Artists & Makers
Here are the 2011 artists. The list of artists for 2012 will be available from February 2012.Click on an artist name to view their profile.
1 Gilly CravenGilly makes textile pieces which are mainly wall hung using layered fabrics, yarns, paper, paint which she works with appliqué, quilting and machine embroidery to create a rich textured 3D effect ...
2 Barbara Greene
Currently concentrating on installation and 3D work, Barbara is mixing science and art references using a combination of print, bookmaking and sculpture. An interest in the social history of a Yorkshi ...
Currently concentrating on installation and 3D work, Barbara is mixing science and art references using a combination of print, bookmaking and sculpture. An interest in the social history of a Yorkshi ...
3 Helen SlingerMuch of Helen's work is inspired by landscape, the shape of a hill, the outline of a tree in winter, plants in the hedgerows. Other work draws on our textile heritage and looks at mills and their plac ...
4 Janet BrowneJanet's work is a personal record of familiar journeys she has made. She records not only the places she encounters but also the birds and plants common to those landscapes. The work evolves from both ...
5 Nicole Dickinson
Nicole draws her inspiration from her love of nature, the Earth and its creation. Using different media, ranging from oil and acrylic to watercolour on canvas and paper, she builds up texture and dept ...
Nicole draws her inspiration from her love of nature, the Earth and its creation. Using different media, ranging from oil and acrylic to watercolour on canvas and paper, she builds up texture and dept ...
6 Annwyn DeanAnnwyn draws inspiration from her collection of antique embroidery and lace fragments. She sees them as precious and provide a link with embroiderers and textile makers from the past. Currently she i ...
7 Elizabeth ShorrockElizabeth is inspired by the landscape and collects old maps and guidebooks which she tears, overprints and uses with her own photographs and added stitch to produce mixed media wall pieces. The maps ...
8 Fiona BowleyFiona studied fine art before completing technical training as a stonemason and carver. She worked within the construction industry as a freelance restoration carver and has 20 years' experience worki ...
9 Jackie HuntJackie designs and makes glass panels using traditional and contemporary techniques: painting, staining, sand-blasting, silk-screen printing and kiln-forming. She creates striking patterns, textures a ...
10 Caroline Hird-Rogers
Carolyn is inspired by the structural elements of plant forms which she photographs using macro technique. She combines graphic qualities with fossil-like imprints to create her original images. These ...
Carolyn is inspired by the structural elements of plant forms which she photographs using macro technique. She combines graphic qualities with fossil-like imprints to create her original images. These ...
11 Ailsa Lewer
Ailsa's work focuses on the human figure; drawing is central and informs work in other mediums. She develops her imagery through a lengthy process of building up and paring away marks and surfaces, us ...
Ailsa's work focuses on the human figure; drawing is central and informs work in other mediums. She develops her imagery through a lengthy process of building up and paring away marks and surfaces, us ...
12 Helen PeytonHelen is artist-in-residence at Craven Museum in Skipton, where she is currently working on contemporary linocuts from their collection. Her latest pieces include two - Record Player and Television - ...
13 David AshbyDavid's current range of contemporary hand-thrown functional ceramics, inspired by abstract painting and collage, includes mugs, jugs, vases, lidded pots and bowls of various sizes. It is slip decorat ...
14 David Cook
David is a painter/printmaker living and working in the Yorkshire Dales. His work is concerned with landscape and place. His approach, in the main, is experimental and diverse. Current work includes c ...
David is a painter/printmaker living and working in the Yorkshire Dales. His work is concerned with landscape and place. His approach, in the main, is experimental and diverse. Current work includes c ...
15 Heather Cook
Having trained in printed textile design her work has always been involved with pattern, colour and texture. Her previous work has been making jewellery out of found materials and a collection of deco ...
Having trained in printed textile design her work has always been involved with pattern, colour and texture. Her previous work has been making jewellery out of found materials and a collection of deco ...
16 Carine BrosseCarine's work is about storytelling. Her inspiration comes from the bizarre and gruesome tales of the Grimm Brothers, Perrault, Herrault, Heinrich Hoffman and Hilaire Belloc. The work is very theatric ...
