A few of our artists and makers.
Beth Knight
I am a printmaking artist working from my home studio near Cardigan. I produce lino cut artwork inspired by the spirit of nature and the stories within landscapes. My pieces are based on real places and experiences that evoke those moments of connection between our ancestral souls and the elemental spirits of nature – a certain sensation I feel when experiencing the wonder of the natural world!
I create pieces with depth and atmosphere, developing techniques to capture light, distance and detail to reflect the mystical feel of those experiences and pushing the boundaries of what is expected from lino printing!
I have a selection of original prints both framed and unframed available at the Newport Collective Gallery. You can find more about me and my work on my website www.bethknightartist.co.uk or follow me on Instagram & Facebook @bethknight.art.
Contacts:
Website: www.bethknightartist.co.uk
Instagram & Facebook: @bethknight.art
Email: beth-knight@outlook.com
Kim Bacon
Kimz Krafts
Using mostly vintage books and paper, I create practical, usable new books from old. Sometimes I will harvest and use the original book cloth which has naturally aged to cover a new book. I hand colour, print, collage, sew and decorate vintage book pages, which are then used in the book. I will hand dye paper using natural dyes like tea or avocado skin to give a vintage look. I recycle pages from old exercise books, ledgers, and interesting pages from books. The foxing and age-worn marks, like those left by rusty paperclips, or the residue of sticky tape, are all meant to be there.
My work features collage, mixed media, mono-printing and a lot of hand dyeing/colouring. I have developed a method for making faux leather from card which I use as the cover on some of my books. There are ‘found’ elements such as tickets, postcards, beads, vintage lace and charms. I source materials mostly from second hand shops and antique markets.
The books I make can be used as diaries, notebooks, wedding planners, etc.
I also make decorative pieces using a variety of papers, like globes, mobiles and sunbursts. I use vintage comics, book pages or my own scanned collage designs, sometimes embellished with vintage text from books, broken jewellery and gilding wax.
Each piece is handmade and unique. I don’t make things in a production line style. Although the folded paperwork does have a regular look to it, the finished pieces are still ‘one-offs’. Generally, my books have a botanical theme with vintage tones, but occasionally I make bright/vivid pieces.
I live in Pembrokeshire in the beautiful village of St Dogmaels. I enjoy exploring the local beaches and countryside for inspiration.
Commissions – contact to discuss.
Contacts
web: www.kimzkrafts.co.uk
Etsy: KimzKraftsShop
YouTube: KimzKrafts
FaceBook: KimzKrafts
email: KimzKrafts@gmx.com
tel: 07521 325 959
Rebecca Williams
Odyn Ddu Ceramics
Rebecca’s hand-built ceramics capture the form, colours, plants and animals of her native land, Sir Benfro (Pembrokeshire) on the western edge of Cymru (Wales). She combines her experience as a sculptor and archaeological technician and her acute observations of the natural and built environment to create work with both artistic and functional integrity.
Rebecca is a first-language Welsh speaker, with a fascinating family history woven from the lives of farmers and mariners, lace-makers, lawyers and architects. She studied at Central St Martins and lived in Germany for many years. Her fluent German and knowledge of art and design has led to many commissions to translate exhibition notes and catalogues for museums including the Bauhaus Museum Dessau and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
Odyn Ddu (Black Kiln) is the name of one of her father’s fields near Tremarchog. It is the site of an ancient kiln which produced pots made from the dark clay to be found just under the surface of the land.
Contact details:
Website: https://www.odyndduceramics.com/
Instagram: @odyn_ddu_ceramics
Email: rebecca@odyndduceramics.com
Phone: +44 (0)7969439632
John Pearce
Teifi Woodworker
John is a furniture designer and maker with a passion for traditional construction techniques, using hand tools and locally sourced sustainable timber.
From his workshop in the Teifi Valley in West Wales, the furniture that he produces is inspired by Welsh country and vernacular furniture, using traditional techniques to produce beautiful contemporary furniture that will become heirlooms of the future. His current work includes Welsh Stick Chairs and Cricket Tables.
Sourcing local, sustainable timber is important to John. He works with local sawmills who process timber from managed woodlands as well as windblown trees. Purchasing this way allows him to select the most suitable boards for the project in hand.
Contacts
Follow on Instagram or visit his website Teifi Woodworker
Email: john@teifiwoodworker.co.uk
Phone: 07474 344599
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Jackie Shackson
My work is connected to Wales and the endlessly inspiring coastal landscape where I live.
Since graduating from art school in 2012 (BA Hons/Fine Art/Printmaking) I have moved from Cardiff to the Ceredigion coast and set up an art studio on the outskirts of Llangrannog and have now been a full time artist since 2018.
I specialise in mixed media acrylic painting and printmaking. Print techniques include collagraph, Lino, etching and screen print.
My paintings are less about a particular place and more about the atmosphere, patterns, stories and textures around my coastal home.
Contacts
Instagram @jackieshackson
Marissa Thereze
Knitwear Accessories and Natural Welsh Woven Blankets.
All knits are handmade by Marissa on her vintage knitting machines in Pembrokeshire. Each collection has been made using 100% Lambswool – Merino in contemporary designs which are felted to finish. Her sumptuous knits extend into cosy colourful hot water bottle covers and cushions.
Popular with both men and women her textiles remain a wardrobe stable which transcend the seasons with a particular focus on quality and bold colour palettes.
