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2nd December 2005
Who’d have thought that it’s only been three years since The Biscuit Factory opened it’s doors? Since that time we have become a major contributor to
THE SILVER SHOW
2nd December 2005 29th January 2006 With Christmas fast approaching, we felt it was time to add some seasonal sparkle to The Biscuit Factory. With this thought in mind, over the last few months the curatorial team have set out on a search for the best of Britain's contemporary silversmiths, jewellers and metalworkers. The resulting exhibition is an exciting showcase of both up-and-coming and well-established fine metal artists from across the country, with work ranging from the delicate to the dramatic, including beautiful jewellery, intriguing vessels, sculptural pieces and traditional silversmith work. This is a unique opportunity to see a carefully selected show of the country's most progressive metal artists and a chance to purchase something special for the festive season.
the region’s continued transformation as a centre of creativity and culture. It’s been a fantastic journey for everybody involved at The Biscuit Factory and we are extremely proud of this diverse showcase exhibition that combines The Silver Show, Helen Rondell and an exciting selection of new paintings .
The success of our business would not have been possible without the fantastic support of our artists, customers and of course the dedicated and passionate team here at The Biscuit Factory. To celebrate please join us on Friday 2nd December for our special preview night between 6.00pm and 9.00pm.
Andy, Ramy and Marilyn.
PAINTINGS 2nd December 2005 26th February 2006
Experience new expressionism, the cinematic, the mystical and the surreal all in this stunning collection featuring:
Taras Gladyrenko | Gernot Kissel | Richard Davidson Lindsay Simmons | Noel Bensted | Sergey Belov
THE GRADUATE SHOW 12th January 2006 26th February 2006
Once again The Biscuit Factory opens its doors to showcase the talent of newly graduated art students. Come and see this exciting selection of work, in many different media, by some of the best young talent in the North East.
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3RD ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
ALANCRAXFORD NATASHACURTIS SHONACARNEGIE LIZCLAY DIANEWATSON ANGELACORK
NATASHACURTIS Natasha’s creations are tactile and adjustable so that the wearer is able to adapt them to suit their mood. For example the neckpieces can be worn in a number of ways: long, short or even behind and down one’s back. This allows a certain freedom; the piece becomes more than just another item of jewellery. Natasha wants us to view it as a piece of art.
DIANNEWATSON ALANCRAXFORD Alan Craxford has been working in the area of contemporary jewellery for over 30 years. His creations stand out for their high quality finish which gives them unique brilliant reflections. His “Sushi and Sake set” was developed after a stay in a Japanese Buddhist temple. It links Eastern style food and drink with Western style materials and techniques. Craxford began developing his “Celestial Spinning
Bowls” last year. These seek to express and balance two different types of energy, one light radiating from the sun, the other lightning from storm clouds. Like the Tibetan spinning wheels these purely decorative bowls are designed to be gently spun on their stone basis. Their highly polished centre appears to stay still while the engraved decorated rim seems to spiral out, thus animating the idea and concept that the piece represents
Dianne Watson is a young but accomplished artist whose work has found its way to many galleries round the country. Dianne has been endeavouring to make Silverware that is affordable and usable for most occasions and people. Her Signature piece the “Decanter with the Glass Stopper” is hand raised from sheet silver, the glass stopper made by grinding and shaping layers of coloured glass. Her work is tactile, exciting and useable at the same time.
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Shona works from St. Jean d’Aulps in France, She works predominately in silver and 18ct gold using an etching and enamelling process. Her inspiration comes from travels to India, Mexico and Peru as well as a fascination for tactile objects and the spirit of movement.
Liz is a local artist who works as a silversmith and a stone carver. In the creation of her work Liz uses metal, stone, wood and glass. She endeavours to augment the nature of the material with minimum apparent intervention. Familiarity with the medium brings an opportunity to take risks and enhance or change appearances in an unpredictable way, resulting in small, tactile objects with a grand character.
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SHONA CARNEGIE
Angela’s work explores the physical and rational boundaries that we place on silver objects and what types of objects should or should not be. She surprises us with her functional work, architectural exercises about balance, weight and proportion. Angela Cork creates beautiful object D’art, her exhibits will be the talking point of many a viewer.
