benjamin Slade Bt SAW member. Stewart & June Cursley Janet Spicer support it. Open Studio is an opportunity to talk to the makers, discussing techniques Isabel de Pelet Heather A Stallard The generous support of our Corporate Friends Scheme has been of great benefit in helping SAW fulfil its Peter Allen & Delia de Silva Andrew Tandy and theories. Open studios, open minds. commitment to promoting and developing the visual arts in Somerset. Irene Dickson Angela Warden Fran Edwards Chris J Watts It plays an invaluable role in identifying We sincerely thank our Corporate Friends who are:- Lastly take the chance to really get to know Somerset: the extraordinarily varied Julia Evans Jennifer Wiggins and celebrating a huge variety of creative Bruton School for Girls King’s College Taunton Michael & Rosalie Fiennes Robin & Romey Williams landscape; the vigorous food and drink culture; the significant historic and Somerset College Mill on the Brue Colin & Eileen Forbes Brigadier & Mrs Christopher Wolverson activities and projects in this county, finding spiritual past. Somerset is a huge county with a complex cultural fabric. Woodland Castle Montague Inn Deirdre Gascoigne Chilton Cantalo School Wells Cathedral School Marian Greswell emerging artists and raising awareness of Explore! Enjoy! Churton Inge Associates What’s On Somerset Nicola Harford them. I urge you to go out and enjoy this Mr & Mrs D J Hawken Peter and Rosemary Hill glorious week of cultural exploration.” Richard Pomeroy Sylvia M Hilliard Chairman, Somerset Art Works Jim Hollingsworth Mr & Mrs B J Hurst-Bannister Kevin McCloud Rosie Inge Chris Irwin IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY A FRIEND OF Sue Isherwood Junction 24 Ltd SAW DO JOIN NOW... it is easy! Sir Michael Layard Visit our web site www.somersetartworks.org.uk Norman and Anne Lees and download a form or telephone Stephanie at the Shirley Lomas office 01458 253800
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