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The Horsley Printmakers’ show was once again was a great commercial success and proved what a popular medium printmaking has become. The Sun Awards celebrated the best commercial photography and photographers in the North of England with some fantastic pictures. Filming at The Biscuit Factory: You might have spotted the cameras. We are often asked to be a location so you never know who you might come across during your next visit!
Launch of Woolly West: Many a smile was raised by our customers as they admired the wonderfully knitted creations celebrating the history of the West End of Newcastle. Experiments in Fashion: This collection of unique garments proved a huge achievement for young North East Fashion designers. ¡VAMOS! @ The Biscuit Factory: Celebrating the Latin and Lusophone world; a night filled with passion, tango, food and drink and a great photographic exhibition by Dan Prince.
Experiments in fashion
Sun Awards: Rachel liggett | Girl in victorian baths
horsley printmakers | michelle johnson: linocut 2
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Events manager Kate with Gok Wan
¡Vamos! with dan prince exhibition
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Exhibitions - 13th June - 31st August Kate Van Suddese: ‘For Those In Peril on the Sea’. Summer Exhibition: New work by artists including, Claire McAlistair, Paula Dunn, Sue Fenlon, Joylon Yates, Amie Nowlan, Steve Mayes, Louise Davies and Mark Dally. Printed: To coincide with Northern Print’s Biennale event ‘Print City’, The Biscuit Factory is proud to present an exhibition of seven exciting artists using a diverse range of printing techniques. As part of Printed there will be a series of Artist’s Talks. These are free but numbers are limited. As Artist’s Talks are always very popular; please reserve your place at reception. Thursday 2nd July: Hester Cox, Thursday 16th July: Emiko Aida, Thursday 13th: August Philomena Pretsell Talks and demonstrations will run approximately 6 till 8.
Ma glass crispam heath: big blue wedge
Artists talks: hester cox
Future
We are very much looking forward to 3 group exhibitions by recent graduates: MA Glass opens on Thursday 16th July. The eagerly awaited University of Sunderland Postgraduate Glass and Ceramics exhibition celebrates its eighth year at The Biscuit Factory. Selected Graduates. Our curators will be visiting many graduate exhibitions in the coming months and will once again bring together some of the most interesting and promising emerging artists in the North East and Scotland. Helios comes to The Biscuit Factory for the fourth year running. This unique collaboration between universities and colleges in the Northern region celebrates work by selected photography graduates. The Preview of our Autumn Exhibition is scheduled for Friday 4th September. Portraits by artist Emma Simcock-Tooth will be on show in the Cube gallery.
Artists talks: Emiko Aida
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The wrecking shore (detail) | ÂŁ985 | Oil | 81cm x 81cm
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Walk among the foaming deep | £850 | Oil | 71cmx71cm
The Sailor | £99 | Oil | 15cm x 15cm
Kate van suddese Kate’s distinctive seascapes have Kate’s response to the hymn was to become a firm favourite with many of our customers. She has been painting for over 20 years and this new work is based upon the words of the navy hymn “For Those In Peril on the Sea”. “I was struck by the honest mixture of awe, passion and respect reflected in the words of a man ( William Whiting) who had experienced the awesome ferocity of a fierce storm first hand.”
Rock and tempest | £850 | Oil | 71cmx71cm
create a set of images embodying this ferocity, the power of the raging storm and the contrasting calm when the tumult ceases. “The Sailor” is a personal nod of respect to the memory of a friend, an old Norwegian seaman who lived with the sea in his heart and mind.
