RACHEL WRIGHT

Rachel Wright is a textile artist living and working in Buckinghamshire. She grew up in a creative household surrounded by her father’s paintings and engravings. She studied Fashion and Textiles at Birmingham City University, specialising in embroidery, and completed both a BA and MA before graduating in 1994.

She creates intricate textile artworks that capture the beauty of land and seascapes, as well as birds and animals. Her process begins with a sketch directly onto calico, followed by the careful selection of fabric pieces which she layers and pins into place. Then, working on a domestic sewing machine, she stitches over the pieced fabrics, blending colours and textures much like a painter with a brush and palette.

Much of Rachel’s work is inspired by the natural landscapes of the British Isles, particularly by the movement and energy of the sea and sky, using layers of fabric and thread to evoke the shifting light, swirling clouds and restless tides.

She exhibits and sells her work through exhibitions and galleries mostly in Bucks and Oxfordshire. She is a founding member of The Buckinghamshire Craft Guild where she demonstrates three times a month. She is delighted to be taking part in Bucks Art weeks this year with the fabulous group of artists at St Dunstan’s.

To see more of Rachel’s work, please visit
www.rachelwright.com
www.instagram.com/rachelsetford

To contact Rachel, please email her at
rachel@rachelwright.com

MARIAN CARTER

Marian Carter is an artist/printmaker who has lived in Buckinghamshire for many years.  She trained as a graphic designer in the early 1980s and attended a printmaking course at Amersham College in the late 1990s.  She has been printmaking ever since. 

 

Marian joined Bodenpress in 2009 where she refined her printmaking skills with help from Helen Boden. She uses several different techniques including etching, collagraph, polymer etching and screen printing but specialises in reduction linocutting. 

 

Her subject matter is diverse and includes cars, trains, people and still life, as well as landscapes, animals and birds. The National Trust recently used some of Marian’s designs for a set of notecards depicting British birds. 

 

Marian has had her work in many exhibitions and galleries, both locally and in London. Marian is delighted to be exhibiting with the talented group of artists at St Dunstan’s Church this year. 

To see more of Marian's work, please visit

www.mariancarterart.co.uk

www.instagram.com/mariancarterartatazile

To contact Marian, please email her at
marian.carter@rebelam.co.uk

HAZEL GODFREY

Hazel is a willow artist and contemporary basketmaker.  Using traditional and contemporary basketmaking techniques, Hazel creates work that celebrates nature’s bounty and our natural environment. 

She makes commissioned work for private and corporate clients.  This work includes large sculptural pieces.  She also makes smaller sculpture and baskets, decorative and functional for both home and garden.

Hazel grows her own willow which provides for the majority of her weaving.  She also uses other natural materials such as cane, bark, leaves and found items.

She is a member of the Basketmakers’ Association, the Buckinghamshire Craft Guild, Visual Images Group, and Hertfordshire Visual Arts.

Hazel has exhibited on a Gold Award winning stand at Chelsea Flower Show.

To see more of Hazel's work, please visit 

www.hvaf.org.uk/galleries/hazel-godfrey

To contact Hazel, please email her at 

hazelgodfreyart@gmail.com

 

DENISE PURDY

Denise is a printmaker using traditional printmaking techniques to create modern, abstract hand-pulled prints in small limited editions.  Many of the prints are numbered as part of Variable Editions; this means that each print is slightly different and unique.

Her work explores qualities of mark making with layers of tone, texture, colour and light. She enjoys the spontaneous and intuitive process of monotype printing.  When combined with other techniques, it allows for experimentation, keeping the results fresh and often unpredictable.

She exhibits regularly with other printmakers as part of Bodenpress. 

To see more of Denise's work, please visit

www.denise-purdy.com

www.instagram.com/deniseforno

To contact Denise, please email her at

deniseforno@gmail.com

STEVE KEENE

Steve is a wood carver and turner who works with native hardwoods.  He is inspired by wildlife and plant forms, many observed when volunteering with the local Wildlife Trust.

Steve hand cuts incised lettering for house signs and commemorative plaques.  He also produces turned bowls and platters adorned with carving and lettering.  These are often commissioned as bespoke, personalised gifts which will, in time, become heirlooms.

To see more of Steve's work, please visit
www.steve-keene-woodcarvings.site123.me
www.instagram.com/steve.keene.woodcarving

To contact Steve, please email him at
steve_keene@icloud.com

CHRIS INDER

Chris’s ceramics reflect her love of making and her enjoyment in exploring form, texture and colour.

For the Heritage jugs and pots, she makes plaster moulds from her collection of old pewter ware and then casts in porcelain. The firing and glazing process highlights the etched decoration which, faded on the worn pewter, now comes to the fore. This collection brings a contemporary feel to traditional pieces.

Other work is either hand built or thrown on the wheel. It might be textured with natural or found objects from wild flowers to lace, or decorated with hand-drawn images or paper cut stencils and slips.

Chris describes her style as calm and understated, showing the best of the qualities of the porcelain she uses. Her work is tactile, functional and has a strength which belies its delicateness.

To contact Chris, please email her at
chris.inder@gmail.com