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CONTEMPORARY CRAFT NETWORK

Our current Exhibition features new work by the Contemporary Craft Network - on display until April 26th

The present group consists of 25 members and includes specialists in the fields of ceramics, sculpture, fine leatherwork, felt work, tapestry, weaving, textiles, silver, gold and jewellery, glass, paper, woods and furniture, and mixed media.

For more information about the group, please look at www.contemporarycraftnetwork.co.uk

Reclining Figure by Kevin Wallhead




Beware of Bookworms by Jeanette Killner



Metal Panel by Jeanette Killner



Goosegogs, Cobnuts & Pigmast by Julie Willoughby

GALLERY NEWS

We are really pleased to report that two new artists have recently been accepted into Harding House Gallery -

firstly, ZOE WRIGHT joined us back in December - perfect timing for the riotous entertainment and questionable taste in headgear provided by both customers and inmates in festive mode (!) -

Zoe trained in fine Art at Manchester University, then did Postgraduate Teaching at Goldsmiths in London, followed by time spent in Germany and Brussels as a Primary teacher.
And before joining our merry band, Zoe was a member of "Artistree" Co-operative in Ledbury, thus came to us with some inkling of the peculiar, and doubtless alien to some but brilliant when successful, workings of an Artist's Co-operative!

Zoe designs and produces unique sterling silver jewellery, each item is designed and handcrafted from scratch, using textures and patterns from organic structures.
For more information about her work, please look at http://www.moltenrocks.co.uk/

WENDY MARTIN, after eight years of successful selling as an S.O.R. artist, finally concluded if you can't beat them, join them, and was welcomed at the beginning of March - as far as we know she has not yet left the country...

Well, she does have four children, and interestingly, much of her decorative ceramic work is based on observational drawings of family life. (They sit still that long??)

Wendy creates stoneware ceramic figurines, with a definite quirk.
She studied 3D Design at Lincoln De Montfort University, but is self taught in ceramic techniques and finishes.

So, now we are ten, and looking forwards to the coming year with new Exhibitions, hard work, fresh ideas and a whole lot of laughter along the way... sad but true!

R.B.