For those Eternal Fa in peril on the se Whose ar ther, strong to s a Who bidd m hath bound the ave Its own a ’st the might y oc restless wave. Oh hear uppointed limits keeean deep For those s when we cry to p: t in peril o n the sea.hee O Christ, w And hush hose voice the w Who walked their raging at aters heard, And calm ed’st on the foam they word O hear u amid the storm d ing deep For thoses when we cry to tidst sleep: h in peril o n the sea.ee O Hholy Sp ir it , who dids Upon the t br And bid thchaos dark and r ood e a n gry tumult ude And give c O hear usfor wild confusioease n peace: w h e n we For those in peril o cry to thee n the sea. O trinit y Our bret of love and power From rochren shield in dan Protect t k and tempest, fire ger’s hour. O hear ushem wheresoe’er and foe For those when we cry to tthey go: h in peril o n the sea.ee The nav y h ymn (Will iam Whitin g)
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13thjune-31st august
The corner gallery To coincide with Northern Print’s biennale event Print City, The Biscuit Factory is proud to present this exhibition of seven exciting artists using the medium of print. Exploring diverse subject matters and utilising a wide range of different printing techniques the exhibition is sure to prove very popular.
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Koinobori (detail) | £145 | Aquatint | 15cm x 21cm
Dark waters | £150 (unframed) | etching 25cm x 25cm
The ones that got away | £180 | 29.6cm x 25.3cm
EMIKO AIDA
VETA GORNER
HESTER COX
Emiko Aida’s work is largely concerned with her love of water. Many of her images show animals or people caught in rainstorms, and umbrellas are a recurring subject. Based in London, her images are inspired by her native Japan.
Veta Gorner’s work merges the traditional art of etching with the 3d qualities of deep biting zinc matrix plates. Her work is concerned with physical structure and the expressive nature of motion.
Hester Cox makes colourful and textured prints using layers of relief, collagraph and solar plates. Her inspirations are wildlife, the natural landscape and the stories and symbolism associated with them.
Oscar and white orchard: noon £125 (unframed) | Screenprint | 35cm x 35cm
Desert IV | £180 | Silkscreen | 55cm x 55cm
Graf jug (detail) | £325 | ceramic | h 30cm x w 23cm
Rhino (side on) | £250 (framed) | lino cut | 30cm x 30cm
JOANNE CAMPBELL
GAIL MASON
PHILOMENA PRETSELL
JANE BRISTOWE
Using strong colours and experimenting with collage, texture and pattern, Joanne Campbell creates screen printed images with illustrative detail in dream like scenes.
Charting metaphorical and literal journeys, Gail Mason’s screen print images explore the use of vibrant flat colour, form, mark making and stillness. Containing areas of monoprint, each image is unique.
Philomena Pretsell makes bright domestic vessels with playful surface imagery. Printmaking motivates her mark making with monoprints layered over luscious brushed on coloured slips.
Jane Bristowe has created a menagerie of brightly coloured animal lino cuts with simple lines that are playful and fresh. Jane was short listed for The Wildlife artist of the year in 2008.
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Hhigh heaton flat 2009 (detail) | £500 | Oil on mdf | 60cm x 60cm
Shieldfield flat 2007 (detail) | H£950 | Oil on mdf | 60.5cm x 91cm
Fabrics II | H£600 | Oil on mdf | 60.5cm x 60.5cm
Claire McAlistair
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Claire is a Northern Irish painter from Lisburn, County Antrim. She has been living and painting in Newcastle upon Tyne for four years. Claire graduated from Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 2003. She also studied Fine Art and Community Art in Belfast, Manchester and San Diego. Claire has been oil painting for ten years, and has been part of many exhibitions in
different countries, including Belfast, Shanghai, San Diego and Melbourne. This current series of work focuses on the human form and decorative fabrics. Each figurative study has been strategically composed to accentuate light on the figure within the frame. Claire wants to create contrast between decorative detail on the clothing with
a soft, more blurred background. It is not the artist’s intention to focus on the figure’s character or facial expression; more so the environment, moment and light in which the figure is placed. The fabric paintings are intentionally focusing on pattern, decoration and colour, all being influenced by composition, light and depth.
