On the weekend of 22nd & 23rd June 2024 we took part in the annual Secret Gardens of St Ives event. We welcomed 120 visitors to our little Cornish garden & opened the studio too. A successful fundraising event for local charity St Ives Community Fund.
Another #100dayproject just completed! This time my theme was #100daysofbeachfinds incorporating a beach walk/clean to collect the source material then a daily drawing of some of those finds. Man-made & natural items combined to create a collection of postcard sized images.
I have recently completed a really inspiring course of experimental painting with artist Dan Pyne at the Newlyn School of Art. Exploring surface textures, paint effects & unique surfaces with alternative materials has given me a plethora of new ideas! I am looking forward to creating new artwork incorporating some of these techniques.
I thought I would document my design process for a new collection of jewellery which has been several years in the making. Creating the 'master' patterns from metal which will be reproduced using the lost wax casting process.
A link to 'A day in the life of a metalworker' article by photographer Rick Davy who visited my St Ives garden studio in December last year. Beautiful images created on film for the @cornishlives project.
In October we continued with the #365dailycreate project with some mark making with natural objects. Diluted ink was applied with various found objects made into 'brushes'.
On 12th April we opened the doors to our new gallery space in St Ives. An exciting new start in a lovely light airy space to display our metalwork, jewellery & artwork on Island Square.
A collective of artists based in St Ives exhibit their work in a working studio/gallery space. Abstract & more representational art along with metalwork & jewellery is on show. The co-operative is currently looking for another artist to join the group.
One of the things which inspire my work is RUST! I thought I would share a few images & also mention a new studio on the horizon.
On the weekend of 22nd & 23rd June 2024 we took part in the annual Secret Gardens of St Ives event. We welcomed 120 visitors to our little Cornish garden & opened the studio too. A successful fundraising event for local charity St Ives Community Fund.
Another #100dayproject just completed! This time my theme was #100daysofbeachfinds incorporating a beach walk/clean to collect the source material then a daily drawing of some of those finds. Man-made & natural items combined to create a collection of postcard sized images.
I have recently completed a really inspiring course of experimental painting with artist Dan Pyne at the Newlyn School of Art. Exploring surface textures, paint effects & unique surfaces with alternative materials has given me a plethora of new ideas! I am looking forward to creating new artwork incorporating some of these techniques.
I thought I would document my design process for a new collection of jewellery which has been several years in the making. Creating the 'master' patterns from metal which will be reproduced using the lost wax casting process.
A link to 'A day in the life of a metalworker' article by photographer Rick Davy who visited my St Ives garden studio in December last year. Beautiful images created on film for the @cornishlives project.
In October we continued with the #365dailycreate project with some mark making with natural objects. Diluted ink was applied with various found objects made into 'brushes'.
I had to have a bit of a tidy up in the garden studio last month as things had got a little out of hand! This tends to happen after the build up t...
On 12th April we opened the doors to our new gallery space in St Ives. An exciting new start in a lovely light airy space to display our metalwork, jewellery & artwork on Island Square.
A collective of artists based in St Ives exhibit their work in a working studio/gallery space. Abstract & more representational art along with metalwork & jewellery is on show. The co-operative is currently looking for another artist to join the group.
