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Next Trail: 19-21st May 2023

Welcome to Wivenhoe Art Trail!

The Wivenhoe Art Trail is non profit making event designed to support and promote artists and makers who reside in Wivenhoe and wish to open their studios to the public. It is run by a team of Wivenhoe artists and makers for Wivenhoe artists and makers. We conduct two trails per year, charging a nominal fee to collectively cover leaflets, advertising and promotional material. Our website and social media platforms promote participating artists and show a flavour of their work and contact details. The event is open to established and emerging artists with no vetting procedure. There is no specific venue or assistance in finding spaces to exhibit. We simply ask for all exhibitors to be currently residing in Wivenhoe and actively promote each event.

If you live in Wivenhoe and wish to take part please do get in touch....

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Artists taking part in the May 2023 trail

* Jo Angell * Sara Barker * Maggie Bernstein * Miranda Campbell * Dantes Ceramics * Emma Connolly * Catherine Dodds * Lone Quist Edwards * Laura Fletcher * Fleurs du Coeur * Rosanna Gethin * Fiona Harmon * Richard Hayward *

Julien Holley * Maureen Hume * Jane James * Ella Johnston * Anthony Jones * Lauren Kelly * Georgina Lorton *

Caroline Moiret * Tony Pickering * David Purdey * Railway Glass Studio * Janet Roberts * Vicky Rosenthal * Jackie South * Danny Steadman * Alison Stockmarr * Sarah Waters * Jane Watson * Nigel Taylor * Wivenhoe Printworks *

Sara Barker

Entirely handmade silver jewellery cut and shaped into elegant, contemporary designs and fired with vitreous enamels; creating rich, vibrant colours.

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Charlotte Bernays

In pursuit of expression of the nature of nature. That is - the configuration and reconfiguration of matter and energy.

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Miranda Campbell

Artisan leather notebooks and journals, hand-stitched with decorative threads and beading using traditional bookbinding techniques - ideal for sketching or recording thoughtful reflections. Plus, beautiful bookmarks, featuring a unique miniature book sewn onto ribbon – the perfect gift for all book lovers.

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Missy Claiborne

Wood and nature sculptures for indoor and outdoor, driftwood art photos, nature paintings and Michele's children's books.

Missy works with natural materials creating both whimsical and rustic displays of nature with help from her partner Paul Taylor.

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Sheena Clover

I work in evocative layers of colour and texture to create landscapes and abstracts shaped by memory and emotion.

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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.

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Catherine Dodds

Functional and sculptural terracotta earthenware. Also experiments in local river clay.

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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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Laura Fletcher

Woven textiles using natural yarns to create beautiful colour combinations and textures, inspired by tree bark and sea scapes.

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Fleurs du Coeur

Designs, featuring symbolic flora and fauna, represent the impact of the natural world and speak of reflections on life and learning.

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Lorraine George

Art is like a medicine to me, so I let my mood guide and inspire me. A mixture of painting and stitching - sometimes together - helps me create a diverse selection of pieces.

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Angela Godwin

Practicing the techniques of agateware, altering, abstract painting and sgraffito, I make colourful, individual, functional ceramics.

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Fiona Harmon

Outsider Artist creating unique art made from broken boats & rusty metal found in the Sea, Estuaries and Land

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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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Julien Holley

Expressionist paintings.

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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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Ella Johnston

My paintings, drawings and asemic poetry utilise a range of tools and explore our encounters with nature, music and the built environment.

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James Johnston

Wivenhoe and East Anglian inspired river and landscapes in Oil/Acrylic/Mixed Media.

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Georgina Lorton

I try to capture moments in time during my making process as I respond directly to the everchanging impermanent natural world around me. The slower hand building process allows each piece to take on a unique imperfection which reflects the organic imperfect nature of the world itself.

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Colin McAllister

SNUBLiC

SNUBLiC draws dystopic scenes in black and white using a mix of ink and pen and scenes of Colchester.

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Caroline Moiret

My work seeks to celebrate the interaction of colour, light and translucency unique to glass. My latest collection of vessels also displays a new, more organic way of working which I have been developing over the past year.

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Margie North

I love colour. I use oil, acrylic and watercolour to explore the mood of both landscape and still life.

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Dirk Paterson

My paintings are people based narratives: contemporary figures challenging biblical stories; or just capturing the human condition: fun, love, joy.

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Tony Pickering

A collection of photographs of the smacks, gaffers and classic yachts on the Suffolk, Essex and Kent coasts.

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David Purdey

I'm a landscape painter, increasingly interested in abstraction.

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Janet Roberts

Janets’ work includes large driftwood and clay sculptures, wall heads and totems for the garden as well as delicate pieces of porcelain coral for the home.

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Railway Glass Studio

Four artists specialising in lead/copper foil stained glass and fused glass panels, 3D pieces and jewellery.

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Jacqueline South

I am a self taught artist specialising in fine art and realistic illustrations. Commissions taken of pet, people and buildings.

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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.

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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Taplin Studio

Sam Taplin was an artist who lived and worked in Wivenhoe. He was best known for his characterful sculptures of fish, birds and other animals. 2022 marks ten years since his death at the age of 29; it would have been the year he turned 40. His family are commemorating his life and these milestones by offering a selection of his sculptures for sale in aid of Mid and North East Essex Mind.

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Sarah Waters

Sarah is a Ceramic Artist who’s meticulously hand crafted, brightly coloured and pure white Porcelain sculptural forms focus on the repeat patterns, chaotic and erratic building blocks, that mimic our natural world and the human condition. Sarah continues to develop by exploring the fragility and strength of life with Porcelain.

A ceramic artist bridging the gap between fine art and craft.

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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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Debra Weiss

Contemporary figurative paintings imbued with historical references. My art is influenced by my lifetime as a painting conservator.

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Tilly van der Does de Willebois

I paint from life, trying to capture what strikes me in my surroundings, focussing on light and tone.

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Wivenhoe Printworks

Fine-Art, Craft & Experimental Printmaking: Lino & Woodcut, Collagraph, Monoprint, Drypoint & Metal-Plate Etching, Cyanotype & Photopolymer, Fabric & Art Screenprinting. Beginners Welcome!

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