Cienfuegos - white | Oil on canvas (framed) £2500 | 91cm x 76cm
havana - pink | Oil on canvas (framed) £2500 | 91cm x 76cm
havana - blue | Oil on canvas (framed) £2500 | 91cm x 76cm
havana - yellow | Oil on canvas (framed) £2500 | 91cm x 76cm
Paula Dunn the colour, or the combinations of the colours within that image.; I need to be attracted to the image, to have my “I am fascinated by light, colours, imagination fired by what I see before textures and shades; I enjoy experimenting with techniques such I can determine how to realise it on as impasto, the use of palette knives, canvas.” and the application of glazes. My pri- The Cuba Series derives from the mary consideration when looking for hundreds of photographs Paula an image to interpret is the effect of took while wandering the streets Paula Dunn is a well respected artist who works from Yorkshire.
of Havana, Cienfuegos and Trinidad, in early summer. These images are of cityscapes devoid of iconic buildings; the ordinary city as it offered itself up to the camera lens. The overwhelming feeling in these great cities of Cuba is one of infinitesimal decay. Paula sees her paintings as an attempt to restore the lost dignity and beauty of these structures.
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Beyond the garden gate | £650 Acrylic on canvas | 100cm x 100cm
Alnmouth estuary (detail)| £550 Acrylic on canvas | 80cm x 60cm
Allotment flowers | £650 (framed) Acrylic on canvas | 76cm x 76cm
Dunstanburgh castle | £550 Acrylic on canvas | 75cm x 75cm
Sue Fenlon
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Susan’s home in Northumberland overlooks the estuary at Alnmouth towards the sea. Her paintings are taken from endless walks on the moorlands of Northumberland and coastal pathways. Susan collects wild flowers and grasses,
hedgerows. I paint in many layers of colour and texture, “My paintings reflect the way nature to give depth and a sense of through the season’s changes in being part of the work.” colour, texture and emotions on the landscape, meadows and
to gather the colours and textures to create her paintings.
Savannah rocker
Jolyon Yates
Ash stingray stool and Savannah rocker
‘In a world of loveless volume manufacturing odechairs display soul by reflecting the care and honesty with which they have been conceived and crafted.’
Born in Durham, 1968, Jolyon studied Industrial Design at Sheffield Hallam University and then Automotive Styling at the Royal College of Art, London. With his heavily design-influenced
background, Yates is now focused on the design of ODEChair, a new venture launched in 2008 involving the making of unique and distinctive one-off, low volume furniture. The furniture is
inspired by friends and family, nature, the ocean, Northumberland and New Zealand. His designs are beautifully streamlined, contemporary in form and ergonomically designed. 10
Familiar Faces: NEW COLLECTIONS Busy venice | £700 | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm
Moody skye | £1700 | Oil on canvas | 80cm x 60cm
White boats | £700 | Oil on board | 30cm x 30cm
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Mark was born in Glasgow in 1962. He was always interested in photography but in the last 7 years he started to discover a passion for painting. He is based in Ceres, Fife. He paints in oils
and uses both brush and palette knife to create his work. His subjects range from Scottish seascapes to Venice - with Wild Poppies and the Fife coast being favourites. He
has also created colourful paintings depicting still life and skiing. One of his favourite overall subjects has remained the West Sands of St. Andrews where his painting career began.
Familiar Faces: NEW COLLECTIONS Edge to edge 1 | £995 - for set of three | Oil | 50cm x 50cm
Edge to edge 2 | £995 - for set of three | Oil | 50cm x 50cm
Edge to edge 3 | £995 - for set of three | Oil | 50cm x 50cm
Claire Money Claire’s work is primarily about a sense of place. Rarely populated by people, her paintings and drawings are inspired by locations that she feels some connection to.
“I am not interested in recreating the past or of ignoring the future but of recording the layers of experience at once revealed and buried by the elements and the relentless pace of change.” 12 15
Familiar Faces: NEW COLLECTIONS Cyclist | £1450 | Oil on canvas | 70cm x 50cm
Ponder | £1450 | Oil on canvas | 70cm x 50cm
White wash | £1450 | Oil on canvas | 70cm x 50cm
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Tim Brown was born in 1969 in Hurworth, Darlington, County Durham. He now lives with his family in beautiful Swaledale in between Richmond and Downholme.
His paintings primarily deal with the figure or a solitary figure walking. The intention is to invite the viewer to build their own narrative around the painting. Who are they? Are the happy or sad?
