Lent Resurrected – Frank Bowling and Ana Teles

The new exhibition at the Florence Trust is unique in many ways, apart from the fact that it is only on for a week. Copies of paintings and art works are usually frowned upon, associated with forgeries and art world scams, and yet on display is a painting by Ana Teles which is a copy…

Addressing Space: Sam Harvey

I make sculptures, drawings and collages, predominantly by stitching and manipulating mixed media.  The tactile act of construction informs all my pieces: the process of stitching into a variety of media and of combining contrasting textures is key to my wellbeing.  My visual environment is a vital part of my practice, I have a compulsion…

Addressing Space: Ross Belton

The idea of ‘place’ as a concept is key to my work and practice. I respond directly to the environment I find myself in, whether urban or rural. Natural dyes, homegrown plants, found objects and recycled materials form the building blocks of my work. The direction is dictated by the materials, and the final piece…

Addressing Space: Liz Heywood

The inspiration for my work comes from natural form and organic structures and processes. I am particularly interested in the intertwining shapes of stems and branches and I am also fascinated by the patterns produced by the layering of images. Layering shapes to create complex patterns or networks is of particular interest at this time….

Addressing Space: Linda Gleave

I am a textile practitioner who is interested in exploring the interplay of light and shadow and capturing the sense of rhythm and movement that they can represent.  By developing my work from drawing and observation and my own photographs, I endeavour to develop and expand the subject matter in as many directions as possible….

Addressing Space: Judy Drysdale

Creating three-dimensional line pieces, which focus on the tension and interaction of the line, is the basis of my work.  Light, shadow and space play an integral part.  The structure and the space that it occupies are inseparable.   All my pieces are informed by variations on methods of lacemaking, basketry and weaving.   Inspiration…

Addressing Space: Jill Flower

I am a textile and mixed media artist and have considered myself as being a creative soul since childhood but only discovered textiles and stitch later in life. I have enjoyed both machine and hand stitch, the use of vibrant colour, exploring and experimenting with a variety of abandoned and used products – recycling! I…