BRYONYKNOX Bryony produces a wide range of semi-functional objects from puppets to brooches, all of which have movement as an intrinsic part of the design. Her work is based on a love of storytelling, movement and colour. The wonderfully humorous yet slightly macabre world of vaudeville, circus and Punch & Judy have provided recent inspiration. The mythical beasts found in Greek
legends and heraldry also intrigue her. She enjoys making visually intricate, articulated metal objects, which she wants the observer to touch and play with, discovering unexpected movement or metalwork details as they handle them. Bryony works in silver and copper, brass and steel, utilising their different colour combinations and patination to enhance the richness of the object.
BRYONY KNOX | REBECCA WALKLETT
REBECCAWALKLETT Rebecca is a metal smith who uses the technique of press forming to create vases and vessels. The themes of Rebecca’s work are the delicate quality and the colour and her creations are based on what she finds on the beaches of the British coastline. The work is on a scale that invites the viewer to pick up and examine these lovely curious pieces.
Helen has drawn inspiration for her work from a variety of areas. During her travels in Southwestern United States she visited a number of Pueblo Potteries in New Mexico, and was especially taken by the shapes and designs produced by Martina Martinez and her descendants particularly Native American wedding vases. "I wanted to capture the quality of their style, handmade pieces giving the impression of something quite precious but without being highly glazed." “I find Raku an exciting way of firing, and I feel that it makes each piece quite
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individual, as the 'cracks' have a life of their own.� Helen has been working with resist slips for a number of years, hand building all her designs using coiling, pinching and then utilising her own press moulds. She lightly burnishes all her work giving a matt finish that is reminiscent of the pebbles found on the beach. She also adds detailed texture or line designs to emphasise the various forms in her work. Helen's work is currently held in private collections in China, Canada, and USA and all over Europe.
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TARAS GLADYRENKO (1960) Ukraine Gladyrenko works from his studio in the central part of Kiev, Ukraine. His main theme is the portrayal of people in different situations. The artist likes to watch and examine the world with an ironic and philosophical approach, considering life a delicate mixture of drama and comedy as a result. Gladyrenko has a story to tell in each picture. He challenges the viewer to identify the complexity within the relations of his characters, as the situations are often real and familiar to us. This is beautiful work that will make you smile and ponder, cleverly made images that will stay with you.
TARAS GLADYRENKO | What’s on your Mind (detail)
TARAS GLADYRENKO | A chess lesson
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TARAS GLADYRENKO | Anticipation (detail)
GERNOTKISSEL GERNOT KISSEL | Open Kimono (detail)
GERNOT KISSEL | Half nude on Red (detail)
His still-life’s and landscapes are strong and bold expressionist works with vibrant colour and stark line. KISSEL is better known, however, for his female nudes or portraits which are painted with an almost disconcerting bold assurance. His female figures have a direct and powerful sensuality and force the observer to admire them. These paintings are like a love for women. Gernot KISSEL's work has been exhibited and collected widely throughout the Continent with a growing reputation in England after his solo exhibitions in London in 1997, 1999,2001 and 2004. His paintings are in Museums and shown in various European Galleries and private collections.
GERNOT KISSEL | Nathalie sleeping (detail)
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Born in Germany in 1939, Gernot Kissel first studied and worked in architecture and engineering. He started painting at the age of 18 and he has continued to live and work with his wife Sonja in Germany and Switzerland.
RICHARDDAVIDSON Davidson is a graduate of Wimbledon School of Art. He has had many group and solo shows and won the BHF Bank small painting competition in 1998. His work depicts recognisable objects (often items of clothing) on isolated, unadorned backgrounds. The images often recall his prior career as a solicitor in the City: formal polished shoes, ties, shirts and suits. The paintings want to bring forward issues such as loss of identity, corporate uniformity and clothing as uniform. Davidson hopes that each person will bring their own associations with them when viewing these images of ordinary items.
