Saturday 9th MAY - 30 JUNE 2009  scroll down for photos

LINDA COMBI

 with glass and ceramics by

SARAH HILLMAN

LOCO GLASS

JEREMY NICHOLS

VICTORIA SCHOLES

KEVIN WALLHEAD

CLARE GODDARD

VICTORIA SCHOLES

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ARTISTS STATEMENT

SARAH HILLMAN

Driven by the unique responsive qualities of clay, Sarah creates ceramic forms that respond to the flowing contours of the body. The rhythm and movement created through her work captivates the viewer in an intimate reciprocal engagement.

“Through my work, I aim to evoke an immediate sensorial response. I am fascinated by the physicality of abstract form and how we respond to that physicality with our own.

With my work I aim to create a dialogue between the contrasting rhythms of internal and external space. The intersecting contours within the pieces create tensions between interior and exterior. As we explore the forms the contrasting tensions evoke the senses and take us on a perceptual journey.

In the contemplation of my work I hope the viewer will become aware of their own sensory response as a reciprocal conversation with the form.”

Free from the constraints of modern life, Sarah’s ceramics aim to lift our senses out of routine by creating a connection that grips the body, not fighting to be understood, but demanding to be felt. Lost in a state of aesthetic contemplation her work aims to ignite our senses in an increasingly standardised world.

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CLARE GODDARD MA RCA

Clare Goddard is a British born artist /designer based in Helsinki, Finland. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, she exhibits and sells her work internationally with clients throughout Europe, North America and Japan. Her artworks have earned their way into esteemed galleries such as De Vera Gallery and both private and public collections. Her work appeals both to serious private collectors and to individuals who simply wish to explore design, delving deeper than the mass-produced artwork found on the high street.

 Clare’s talent is in producing constructed artwork from found objects. These objects all have a past life, they include graphics, old documents, vintage photographs and used utensils.  These are then combined with natural materials such as tar made by Clare in the Finnish forests, moose hair, self-made charcoal and paper.

Items from everyday life are the remains and memories of both the distant past and time more recently elapsed. The collages offer a new significance and a new understanding of those objects, through their transformation and readjustment. Clare recycles the objects, offering new interpretations as these varied objects are displaced from their conventional situation and are given a new contemporary role.

 Each piece is individually made and therefore unique, and collages are often constructed in collaboration with an individual client. The found objects are gathered from diverse geographical and social situations: from a flea market in New York or Beijing, from a client’s lifelong hoarding of family documents, or from friends and customers who collect things they think Clare will like. The resulting museum-like collages challenge the accepted past roles of the objects and question their functionality.

Education

1992 - 1994           Royal College Of Art, London, Masters Degree, Textiles

                    Gerrit Reitveld Academy, Amsterdam, Holland, Sculpture

Awards

1995             Clerkenwell Green Association Studio Award

1995                                European Women’s Award For Innovation

2002                                Crafts Council Travel Award – Japan

2000 – 2006   Exhibition award, USA

Public collections

British Council, UK

                    Bedford Art Loan Collection, UK

                    Brierley Sculpture Park, UK

Exhibitions etc

2008             Miller et Bertaux, Paris, France

2008             Conran, Inspirations show, London, Paris, New York, Tokyo

2007             Fog, Tokyo, Japan

2007             Linnet, Kyoto, Japan

2007             Xen Gallery, Missouri, USA

2006             Design Forum Exhibition, Helsinki, Finland

2006             Haute Green, Sustainable Design Exhibition, New York, USA

2006             Esine, Ambiente, Germany

2003             Manchester Art Show, UK  

2003             Kitchen, Flow Gallery, London, UK

1999 - 2004   Reclaimed, British Council Overseas Exhibition, Egypt, Australia, New Zealand, India

2002             Paperhouse, Kamino Ondo, Nagoya, Japan

2001             Ambiente Interior show, Tokyo, Japan

1998 - 2000   Reclaimed - Acclaimed, Craftspace UK Touring Exhibition, Birmingham, Cleveland, Scarborough, Halifax, Lincoln, Leicestershire, Rhyl, Bury

1999             Recycling The Century, Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Camarthenshire, UK

1998             Upside Down - Inside Out, Rundetaarn, Copenhagen, Denmark

1998             Accessorise Show, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK

1997 - 1998   Recycled  Touring Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Texas, USA, Vancouver Museum, Canada

1997             Tales From The Skip, Rufford, Nottingham, UK

1997             Recycled Exhibition, Oakland Museum Of California, USA

1997             Spin Cycle, Recycled Exhibition, Museum Of Textiles, Toronto, Canada

1997             Recycled Exhibition, Castlepark Arts Centre, Cheshire, UK

1997             Recycled Exhibition, The Black Swan Guild, Somerset, UK

1996 - 1997          Re - materialize, Aberdeen, Sheffield, Leeds, London, UK

1996 - 1997           In The Bag, Bramah Tea And Coffee Museum, London, UK

1996 - 1997   Craftspace Recycled Touring Exhibition, London, Walsall, Dundee, Aylesbury, Warwick, Holyhead, Gateshead, Nottingham, Shipley, UK

1995             London Fashion Week, Catwalk show - Abe Hamilton      

1994             One Offs, Royal College Of Art, London, UK

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KEVIN WALLHEAD

“The work I am now producing is a personal response to my interest in drawing the human form.  This interest has enabled me to produce alternatives to traditional drawing methods, using materials not normally associated with the discipline.

Glass I have found is ideal, by using inclusions within the glass, drawings can be re-created to produce an image that is simple and true, much like that of a line drawing.

 The construction of a drawing is as vital as the finished image itself, for without the construction lines and measurements, the final image will not be a true representation.  I find there is an added attraction in depicting part of an image, leaving the personal ideology of the viewer to determine what lies beyond the realms of the composition.

The enjoyment of drawing the human form, simplicity and relationships, are but a few culminated interests that have led to the introduction of the small stick figures.  Images that can be drawn from childhood, even these simple forms can arouse different responses as to how they are perceived by individuals.

We have an important relationship in this vast space we inhabit, and this I have tried to capture in my latest series of bowls.  These vessels, some very large, are a stark contrast to the small fragile figures but at the same time they seem to compliment each other.”

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JEREMY NICHOLS

I make functional saltglazed ceramics, specialising in pots for tea and coffee making and drinking.  They are designed to be both visually interesting and pleasurable to handle and use, and to convey a sense of movement and balance through the use of open rather than closed loop handles. Influences include early interests in aviation and in the precision of engineered objects (I have a degree in aeronautical engineering from the 1970s ), alongside a more recent interest in 20^th century and contemporary architecture.

CURRICULUM VITAE

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