My current crafts include mixed media (Powertex), things made from maps, and cards with an outdoor pursuits theme. Inspired through a combination of many sources, many of the items I produce are one-offs and are truly unique.
Venue:
Education Institute, Arnside
Helen will only be available on the Sunday
Inspiration for my unique Brusho and silk fabric work comes from the colours and forms found in the local scenery. I have a special love for trees and the light that plays through them, their knobbly trunks, twisted roots and the distant vistas to be glimpsed through them. I also create lino prints on textile which are enhanced using Brusho dye. The effects caused by the vibrant colours migrating through the silk fabric never cease to amaze me.
Venue:
Arnside WI Village Hall
I’m an illustrator, surface pattern designer and tutor working from my home studio in Silverdale, my work is inspired by the natural world which surrounds us. At the festival I’ll be exhibiting my original collages and products featuring my illustrations.
Venue:
Woodwell Studio, Ivyleigh, Woodwell Lane, Silverdale, LA5 0TZ
Working in oil, watercolour and acrylic, Emma creates atmospheric paintings of landscapes around Lancaster and the coastline of Morecambe Bay, Arnside, Silverdale, Bowland and beyond. Through expressive mark-making, intricate detail and rich, layered colour, she captures shifting light, reflections and dramatic skies, evoking a strong sense of place, rooted in memory and resonating with others’ own experiences in nature.
Elizabeth Donaldson is a self-taught digital artist based in Arnside in the South Lakes. After ten years of owning a local gift shop, she began designing her own greeting cards, an experience which lead to creating digital artwork prints of the local area and also pet commissions and logos. Most recently she has worked on a design to celebrate to return of the clock at Carnforth Station, made famous by the 1945 film Brief Encounter and is currently working on a print inspired by White Creek at New Barns.
The pieces are handmade by different individuals who attend Nik’s pottery class. They are porcelain pieces. This class is held on a Tuesday afternoon at Arnside EI.
I am not a formally trained artist and I am sure I break many rules. Painting gives me great pleasure and if it gives other people pleasure looking at it, then I have achieved my goal.
Venue:
Storth Village HallStorth Village Hall
My abstract paintings in digital, acrylic and mixed media respond to the shifting relationship between mind, emotion and environment. Influenced by landscape, the cosmos and world events, my work draws on 23 years of exhibiting practice.
Venue:
Storth Village Hall
I make embroidered 3d framed pictures and collections of botanical sculptures inspired by gardens, old botanical books and antique artefacts. My work has appeared in many UK galleries and periodicals and for 5 years I exhibited my work at the Chelsea Flower Show.
Handcrafted jewellery, accessories and decorative items, predominantly made using cut glass crystals, semi-precious stones, pearls, silver and silver plated materials
Venue:
Arnside WI Village Hall