Where are they going or where have they been? The paintings are only a catalyst for a much bigger picture painted in the mind of the onlooker.
Mark Dally (M.A), studied at Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent where he specialised in Ceramics and Surface Pattern. Dally is renowned for his ‘Black & White Ware’, highly functional tableware with a bold, contemporary take on traditional Staffordshire slipware. This range is made in high-fired white earthenware and decorated using traditional slip trailing and brushed slip techniques. The mugs, jugs and teapots are finished in a third firing with liquid bright platinum handles and knobs. Most recently Dally’s work has taken a more sculptural, abstract turn resulting in an ever growing collection of truly dynamic ceramic forms.
honk box | black and white plate
Familiar Faces: NEW COLLECTIONS
Mark Dally
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Gallery
Zanna designs | Alnmouth, northumberland 15
ÂŁ45 (unframed) | Limited edition giclee | 20cm x 20cm
Boats in sennen harbour (detail) | £350 | Mixed media | 29cm x 24cm
Scalby Beck Scarborough (detail) £350 | Oil | 34cm x 30cm
Irridescent dream (detail) £1250 | Oil | 123cm x 73cm
Janine Baldwin
Japanese bowl with apples | £575 | Acrylic 40cm x 40cm
Blue and white bowl with peaches plums and cherries £3000 | Acrylic | 70cm x 70cm
Diane Urwin
Faith hope and charity (detail) | £750 | Acrylic | 112cm x 138cm
Fan and pearls bay | £975 | Acrylic | 60cm x 60cm
Lust (detail) | £750 | Acrylic 112cm x 138cm
Women untitled (detail) | £750 Acrylic | 112cm x 138cm
Isobel Davy 16
Angel of the north (detail) | £695 | Watercolour | 65cm x 35cm
Grey street (detail) | £975 Watercolour | 60cm x 42cm
James Ainsley 17
Evening, newcastle quayside £975 | Watercolour | 65cm x 45cm
21L5EE08 | £320 | Mixed| 62cm x 62cm
Ghostly ballet | £600 Mixed | 76cm x 76cm
Skylight ii (detail) | £235 | Batik | 51cm x 66cm
Looking at the stars Without Explanation | £600 | Mixed 102cm x 102cm
Paresh Nrshinga
Summerhouse (detail) | £325 Batik | 72cm x 95cm
Tree ii (detail) | £225 Batik | 50cm x 55cm
Pete Winstanley
Coastal Cottages (detail) | £895 | Mixed media | 42cm x 52cm
Early morning staithes (detail) £2995 | Mixed media 125cm x 90cm
Rob Shaw
hillside huddle | £895 Mixed media 82cm x 70cm
Tyne bridge, all saints church and quayside, newcastle (detail) £85 (unframed) | Limited edition giclee | 30cm x 40cm
Morpeth, northumberland (detail) £60 (unframed) | Limited edition giclee | 20cm x 30cm
Cathedral buildings and vampire rabbit doorway, newcastle (detail) | £85 (unframed) Limited edition giclee | 30cm x 40cm
Zanna designs
Five sisters, kintail (detail) | £850 | Oil on canvas | 112cm x 82cm
Piz badile, bregaglia (detail) £650 | Oil on board | 60cm x 80cm
Striding edge and helvellyn (detail) | £155 (unframed) Etching | 21cm x 30cm
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Lilia Umana-clark | Bird, Bird bath |Ceramic | ÂŁ450 | length 30cm
Tall stoneform large - skyline | £320 | Glass | 21cm Wide stoneform - skyline | £235 | Glass | 12cm Paperweight - skyline | £210 | Glass | 21cm
Mini grace bow bottle | £100 each | Glass | 32cm
Ikon | £45 | Ceramic | 16cm long
Peterlayton
Stuart ackroyd
DennisHkilgallon
Born in Prague, Peter Layton studied ceramics at the Central School of Art and Design in London. Peter currently works in a hot glass studio with a reputation as one of Europe’s leading glassmaking workshops. With a particular flair for the use of colour, form and texture he produces individual pieces of decorative glass in sculptural and functional forms. Self taught as a glassmaker, Peter’s work is organic and tactile, striving to achieve a form of controlled asymmetry.
