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Neil Walker

Welcome to Lustre 2008 and to another inspirational line-up of some of the UK’s leading craft makers gathered together for just one weekend at Lakeside.

And welcome to our new format magazine which we are proudly launching this year with exciting features on the makers and their work.

Lustre is fast becoming recognised as one of the top quality events of its kind in the country attracting the highest calibre of entrant and posing our selection panel in the early summer with the enjoyable but very difficult task of selecting the 55 exhibitors taking part.

Lustre is not just a showcase for beautiful things, we take pride in creating a friendly and easy ambience in which you can meet and talk to skilled individuals, learn about their crafts and discover some of the surprising stories that lie behind the work.

Emerging talent this year is represented by our Young Meteors, an exciting clutch of recent graduates from the hottest decorative arts courses in the East Midlands region. Lustre provides them with the first opportunity to test their products and designs in a public arena; they give us work which is fresh, edgy and innovative.

Another recent and exciting addition to the Lustre experience is the Objects of Contemplation exhibition in the Djanogly Art Gallery which this year features new designs in contemporary glass selected by Kate Stoddart and Lesley Beale.

The preparation for Lustre is a very pleasurable year-round activity and we owe special thanks to a number of key individuals and organisations who make this event what it is, in particular Michelle Bowen and the Arts Council for their generous funding and continued support. With that funding we’ve this year benefited from the expertise of business consultant, Karen Yair, whose advice has been invaluable to our marketing campaign. Kate, Lesley and Michelle have done a sterling job as selectors. Thanks also go to Liz Cartwright and her team for so capably meeting the creative challenge of producing this magazine to deadline. As ever I want to extend a special thanks to Tracey Isgar, Visual Arts Assistant and all my colleagues at Lakeside who work tirelessly throughout the year.

It just remains to wish all of our visitors, exhibitors and supporters alike a very rewarding and successful weekend.

Neil Walker Visual Arts Officer, Lakeside Arts Centre

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It’s Lustre time again, my favourite time of year, and I think this year is the best yet.

We have selected some of the very best makers and designers from across the region and UK, ensuring that Lustre is the premier contemporary craft event outside of London.

I would like to thank Lakeside for the support they give to the region’s creative talent and to all those selected, have an enjoyable and successful show.

Michelle Bowen Craft & Design Officer, Arts Council England, East Midlands

Other contributors: Liz Cartwright Cartwright Communications.

“The last piece of craft I bought was from Steve Handley, furniture designer. I went to visit him at his studio where I spotted a small pine cupboard - I loved it and asked him to make me one for my bathroom, on which he etched ‘Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all...?’ When I look in it first thing in the morning, I have to say, that is a very difficult question indeed...”

We asked each of our magazine contributors to tell us about the last piece of craft they purchased: Lustre Selection Panel Lesley Beale Craft Co-ordinator at Lakeside.

“I bought two fabric dolls by local designer Gillian Lee Smith of Giffling's Designs. They are beautifully hand painted and have an other worldliness about them.

I loved them so much I have asked Gillian to make some more for the craft cabinets at Lakeside”.

Contents: A word from…

Neil Walker & Michelle Bowen Contributors Meet the Makers Where are they Now? Objects of Contemplation Catalogue Young Meteors Get the Look Meet the Makers The last word…

Getting to Lustre

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Michelle Bowen Crafts & Design Officer, Arts Council East Midlands.

“I bought a ceramic work by regional artist Dayle Green, at the Harley Gallery. I loved the muted colours, to me its very sculptural even though its quite small. It now resides on my bedroom cabinet, but it looks lonely!

Perhaps I shall find myself buying a companion piece when I see Dayle at Lustre?”

Kate Stoddart Independent Curator.

“I bought a glazed (slipware in warm ochre) bowl by a French maker who goes by the poetic title Isabelle de Boisbelle. It was from Rufford where I went to an exhibition of 'European Ceramics'. It was a spontaenous buy and I bought it because it reminds me of a way of life that I live only in my head: slow food, slow pace and easy living!”

Nick Dunmur Photographer.

Nick took the Young Meteors photos and the room shots on pages 30 and 31. Nick recently bought a turned wooden vase from a craft fair at Rufford Abbey.

“It was a group exhibition, it's not something that I would normally buy, and its not practical but I just loved it!”

Sofia Nazar Marketing Manager, Lakeside.

Last purchase... a cute set of salt and pepper pots from ceramic artist Louisa Taylor. "I bought them as a present, Louisa's work is both beautiful and functional.

She says that she wants to bring a sense of grace and presence to the table top. I think she's done just that, obviously they never made it to the intended recipient!”

Tom Partridge Graphic Designer.

The last piece of craft Tom bought was a necklace by previous Lustre exhibitor Milly Moore. “It was for my wife's birthday. The necklace was delicate, individual and elegant. Milly has an intuitive approach to design - her work is pretty unique...”.

Shona Powell Director, Lakeside.

The last piece of craft she bought was on holiday in Greece.

“I always look for some jewellery when on holiday; I'm particularly fond of some wonderful silver ear-rings I bought on Symi from a guy who spends his winters sourcing new makers in Athens; whenever I wear them people remark on them and in fact I'm wearing them in the photo!”

Neil Walker Visual Arts Officer, Lakeside.

“I bought one of Andrew Tanner's bowls, I was immediately attracted to its original and contemporary quality and in particular the ironic application of a Cole & Son inspired wallpaper design to a functional porcelain bowl”.

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scenes look at what inspires some of the makers at Lustre

JANE AND JOHN MOORE Mother and son duo Jane and John Moore both specialise in striking jewellery, with John selling his range at Jane Moore’s Contemporary Jewellery Gallery in Leamington Spa. At Lustre, they hope to bring their work to a new audience.

Jane, 55, says she’s been delighted to help her 28-year-old son follow in her footsteps - although their work is very distinct.

Jane says: “I’ve always loved tiny patterns and motifs and I love metalwork.” Her latest work is the result of extensive research into the design and application of fine enamel transfers. These intricate patterns are designed on a computer, printed as a transfer then fired on to a base coat of white opalescent enamel.

John’s innovative work is reminiscent of beetle wings. He was inspired

by Amazonian tribal earrings made from the real mccoy during a museum trip in his last year at Manchester Metropolitan University.

John says: “I am also inspired by music, dance and art in general, particularly by the work of sculptors Anish Kapoor, Anthony Gormley and Andy Goldsworthy, all famed for their consideration of form, colour, scale, rhythm and place.”

This year’s appearance at Lustre is the Moores’ debut, after Jane visited as a customer in 2007. “My husband and I went to Lustre last year and we were really impressed,” Jane says, “We thought it was a lovely show and we’re excited to be part of it.”

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SIMON JAMES Derbyshire’s Simon James is bringing his highly covetable leather bags back to Lustre after their popular reception last year. Each piece in the handmade range is crafted individually, using soft and textured leathers and silky linings in complementary colours. Simon has increased the variety of designs, from popular shoulder bags to hip bags and handbags. Some of them have internal pockets and all of them are manufactured and detailed to the highest standard.

Simon’s timeless creations offer a relief from designer bags - and their high street imitators - that jangle with chains, padlocks and other extraneous hardware. “I think some of the designs have become very masculine,” Simon says. “I like to incorporate the design within the structure - I don’t attach things or stitch anything on. I also like my bags to be 3D, like my Twister design, rather than having a decorated front and a plain back.”

He sells his work through galleries and craft fairs, and says he’s pleased to have found Lustre closer to home. “I was impressed at how well-attended and organised Lustre is, and the quality of the work it attracts. It’s the only event of its kind in the Midlands and it’s good to be a part of it.”

PHIONA RICHARDS Phiona Richards’ work is an imaginative and aesthetic form of recycling - taking discarded books and turning them into things of beauty, with her skills in crochet and needlework. “The pieces are delightfully tactile and entice the viewer to handle. My work is a by product of our throw-away society. I am greatly influenced by the past ‘make do and mend’ mentality,” Phiona explains.

A recent graduate from De Montfort, Leicester, Phiona is appearing as a ‘Young Meteor’ budding talent at Lustre - though her abilities in craft date back decades. Growing up in residential homes where her mother worked as a matron, she could knit when she was five years old and crochet when she was nine.

“I acquired my sewing skills by watching others repair the residents’ clothing in the sewing room,” she says. Lustre is an important landmark in Phiona’s artistic career. She says she felt “excitement and apprehension” on hearing she’d been selected to exhibit.

“Lustre is a prestigious event and will give me the opportunity to show the public who I am and what I do as a designer/maker. I will be presenting work from my degree show alongside pieces developed especially for the occasion.”

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onya Coward’s Victorianesque, ‘vegan taxidermy’ pet portraits are made with wool, jewellery and assorted oddments - they’re surprisingly affecting and characterful, and, unsurprisingly, their charm caught the attention of fashion legend Sir Paul Smith. She’s designed accessories for his womenswear which were sold internationally, and pieces from her range have featured in editorials in Elle, Fashion and New Woman magazines.

Donya, who lives in Sneinton and has a studio in Nottingham, graduated with first class honours in Knitwear Fashion Design at Nottingham Trent University in 2004.

She made her Lustre debut last year and says she’s still getting follow-ups from potential customers who saw or heard about her at the event.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? WE CATCH UP WITH PREVIOUS LUSTRE EXHIBITORS...

“Lots of people have contacted me months later! It was absolutely brilliant and if I didn’t have the Paul Smith work I’d be back again like a shot. Lustre was amazing and a really good place for a showcase.”

Professionally, she’s run off her feet. Donya’s exhibiting at the Paul Smith shop in Paris in November, and hopes to do the same at the designer’s branches in New York and Los Angeles. She’s also been invited to exhibit at the Rebecca Hossack gallery, in central London. “It’s an achievement and high praise because she’s represented a lot of artists that I admire.” Of the development of her work, Donya says: “The pieces are getting bigger.

Now they’re coming off the wall, by 30 centimetres!” She’s also varying the media more, using wood and felt. She says her horizons were expanded at Lustre in more than one way: “It’s a great opportunity to meet other makers.”