RICHARD DAVIDSON| Two pairs of shoes (detail)
LINDSAY SIMMONS LINDSAY SIMMONS| Ingres Parquet (detail)
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Lindsay is an artist of obvious wit and humour, her work is a juxtaposition of old and new, a wry statement about women’s roles. The painting process begins with the selection of images of “old master paintings” such as Vermeer, Raphael and Ingres, who traditionally viewed women as objects of beauty. The images are put against strange surfaces created from dust and detritus of the home, it reflects Lindsay’s dual identity of artist/ homemaker and mother. She aims to question the nature of work and value. The nature of the gaze is the key element in the work, Simmons wants to make the viewer self-conscious in the act of looking. The results are paintings of exquisite craftsmanship which exude great warmth and intelligence. It is easy to be seduced by these beautiful paintings.
SERGEY BELOV Sergey was born in 1971 in Krasnodar, and graduated in 1998 from Moscow Academy of Art. Since 1995 he has been a member of the UNESCO International Federation of Artists. Since 2001 Sergey has been a member of the International Art's Fund. Sergey Belov's compositions are not just landscapes or still lives. They are shining and breathing and movement of light and colour - in a word, he searches for his own painterly expression of the world's most subtle hues full of emotions.
SERGEY BELOV| Men reading (detail)
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NOEL BENSTED Noel takes his inspiration from the boxing ring to his many trips to Cuba capturing the young, contemporary cafĂŠ society. He paints with a filmic quality freezing moments in time, creating visual reminders of John Singer Sargent and a young Ken Howard Noel ‘s work shows a dear interest in how the role of masculine and feminine can be seen to be played out in these captured instances of time.
NOEL BENSTED| Dominatrix (detail)
RICHARD WALLACE After training and working as a graphic designer he found himself drawn more and more towards painting. Finally he took the plunge and first exhibited with the Portland Gallery in Manchester. While with them he took part in the "New Artist" exhibitions at the National Theatre in London. In the early 1980’s he was presented with the "Young Artist Award" from the Manchester Academy of Fine Art.
RICHARD WALLACE| Resurrection (detail)
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GALLERY
DAVIDSHANNAHAN | Eclipse (detail)
Cut me Out| Coloured drawing| 84cmX107cm| £1250
Another River| Oil| 16cmX97cm| £650
Audrey Hepburn| Tall Thin Standing| Oil| 120cmX92cm| £545
LIZZIEROWE
JAMESEDWARDS
MARKHUGHES
MICHAELPECKITT
Bracelets| £65+£40
CHRISTINERELTON ANDTOMMARINE
Sundown| Oil| 100cmX100cm| £1050
Relax| Print | 80cmX80cm | £295
KATE VANSUDDESE
Bracelet| £68
YVONNEGILBERT
MARLENEMCKIBBIN
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Farne Isle 6| Oil| 107cmX109cm| £1950
The Mightly One| Oil | 70cmX70cm| £1040
Acrylic on glass| 102cmX68cm | £950
KRASTYO TODOROV
ALEX PEARL
Way down yonder| Mixed Media | 113cmX92cm| £1350
DAVE BARDEN
DAVIDWILSON
Chocolate Spread| Print | 70cmX59cm| £300
Galloping Horse, Running Man| Print| 63cmX59cm| £215
SARAH-JANESZIKORA
TREVORPRICE
Small Cane bowl| Glass| £285
CHARLIEMCPHERSON
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St.Kilda approaching Hirta| Watercolour| 115cmX97cm| £1475
Beach at Old Heartly| Oil | 77cmX57cm| £1040
Evening Stroll| Oil | 67cmX48cm| £380
WALTERHOLMES
GERARDTUNNEY
North Pier| Mixed Media | 53cmX53cm| £350
KEVINHOLDAWAY
MARKHALL
EMMAHOLLIDAY
Popping Out| £1150
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Millennium Bridge| Lino cut | £395
Life imitating Art 2| Print | 65cmX78cm| £260
Pink Nanobots| Mixed Media | 53cmX53cm| £200
MYCHAELBARRETT
NATALIEBELL
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Necklace| £260
MEGLENG YU-LANBURKMAR Flower Necklace| £141
Stacking perfume bottle| Glass| £80
MARTINANDREWS
KATHERINECAMPBELL-LEGG MOXONAND SIMM Brooch| £94
SHIMARACARLOW Acorn Cup Ring| £130
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Necklace| £200
THEGRADUATESHOW 12th January - 26th February 2006
An exciting selection of work from recent graduates from the Universities of Newcastle and Northhumbria. JEAN DICKSON
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WEDDING LISTS
The Biscuit Factory is at the forefront of creativity and has a light, airy ambience that sets the scene for whatever discussions lie ahead. You can hire rooms, hold corporate functions within the gallery, and have drinks receptions, buffets and presentations, all surrounded by art.