Her current collections are inspired by the coastline which envelopes her home of Cardigan Bay – Wales – ‘The Year Of The Sea’. Woven blankets have been designed and made here in Wales from a mix of wool and alpaca in 100% natural colours making them not only beautifully soft but sustainable and ethically sourced.
Member of Creative Breaks, Artsite Three Studios and Make it in Wales.
Tez Marsden
Tez Marsden is a photographer living in North Pembrokeshire.
He photographs this wonderful area from the top of the Preseli Hills all the way down to the coastline.
He works in all weather conditions looking for that perfect light.
His favourite time to work is sunrise waiting for that magical moment when the sun appears over the horizon.
He sells his work framed, mounted on canvas and as greeting cards.
He prints all his work himself on an Epson Stylus Pro 4800 printer using original Epson inks on archival paper.
He also runs workshops teaching photography to individuals and small groups.
Tel 01239 891875 mobile 07720189979
Tez Marsden Photos on Facebook
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Rosemarie Barr
I’m a ceramic artist, and am still exploring the medium and how different clays and glazes change the nature of the object.
Currently working and exploiting the anthropomorphic nature of jugs. Some of the most ancient ceramics in the world took the form of birds or women. Nobody knows why. I like to think that since these items were found in tombs they were somehow connected to the journey to the other world or spirit world. Descendants of this idea, that we all know are the holy dove and the phoenix, but there are many examples of bird’s connection to death or the prophesy of death in folk lore. Bran’s crows sat on his shoulders during battle, the Romans said that the Britons had crows that foretold the outcome of a battle and we all know that when the Ravens leave the Tower of London it will be the end of us all.
The anthropomorphic jug was a symbol of re-generation, of being re-born. My lady jugs usually have an ample shape, and are symbols of fecundity and fertility. The crow jugs are less optimistic, possibly contain some deadly elixir, are not meant as milk jugs but more as vases that should contain flowers to contemplate and connect you to the spirit world. Owls are ghostly spirits that fly silently through the night or… watch and wait. I’m working on the idea of a night light using translucent porcelain or bone china.
‘Seven ages of me,’ is one piece that depicts my journey through life so far. What comes next?
www.rosemariebarrceramics.com
www.facebook.com/ribceramics
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Pam Rossiter
Pam took up working in various media after moving to Wales.
She started making painted glass pieces and cards for in the Collective some years ago.
Recently, she and her husband began creating their own distinctive style of jewellery, working with silver, copper and brass.
Peter Rossiter
Painter, sculptor & curator.
The subject matter of my work is as much rooted in the natural world as it is in the art of the past, occasionally my pictures are completely abstract but mostly figurative, predominately landscapes, inspired by where I live in Wales and what I see around me.
I am particularly fond of the period in European art around 1900, and the work of my grandfather, Martin Bloch (1883-1954) remains a prime influence.
If you look at my work hoping for stylistic integrity or any one single ideology you might be confused as I pursue several different approaches simultaneously, what unites my work is a feeling for colour. Self taught as a painter, I aim to achieve a consistent freshness of approach.
Tara McSweeney
I began making jewellery as a small child, and have pursued this craft in various forms ever since. As a teenager I experimented mainly with wirework, but in recent years I have focused more on learning beadweaving techniques. This wonderful craft appeals to my love of pattern, my love of vibrant colour, and my love of dainty, precise details. One of the things I enjoy most about working with seed beads is that they can be used to make three-dimensional shapes that are either geometric or curved or both. I also love the tactile element of beadwork – it can be quite slinky and smooth to the touch, and feels lovely to wear.
Beadweaving generally requires hundreds, if not thousands, of tiny glass ‘seed’ beads. Usually, they will be stitched one by one – this requires many, many hours, much patience and very good lighting!
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The Metal Press
I love the technical aspect within printmaking, sculpture and metal casting- but it has only been in the last couple of years that I have had the opportunity for ‘play’. I inherited an etching press which at first gave me new incentives to explore once again the medium, having studied sculpture and printmaking as a degree in 1990.
Having created The Metal Press, which casts things made into sculpture and jewelery, it has expanded my ideas in so many directions – but always it leads me back to simple enjoyment and engagement with things I love, a wonder with the natural world and a love of objects.
I would like to explore some reproductions of objects next year – or parts of them that I can create sculptures with. What was it about ‘ a machine that can make lace’, just something to marvel at and I hope it never stops. The metal casting is really about printmaking for me too – editions.
sales@metalpress.co.uk Facebook : The Metal Press
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Emyr Jones
I have over 10 years experience in woodland work and working with wood. After watching too many nice pieces of timber ending up in firewood piles I purchased a chain saw sawmill system and began using this wood in a more creative and satisfying way. All the timber I use has come from local woodland management programs or is a by product from local tree surgery work and would otherwise have ended up as firewood.
Trading as wholegrain woodness, I make hand crafted rustic and bespoke furniture and furnishings utilizing the natural form of the wood. I work from my workshop in the bowl of the Preseli hills in north Pembrokeshire, within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and take my inspitation from nature, my surroundings and by using the materials in interesting and unusual ways. I like to keep the design simple and let the wood do the talking and bring out the “wholegrain woodness” in all my work.
The full range of my work can be seen on my facebook page @ www.facebook.com/wholegrainwoodness
E MAIL: wholegrainwoodness@live.co.uk
Commissions welcome
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