Midlands-based metalsmith Cathy Miles is a two-times Lustre exhibitor. She credits the market for lifting her company to the next level. Cathy says: “Lustre has enabled me to develop new contacts outside of London and has been a fantastic opportunity to generate sales during the festive season. It always makes for a very enjoyable weekend as it is a friendly event, a great opportunity to catch up with other makers.” She graduated from London Metropolitan University in 2003, and then moved to Liverpool to take up a two-year Crafts Council Nextmove residency at Liverpool Hope University. In 2006 she relocated her practice to a more permanent home within Birmingham's renowned Jewellery Quarter and recently exhibited at Origin Craft Fair in London. Cathy is also doing two exhibitions at Contemporary Applied Arts, one called ‘Tea’s Up’ in September and another - ‘Christmas Focus’ in October. Cathy is pleased with how things

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are going and has started to make larger freestanding sculptures, as well as exploring other narratives within her work. Her work is sold in galleries throughout the UK and abroad, as well as through temporary exhibitions, including the prestigious SOFA Chicago.

For furniture maker Eiry Rock, her Lustre debut in 2007 heralded the start of a winning streak. She was subsequently awarded the ‘Hub Innovation Prize’ for demonstrating a challenging and innovative use of form, material and concept. Eiry has also been named Design Factory’s ‘Designer of the Year’ 2007.

Eiry says the event boosted her profile. “It was a great opportunity to showcase my graduate work at Lustre and it was an honour to be selected to exhibit. The exhibition was a great experience for which I received fantastic feedback from a very wide audience and I made some really useful contacts - Lustre is a great opportunity for makers.”

Eiry studied Furniture Design at Loughborough University School of Art and Design. Based in Leicester, she has recently exhibited in Milan at Salone Satellite, Salon Internazionale del Mobile 2008, one of the world’s largest and most prestigious furniture fairs. She explains she has lately focused her attention on ‘creating a visual balance within a useable end-product’, combining her interests in parent-child relationships and how objects become dependent on each other in order to exist.

Jewellery designer Jo Pond welcomed the chance to meet her customers at Lustre and her subtle, unique and contemporary designs attracted lots of them. She says: “Lustre is a fantastically well organised fair, where sales can even exceed those of London's Origin!

The stall design is great and the intimacy allows makers and the public to interact comfortably.”

Jo lives and works from home in Hemington, Derby, and started her business in 2003.

Things changed dramatically when Jo took a year out to study for her Masters in 2004/05, as she’s since added teaching as well as making to her repertoire. Lecturing across the East Midlands she also has a permanent position as a technical tutor for two days a week at Loughborough University on the Silversmithing and Jewellery BA. Jo has seen the style of her products change dramatically since she first began, explaining: “They started out quite safe, as figurative cast/batch produced pieces, now they are more often one-off items - predominantly brooches. Jo now exhibits internationally and

adds: “I am also in the process of making a sculptural architectural piece in bronze and concrete, about 4x3 metres in size, to be installed in a walk-way in Birmingham, hopefully towards the end of 2008.”

Jewellery designer Tanvi Kant, from Leicester, exhibited her quirky, sustainable range at Lustre in 2006. Tanvi has taken part in research trips to India and the Middle East and even a residency in India. Her work features in the V&A, and she has also exhibited in Italy. Her jewellery is created from wrapped and bound lengths of fabric which are combined with porcelain forms. The lengths are transformed by knotting and sewing into sculptural and unusual ranges of jewellery from catwalk to delicate everyday pieces.

Tanvi says: “Textiles are collected that are unwanted or used from my friends and family, they are mainly evocative of personal or private histories. Materials of sentimental value or tired and unwanted items of clothes can be transformed into special pieces of jewellery. Inspired by the hand-stitched hem of my mother’s silk sari, I began by using yarns unpicked from reclaimed textiles to sew around strips torn from the same fabrics. The simple but repetitive techniques I use, such as whipping, binding, knotting, sewing and constructing units in porcelain directly influences my work.”

As winner of the Nottingham Creative Business Craft Award in September, Laura McCafferty is over the moon - and rushed off her feet! Currently preparing for various exhibitions, including Origin, The London Craft Fair, Laura, 27, from Derry, is a threetime Lustre veteran.

“It gave me a really good platform to introduce my work to a Nottingham audience,” she says, “until then I really only knew my students and peers, so it was a lovely experience to meet this enthusiastic audience…and I sold quite a lot! Me and a friend built up mailing lists at Lustre and are still being contacted by people we met there. It’s been really exciting to watch Lustre grow and grow and become more prestigious and I’m looking forward to coming back in the future.”

Credited as being at the forefront of a contemporary ‘craft revolution’, Laura’s textile illustrations are embroidered urban tableaux, where each scene tells a story. From bodies clustered around ice-creams vans or museum exhibits, to dogs at Crufts, Tokyo taxi drivers and the legs of welly-wearers in Wales, her work is witty, lively and distinctive. Each large-scale piece takes around a month to finish, and is always drawn from real life: although Laura admits to bribing dog-owning friends to stage ‘Crufts Misfits’, which has been nominated for the Wesley Burrell Craft Award.

Laura has a studio in Nottingham and has won much media coverage and praise in national newspapers and style magazines.

The latest accolade from Nottingham Creative Business has meant a lot.

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“It’s my first time winning an award and and it’s a great feeling and boost to my confidence. It’s always good to have a pat on the back and some recognition!”

Eiry Rock, Pivoting Chair Donya Coward, Bulldog

This page from top: Jo Pond, jewellery Laura McCafferty, ‘The Brighton Donkeys’ Cathy Miles, shoes Tanvi Kant, jewellery

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OBJECTS OF CONTEMPLATION Kate Stoddart has been co curator of Lustre for the last seven years and launched Objects of Contemplation for the first time in 2007, with new ceramic work by Kyra Cane, Sue Disley and Angela Verdon. This year artists Deborah Fladgate and Clare Henshaw, working in glass, will be showing recent pieces.

The idea of Objects of Contemplation was to present another aspect of craft at Lustre. This is a showcase of some of the most interesting glass being made in the UK today. Both makers are represented in museum collections and this is a great opportunity to see their work in Nottingham.

All work is for sale and the exhibition continues until Christmas.

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Clare Henshaw

Deborah Fladgate

DEBORAH FLADGATE

CLARE HENSHAW

‘The work is about the simplicities and complexities of glass and is an exploration of optical confusions.

The exterior appears fairly simple but one’s eye is drawn inside to discover what can only be glimpsed at first. Look more closely inside and you will find something more. These internal elements cannot ever be clearly or completely seen and are intangible and unexplained. The piece is constructed entirely of glass incorporating both blown and flat glass. The individual elements are prepared by sawing, grinding, cutting and polishing. They are assembled and then the outside of the form is sandblasted, cut and polished.”

‘My pieces are free blown, vessel forms which are outside and inside cased with colour. Using ‘graal’ technique, I cut through layers of colour to reveal the inside colours. Patterns are generated which become integral with the form as the piece is blown into its final shape.’

deborah.fladgate@virgin.net

‘The extraordinary light phenomenon in the north of Sweden, pristine nature and long Arctic winters has shaped my visual sense. It is the starting point for my presently emerging work. The ‘pared down’ quality of Scandinavian design and rural culture is also an important influence in my work. This is evident in the use of form, and colour as well as techniques applied in my work. The work is quiet; about light and colour, it is very different from the heavily engraved figurative narrative which defined my earlier pieces. This new work reflects on my experience of a place which is covered in a blanket of snow for six months of the year,a place where the silence is penetrating.’ www.clarehenshawglass.co.uk

Clare Henshaw

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Deborah Fladgate

EXHIBITORS 2008

KAREN ATHERLEY 59 Churchfields Road, Folkingham, Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 0TR 01529 497630 cewarren@talk21.com www.KarenAtherleyCeramics.com PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS The Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk Cambridge Contemporary Art, Cambridge EXHIBITIONS British Craft Trade Fair, Harrogate, 2007, 2008 ‘Handmade’ in Britain, London, 2007 Bircham Gallery, 2006

ABBOTT AND ELLWOOD

STUART AKROYD

Lower Penderleath Barn Towednack, St. Ives, Cornwall TR26 3AF 01736 798 598 make@abbottandellwood.co.uk www.abbottandellwood.co.uk

Stuart Akroyd Contemporary Glass Unit 3, Thoroton Place, Thoroton Street Nottingham NG7 4EW 0115 9106016 info@stuartakroydglass.com www.stuartakroydglass.com

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Contemporary Applied Arts, London Electrum Gallery, London Medici Gallery, Cork Street, London EXHIBITIONS Origin, London, 1985-2008 British Craft Trade Fair, Harrogate, 2005-2008 New York International Gift Fair, New York, 1989-2008 ‘This Fruitful Earth’, Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall, 2008 ‘Showcase’, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2008 ‘Showcase’, V&A, London, 2007 Solo Exhibition, Bircham Gallery, Norfolk, 2007 Mike Abbott and Kim Ellwood live and work together in St Ives, Cornwall, with its incredible light, beautiful sea and wild landscapes. Their collection of hand printed figurative metal brooches, with themes including the garden and the sea, are made to wear, display and hopefully bring a smile! Their one-off hand printed figurative sculptures explore narrative themes… individual characters that emerge through the process of making. They use printed metal and found objects to tell a story, creating figures with humour and pathos!

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PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Cecelia Colman, London Design Yard, Dublin Harrods, London EXHIBITIONS Lustre, 2007 Origin, 2007 ‘100% Design’, Earls Court, London, 2007 ‘Temptation’, Friar Lane Gallery, Nottingham, 2008 Victoria Fearn Gallery, Cardiff ‘Raw to Refined’, Bilston Craft Gallery Stuart Akroyd specialises in hot studio glass, creating one-off pieces for exhibition in addition to functional production work. His most recent pieces, inspired by the flora and fauna of the Red Sea, are asymmetrical plates and bowls in vibrant colours. Stuart has recently adapted the encalmo technique to pick up pre-blown decorated cups and rings. This allows a much wider variety of decoration that would be difficult to incorporate at the cold working stage.

