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Heart Gallery News1st April 2020Hello everyone! These are really strange times right now for us all and it's taken me well over a week to sit at the computer to think about writing this wee blog post! Being in... -
Meet textile artist Liz Cooksey8th March 2020Liz Cooksey’s inspiration comes from natural habitats; hedgerows, garden boarders, meadows. Her works combine wire and thread to create intricate and delicate two dimensional and three-dimensional pieces reflecting observations of nature. The inspiration stems from the...
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Storm Ciara19th February 2020Storm Ciara and then Storm Dennis have battered the Calder Valley, Yorkshire and beyond. For those of you who have followed us on this Heart Gallery blog for some time you will know that...
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Meet Fiona Kingdon, an artist with a scrollsaw and a shed!15th January 2020Fiona Kingdon studied Industrial Design, Craftsmanship and Furniture Restoration in the 90s. She then dedicated time to family and supporting young people with behavioural difficulties, but couldn't be kept from working wood. Making chairs, guitars,...
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Meet Lucinda Clark18th December 2019In 2017 textile designer Lucinda Clark-Wright launched her award winning contemporary brand Cinda Clark Design. Cinda Clark Design specialises in printed collections inspired by grand London Art Deco architecture, geometric form and tonal colourways. Lucinda studied...
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Meet Jeweller Judith Brown17th December 2019Judith Brown has been making jewellery since 2004, when she began hand stitching with wire; this technique was inspired by her studies of Embroidery at Manchester Metropolitan University. Since then her techniques have been...
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Meet Katy O'Neil13th December 2019In her Lancashire studio Katy O'Neil creates contemporary ceramic vessels and handmade ceramic jewellery. Her jewellery, which includes pendants, bracelets, earrings and brooches, is created from smooth black onyx porcelain or high fired white porcelain...
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Meet Olive Pearson and her luxurious knitted accessories12th December 2019Olive Pearson is a designer-maker specialising in luxurious, knitted accessories. Combining traditional techniques with contemporary design, she creates slow-fashion pieces with beautiful colour combinations. Fascinated by spirograph as a child she has continued to explore repetition...
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Meet Rebecca Lawley, designer silversmith11th December 2019Rebecca Lawley studied silversmithing at Sheffield Hallam University graduating with a BA (hons) in 3D Metalwork and Jewellery in 1996. Her silverware has won acclaim from the beginning of her career to the present...
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Meet Louise Lockhart - AKA The Printed Peanut7th December 2019Louise Lockhart is an illustrator living in an old mill twixt Hebden Bridge and Todmorden. She spends her days creating designs from little paper cut outs and line drawings, dreaming up worlds where men still...
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Meet Katrina Alexander6th December 2019Following a hectic career in the events industry, in 2008 Katrina Alexander moved from London to Brighton to embark on her dream career as a designer/maker. Katrina specialises in making striking contemporary silver jewellery which...
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Meet designer Carol Jackson-Kitchen5th December 2019Carol Jackson-Kitchen has worked in the design industry for nearly 20 years, however ,working in Ceramics is a relatively new medium for her but one which she loves and feels passionate to develop. Having graduated...
