October Guest Artist – Alison Chesman Glass Artist
As a glass artist Alison chessmen combines various skills to produce these original hand-crafted glass decorations, designed in a variety of appealing styles and subjects.
As a glass artist Alison chessmen combines various skills to produce these original hand-crafted glass decorations, designed in a variety of appealing styles and subjects.
Throughout September met our textile artists and see their Indian inspired work from their trip to Jaipur.
Brighton is where Angela went to school and did a degree in Wood Metal Ceramics and Plastics. After many years sharing workshops in London and Brighton, Angela is now settled in her workshop, situated in a garden where her fruit and vegetable tiles grow alongside the apples and onions. Butterfly, bird, flower and fish tiles … Read more
Come and join the feast at Shoreham Wordfest’s 5th annual Shakespeare Festival, a cornucopia of Shakespearian and Elizabethan delights, celebrating the great Bard’s birth and death day of 23rd April.
I have an interest in mythology and old stories, and the inspiration for my first hare came from the story of St Melangell, the 7th century patron saint of Hares.
Ever since Judith Goldstein arrived like a shooting star to disturb the peace of painter Claude Monet’s household, (Jennifer Pulling’s Monet’s Angels) readers have wondered ‘what happened next?’ Now the local author and playwright has come up with the answer in Monet’s Shadow.
To relax I work from my studio creating stencil art, lino-printing, painting, write short stories and create miniature sculptures from found objects in my spare time. I suppose I write as an outlet for my creativity, I’m not interested in fame and fortune. What I would like though is to share my work with others.
My mixed media and textile work are a response to what I find in my natural surroundings. Activities around foraging, collecting, experimenting with wet and dry media processes are inspired by a year residency at Sussex Prairie Gardens.
Hilary’s work is high-fired stoneware and reflects her twin inspirations of the Sussex countryside; the Downs and the coastline.
My subject matter is often inspired by my enthusiasm for landscape studies, having gained a degree in Geography in London many years ago.