Painting directly onto ceramics and being entirely figurative makes Karen Atherley’s work unique. Her influences are Mediterranean colours with traces of Ancient Greece. Karen’s Matisse-like figures of mainly nudes are painted directly onto earthenware thrown shapes, with coloured slips and layers of transparent glaze. As she works the colours and shapes gradually change and evolve.

SAMANTHA BRYAN

TAMMY CHILD

Studio 12, The Art House, Drury Lane Wakefield WF1 2TE 07968971514 samantha@brainsfairies.co.uk www.brainsfairies.co.uk

11 Malcolm Road, Shirley, Solihull West Midlands B90 2AH 0121 7451104 info@tammychild.co.uk www.tammychild.co.uk

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS The Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds Ferrers Gallery New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Royal Academy of Arts, London Museum of Art and Design, New York On Your Head Be It, Northampton

EXHIBITIONS British Craft Trade Fair, Harrogate, 2008 The Contemporary Craft Fair, Bovey Tracey, Devon, 2008 Origin, London, 2007

EXHIBITIONS Origin, London, 2006, 2007 Hereford Contemporary Craft Fair, 2006, 2007 New York International Gift Fair, 2006, 2007

Inspired by Victorian gadgetry and invention, Samantha Bryan creates suspended, wall mounted and free standing sculptures. She uses a combination of found, collected and carefully selected materials to illustrate three dimensionally. Her creations have a strong narrative content, the objective being to capture the details of a fairy’s daily life.

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By taking inspiration from sea-life and tropical forms, and with the love of three dimensional textiles, Tammy Child has created a captivating range of exciting and distinctive accessories using sumptuous fabrics of organza and satin, in an array of rich and sensual colours. She has created a unique collection which emphasises her desire to generate beauty and elegance.

TERESA COLE T/A TERESA GREEN The Old Stable, 2-4 North Street Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire LE12 8QA 01509 261691 teresa@teresagreen.co.uk www.teresagreen.co.uk PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Made, Orange Street, Uppingham Echo Interiors, Redan Street, London Frank, Whitstable, Kent EXHIBITIONS Origin, London, 2007 (and 2002-2005) The Contemporary Craft Fair, Bovey Tracey, Devon, 2007, 2008 Harley Gallery, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, 2004-2007 British Group, Ozowe Centre, Japan, 2007 M Art Manolioudakis, Athens, Greece, 20072008 As an avid collector of antique kitchen objects, tools, and haberdashery Teresa Cole is inspired to create a practical range of household textiles and accessories. She considers the integrity of natural materials very important and uses only linen and cotton as base cloths to create each piece. Teresa uses hand printing and a little embroidery to transfer linear imagery onto each piece. Placement, scale and composition are the key to the success of her designs.

EXHIBITORS 2008

AMANDA COLEMAN

JENNIFER COLLIER

MATTHEW DABBS

37b Hungate, Lincoln LN1 1ET 01522 520600 info@amandacoleman.co.uk www.amandacoleman.co.uk

Tixall Heath Farm, Tixall, Stafford ST18 0XX 07811 460494 jcolliertextiles@yahoo.co.uk www.jennifercollier.co.uk

The Hive, Burton Street, Nottingham NG1 4BO 07793 156512 matthew@limestudio.co.uk www.limestudio.co.uk

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS EC One, Notting Hill, Clerkenwell, and Chiswick, London At Work, Brick Lane and Pimlico, London Graham and Green, London

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Flow, London Byard Art, Cambridge Appendage, Brighton

EXHIBITIONS ‘Salone Satellite’, Milan Furniture Fair, 2008 ‘100% Tokyo’, Tokyo Design Week, 2007 ‘100% Design’, London, 2007

EXHIBITIONS Origin, 2006, 2007 Lustre, 2007 ‘Liberty Haberdashery Exhibition’, Biscuit Factory, Newcastle ‘Well Thread’, V&A Shop, London, 2007

Lime Studio was formed after collaboration between three international designers on a range of design projects. The designs are objects that inspire, amuse, challenge, provoke, innovate and explore. Currently Lime Studios are researching into new materials and their relationship with furniture concepts and how these can be incorporated into everyday functionality. They work with a range of processes from metal to woodwork always looking to try new techniques for a different design result. Lime Studio will be showing smaller items at Lustre using metal, ceramic and wood.

EXHIBITIONS Origin, London, 2008 ‘Collections’, Earls Court, London, 2008 ‘Premiere Classe’, Porte de Versaille, Paris, 2007 ’10 years of @Work’, London, 2008 Summer Showcase, Biston Craft Gallery, 2008 ‘Midsummer Madness’, Electrum Gallery, London, 2008 Amanda Coleman makes jewellery using a combination of computer aided design and photo-etching, along with traditional jewellery techniques. It is made in silver, sometimes oxidized or gold plated with colourful semiprecious stones and gold enamel details. The jewellery is figurative, inspired from virtually everything around her - everyday suburban life to jungle scenes in faraway places. Amanda uses recognisable imagery to give the illusion that one is peering into a tiny microscopic world. The onlooker can bring their own associations to the work and a sense of fun is created.

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By weaving, waxing, trapping, embedding and stitching found materials Jennifer Collier creates unusual fabrics which are developed into garments and accessories. She produces decorative, non-wearable dresses and shoes, as well as more practical items such as resin and textile jewellery, corsages, badges, canvases and cards. The work is produced from ‘throw away’ items and aims to encourage people to speculate on the nature of value. Jennifer enjoys the idea of working with materials that are transient in nature, imbuing them with worth; creating something intriguing and of great beauty.

RACHEL EARDLEY 14 Cross Street Studio, Hove, Sussex BN3 1AJ 01273 725321 info@racheleardley.com www.racheleardley.com PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Abode, Brighton Liberty Gallery, Kent EXHIBITIONS Design Show, Liverpool, 2008 Lustre, 2006, 2007 Open Houses, Brighton, 2007, 2009

RACHEL DORMOR

AMY DUGGAN

8 Garry Drive, Cambridge CB4 2PD 07771 933948 racheldormor@hotmail.com www.racheldormorceramics.com

23 Luciefelde Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY3 7LB 07834 074187 amyduggan83@hotmail.com

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Cambridge Contemporary Art, Cambridge Serena Hall Gallery, Southwold

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS The Rivers Gallery, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire Once in a Blue Moon, West Tisbury, USA Schmuck Reutz, Munich, Germany

EXHIBITIONS Origin, London, 2007, 2008 ‘Art in Clay’, Hatfield House, 2007, 2008 ‘MADE08’, Brighton, 2008 Mosaic for the Millennium, 2001 Rachel Dormor makes porcelain tableware in soft contemporary colours. Each piece is slightly different allowing the fineness of the materials to shine through. This year sees a new direction into surface decoration and bone china. The pieces are made to be used and enjoyed with organic shapes that fit nicely in the hand. Surfaces are soft and lightly textured.

All the work is fired to a high temperature to make it durable and to allow the porcelain to become translucent. Oxides are used to decorate surfaces with drawings based on observations from nature.

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EXHIBITIONS Origin, London Inhorgenta, Munich, 2008 Spring Fair, NEC Birmingham, 2008 ‘New Faces’ V&A Museum, 2008 ‘Recent Graduates’, New Ashgate Gallery, 2008 ‘Made’, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2007-2008 Intriguing angles, edges and surfaces discovered in the urban environment provide inspiration for Amy Duggan’s work. Taking a free and expressive approach to colour and texture by etching, scratching and painting onto the surface of precious metals, Amy transforms her jewellery into 3D canvasses, moving away from traditional techniques to something more unusual. By folding delicately rolled metals, a lightweight and tactile nature is created within Amy’s range.

Rachel Eardley continues to develop her range of coin jewellery. Intricately hand cutting miniature images of animals, fish, flora, birds and portraits from defunct coins to give them a new lease of life as rings, necklaces, bangles and earrings. Rachel’s interest in the fine detail of the every day also lends itself to her drawings and a new lithographic print ‘rear window’.

EXHIBITORS 2008

HELENA EMMANS

KATHERINE EMTAGE

LOUISE FRANCES EVANS

3 Old Kyle Farm Road, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye IV41 8PR 01599 534 473 07785913655 helena.emmans@tiscali.co.uk www.helena-emmans.com

Studio F5, The Drill Hall, 36 Dalmeny Street Edinburgh EH6 8RG 07980 073666 info@kattysbags.com www.kattysbags.com

4 Avenue Road, Ashby de la Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2FE 01530 412024 louise@louisefrancesevans.com www.louisefrancesevans.com

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Concrete Wardrobe, Edinburgh Craft Shop, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester Floraidh, Isle of Skye

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Selling direct at contemporary craft fairs and working to commission

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Godiva, 9 Westport, The Grassmarket, Edinburgh Favourite Things, The Main Street, Kyle of Lochalsh EXHIBITIONS ‘Exclusively Highland’, Holm mills, Inverness, 2008 ‘Highland Opportunity’, Inverness Town hall, 2007 Helena Emmans’ work is inspired by delicate geometric elements found in dandelion clocks, poppy heads and other fragile botanical structures. Consequently, surface textures, a feature of her background in textiles, have become her idiom. Balancing strong clean forms with subtle patterning, Helena’s work encompasses a range of hand processes including intricate piercing, soldering, drilling, doming and oxidization. She uses oxidization to achieve depth and contrast, and her sterling silver collection comprises a range of rings, bangles, necklaces and brooches that fuse stylish wear-ability and delicate detailing.

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EXHIBITIONS Lustre, 2007 Pulse, London, 2007 British Craft Trade Fair, Harrogate, 2008 Katherine Emtage uses Harris Tweed to create bags and accessories for men and women.

Inspired by the Scottish countryside and the urge to combine the practical with the beautiful, Katherine has created two ranges: the ‘Beauty and Purpose’ range explores the textural possibilities of tweed and incorporates techniques such as draping, pin-tucking and quilting. The ‘Purpose and Beauty’ range juxtaposes tweed with modern waterproof membranes and adjustable strapping for a practical and durable finish. The bags are made in small batches and accessorised by hand.

Attention to detail ensures high quality and durability. The resulting designs are wearable, original and exciting.