After considerable experience in the field, Stuart Ackroyd now runs a glass workshop in Nottinghamshire.
In 2000 Dennis Kilgallon established his own company creating limited editions of robust, high fired, monumental sculptures. “My inspiration comes from a fascination with antiquity and mythology created by childhood memories of living on the island of Cyprus.” The work establishes a dialogue between material, form, message and the environment, and all works are suitable for outdoor display.
Each unique piece of glass is hand blown in lead crystal, then selectively etched, ground, drilled and hand polished by his highly skilled team, to reveal an inner chamber, or contrasting area of interest.
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Graffitti plates | £40 each | Ceramic | 25cm to 27cm diameter
HHhalf spoons - silver plated | £50 each | Metal
Comma | £245 | Bronze | 15cm long Explorer | £275 | Bronze | 23cm long Cupped cone | £325 | Bronze | 14 cm high
Donegandesigns
Jonathonaspinall
Philip hearsey
Rebecca Clarkson is the designer/maker behind ‘Donegan Designs’, a ceramics studio located in the heart of the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. Originally trained as a painter, she now produces a range of bone-china tableware. These pieces are decorated with ceramic transfers of extraordinary lustre. They use digitally manipulated designs to produce thoroughly fresh and modern products.
Aspinall graduated from Northumbria University in 2007, and now holds the position of Designer in Residence. “My designs are the result of looking at issues within every day life and responding to them both practicality and with an element of humour. ” Each teaspoon is hand-cut, delicately welded and plated with sterling silver. A hand-stitched fabric bag completes the presentation.
Phillip lives and works near the Welsh borders. Graduating from Camberwell School of Art, he turned to full-time design work in the late 1970s. Phillip’s vessels are made of solid Bronze Metal. The coloured interior surface is created by enforced oxidisation of the bronze metal, like verdigris with different chemicals producing different colours. The inspiration for his work comes from both architecture and the natural landscape.
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Assorted Tea Set Trio | £75 | Ceramic
Tall chair | £50 | Ceramic | 25cm high Obelisk | £60 | Ceramic | 30cm high
Small decorative alice teapot | £40 | Ceramic | 22cm high Large plain alice teapot | £45 | Ceramic | 24cm high
RebeccaWilson
Roger bell
StephenHkingsford
Rebecca is a highly accomplished sculptural ceramicist, graduating with MA in Ceramics from The University of Wales Institute, Cardiff in 2004. She now lives and works in Scotland. “I aim to kindle a nostalgic reflection of childhood, and recreate the excitement of early years that is lost as the imagination conforms to the rational structures of the adult mind.”
Trained in ceramics at Sutton College Of Liberal Arts, Roger now works mainly with grogged handbuilding clays, wood-fired with dolomite glaze and oxide colours using cobalt for blue and iron for brown.
After 15 years making functional items, Kingsford now works in rural Lancashire, solely producing Raku and smoke-fired ware responding to its immediacy and the direct relationship between fire and clay. Kingsford’s elegant work subtly combines carefully observed realism with streamlined, concise style.
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Jewellery L-r: Crochet needlework necklace: £58 | crochet earrings: £12 | crochet brooch: £16
Fairy cakes: £20 each or full set of 7 £120
A-keles
Ouissi gresty of british cream tea
A-Keles authentic Turkish made Jewellery is created by knotting high-quality silk or cotton with a small thread or needle. The history of Turkish Needlework or Needle Lace goes back to the roots of Turkish traditional hand crafts and society. 23 23
The flower designs go back to a time when women would make keepsakes for their husbands in times of war. Each piece is as unique as the wearer; from brooches, necklaces, rings to bracelets, each piece is remarkable in its detail and quality.
