Creative studio holders
TIM BULL
SCONCES
Fusing together unlikely bedfellows, like an old fly fishing reel, a length of chain and a corroded tap, to make a self-snuffing sconce. The trick is to use vintage fixings where possible. Tim gets a real joy from finally giving hitherto unused venerable brass screws a job to do, without scraping off their patina in the process. Such that, in the right light, a lump of old driftwood and a bit of tarnished metal can be brought to life in enticing forms that might have been made many years ago, that cast curious shadows and emit a timeless glow.
GAMES
We used to flick two pence pieces towards the centre of a round table. Rules were refined, boards made and new games created (it turned out that what we were playing was pretty much the same as a 19th Century game of Canadian origin called Crokinole which we’d never seen or heard of). Over the years Tim has endured many hours of tireless research playing pub games, amassing something of a collection, incorporating card and board games going back decades. He has a head full of games ideas he is keen to develop alongside an unquenchable desire to share, teach and learn to play existing ones.
Woods Studio
Sandy Kendall
Information coming soon.
Wilkins Studio
Packs StudioNANCYE CHURCH
Contemporary jewellery made with years of experience, passion and eclectic inspiration
Nancye has created and sold jewellery in many different places but, having recently moved to the Isle of Wight, feels she has found her roots in the sand of its wonderful beaches.
The materials she uses are traditional, silver, gold, brass, copper, bronze, gilding metal and gemstones but her techniques are original and inspired by the subject and process.
Her jewellery comes in several ranges, all inspired by her surroundings. ORB (archaeology), SEA URCHIN (Maltese), STANDING STONE (Maltese neolithic temples), STONEWALL (red sandstone walls in and around Brampton in the Eden Valley). Cumbria also inspired her obsession with geology and stones as well as STRATA and PLANETS which is the most recent. BEADSCAPES came from being away from her bench during lockdown. Using beautiful Japanese glass beads and silk cord, she ‘painted a landscape with beads’ having seen so much of the streets and fells around Keswick during the permitted walks.
The Isle of Wight is now her current muse and the latest obsession is, of course, fossil hunting. Her recent move to a studio space in Department is inspiring new work which you will be able to see in her studio window.
Instagram https://www.instagram/nancyechurch