EXHIBITIONS Design Show Liverpool, Urban Design Centre, Liverpool, 2008 Origin, London, 2007 ‘Springboard’ at Origin, London, 2006 ‘Reclaiming Beauty’, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon, 2008 ‘Beauty of the Lost’, Starspace, Shanghai, China, 2008 ‘Masters and Protégés’, Japan, 2008 ‘Women in Farming’, Devon, 2008 ‘Heroes’, Birmingham, 2008 ‘A Magical Christmas’, Buston Craft Gallery, 2007 ‘Allure’, Ruffold Craft Centre, 2007 The jewellery of Louise Frances Evans incorporates elements of vintage clothing and found objects. Using photographs and scraps of documents, which are transferred onto metal and textiles, she conveys a story, often exploring expectations surrounding women, to be a ‘good girl’, ‘beautiful’, or a ‘loving mother’.

Memories and social conventions are represented in contemporary wearable pieces and wall pieces with detachable jewellery.

Louise manipulates cuts, hammers, solders, stitches, irons, felts, bakes and colours, so her techniques are as varied as her materials.

STEVE HANDLEY Old Farriers, Welbeck Estate, Worksop Nottinghamshire, S80 3LW 07932197237 steve.handley@hotmail.co.uk www.stevehandley.co.uk PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS www.stevehandley.co.uk Chelsea Flower Show EXHIBITIONS Origin, London Chelsea Flower Show, London, 2008 Country Living Fair, Islington, London, 2008

PREETI GILANI

DAYLE GREEN

59 Poynters Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU5 4SG 01582 613573 preeti@gilani.com www.gilani.com

46 Main Road, Renishaw, Derbyshire S21 3UT 07960177385 daylevgreen@yahoo.co.uk

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS The British Museum, London Contemporary Applied Arts, London The Craft Shop, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester EXHIBITIONS Origin, London, 2005, 2006 Lustre, 2007 East London Design Show ‘Top Drawer’, Earl’s Court, London, 2007 Stroudwater Textile Festival, 2008 Eye-catching objects of desire - Preeti Gilani accessories are sold through gallery outlets including The British Museum gallery shop.

Each piece is beautifully made using limited edition, vibrantly coloured silk fabrics which are designed in-house and woven in England. The range includes handbags, purses, scarves, ties and cushions.

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PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire The Bessemer Gallery, Sheffield The Edge Gallery, Lancaster EXHIBITIONS ‘Earth and Fire’, 2008 ‘Ceramics in the Round’, 2008 The Harley Gallery Art Market, 2007 ‘Mug Shots Showcase’, The Harley Gallery, 2008 Dayle Green’s work involves a personal narrative that is derived from the love of found objects taken from childhood memories and family nostalgia. A collection of buttons that belonged to her Grandmother forms the basis of her creativity. Dayle feels the old and found tells a story and the ‘button’ is a catalyst for memories that have personal meaning and sentiment. The making process involves handbuilding each piece with a palette of chosen colours. The collection of closed button pieces, vases, beakers and spoons echo a subtle feeling of nostalgia.

Steve formally trained as a sculptor in the ‘60s.

He began to make furniture 12 years ago and has been working professionally for the past 8 years. Much of Steve's inspiration comes from four main sources:- the agricultural past and rural debris; Irish country furniture; East European folk art; and things made by the ‘unskilled’ out of resourceful necessity. His strength as a maker is in the reinvention of uses for abandoned objects Although termed ‘furniture’ his work is much more than that, each piece is different and all are carefully handcrafted from old timber.

EXHIBITORS 2008

SIMON JAMES 20A Market Street, New Mills, High Peak Derbyshire SK22 4AE 01663 749850 designsinleather@simon-james.co.uk www.simon-james.co.uk EXHIBITIONS Origin, London, 2007 Art in Action, Oxfordshire, 2007 Lustre, 2007 ‘Bags of Style’, Walsall Leather Museum, 2007 ‘Colour Verve’, West Kilbride, Scotland, 2006 ‘Allure’, Rufford Craft Gallery, 2005

ARAN D HIGGS

KATZIE HUGHES

Aran D Higgs - Design, 64 St Wilfrids Road West Hallam, Derbyshire DE7 6HH 07940 713805 info@arandhiggs-design.com www.arandhiggs-design.com

Friedhof Str. 21 D-97775, Burgsinn, Germany +49 9356 2601 katziehughes@gmx.de www.katziehughes.com

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS The Metal Gallery, London Friar Lane Gallery, Nottingham

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Frankfurt Trade Fair, Frankfurt, Germany ‘Markt der Schonen Dinge’ (Craft Market), Mainz, Germany Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow

EXHIBITIONS Lustre, 2007 ‘Temptation’, Friar Lane Gallery, Nottingham, 2008 Aran Higgs has always been fascinated by the qualities of metal and the effort involved to form and manipulate it. Working with a technically complex process he creates sculptural forms and items of adornment, that are both functional and expressive, accentuated by rhythms of folded and cut edges. Higgs uses traditional methods of handcrafting and engineering, complimented by the development of his own techniques. He utilizes the highly accurate processes of ‘laser’ and ‘water jet’ cutting to create these distinctive forms.

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EXHIBITIONS ‘Tendence’, Frankfurt Trade Fair, Frankfurt, 2007, 2008 Origin, London, 2007 ‘Collect’, V&A, London, 2005 Gemstones are central to Katzie Hughes’ jewellery and are often large, cut unusually or partly left in their rough state. The pieces are composed of one or several simple, geometric shapes in silver, gold and palladium - white gold with a matt or lightly textured surface. The stones are set and built into some of these shapes. Brooches, rings, earrings and necklaces are all built on the same principle and convey a message to the wearer which goes beyond the purely functional.

Simon James believes that when it comes to bags less is more. Continually developing new methods of construction and ranges of products he uses high quality leather and handcrafted techniques. He combines shape, texture and colour, resulting in beautiful simple bags, with minimal ornamentation.

AKIKO KINGSBURY

KIRSTEN KINVARA WASS

RUTH LYNE

Cockpit Arts, Studio 103, 18-22 Creekside London SE8 3DZ 07732011525 akiko_kingsbury@hotmail.com www.akikokingsbury.com

Flat 4, White Lodge, 60 Compton Avenue Brighton BN1 3PS 01273 326676 kirstenkinvarajewellery@live.com www.kirstenkinvarajewellery.com

Studio Eight, The Locks, Hillmorton, Rugby Warwickshire CV21 4PP 07796 507073 ruth@ruthlyne.co.uk www.ruthlyne.co.uk

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Liberty, London British Museum, London Hankyu Department Store, Osaka, Japan

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Brazen Studios, Glasgow Baroque, Brighton The Jolly Sportsman, East Sussex

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Pyramid Gallery, York Montpellier Gallery, Stratford upon Avon Gallery Top, Matlock, Derbyshire

EXHIBITIONS Origin, London, 2006, 2007, 2008 Decorex International, Chelsea Hospital, London, 2007 Lustre, Nottingham, 2006

EXHIBITIONS ‘Handmade’. Chelsea Town hall, London, 2007 Brighton Craft Fair, Corn Exchange, 2007 ‘Selection’, at New Designers, 2007

EXHIBITIONS Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London, 2007, 2008 Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, London, 2008 British Craft Trade Fair, Harrogate, 2007, 2008 ‘Showcase’, National Glass Centre ‘Blast’, London Glass Blowing Exhibition

Akiko Kingsbury’s knitted accessories of scarves, shawls, cushions and throws are characterised by a wide range of colours, styles and techniques. A colour palette embracing Japanese and Asian hues and a complex play on pattern including stripes, diamonds, pleats, zigzag ‘racking techniques’ and chevrons are fundamental to her work. Her main materials are viscose, silk, linen, cotton and pure wool and all products are created and hand finished

by Akiko.

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Kirsten Kinvara Wass uses antique elements incorporated into sleek modern pieces of jewellery. Victorian pressed glass buttons displaying intricate designs and motifs work in harmony with the simply, clean lines of her pieces. Black rhodium and gold plates are used on silver to add drama and richness. The collection is a fusion of old and new, including traditional items such as hat pins and cufflinks as well as more modern pieces, such as oversized pendants, collar clips and single earrings with cascading chains.

Ruth Lyne has always been intrigued by the natural colours and texture of the sea shore, the movement of the waves and the ripples left in the sand, the wide horizons and the surface of the cliffs. Glass allows her to use layers of colour and texture to create an abstract image inspired by these ideas.

EXHIBITORS 2008

ALISON MACLEOD WASPS Studio 206, 77 Hanson Street Glasgow G31 2HF 0778 6434981 alison@alisonmacleod.com www.alisonmacleod.com PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Flow, Notting Hill, London The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh @Work, Pimlico, London EXHIBITIONS New York International Gift Fair, 2006, 2007 Origin, London, 2006, 2007 British Craft Trade Fair, Harrogate, 2006, 2007 ‘Beads’, The Scottish Gallery, 2007 ‘Christmas Showcase’, The Crafts Council Shop at V&A, 2006 The aesthetic of Alison Macleod’s jewellery was initially informed by her photographs and drawings of Edinburgh junk shops and the chaotic collections within have inspired her ever since. Using a wide range of contrasting materials, textures, techniques and imagery she reflects the eclectic nature of the subject matter in a quirky way. Her thought provoking pieces are made from finely soldering silver, beaded wire into clusters, adding tiny curios of different textures and colours, which reference the intense decoration of Victorian jewellery.

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JESSICA ELIZABETH MASON T/A JESSICA ELIZABETH 3 West Workshops The Harley Foundation Studios Welbeck Worksop Nottinghamshire S80 3LW 07966 031016 info@jessicaelizabeth.co.uk www.jessicaelizabeth.co.uk PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire Cupola Art Gallery, Sheffield The Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds EXHIBITIONS The Harley Christmas Market, 2007, 2008 ‘View from the top’, Christmas Market, 2007, 2008, Nottingham British Trade Craft Fair, Harrogate, 2007 ‘Connect 08’, The Collection Gallery, Lincoln, 2008 ‘Getting Started Showcase’, Goldsmiths, London, 2006 ‘Adorn 05’, Cockpit Arts, London, 2005 Through developing a process using mark and sketch, Jessica has been able to investigate surface and space, which has allowed her to bring considered qualities, such as detail, texture and femininity, to this emerging body of innovative new work. Embracing a jeweller’s dedication to detail, she uses traditional techniques combined with playful samples of reticulation and forged wire work to design jewellery with a tentative balance of texture and form. ‘Purpose + Play’ is a newly designed collection of individual jewellery, the playfulness by which each design is created is captured for the wearer to enjoy forever.

