New Ashgate Summer Brochure 2014

The destination to view and buy the best of contemporary art and craft

Shop online at newashgate.org.uk Emma Dunbar, Primulas and Peppers

Summer

2014

Emma Dunbar A few of my favourite things

26 Ap r i l t o 14 J u n e Private view: Fri 25 April, 6-8pm

Emma Dunbar in conversation with Norma Corkish, Chair of New Ashgate Trustees, 25 April, 5.30-6pm, free admission.

Emma Dunbar, Fiona’s quinces in Judith’s bowl

Emma works on board in acrylic, occasionally incorporating collage with gold and silver leaf. Her training as a printmaker is evident both in the use of blocks of flat colour and in the scratches through surfaces that reveal pre-laid colours underneath.

Her influences come from Cornish holidays, cats and children wandering onto wet paint, beautiful fruits in the greengrocer and her growing collection of cups, mugs A much-awaited solo exhibition by

and jugs.

Emma Dunbar brings colour and

Emma’s paintings have been

bold forms to New Ashgate Gallery.

internationally reproduced in

Emma’s paintings have been painted

greetings cards, posters, limited

in Hampshire and Cornwall. She

edition etchings and fabric designs.

gathers ingredients from landscape

Emma describes her pictures as

to create colourful and recognisable

though they were a stage set: a jug

paintings. Her attraction to colour

of favourite anemones taking centre

and the decorative qualities in

stage while other elements are set

everyday objects provide the

back in their plane as painted flats

foundation for her art.

to create distant views.

Summer Craft Collection Summer Treats 10 May to 10 August

The Summer Craft Collection brings an exciting display of summer treats by a variety of emerging and established contemporary makers. Original, beautiful and affordable jewellery, textiles, ceramics and glass carefully handpicked by the gallery team to reflect a range of contemporary practices.

A special feature will focus on the work by Peter Layton, the glass maker with an excellent reputation for versatility in design and the innovative use of material and technique, including blowing, kiln forming and casting to create architectural elements and sculptures that enrich the spaces for which they are conceived.

Also presenting new work by: • Vicki Ambery-Smith

• Akiko Hirai

• Lydia Barclay

• Sian Hughes

• Ciara Bowles

• Marie Krazizky

• Fliff Carr

• Melissa Simpson

• Justine Free

• Rosie Sutcliffe

• Emily Gliddon

• May Wild Ceramics

• Meg Green

• Emma Williams

• Catherine Hicks

Peter Layton, Pink Tahiti stoneform

Ashraf Hanna, Two Vessels

Ashraf Hanna

Maker in Focus 26 April to 7 June Ashraf Hanna is an

tactile qualities of the surface and

internationally acclaimed

how this influences our ability to

ceramic artist whose work

read and comprehend a form. This is further emphasised when choosing

is concerned with exploring

the material, solid, dense ceramics

how scale, colour, texture and

or translucent glass.

material inform our perception

Ashraf is interested in lines and

and understanding of form.

spaces that develop through

The space an object occupies

forms and also their relationship

through its scale has a significant

to one another. The interaction

role in determining our relationship

between sharp and organic lines

with it. Colour, whether bright, soft,

creates subtle and sometimes

intense or vivid has a powerful effect

pronounced curves that invite the

in defining its character. Textural

eye to engage with the sculptural

treatment invites us to examine the

aesthetics of the form.

manipulation of the volume within

T h e Jewe l l e rs a n d S i l ve rs m i t h s N et wo r k (J SN)

Message - Beyond Adornment 26 April to 7 June Private view:

Members of the Jewellers and Silversmiths Network

Fri 25 April, 6-8pm

(JSN) have looked at the concept of ‘Message Beyond Adornment’ in their designs that is more

than just decorative and to express a range of ‘messages’ that are environmental, social, personal or philosophical.

The group has also worked with the public to share their views through jewellery.