Whether you want to choose your list and ask guests to purchase or contribute to certain pieces of art, or whether you would just like friends and family to make donations which will be presented as a gift voucher, anything is possible. To find out more, call the gallery at 0191 261 1103.
PORTRAIT SERVICE We now provide a popular portrait service which is ideal for anyone who is looking to buy an original, personal and extra special gift. We are open to requests and you can commission 1 of 10 resident artists of your choice.
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FRAMING Whether you've bought something from us and you would like to change the frame, or have something of your own that you would like framing, our bespoke service allows you to choose the style, colour and size that best suits your taste.
Have you got a special gift to buy, but can't think what? If so, commissioning an artist from The Biscuit Factory could be the perfect solution for you.
GIFT WRAPPING
GIFT VOUCHERS
CARDS
If you want to give someone a present to remember, you'll be pleased to know we offer a popular gift voucher service.
Make someone’s day with a creative card from the Biscuit Factory. Choose from hundreds of original designs, including beautifully crafted greeting cards and
The Biscuit Factory offers a popular and inexpensive gift wrapping service to make your gifts even more special.
postcards featuring contemporary art from the Gallery.
CAFE
We have recently opened the Byker Vista Café with stunning views over the Ouseburn Valley to the River Tyne and Byker. It is open from 10 - 5 Tuesday to Saturday and 11 - 5 Sunday and Monday. It is a great place to meet up with friends or just to relax over a cup of coffee and cake while you think about where that painting or sculpture will go in your house.
BARN@THE BISCUIT With an award-winning combination of stunning cuisine, impressive service and a friendly atmosphere, all surrounded by cutting-edge art, barn@the biscuit is a must. To make a reservation, call 0191 2303338.
ART PURCHASE PLAN Interest Free credit on the Own Art Purchase plan is available at The Biscuit Factory.
THE BISCUIT FACTORY is so much more than a place to browse and buy art. We've got a convenient and professional framing service, stylish conference facilities, a stylish café with terrace, a mouth-watering restaurant, plus many other versatile services. Take a look at what's on offer, and if you still can't see what you're searching for, don't hesitate to call us because our doors are always open to creative ideas, no matter how large or small they may be. MAILING LIST Be one of the first to find out about forthcoming events at the Biscuit Factory. Just send your name, address telephone number and e-mail address to art@thebiscuitfactory.com or to the address below and we’ll keep you posted. OUR WEB-SITE www.thebiscuitfactory.com is a great way to preview artist’s work before you take a trip down to Stoddard Street. It is also a quick and easy way to find out about the events and exhibitions at The Biscuit Factory from the comfort of your home. OPENING HOURS Sunday and Monday 11.00am till 5.00pm Tuesday to Saturday 10.00am till 8.00pm Entrance is Free. Editor’s Notes Location : Ten minutes walk north of the Quayside and the Millennium Bridge (see map) Nearest metro: Manors FRESH MAGAZINE PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR. NEXT ISSUE AVAILABLE MARCH 2006. DISTRUBUTED THROUGHOUT NORTH ENGLAND ALL INFORMATION CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINT. DESIGN| BRANDING BY NAME WWW.NAME-SITE.COM GALLERY PHOTOGRAPHY BY SASA SAVIC WWW.SASASAVIC.COM PRINTED BY BAKE © 2005 THE BISCUIT FACTORY
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