MASSEY AND ROGERS (BARBARA MASSEY AND HELEN ROGERS) Banks Mill Studios, 71 Bridge Street Derby DE1 3LB 07913 913060 info@masseyandrogers.co.uk www.masseyandrogers.co.uk PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS www.masseyandrogers.co.uk Yorkshire Sculpture Park Manchester Craft and Design Centre EXHIBITIONS Origin, London, 2007 ‘KIC’, Aarhus, Denmark, 2007 100% Design, Earls Court, London, 2007 ‘Top Dog’, Touring Exhibition, 2008 Massey and Rogers blend colour, form and line into unique and fresh combinations. They live in a city and appreciate all that nature has to offer in the urban environment. Both the modern and the old inspire and inform their work. From their observations they like to create designs that are both sophisticated and naïve. The combination of weaving, printing, and illustration underpins the uniqueness of their work. They collaborate on all aspects of the design and their strong friendship enriches their work

KATE MCBRIDE

KAREN MCMILLAN

JANE MOORE

26 Stokes Drive, Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 8BA 01529 300772 kate_mcbride_uk@yahoo.co.uk www.katemcbride.co.uk

1 Monksrig Road, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 9JH 07745 563407 kazkaz1978@hotmail.co.uk

16 Denby Buildings, Regent Grove Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV32 4NY 01926 332454 jane@janemoore.co.uk www.janemoore.co.uk

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Designers Guild, London Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool Liberty, London EXHIBITIONS ‘Showcase’ Dundee Contemporary Applied Art, 2006 Origin, London, 2006 Kate’s work is a collage of clay and ideas composed of borrowed and original material reflecting today’s throw-away attitude, where a broken object becomes worthless and discarded. Using porcelain, the objects look disrupted and fractured, being broken or damaged and then reassembled. She uses stories in her work to combine myths and legends with modern ideas and humour, and a good smattering of gossip from ‘Hello’. A romance unfolds between the modelled figures across the different pieces and close up you realise that things are not quite what they seem.

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EXHIBITIONS ‘New Designers’, Islington Business Centre, London, 2006 ‘Talent Zone’, Truman Brewery, Islington, London, 2006 ‘Expo Arte’, Oslo, Norway, 2007 ‘Rise and Shine’, Blackwells, Lakeland Arts Trust, 2007 ‘Precious’, Edinburgh, 2007 ‘Choice’, Jacquline Gestetner’s private exhibition, Hampstead, London, 2008 Gallery Fusion, London, upcoming exhibition, 2008 Karen’s inspiration lies in linear shapes found in nature. In her work she enjoys the simplicity of repeating one element. Breaking with conventional uses of pattern as surface ornament, the pattern becomes the piece and predicts the eventual outline. On a trip to Japan, Karen found traditional Japanese textile patterns inspirational. Using a variety of materials including acrylic, resin, metal and wire, she constructs patterns, with colour and translucency playing key roles. Karen uses techniques such as saw-piercing, drilling, and riveting to create bold, playful and quirky designs. Her work is unique, with its own identity and every aspect of it is handmade, she prefers not use a laser cutter, finding the intensiveness of the labour rewarding.

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Ruthin Craft Gallery, North Wales Electrum, London Gill Wing, London EXHIBITIONS Origin, London, 2006, 2007 Art in Action, Oxford, 2007 ‘Dazzle’ Christmas, Manchester, 2007 Jane designs and makes enamelled silver jewellery. Her collections evolve from year to year and she is currently working with fine enamel transfers (a process that she has developed over the past couple of years).

The silver is photo-etched and then enamelled before the application of the transfers. The designs are of tiny floral patterns and motifs in bright colours, which is one of Jane’s passions.

Her jewellery consists of brooches, pendants, necklaces, bracelets and earrings.

EXHIBITORS 2008

GRAINNE MORTON 147 Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH14 1BG 0131 443 2755 grainne@grainnemorton.co.uk www.grainnemorton.co.uk PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Contemporary Applied Arts, London The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Gill Wing Gallery, London EXHIBITIONS Chelsea Crafts Fair and Origin 1996-2006 ‘100% Proof’, Touring exhibition, 2005-2006 ‘Showcase’, The Harley Gallery, Welbeck, 2006 Jerwood Applied Arts Prize:2007 Jewellery, Touring Exhibition 2007-2008 ‘Collect’, V&A Museum, London, 2008

JOHN MOORE 16 Denby Buildings, Regent Grove Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV32 4NY 01926 332454 info@johnmoorejewellery.com www.johnmoorejewellery.com PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Jane Moore, Leamington Spa Ruthin Craft Centre, North Wales @Work, Pimlico, London EXHIBITIONS Origin, London, 2006, 2007 Bovey Tracey, Devon, 2007 ‘Dazzle’, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh ‘Made’, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2006, 2007 John Moore has been designing and making jewellery since graduating in 2002. Inspired by Amazonian artefacts and natural forms his distinctive designs in brightly coloured anodised aluminium can be found in reputable outlets across the UK, and have featured regularly in Dazzle for the last five years. John made his London debut at Origin 2006, while other exhibitions include Ruthin Craft Centre, The Scottish Gallery and the V&A shop. He won first prize in the Kayman Award 2008, supported by the British Jewellers Association, for his ‘Vane’ collection, which will be available for purchase at Lustre 2008. Visit John on his stand to discover the sensual qualities of his work and his trade mark reversible earrings.

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The found objects Grainne uses in her work are in the main the inspiration for her jewellery.

Collecting objects from the obscure to the miniature, found and fabricated, is the starting point for most designs. These objects become the narrative form for her jewellery and are collaged together by arrangement and rearrangement until all the objects connect with each other in order to create lively, colourful spontaneous stories. In most of her designs she aspires to evoke a feeling of nostalgia. Grainne consciously works on a miniature scale, using a diverse range of materials so that the onlooker has to become more involved in the piece.

KATRIN MOYE 35 Devonshire Road, Sherwood Nottingham NG5 2EW 0115 9118487 katrin.moye@ntlworld.com www.katrinmoye.com PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk Yorkshire Sculpture Park The Ceramics Boutique, Dulwich, London EXHIBITIONS Lustre, 2006, 2007 Origin, London, 2006 ‘Kiln to Table’, The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester, 2008 Salt Gallery, Hayle, Cornwall, 2008 Katrin makes decorative domestic ceramics which are thrown on the wheel and decorated with coloured slip and underglaze, using a variety of methods such as painting, sponging and trailing. She is interested in the emotions and responses evoked by ‘retro’ household items such as cushions, curtains and children’s picture books, her design patterns are based on memories of items in her home when she was small, such as her dad’s favourite shirt and her aunt’s kitchen storage jars.

GEORGIA NOVIS AND SOPHIE JELINEK 11 Regent Studios, 8 Andrews Road, Hackney, London E8 4QN 07882000748 07800915103 info@florrieuk.com www.florrieuk.com PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Labour of Love, Upper Street, London Last, Pool Valley, Brighton Juel, Rye and Battle EXHIBITIONS Brighton Craft Fair, 2007 Origin, London, 2007 The Islington Contemporary Art and Design Fair, London, 2006 ‘Effervescence II’, West Dean, Chichester, 2007, 2008 Florrie products are hand knitted from quality Scottish lambswool and each scarf is hand silk screen printed with a distinctive design to ensure that they are unique in style and colour, offer luxury and also provide practicality and warmth. Inspiration for the Florrie prints come from art deco textiles, fashion and illustrations and the signature shape of the scarves is reminiscent of the bow tie. They are designed for men and women and come in a variety of neutral base colours accented with vibrant colours to suit people’s different tastes. Foils are also printed by hand to add glamour and individuality.

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WENDY-SARAH PACEY

MICHAEL RADFORD

Studio 301, Cockpit Arts, 18-22 Creekside Deptford, London SE8 3DZ 07968 824677 wendy-s-pacey@freeuk.com www.wendysarahpacey.com

66 Bridge Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 8RD 07731724490 mike@4ddesigns.co.uk www.4ddesigns.co.uk

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Contemporary Applied Arts, London The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art, Cleveland.

EXHIBITIONS ‘New Designers’, London, 2007 Lustre, 2007 Banks Mill Open Studio, 2007

EXHIBITIONS Inhorgenta, Munich, 2008 Origin, London, 2007 Contemporary Craft Fair, Bovey Tracey, Devon, 2007 ‘Beads’, The Scottish Gallery, 2007 Wendy’s work is made from a composite material of acrylic and foil - a unique combination which is exclusive to her. The strong colours of the acrylic are transformed using a contrasting or complementary palette of coloured foils creating a kaleidoscopic spectrum of over a hundred iridescent hues.

The simple shapes and smooth curved surface encourage light to reflect and refract allowing the rich colours and delicate patterns to glow as if lit from within. Wendy’s inspiration comes from several sources - bold architectural forms, electric tropical colours and the pattern, lines and colours of the 1950’s design era.

4D Designs ‘Koivu’ lights have had lots of interest since last exhibiting at Lustre. Michael has expanded his range by producing ‘Koivu’ lights out of stainless steel, for exterior lighting and pendant lamp shades. 4D Designs ‘Koivu’ lights are inspired by the bark of the birch tree.

They are made from sustainable materials and a single process using a laser cutter to reproduce the pattern and the linking tabs, which allow the lights to be bent and formed into tall tubes.