Ouissi Gresty of British Cream Tea is a felt confectioner who specialises in creating hand sewn sculptures of traditional British treats, sweets, cakes, biscuits and puddings out of recycled felt. British Cream Tea sculptures are perfect for everlasting adult teaparties, great for keeping your pins in
order and make beautiful bookshelf ornaments. They bring back memories of a British childhood and look beautiful strung on ribbon as holiday decorations. They look equally great just piled in a beautiful bowl or displayed on vintage cake stands in your kitchen.”
Jewellery L-r: Felt brooch 1: £17 | felt brooch 3: £19 | Felt brooch 2: £18
Resin ring: £70
Jane smallcombe
Kaz robertson
Jane is an up and coming North East based designer who creates miniature pieces of art to wear for any occasion. Each vibrant brooch is exquisitely handmade using soft colourful felts. Her work is striking and unique, making it the perfect gift.
Interaction and versatility are two of the most important aspects to Kaz Robertson’s work. In her jewellery, she sets magnets with resin so that pieces can be easily changed. Kaz sees each piece as a wearable toy and hopes the versatility will suprise and
Plus you can be re-assured that no two will ever be the same. Lovingly made and gorgeous to wear…one will never be enough! Please note: Each piece is a handmade one-off so designs will vary from images.
amuse to provide a diversion from everyday stress and boredom. Kaz believes colour is an essential element in her work. Layering translucent resin over opaque helps achieve a richer finish and a wider colour range. 24
Jewellery L-r: Silver encased pendant on leather: £95 | encased pendant: £95
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L-r: Raspberry brooch (silver and formica) : £230 | leafdrop earrings (oxidised silver) : £56
Stitch and silver
Susan kerr
Laura Bradshaw-Heap is the designer behind Stitch and Silver; her work is inspired by her years of growing up in theatre during pantomime season and her self confessed “magpie ability to collect anything that sparkles.” She draws inspiration from old
Susan’s work has become a Biscuit Factory favourite; her work is unashamedly decorative taking it influences from floral imagery and patterns using the motif’s of Art Nouveau and Art Deco. Many pieces in the range recapture the feminity of the
button boxes, recycled fabrics and found objects. The idea that so called “useless” items can be turned into something “useful” is her impetus. Resin is used to fix the contents creating a glass like effect and giving the impression of movement inside.
time, whilst updating it with a moden twist to create a new interpretation. Precious metals, mainly silver, are combined with leather, formica, mother of pearl or semi-precious beads to create beautiful hand-made jewellery.
Printmaking Morning mist | £230 | Etching | 50cm x 50cm
After the storm | £230 | Etching | 50cm x 50cm
Orange sky over the city | £230 | Etching | 50cm x 50cm
Louise davies Louise Davies was born in 1963. She was brought up in the South-West of England, mainly living in Bath. She now lives in Blackheath in London. She works from her studio in Brixton which she shares with four other professional artists.
Louise’s work is concerned with places and landscapes she has visited from the past and present. She is also interested in the natural light and the effect it has on the landscape. Her paintings and prints evolve from sketches and ideas from which she then works on in her
studio. Often she will not know how the end product will appear. The strong individual lines she uses, along with the vibrant colours is intuitive to her, developed from years of putting images together in a visual field.
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Printmaking Birdman (detail) | ÂŁ150 | Photo etching with drypoint | 21cm x 60cm
Custard Cream (detail) | ÂŁ50 | Etching | 7cm x 7.5cm
Theresa pateman Theresa has been working as a printmaker and freelance illustrator since leaving art college in 1983. She has worked in many different
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printmaking media; soft-ground etching being her preferred method of choice. She works from a narrative perspective, often depicting animals and city scenes.
She teaches printmaking part-time at Hampstead School of Art and at The Institute Art Centre, East Finchley. She has a studio in Kilburn.
Theatre Royal gallery with The Biscuit Factory
The Biscuit Factory has collaborated with Newcastle’s Theatre Royal to create a permanent exhibition space in the Theatre’s foyer. To celebrate this joint venture, we have asked some of our most valued artists to create a work featuring the Theatre Royal. The original paintings will be exhibited and available to buy at The Biscuit Factory as part of our Summer Show, while limited edition prints of the works will be on display at the Theatre Royal. We are very excited about this fantastic project and hope you will visit the gallery space during your next visit to the Theatre.