JSN is run by and for its members with the aim of strengthening links and opportunities between makers in the local area around Farnham and Surrey. The skills and use of materials of the

Janet Richardson

members are diverse and numerable, creating a dynamic selection of pieces.

The exhibition will present work by Dani Crompton, Poppy Porter, Rebecca Skeels, Ruta Brown, Sarah Broadhead, Chantal Walters and Janet Richardson.

Lucy Burley Maker in Focus 14 J u n e t o 26 J u l y Private view:

After studying Ceramics at Wimbledon and

Fri 20 June, 6-8pm

Camberwell Art Schools, Lucy moved out of London and works from a studio in the

Hampshire countryside, an environment that Lucy finds a great source of inspiration. Responding to the changes in seasons, Lucy creates a feeling of harmony through simple forms and a broad but delicate colour palette.

Bowls, jugs and bottles are thrown on the wheel using white earthenware clay. Lucy finishes the vessels with a smooth earthenware glaze of her formulation, which gives an eggshell like texture. The work has a sense of timeless simplicity intended to be both decorative and functional. Lucy is inspired by the still life paintings of Italian artist Giorgio Morandi whose work featured groups of vessels, noted for their tonal subtlety.

Lucy Burley, earthenware

Hothouse 4

New Ashgate Selects 21 June to 2 August Private view: Fri 20 June, 6-8pm

In 2013, Crafts Council announced 38 makers for its sixmonth Hothouse programme from January 2014, which is

Celebrating the talent in the programme, New Ashgate Gallery

delivered in partnership across

invites twelve makers, three from

four regions: the South West,

each cohort to exhibit in the gallery’s

North, South East and Midlands.

summer exhibition that will focus on bespoke, collectable crafts, priced

Alongside the Craft Study Centre,

ÂŁ1,000 or less. While showcasing the

Farnham and Making Space,

work, the exhibition will also be a

Havant, New Ashgate Gallery has

collector opportunity for those who

been supporting the programme of

wish to buy the work and invest in

emerging makers in the South East.

new talent.

Katharina Eisenkoeck, Icon Lamps

Paula Ortega, Liminal Bangle

Visiting exhibition, 10-21 June: Borderlands Artists’ Consortium A group of professional artists from the borders of Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire.

Denise Franklin

Light - Water - Passage 28 June to 2 August

Denise mainly works in oil and acrylics on canvas and paper and enjoys the instinctive way the work comes through during the processes.

The work keeps a sense of depth but with a subtle feel. The method used for both oil and acrylic mediums are similar, approaching the work with an instinctive objective allowing for the image to evolve creating a balanced empathy between the colours and surface plains.

The paint is worked in stages allowing layers of colour to come

Denise Franklin, Morning Light

though creating rich textures thus forming an element of ambiguity which has been an important focus of her work. Denise has painted abstract seascapes and the image of the boat in a pure tranquil form that creates a fragile and ethereal quality to the work.

Opening hours Tuesday–Saturday 10am–5pm.

Free admission and groups are welcome All exhibition rooms are accessible to wheelchair users. Guide dogs are welcome.

Directions We are situated on the edge of Waggon Yard, just off Downing Street.

By road: Farnham is 11 miles southwest of Guildford, Surrey, and is clearly signposted from the A3, A31, M3 and A287. There is a pay and display car park in front of the Gallery.

The adjacent car park has four dedicated disabled parking spaces.

By rail: The Farnham Station is served

by London Waterloo. The Gallery is a five-minute walk from the station.

By bus & coach: Buses run from Farnham to surrounding towns and villages, generally every hour. For enquiries contact Traveline on 0871 2002233 or visit traveline.info The New Ashgate Gallery is an educational charity that promotes contemporary visual arts and crafts to as wide a public as possible, through a programme of changing exhibitions, projects with artists, makers, and projects of support and development delivered by the trust with local, regional, national and international partnerships and educational events.

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