EXHIBITORS 2008

AMANDA ROSS Studio 104, Cockpit Arts, 18 -22 Creekside London SE8 3DZ 020 8469 1399 info@amandaross.co.uk www.amandaross.co.uk PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Takashimaya, New York Craft Centre, City Art Gallery, Leeds Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpoool EXHIBITIONS Origin, London, 2006, 2007 Art in Action, Waterferry House, Oxford, 2007 Bury St Edmunds, Christmas Show, 2007

SALLY REILLY Lyndhurst Studios, 92 Station Road, Soham Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5DZ 01353 723562 sallyreilly@talktalk.net PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS David Mellor, Sloane Square, London and Hathersage The Arc, Chester Felsted Studio, Felsted, Essex (Previously) Heals, London and Conran Shop, London EXHIBITIONS Art in Clay, Hatfield House, 2006, 2007, 2008 Ceramics South East, The Friars, Kent, 2006,2007,2008 Cambridge Open Studios, annually since 1991 The Old Fire Engine House, Ely, Cambs, Biennial Solo Show Sally Reilly designs and makes tableware for modern living and will be showing her latest range ‘Gala’ at Lustre this year. ‘Gala’ is an affordable range of bowls, plates and cups designed with summer and outdoor eating in mind, but equally suited to more formal entertaining. Red earthenware is finely thrown and brushed with coloured slips while turning on the wheel, giving each piece its own lively character. Sally trained in Paris; where she learnt Japanese production methods, giving her work both quality and consistency.

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Amanda Ross is known for her exquisitely detailed botanical prints. Using a wide range of subject matter she produces images of extraordinary lifelike quality. Each piece is hand printed in fabric using a specific technique developed by the artist. Actual cuttings are used to make the first printing template, and using these templates and inks she transfers these images onto textiles, evoking the many faces of nature. First shown in 2001 ‘the allium’ has become her trademark print and has transferred effortlessly from wall hung art panels to gift stationary.

HELAINA SHARPLEY Ledgard Bridge Mill, Apartment 87 Ledgard Wharf, Mirfield West Yorkshire WF14 8NZ 07708135000 helainasharpley@hotmail.co.uk www.helainasharpley.co.uk PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Gallerina, Darlington Saltbox, Helmsley The Washington Gallery, Penarth EXHIBITIONS British Craft Trade Fair, Harrogate, 2007, 2008 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London, 2007 ‘Effervescence’, West Dean, Chichester, 20072008 ‘Gifted’, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon, 2007-2008 Mixed Exhibition, Byard Art, Cambridge, 2008 Design Show, Liverpool, 2008 Helaina makes 2D and 3D wirework, using tea and tea drinking as the main theme of inspiration. This has since developed into Edwardian architecture and grandfather clocks, with elegance now being a reoccurring theme throughout the work. A love of drawing and the use of pen and ink naturally developed into using wire as another drawing medium. The final pieces created are unique 3D drawings, with depth and movement.

MELISSA SIMPSON Zeal House, 8 Deer Park Road London SW19 3UU 020 8542 6700 melissa@melissa.uk.com www.melissasimpson.co.uk EXHIBITIONS Origin, London, 2007, 2008 Crafts, Bovey Tracey, Devon, 2007, 2008 Art in Action, Oxfordshire, 2007, 2008

AMANDA SIMMONS

Melissa makes modern functional bags with a contemporary classic look. Her bags, briefcases and accessories are made from saddle leather edged in a bright colour using a mixture of traditional and modern skills. Her colour combinations are inspired by the environment around us and the shapes are created by experimenting with and manipulating the leather.

ISABEL STANLEY

Corsock Glass, Rosebank, Corsock Castle Douglas, Scotland DG7 3DN 05601 470 120 corsockglass@btinternet.com www.corsockglass.blogspot.com

15 Playfield Crescent, East Dulwich London SE22 8QR 07813 602103 stanley.isabel@virgin.net www.isabelstanley.com

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Café Jello, Cambridge Brewery Arts, Cirencester Cecilia Colman Gallery, London

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS The Conran Shop (UK and Europe) Style 4 Today, Camden, London Indish, Camden, London

EXHIBITIONS Spring Fling Open Studios, Dumfries and Galloway, 2007, 2008 British Craft Trade Fair, Harrogate, 2008 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London, 2008 ‘Art Hand Design’, Lethaby Gallery, Central St Martins, 2008

EXHIBITIONS Cockpit Arts, Holborn, 2007 Cockpit Arts, Deptford, 2007 Lustre, 2007

Living in a rural landscape Amanda finds that the patterns and textures from the land influence her work. Working with kiln formed glass she uses many techniques to shape her work, including casting, slumping (giving form), sandblasting, carving and diamond point engraving. She exploits the matt texture of glass; usually seen as the back of a piece, as she finds this the most interesting and with the use of opaque, sandblasted glass she has found a distinct voice. Amanda’s work can be seen in galleries around the UK and also on a larger scale in public commissioned work.

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Isabel’s interior products are inspired by fashion, haberdashery, Japanese textiles and fabrics. Bold use of colour and simple motifs feature in the collection. She uses a variety of techniques, including embroidery, stitch, fabric, manipulation and screen printing. Lampshades can be designed to the individual customer’s request. Isabel is currently working on a new collection of screen printed shades for autumn, experimenting with foil and flock finishes.

EXHIBITORS 2008

ANDREW TANNER

MANDY TOLLEY

TANJA UFER

The LCB Depot, 31 Rutland Street Leicester LE1 1RE 01162 616899 info@andrewtannerdesign.co.uk www.andrewtannerdesign.co.uk

Flat 1, 27 Stanley Road, Whalley Range Manchester M16 8HS 07971 243196 mando_manderin@hotmail.com www.mandomanderin.co.uk

66 Alton Road, London SW15 4NJ 07720 973273 ttufer@hotmail.com www.tanja-ufer.co.uk

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Selfridges, London The Collection, Paris Le Bon Marche, Paris

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Chinese Arts Centre, Thomas Street, Manchester

EXHIBITIONS Origin, London, 2007 ‘Maison et Object’, Paris, 2007 Summer Fair, London, 2008 All of the pieces in Andrew’s collection are made using traditional skills and combine traditional British manufacturing with contemporary British design. Each Collection is designed to bring together craft and design whilst utilising form and function. Inspiration for the new collection comes from nature.

‘Wood you believe it’ is a new pewter collection that combines natural form with machine metal. New collections also include ‘Against the Grain’ rug collection and a new bone-china collection, ‘Dinnertime’.

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EXHIBITIONS ‘In the Making’, FAD, Barcelona, 2003 ‘Make Me Out’, Manchester, 2003 ‘Good to Print’, Salford Art Gallery, 2007 Using colour, pattern and characters as a starting point, Mandy Tolley, working with ideas from sketchbooks, photographs and found imagery creates textile designs. She produces three-dimensional creatures and textile art pieces using a combination of digital print, screen print, computerised embroidery and hand embroidery. Each art piece acts as an individual story; an insight into an experience or feeling, incorporating bright colours, bold images and kitsch qualities.

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Electrum Gallery, London V&A Crafts Council Shop, London Yorkshire Sculpture Park EXHIBITIONS Origin, London, 2007 Inhorgenta, Munich, 2006 Art in Action, Oxfordshire, 2007 Lustre, 2006 ‘Kath Libbert Wedding Exhibition’, V&A Electrum Gallery Christmas Exhibition Jerwood exhibition, Harley Gallery Rarefind exhibition, New Ashgate Gallery Tanja’s work has been described as ‘like wearing mini-sculptures’, (Crafts Council). The individual designs incorporate gemstones such as rough diamonds, tourmalines or pearls with silver and gold. Tanja’s new range is called ‘Balance’ with leaning parts of metal and set stones, where the beautiful jewels can be worn as pairs or by themselves. The recent ‘Botanical series’ is a collection of necklaces with drawn floral shapes, blackened silver, fine gold, freshwater pearls and carved roses.

LAUREN VAN HELMOND

JOSIE WALTER

LYNSEY WALTERS

3 Sunny Hollow, Maybank Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire ST5 0RW 01782 619469 laurenvh@hotmail.co.uk www.laurenvanhelmond.co.uk

22 Nan Gells Hill, Bolehill, Matlock Derbyshire DE4 4GN 01629 823669 josie@josiewalter.co.uk www.josiewalter.co.uk

8/5 Atholl Place, Edinburgh EH3 8HP 0131 538 3586 info@lynseywalters.co.uk www.lynseywalters.co.uk

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS The Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds Opus Gallery, Ashbourne, Derbyshire The Gallery, Fisherton Mill, Salisbury

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Contemporary Ceramics, London Harley Gallery, Nottingham The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester

EXHIBITIONS Lustre, Nottingham, 2007 MAC, Birmingham, 2006 ‘Make it Contemporary’. Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford, 2006 ‘With Love’. The Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds, 2008 ‘Rare find’, Black Swan Arts, Somerset, 2008 ‘Rare find’, New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey, 2007

EXHIBITIONS ‘Ceramic Art London’, RCA, 2008 ‘Clayart’, North Wales, 2008 ‘Earth and Fire’, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottingham, 2008 ‘The Jug Show’, Galerie Besson, Bond Street, London, 2007 ‘CPA at Fifty’, The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester, 2007 ‘Kiln to Table’, The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester, 2008 ‘New Shoots on the Vine’, Joanna Bird Pottery, London, 2008

Characters from everyday situations are brought to life through the use of recycled and reclaimed materials in Lauren’s work, which has a simplistic and naïve quality that is both appealing and individual. Both woodwork and metalwork techniques are used to alter the function of the materials, making them have a unique character all of their own. Ideas are drawn from everyday events, children’s illustrations and line drawings. With a passion for collecting, materials are often sourced from flea markets, old electrical equipment, pound shops and junkyards. The materials and items collected are often the inspiration for the finished sculptures.

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Josie Walter’s pots are thrown on a momentum wheel or sculpturally slab built in a chocolate/black earthenware clay or a smooth red. Decoration is created by pouring slips thinly or by applying them thickly with a brush whilst the pot is rotating on the wheel to give a ‘wrapped’ look. The pieces are raw glazed with a lead bisilicate clear glaze, decorated with coloured glazes and fired in an electric kiln.

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Fibre and Clay, Knutsford, Cheshire Appendage, Brighton Paula Rubenstein, Prince Street, New York EXHIBITIONS British Craft Trade Fair, Harrogate, 2007, 2008 Lustre, 2007 ‘Launchpad Pulse’, Earls Court, London, 2007, 2008 ‘Made’, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2006, 2008 Ongoing display, The Craft Centre and Desgin Gallery, Leeds, 2007-2008 ‘Craft Exhibition’, Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland, 2008 Lynsey’s costume jewellery, made from wool is inspired by many things; her collections of various nic-nacs, her sense of humour and the materials she uses. She makes her own felt, as well as using commercially produced felt and finds the two combine well together. Her work has a sense of fun and naivety which is unique.