Photography Scotland’s edge 3 | £295 | 39cm x 39cm
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Scotland’s edge 2 | £295 | 39cm x 39cm 3
Posts blyth 3 | £295 | 30cm x 30cm
Storm tree alnmouth | £295 | 30cm x 30cm
Steve mayes
Lee frost
Steve Mayes is a very successful photographer known particularly for his dramatic images of architecture and the landmarks of the North East. This new collection of photographs sees Steve exploring new territory with beautiful images of abstract rock formations. These were taken on a trip to the Isle of Eriska, a small Scottish island near Oban. The photographs were all taken on the same day along a single stretch of coastline no more than a mile in length.
Lee frost has spent many years shooting the classic views and locations of the north east in glorious colour. In his new series Time and Tide Lee has created a collection of images which he hopes will reveal the North East coast in quite literally a different light. The key to these images lies in the use of long exposures – anything from a couple of minutes to 15 minutes – which allows him to record the passing of time rather than simply freezing it. Stationary elements in a scene remain sharp and full of detail, while moving elements – primarily sea and sky – are reduced to soft washes of tone.
Photography Damsel in distress | £175 | 20cm x 25cm
hysteria goes wild | £250 | 72cm x 58cm
Amie nowlan Amie Nowlan’s photographs are reminiscent of cinema stills from low budget horror and monster movies. Her creative and playful images are made with pinhole cameras and
challenge the traditional role of photography as a conveyor of truth. Amie’s images are open to interpretation and allow the viewer to provide their own narrative.
In Amie’s images, dinosaurs rampage through city streets and do battle with soldiers while aliens creep up on unsuspecting lovers.
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MA glass 16thjuly postgraduate glass and ceramics university of sunderland Isabelle bognard | Sublimity 1
Opening on Thursday 16th July, the eagerly awaited University of Sunderland Postgraduate Glass and Ceramics exhibition celebrates its eighth year at The Biscuit Factory. The annual end of year exhibition is a chance for the public, galleries and art collectors to spot new talent from the acclaimed Glass and Ceramics Department based in the National Glass Centre. 31
Eleanor bird | Door
The University of Sunderland has an international reputation for being a key centre of excellence for glass and ceramics with state of the art facilities, which these students have used in the creation of their artworks. The department attracts students from around the world resulting in a diverse cultural mix. For example, this exhibition features works by students from China, the USA and Switzerland as well as the UK.
Rachel welford | Mirror branches
Students also join from varied creative and career backgrounds including Glass, Ceramics, and Fine Art. As usual, this year’s exhibition is curated by renowned historian, Professor Sylva Petrova. Many of the works in the exhibition at The Biscuit Factory will be available for sale. Exhibiting artists: Louise Attley, Eleanor Bird, Isabelle Bongard, Julie Cockburn, Shaun Griffiths, Crispian Heath, Yi Peng, Jessica Smith, Rachel Welford, Li Zhe.
Top left: yi peng: keyboard abacus white | top right: crispian health: big blue wedge | bottom left: jessica irena smith: small sheep coloms tower of sheep | bottom right: julie cockburn: ?????
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The Biscuit Factory is pleased to announce the launch of our redesigned website.
Building upon our existing site, we are now able to offer you the chance to experience the gallery from the comfort of your own home. You can take the opportunity to tour our main exhibition spaces, choose a meal for your next visit to the Byker Vista CafĂŠ or browse our catalogue of images and events. For the first time you will have the opportunity to purchase work online. From paintings to ceramics, photography to sculptures, we will now be able to show you the full range of work we have on display. We will also feature news on talks, events and workshops within the gallery. As the gallery continues to grow, so too will the web site, offering a more dynamic experience for your visit to The Biscuit Factory. Keep up to date with all our latest news by going to www.thebiscuitfactory.com.
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26 Gail mason | Ocean 1 (detail) | ÂŁ180 | silksreen print | 55cm x 55cm