Our exhibition was advertised on BBC Points West.

Our group was very excited to be advertised on the regional news by the weather man on the night of our private view!

The private view on the 5th April 2011.

We would like to thank all the companies who sponsored our exhibition. These companies helped make our exhibition possible and allowed us to supply food and drink on the private view night.

 A huge thank you to Wild and Wolf, Zad Industries and the catering company A Bit of a Do who supplied the food for a fantastic discount!

Thanks to everyone who came along to the private view!

Alice Falvey

James McNeill  

Amy Jones

Camila Sadler 

Molly Gibbons

Alice Bradley 

Olivia Mason 

Alice Woolliscroft 

Emily May Montgomery 

Setting up our exhibition on the 4th of April 2011.

The banner for our exhibition!

Not long to go now... a preview from James

 

I love working with clay. I like being able to turn an idea into a solid form, but show  that there is still a connection with the earth from which it has come from. Texture and colour are important to my work, for my current pieces I found myself collecting images of rocks and pebbles for inspiration on colours; I looked at pebbles collected from my childhood holidays by the sea, the shiny geodes that you come across in the seaside shops, they all have influence on my  work.  My sketchbook contains all my thoughts, I’ll explore shapes and themes to follow and let my thoughts flow onto paper, writing myself questions and suggestions of what else could be done or how would this look?  What colours will work well? When it comes to colour, I look to make glazes that represent and highlight my intentions best and adjust the recipe to suit my requirements, creating glazes of variation and texture.

James McNeill Ceramicist

Emily Montgomery

 print work

 

Artist statement

I am a textiles artist working in pattern and print. I enjoy experimenting with a manner of different printing techniques but am most experienced in silk screen printing.

My current work is influenced by geometric shapes and structure of the Bauhaus movement, though I have many other means of inspiration. My preliminary drawings have been likened to scientific diagrams which led me to investigate gene structures and cell construction. I search for patterns within these diagrams and new shapes which I can link into my drawings. My work, like the highly complex composition of DNA, is busy and systematic and I hope unique.

 I experiment with different inks and dyes and have become very fond of heat reactive disperse dyes, in which I have used a great deal in my current project.  I explore many different materials and see what effects I can produce by printing on them. I favour working on paper and fabric but have recently transferred my designs onto ceramics and look forward to learning more about this process.

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3 DAYS TO GO...

We are getting ever closer to the opening night of our exhibition which takes place this coming Tuesday at Walcot chapel. Pop down and come say hello if you get chance. we are hoping for a good turn out!!

see you then!