She enjoys the joke of taking inspiration from ‘proper’ jewellery and making her own interpretation of it in wool.

EXHIBITORS 2008

JAMES AND TILLA WATERS

MISUN WON

RACHEL WOOD

Bryndyfan Farm, Llansadwrn Llanwrda, Carms. SA19 8NL 01550 777215 info@jamesandtillawaters.co.uk www.jamesandtillawaters.co.uk

Flat 10, 37 Milton Street Edinburgh EH8 8HB 07766145752 misun1110@hotmail.com

11 Murray Street, Mansfield Nottinghamshire NG18 4AR 01623 642425 rachel.wood@tiscali.co.uk

Misun Won has used the circle to develop a variety of complex forms in silver to make a subtle and varied collection of objects, based on the idea of the Korean patchwork. Using a ‘patchwork’ of circles, she has crafted both functional and non-functional containers that are reflective, rhythmical and playful. She builds a structure from one sheet of silver using basic techniques such as sawing, bending and soldering.

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester Bluestone Gallery, Devizes, Wiltshire Oakwood Gallery, Mansfield, Nottingham

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Primavera, Cambridge Ruthin Craft Centre Yorkshire Sculpture Park EXHIBITIONS Ceramic Art London, RCA, 2008 Lustre, 2007 Origin, London, 2006 ‘An English Tea Ceremony’, Leach Foundation, 2008 Aberystwyth Arts Centre, 2008 V&A Showcase, 2007 James and Tilla Waters make pots to be used.

The wheel is central to their work both in terms of making and decorating. Purity of form allows the elements of colour and surface quality to come to the fore. Since finishing their apprenticeships with Rupert Spira in 2000 all of their work has been collaborative.

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EXHIBITIONS ‘Swalmen’, Holland, 2008 Art in Clay, Hatfield House, 2007 ‘Earth and Fire’, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottingham, 2007 ‘Contemporary Ceramics’, London, 2008 ‘Northern Potters’, Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, Lancashire, 2008 ‘Rufford Presents’, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottingham, 2007 As the natural spontaneous qualities of the day are important to Rachel, so too is it that her pots have a spirit and character. Rachel wants her pots to have a pulse and a heartbeat. She wants the marks to reflect the journey of exploration and learning in each pot, just as a wrinkle depicts expression and character in a human face. Her work is recognised for its soft, loose forms and thirsty surfaces. Influenced by the landscapes of local Derbyshire and the raw earth of Australia, she uses stoneware, clay, oxidized slips and a variety of glazes.

RUTH WOOD

DAVID WRIGHT

BRIAN A. YOUNG (YUNGI)

106 Hinkley Road, Leicester Forest East Leicestershire LE3 3JS 07832 199596 ruth_wood@hotmail.com

26 The Green, Thrussington Leicestershire LE7 4UH 01664 424333 david.wright52@virgin.net www.davidwrightpottery.co.uk

Holmes Farm, Drybridge, Irvine, Ayrshire KA11 5BS 01294 311210 yungi@fsmail.net www.yungi.co.uk

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds Hornseys, The Gallery, Ripon Design Factory, Offices and Website

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS Panik Gallery, Killearn National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Guinness Gallery, Ireland

EXHIBITIONS ‘Potfest in the Pens’ and ‘Potfest’, Shropshire, 2007 ‘Clayart’, North Wales, 2007, 2008 ‘Potfest’, Scotland, 2008

EXHIBTIONS Scottish International Trade Fair, 2008 British Craft Trade Fair, 2008 Collins Gallery Christmas Fair, 2007 ‘Gifted Exhibitions’, National Museum of Scotland

PRINCIPLE SALE OUTLETS The Flow Gallery, Notting Hill, London Brass Monkeys, Brighton Miawood, Kew Garden Village, London EXHIBITIONS Henley Festival, Towpath Gallery, 2007 ‘Collect’. V&A, London, 2007 ‘Top drawer’, Earls Court, London, 2007 ‘Flux’, School of Jewellery, ‘Brilliantly Birmingham’, 2008 ‘Gift’, Farnham Maltings, Surrey, 2007 ‘Retrospective’, Bishopsland, South Oxon, 2007 Ruth’s jewellery is inspired by ancient artifacts and treasures, irregular form and the erosion and texture of materials, such as rock formations within caves. ‘I love going to museums to view the collections of ancient jewellery, metal-ware and pottery from different ages and cultures. I like the history these pieces carry and it is interesting to learn and imagine who would have used and worn them.’ In her cave collection she creates the same intrigue using silver gilt, 18ct gold and quartz, making unique one off pieces that look like they have been pulled from the ground.

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David Wright makes hand built vessels from coils of clay. A coarse clay is used; the resulting texture is an important feature. As coils of clay are added, they are beaten and scraped to refine the form. The vessels are glazed with a simple ash glaze: the ash being collected from the wood-fired kiln and as each batch is different, so there are subtle variances in the colour. The pots are fired in an electric or wood fuelled kiln, some are fired for four days or more in an anagama tunnel kiln. As the processes dictate, each piece is highly individual and unique.

The yungi range of knitted products include scarves, hats, gloves, throws and cushions.

Striking simplicity of design and sumptuous colour, combine with the softest lambswool to create luxury fashion accessories and interior furnishings. The fashion accessories range has been designed for menswear and womenswear with the contemporary fresh style suitable for a wide age group.

Young Meteors are a selection of the brightest stars from East Midlands universities.

Each year the organisers of Lustre select some of the top emerging talent to showcase at the event.

YOUNG METEORS

These graduates from the region will be exhibiting and selling their work for the first time. This fantastic opportunity allows the ambitious new starters to explore the market and get face-to-face feedback from the audience, an exciting and nerve-racking time but one which will hopefully prove invaluable as they set out on their journey as makers.

GRADUATES AT LUSTRE 2008

MARTIN BERRESFORD

CRAIG FELLOWS

JODIE FRANKLIN

CHLOE GEARY

25 Bruce Close, Deal, Kent CT14 9BO 07975 750749 martin_berresford@hotmail.com www.martinberresford.co.uk

115 Springfield Road Burntwood, Staffordshire WS7 4UH 07811 325874 craigfellows666@msm.com www.craigfellows.co.uk

5 Lower Adeyfield Road Hemel Hempsted, Hertfordshire 0792 0401931 jodiefranklin369@hotmail.com www.jodiefranklin.blogspot.com

White Gables, Mill Hill Road Arnesby, Leicester 07710 328077 clogeary@aol.com www.clogeary.blogspot.com

EXHIBITIONS New Designers, Islington, 2008

Jodie’s work is an exploration of leisure, pleasure and nostalgia for a bygone age.

Using motifs derived from leafy suburbs and the excitement of day trips out, travelling on London buses and the Underground, she makes wall pieces, illustrations and jewellery, full of colour and pattern.

Chloe’s work has an illustrative nature and a strong identity through the use of colour. The style developed simply from her love of drawing. Her work idealises scenes from different cities, giving them a happy and nostalgic twist.

Martin is a kinetic sculptor exploring the potential of combining the power of the wind with optical illusions and sound. Using a combination of materials - seasoned oak, tubular steel, rip-stop nylon, carbon fibre rods and ball bearings - Martin gives his contemporary interpretation of the workings of a traditional windmill’s gear system. His work is colourful, melodic and beautifully crafted.

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Craig Fellows has a passion for colour and print. His collection of bespoke fashion prints are used in a variety of applications; from unique hand made weekend travel bags and printed silk scarves to beautifully illustrated prints.

Traditional silk screen techniques combined with digital printing allows him to explore his passion for drawing and mark making. Quirky hens and roosters form an unusual visual base for this fresh collection.

Jodie Franklin

Emily Hartley

Vanessa Lermond

Natasha Johnson

Chloe Geary

Phiona Richards

Craig Fellows

EMILY HARTLEY 11 Butter Street, Alcester Warwickshire B49 5AL emily@emilyhartley.co.uk www.emilyhartley.co.uk

Sarah Hinton

Silver and printed silk are combined to produce beautiful, elegant and unique pieces of jewellery as well as wearable sculpture and wall pieces.

Inspired by memories, nests and nature, each piece is printed with handwriting from old postcards.

SARAH HINTON sarahehinton@hotmail.co.uk Martin Berresford

Caroline Knaggs

Sam Robinson

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There is underlying Sarah’s work a desire to make art part of the architectural environment. She wants people to become more involved with art, and to be able to interact with it, by influencing its movement, its texture, and its light and shadow. She enjoys choreographing texture, putting together complementary and contrasting materials, but recently has been working more exclusively with paper in many forms. “Spaces in Togetherness” is a work which brings together a marriage of structure and the space between. The spirals, made from a simple material, move as a unit and independently, all or each of them influenced by the elements around them, including their audience.

NATASHA JOHNSON

VANESSA LARMOND

SAMANTHA ROBINSON

16 Melville Road, Spon End Coventry CV1 3AN 07772 058209 natasha.r.johnson@hotmail.com

07930 208464 vanessalarmond@yahoo.co.uk

27 Burnaston Road, Leicester LE2 8QP 0116 2258242 sam2002robinson@yahoo.com www.samantha-robinson.co.uk

EXHIBITIONS Not for all the Tea in China, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham, 2008

12 Kinston Street, Derby 07799 152543 carolineknaaggs@hotmail.com www.carolineknaggs.com

EXHIBITIONS New Designers, Islington, 2008 Samantha’s inspiration comes from the labels, tags and packaging that are representative of our contemporary society.

Female related activities have been used to explore society’s obsession with body image and size.

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Natasha Johnson designs and produces bespoke textilebased products. She develops and enhances fabrics through tea-staining and embroidery based on the ritual of ‘teatime’ and combines new fabrics with vintage pieces to create a timeless aesthetic.

Her products range from wall hangings to hand-made accessories.

