Honor Surie


I studied graphics for three years and then worked in advertising, later studied ceramics at Richmond followed by an Open University course in glaze composition.


I went on to teach in further and higher education at the same time as running a ceramics business. In the 90's I concentrated on sculpture, developing skills and exploring materials new to me, and producing works for public commissions in clay, bronze, carved stone and resin.

Painting has been constant throughout the years, exhibiting in solo and joint shows. Works on canvas began with figurative oils, but gradually became abstracts, now, using acrylic; both forms of painting seem to be merging.

In 2000 I enjoyed returning to study, with a postgraduate course at Norwich School of Art and Design. This gave me the time and opportunity to explore and also to work with film. I continue to mostly paint and enjoy having solo shows and use whatever materials facilitate the outcome of the project.

Marjoke Henrichs




Born in Haarlem, The Netherlands. Currently living in Orford, England. I paint, am a photographer, write and illustrate children's picture books and design for theatre.


 

The inspiration for my work comes from arable landscapes, exploring the balance between the natural and the cultivated, in addition to the River Orwell. My paintings depict the underlying energies; above and below, the stories seen in rock, soil, vegetation and water, and the memories and signs left by people over time who used the land and the river from ancient time to present.


Later work shows the transition from living in an environment surrounded by fields and close to the river, to the centre of town, combining different energies, colours, textures and sounds with memories of large open skies, ploughed fields and the river. 

 

Tobias Ford


I aim to capture the subtle communicative properties of the body. Whilst making these figures I connect with a character or personality through the pose.

 Getting into the pose myself enables me to see how it feels, find the weight and make the figure by transferring into the sculpture how I physically feel. The building up of small fragments and unifying them into a form enables ambiguity to lead my eye.’


Tobias Ford is a British sculptor. He mainly sculpts figurative works of art from steel, welding fragments together using a self-developed method. He also exhibits art works from wire and plaster, playing on his intuitive manner of sculpting. Referred to as 'one of the most promising artists', HCA, capturing intent or movement, as well as the line of form and weight of gravity, inspire him.


He accepts work on commission, and exhibits nationally and internationally. After graduating from the Hereford College of Arts (HCA) in Applied Fine Arts, he set up a studio in Butley and has been a practicing artist since.

Contact Tobias at tobias_ford@hotmail.com for any queries, commissions, sales or representation.

Ben Hucklesby - Silversmith



Caro Burberry

“My work is concerned with themes of nature connectedness and identity; It explores a sense of joined destiny and belonging between humans and the rest of the natural world.” – Caro Burberry MRSS*

Biography

Caro Burberry grew up surrounded by the fields and woodlands of rural Buckinghamshire, and later Suffolk, that provided her with a deep and enduring connection to nature. 

A lifelong artist with a strong background in printmaking and drawing, she received a classical training at The Frink School of Figurative Sculpture, where her mentors included Alan Thornhill and Peter Randall-Page RA. While studying, her work began attracting attention and her first life-size sculpture – bronze Emerging Woman - was purchased for St Michael’s Hospice near Hereford. 

Caro discovered her love for creating sculpture in hot-poured metal while working collaboratively with fine art foundries and museums in the UK and USA. “I have a hand in all processes from sketch to sculpture whether the artwork is small, life-size or beyond. The scale of my work is dictated by theme, unfolding ideas and where I am in the world.”

Caro’s sculptures cast in bronze and iron are commissioned and exhibited worldwide.



*Elected Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors

Meryem Siemmond

 

I especially enjoy the physical act of carving and sculpturing stone. Surface textures affect the material and give it sensual forms, allowing human expression to be unleashed onto it. Often I let the raw materials guide me, choosing to harmonise my design with what’s already there, though sometimes it’s a design idea that leads me to pick the right materials.

 

I have found working with stone intensely enjoyable and deeply engaging, whether that’s representing living creatures or exploring more abstract relationships in symbolic, philosophical form. It is almost a process of meditation, which encourages a more intuitive approach within an understanding of nature itself. Each stone, slate or wood has a beauty of its own.


Dan Hussey


I started my business in 1993 after studying three dimensional design at Newcastle Upon Tyne Polytechnic. Most of the components in my designs are steam bent from green wood, and that is one of the reasons that I like to use coppiced wood. I split the logs myself instead of using a sawmill to cut them up. Coppiced wood is the traditional source of wood for chair makers. I like to try out new ideas to make a better chair, although I still admire the best traditional designs.

Nicola Atchley



Collecting objects is important to my work, old tools from markets, rusty hooks from boatyards, these are my souvenirs. I take them home, study, draw, etch plates and print them. The process of etching plates itself creates similar eroded results to that found on these pieces and it’s in this that I seek to reproduce and represent, reflecting where possible their history. This is an act of translation.


I gather stones whilst walking on the beaches of Suffolk, Portugal and the Outer Hebrides. I am interested in the textures of these rocks that have been weathered and eroded that make up the coastlines.


Ceramics: Geraldine Gerard

 Geraldine Gerard


Through out her life she was a prolific ceramicist and creator of porcelain sculptures.  All of these works were her children and as such were never for sale.


Now, with help from Craig and Gus they are made extraordinary in Bronze.