Dantes Ceramics

Ceramicist and designer, Issy Taylor-Jones is behind the beautifully crafted works of Dantes Ceramics. The handmade pieces are designed to inspire individuals to create a slower way of life. Issy strives to create shapes that are aesthetically pleasing with the emphasis on simplicity and function. “I have always been drawn to objects with a Scandinavian feel, simple, understated, often imperfect. The colours and textures of nature are gleaned from visits to the Scottish Highlands, where I feel more connected with the dramatic landscape.

Catherine Dodds

Catherine Dodds works in mostly terracotta clay fired to low stoneware temperatures. Her recent work is inspired by the landscape and tin mines in the far west of Cornwall.

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★ Venue 11 on map.

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Lone Quist Edwards

I break down the world around me into abstract shapes and colours. Whether working in paint or making collages I am interested in layering and overlapping of tone and texture. I am inspired by my Scandinavian background where light and colour play an important role in people’s daily lives especially in the winter months when daylight is short and landscape can be bleak.

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★ Venue 11 on map.

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Maureen Hume

Drawing inspiration from the beauty of nature, Maureen Hume Ceramics, are designed and handmade in her Wivenhoe studio. Inspired
by the countryside, pottery thrown on the potters’ wheel and in press moulds using earthenware clay. Individually decorated using underglaze colours, coloured slips and stains.

Ceramics of all types: kitchen to tableware - dishes bowls platters and more, plus textural functional sculptural objects to enhance your space.

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★ Venue 5 on map.

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Alison Stockmarr

Alison has an ethos of recycling and repurposing at its heart. Old books, records, letters and Encyclopaedias are her starting point. Apertures are  laser cut into their surfaces with hand cut ephemera, assembled in layers with her signature playful, contemporary twist.

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Producing high quality, signed, giclee prints, she exhibits nationally and internationally and was included in the 250th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2018.

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★ Venue 10 on map.

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Jane Watson

Jane is a self-taught painter and collage artist. She is inspired by the countryside around her and her love of colour.

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★ Venues 8 & 9 on map.

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Jo Angell

Jo Angell makes paintings and prints with abstract themes.  Colour and textures are arranged and merged to create bold contemporary images. Jo’s work nods to her background as a designer and her love of midcentury modern art and design.

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★ Venue 7 on map.

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Sara Barker

My jewellery celebrates the patterns and colours I find in places where nature reclaims human-made environments. Contemporary hand-cut silver and copper shapes are fired with translucent and opaque vitreous enamels. Colours are layered with multiple firings, playing with light and depth or used as a ‘block’ to emphasise the shape and outline of my designs.

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★ Venue 14 on map.

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Miranda Campbell

Beautiful handmade leather notebooks and journals, hand stitched with decorative beading and made with artists’ grade paper – ideal for sketching or simply making notes – alongside unique bookmarks that make a perfect Christmas gift or stocking filler.

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★ Venue 8 on map.

Tom Dobby

Scrimshaw carving on driftwook.

Image of carved cow bone fish on driftwood.

Laura Fletcher

Unique, handmade homewares & gifts woven in Suffolk. Using natural yarns inspired by tree bark, weathered rocks and seascapes - featuring stripes, geometrics and texture.

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★ Venue 12 on map.

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Fleurs du Coeur

Reflective lino cuts by Katie May

Fleurs du Coeur lino designs represent the impact that the natural world has on me and speak of my reflections on life and learning.

I have discovered that my loves of nature and art are miraculously linked to understanding, health and wellbeing. They offered space to calm, connect and inwardly listen, and a medium in which to express, where words can sometimes be too much.

It is my dearest hope that my work can reach out to other people and provide contemplative space and a connection to the wisdom of nature.

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★ Venue 13 on map.

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Clinton Hale

Photography – Abstract Still life Macro

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★ Venue 2 on map.

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Ali Hare

Paintings, prints, drawings and cards.
50% of all sales donated to The Brain Tumour Charity.

Ali developed a deep love of the Stour valley countryside and the East Anglian coastline whilst she was alive. Ali's subjects included countryside views, seascapes, flowers, and birds.  Her colourful pictures evoke many emotions, from warm memories of childhood summer days, to the power of wild winter storms; from outdoor scenes to interior still life; and from laughing family groups to solitary figures.

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★ Venue 3 on map.

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Imy Hare

Paintings and cards.

Imy plays with the idea of loss, depression and memories throughout many aspects of her practice. Inspired primarily by natural themes such as growth and decay, Imy is intrigued by the perception of the natural world.

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★ Venue 3 on map.

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Richard Hayward

The brooding tones of Richard’s photographs reflect the continual influence of photographer Bill Brandt in his work.

His contemporary compositions concentrate on texture and form inviting the viewer to appreciate the world around us in ways that are often overlooked.

‘The Swan’ was selected for 2019’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

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★ Venue 10 on map.

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Caroline Moiret

Glass jewellery, dishes, wall panels and sculptures.

I am constantly awed and uplifted by the interplay of colour and light and the beauty of the natural world: it’s organic, modular and infinite progressive forms.  The unique qualities of glass allow me to explore and express my feelings in a way not possible for me in any other medium.  Whether I am making sculpture, vases, panels, jewellery, dishes or lighting, this essentially translucent material never ceases to delight and absorb me and I am rarely happier or more at peace than when I am working in my studio.

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★ Venue 15 on map.

Margie North

Still Life in Lockdown.

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★ Venue 16 on map.

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David Purdey

I try to capture the effect of light and shadow in my landscapes and seascapes and to convey something of what it felt like to be there, rather than mere depiction.

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★ Venue 1 on map.

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Railway Glass Studio

The studio comprises five glass artists specialising in classical lead/copper foil stained and fused glass. We design/make panels, 3D pieces and jewellery. The work is original and individual to each artist.

We are happy to accept commissions, repairs and offer tuition in stained glass techniques.

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★ Venue 6 on map.

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Jo Rizzato

Jo Rizzato is a contemporary landscape and riverscape painter living in the coastal town of Wivenhoe. She takes inspiration from daily walks along the Stour and Colne rivers and uses colour, shape and light to capture the energy, beauty and emotional content of the ever changing surrounding countryside. 

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★ Venue 2 on map.

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Janet Roberts -

Time & Tide Ceramics

From delicate porcelain coral sculptures to large driftwood and clay sculptures for the garden, Janet's work is influenced by what can be found in and around the river. The driftwood she uses is collected on the Colne at low tide. All her work is created by hand so no two pieces are exactly the same.
Janet is happy to deliver locally.

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★ Venue 4 on map.

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Sarah Kay Waters

Specialising in hand built Porcelain Sculptures.

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Wivenhoe Printworks

For a range of fine-art, craft and experimental printmaking, taught classes, studio space, editioning and exhibition facilities.

We offer a range of facilities including screenprinting for fabric and paper, woodblock and linoprint, drypoint, monoprint & collatype, metal plate and electro-etching, together with other specialist print skills sessions and visiting printmakers. New members and occasional users always welcome!