CAROLINE KNAGGS

Vanessa specialises in whittling and basketry, working with both found and bought materials, and a small selection of simple hand tools.

Her current work consists of a range of spoons produced from wood that she splits, shaves and then whittles. Using traditional basketry skills she then weaves organic, naturally-dyed cotton ‘sleeves’ to emphasise or hide the spoons. The way a spoon is held and used is determined by its shape and size, with a strong relationship between the user and the tool. It is important to Vanessa that she only works with natural materials and simple processes that reduce the environmental impact of her work.

Caroline believes that often the simplest opportunities for enjoyment can be missed. Her collection of food tools offer an alternative to mass-produced utensils usually found in our homes. Constructed from ash, granite and bio resin, Caroline relishes the challenge of working and combining these uneven, natural materials into strict forms.

For primitive peoples, their food tools meant survival, hence huge amounts of time and energy went into making them. It is these items which have driven her to invest as they did, towards what still remains a fundamental necessity, eating. Caroline uses new technologies unavailable to the past to produce new objects which are intended to echo pre-historic times yet cater for contemporary need.

Her work combines ceramics, metals and textiles giving a subtle blend of these varied materials and also challenges the orthodox view of ‘everyday’ things.

PHIONA RICHARDS 23 Scott Road, Corby, Northants NN17 1UH 07968 738031 rarenotions@hotmail.co.uk www.rarenotions.co.uk

EXHIBITIONS New Designers, Islington, 2008 RE: Exhibition, Northampton, Milton Keynes and Portsmouth, 2008 ICA Book Fair, London, 2006, 2007 Phiona grew up in residential homes where her mother worked, and says she could knit when she was five years old and could crochet when she was nine. “I acquired my sewing skills by watching people repair the residents clothing in the sewing room” says Phiona.

Phiona returned to her roots when she joined the Tresham Institute, Kettering, to do a foundation art course before doing a BA Design Craft degree at De Montfort University. She’s since seen her work exhibited at London’s Book Fair. Phiona uses discarded books as her canvas to display needlework techniques which reflect a bygone age.

Group photo from left: Jodie Franklin Emily Hartley Phiona Richards Sarah Hinton Martin Berresford Caroline Knaggs Sam Robinson Vanessa Lermond Chloe Geary Craig Fellows

GET THE LOOK AT LUSTRE The great thing about Lustre is that everything you see is so strikingly different. Gorgeous, luxurious throws, knitted cushions and pretty glass pieces all feature this year.

To show you how items from Lustre can work at home, we have created some really stunning looks using items from a selection of Lustre makers.

Take Craig Fellows and his cute and quirky poultry-inspired pieces.

The farmyard has never been so chic, thanks to Craig and his stunning bags of monochrome cockerels and beautiful egg designs.

Opposite page: Curved glass bottles by Stuart Ackroyd, from £50 Lighting by Michael Radford - prices vary depending on size Colourful cushions by Akiko from £80; throws from £350; scarves from £70 Triangle table by Matthew Dabbs - prototype for commercial production This page top left to right: Monochrome cockerel bag by Craig Fellows. Prices start from £50 Colourful knitted zig-zag cushions, throws and scarves from Akiko. Prices as above.

Thumbykins wall piece by Louise Evans £800 This page bottom: Girl’s raspberry cotton dress by Teresa Green, £34 Pink confection by Kate McBride from £50 - £120; bugs and roses tea set from £50 - £100.

Pretty cut-out butterfly plate by Andrew Tanner, £58. Vases by Andrew Tanner, from £60 Akiko scarf, as above.

Ravens in Treetops necklace by Amanda Coleman , £110, earrings from £50

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Throws, cushions and scarves from Akiko come in lovely zig-zag patterns and a variety of warm colours to adorn your home for a really cosy feel this winter.

From Stuart Ackroyd comes a beautiful range of bright glass bottles, perfect for presents - or for decorating shelves and side tables, along with the crisp, illustrated fabrics of Teresa Green.

You can be sure that lighting by Michael Radford is like nothing you’ve seen before. Michael makes a range of sustainable lighting suitable for indoors and out. His birch floor lamps, table lamps and pendant lampshades look simply stunning when they are turned on and also when they are off!

We love the Thumbykins wall piece

by Louise Evans who makes textiles and jewellery involving found items and vintage clothing.

Her new collection features shoe pieces and wall pieces with detachable jewellery.

We have combined the pretty ceramics by Kate McBride, the jewellery of Amanda Coleman and vases and plates by Andrew Tanner to show how well these objects can look together - and how the “Lustre look” can so easily be achieved at home.

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MICHAEL RADFORD Michael Radford made his Lustre debut last year and this time round, his bold, textural and environmentally-friendly ‘Koivu’ lights are adorning the cover of this magazine.

Koivu (Finnish for birch) lights are made from sustainable materials and processes. Michael did his degree at Derby University in 3D Design and Sustainable Practice, setting up his business 4D Designs in 2007.

He explains: “My products are made using a single process. Inspired by the bark of birch trees, I use laser cutting technologies to reproduce the pattern and also make the linking tabs which allow the lights to be bent and formed into tall tubes. My mission is to create innovative products using only the minimum of materials.”

The range, made from birch plywood and stainless steel, which includes floor lamps, table lamps and pendant lampshades, has as much visual impact switched off as illuminated. Michael also undertakes commissions and made-to-order pieces.

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Michael, who’s been featured in The Guardian’s Weekend magazine pages as ‘one to watch’, is passionate about the benefits of Lustre. “Lustre is the only regional craft fair which is really geared to contemporary design and high-end crafts and products. It was the first show I did after graduation and it’s well-marketed and has lots of energy. It’s the right size, not too big and not too small. It’s really nice talking about your work and socialising with customers, even if they don’t become buyers.”

A chance for a behind the scenes look at what inspires some of the makers at Lustre

ANDREW TANNER Andrew Tanner’s sculptural yet cleanly functional ceramics made him 2005’s Young Designer of the Year, when he was hailed the ‘William Morris of his day.’ Based in Leicester, his work is sold internationally, from Selfridges and the Designers Guild in London to prestigious outlets in Australia, Paris and New York.

Andrew works as a designer and consultant for clients worldwide, creating a set of limited edition bone china for Crabtree & Evelyn as one of his commissions. Classic examples of Andrew’s fluid, user-friendly designs are the dimpled flat fruit bowl or canapé holder, and a set of interlocking bowls.

His ‘minimalist chic’ Bauble Light, created in partnership with designer Anna Cameron, was chosen by fashion legend Donna Karan for her flagship New York stores. His full range includes floor and wall tiles, interior accessories, tableware and decorative pieces.

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This will be the fourth time he’s exhibited at Lustre. “It’s a fantastic show and it’s a brilliant chance to speak to the people who actually buy your work. Often at trade fairs it’s trade buyers you meet, which is great, but it’s nice to talk to the people who own your work themselves. I’ve had customers coming back wanting to see new collections, so I’ve started launching new works at Lustre to gauge the reaction.”

He adds: “I’ve got a three-year-old daughter who loves coming to Lustre and gets involved with all the activities. She’s a Lustre baby!”

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Shona Powell

THE LAST WORD...

SHONA POWELL DIRECTOR, LAKESIDE

I am truly thrilled by the speed and breadth of Lustre’s development over the last few years. As an ardent crafts purchaser, I am genuinely excited at the prospect of over fifty makers descending on Lakeside with their boxes of delights!

The expansion of Lustre has been encouraging for the craft sector and underlines the increasing interest in buying original crafts for the home and for the individual. Visitors to Lustre have doubled in the last few years to over 4000 in 2007 and we hope that this number will continue to grow alongside the increase in the number of makers and the diversity of their offer.

Lustre’s Young Meteors platform provides a great opportunity to see what is emerging from the universities in the region and a chance to purchase from the rising stars of tomorrow. For those who can’t help but indulge their passion for collecting, the Objects of Contemplation exhibition at Lustre offers the chance to admire or to purchase beautiful contemporary glass from two makers working with the same media but showing vastly differing styles and ideas.

Lustre would not be what it is without the University of Nottingham’s vision and ambition to embrace the arts across visual, performance and participatory forms. The drive for innovation and excellence underpins the University’s strategy at every level, and through Lustre, Lakeside continues to showcase makers who champion the original and the creative in the craft world.

I hope that you enjoy Lustre and that you take full advantage of our fabulous park setting and our enticing cafés.

I look forward to welcoming you to Lakeside

Shona Powell Director

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How to Get Here...

Car Parking

Lakeside Arts Centre is located at the South Entrance to the University of Nottingham campus, just off the A6005, University Boulevard. If approaching by the M1, leave the motorway at junction 25 and join the A52 to Nottingham. Turn right at the third roundabout (Priory), from there the University is signposted.

WEEKENDS There is ample free weekend parking at University Park. Limited free parking is available in the Lakeside car park and to the rear of the Djanogly Art Gallery.

BUSES Regular bus services operate between Nottingham city centre and the South Entrance of the University. The number 5 runs to and from Long Eaton past the South Entrance every 6-8 minutes in the day and slightly less frequently in the evening.

NCT from Market Square: number 13 or 14 (along Castle Boulevard).

DISABLED PARKING There are designated spaces located close to both Lustre venues. If you are visiting the Djangly Art Gallery enter University Park from the south entrance on University Boulevard, turn first right into Science Road and then first right again. For the DH Lawrence Pavilion there are 2 spaces in the main Lakeside car park, and an additional 9 spaces next to the lake - these can be accessed by driving past the main Lakeside car park (to your left), around past the gatehouse, first left off East Drive along the north approach to the DH Lawrence Pavilion.

Please call Nottingham City Transport on 0115 950 6070 or Traveline on 0870 608 2 608 for more travel information.

MANDY TOLLEY

making art affordable Own art loans are designed to make it easy and affordable for you to buy original, high quality contemporary craft. You can borrow up to £2,000, or as little as £100, to be paid back in equal instalments over a period of 10 months – interest free* Own art loans will be available this year at Lustre for the purchase or commission of items from exhibiting artists. Look out for the Own Art logo and ask our staff for details.

*Typical 0% APR The Djanogly Art Gallery is a licensed broker of Own Art loans. Registered address: Lakeside Arts Centre, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD

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