Tim Major

Alex Harley a www.lexandraharley.co.uk Inspired by the diverse physicalities inherent to bronze, wood, ceramic, paper and stone, and enjoy probing their strengths, limits and contradictions. Each material functions as both a starting point and a process, a core element and a guiding rhythm, through which I seek to capture and elucidate fleeting moments. The making process with each material offers challenges as I develop compound constructions with airways through the sculpture, playing as necessary a role as the material. The pulsing relationships between forms advance the interchange between each element within the sculptures as a whole. This sense of internal movement is crucial in my work, inhabiting and enlivening the complex forms of my sculptures.

Louisa Crispin www.louisacrispinart.co.uk The FlightPath series explores the materiality of graphite media whilst considering the plight of our less popular insects. The narrative is focused on wildlife corridors, the importance of a network of routes between habitats to ensure diversity, and aims to resolve the the tension between abstraction and figuration while encouraging open discussion. These concertina sculptures have focused my attention on the barriers to nature as I catch glimpses of insects between the folds and struggle to find empty space to draw a wasp within the marks. It’s become a metaphor for the struggle in nature. Words are not yet formed around Passage. It’s a visceral response to the materials and the moment that may or may not become along conversation

Marek E Olszewski www.emczek.com “My new mixed media style has been self-discovered and self-developed in the lockdowns of 2021. Having a lot of time on my hands, I started to experiment with concrete, gold leaf, acrylic mediums and resin, but still connected with photography. The series contains sculptures and 2D work, merging rough industrial materials with something as precious as 24ct gold leaf. The photographs used in the series are mostly aerial, depicting light-shadow play and fascinating patterns of the vast natural world”.

Tim Major Tim Major is an Etcher, Illustrator and Cartoonist. He is a member of the Greenwich Printmakers Association. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including The Observer, New Statesman and the Radio Times, and he has worked as a storyboard artist at Saatchi Advertising. During 2020/21 Tim produced this series of covid-themed cartoons, three of which were published in The Critic magazine. “The pangolin soup and the PPE sourcing with the plague mask are particularly good. But all are remarkable observations on a bizarre year.” - Professor Karol Sikora, former head of cancer research at the World Health Organization.