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North Somerset Embroidery and Textile Group Textile Art North Somerset Embroidery and Textile Group Textile Art North Somerset Embroidery and Textile Group Textile Art 1/1 We are a local embroidery and textile group and meet on the 2nd Saturday of each month (except August) at Cleeve Village Hall. We often have external tutors at our meetings and our programme offers a mixture of traditional embroidery and modern textile workshops. For enquiries please contact Elke Davies at elkedavies@btinternet.com. Website: https://northsomersetembroideryandtextilegroup.wordpress.com/ Facebook: Instagram: Email: elkedavies@btinternet.com

Sally Mulholland Pottery by Sally Vivien Ceramics Sally Mulholland Pottery by Sally Vivien Ceramics Sally Mulholland Pottery by Sally Vivien Ceramics 1/1 Sally Mulholland is a studio potter who creates from her home and studio in Portishead. Her work varies from small aesthetic and sculptural pieces to functional pots and tableware. She is inspired by the sea, mud and landscape locally and likes to experiment with glazes and sea glass additions. She has studied with studio potters in Bristol and Glasgow as well as at Bristol Folk House, South Gloucester College and Weston College. Originally from the West Country, she lived in Scotland before ‘returning’ in 2019. She also worked as Project Leader in a pottery supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism until recently deciding to pursue her own path. Website: https://www.instagram.com/sally.vivien.pottery Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Pottery-By-Sally-Vivien/61568099125706/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sally.vivien.pottery Email: sallyvivienpottery@gmail.com

Gemma Lane Painting/Drawing Gemma Lane Painting/Drawing Gemma Lane Painting/Drawing 1/1 My name is Gemma Lane. I studied Fine Art at Oxford Brookes University in the early 2000’s and then became an Art and Photography secondary teacher for 15 years. In the evenings I would explore and experiment with acrylic paint and had one of my pieces accepted in the Bath Fringe Art Exhibition in 2011. I became a mother to 2 boys in 2013 and 2016. After my second son was born I started my business Green Fox Workshops, offering art workshops in Bath, Bristol and Somerset. I now run this full time, teaching people of all ages from ages 7 up to 87. I have returned to oils and some early conceptual ideas from my university days. Preservation, the beauty in decay and that death is inevitable. The painting ‘Beauty in death’ depicts this well and is an area I am going to explore further in my own work. I am interested in the vulnerability and fragile aspects of nature and how this can be shown. I really enjoy being outdoors and seeing the changing seasons and painting with acrylics, watercolour and chalk pastels landscapes that surround me. I love the contrast of the seasons, the intense lushness of the summer, compared to the winter, where everything is dormant and more barren. I take my own reference photos or paint plein air. Website: https://www.greenfoxworkshops.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greenfoxworkshops Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenfoxworkshops/artistgemmalane Email: greenfoxworkshops@gmail.com

Andrew Hardwick Mixed Media Andrew Hardwick Mixed Media Andrew Hardwick Mixed Media 1/1 Andrew Hardwick paints places that are lost or go unnoticed. The unspectacular, the ordinary often waste lands about to be built on. His paintings are filled with these edgeland landscapes, forgotten ruins,remote reservoirs on moorland even the occasional Amazon warehouse The work follows the romantic painting tradition and can be big sometimes over four metres long-sunsets, rain, storms also fill his textured constructions. Andrew also refers to his work as constructions, because typically they use found materials, soils on board, plastics, canvas and roofing materials. As well as of course paint, often decorators gloss. Some of his images evoke the more rural landscape that he remembers from his family farm. Now existing only in his memory or as he says ghost landscapes. The work challenges our complicated relationship with the land. Website: https://www.andrewhardwick.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrew.hardwick.161 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewhardwickart Email: severnsea4@gmail.com

Joanna Gardiner Painting/Drawing Joanna Gardiner Painting/Drawing Joanna Gardiner Painting/Drawing 1/1 I paint in oils and watercolour, predominantly Still Life but now enjoy seeking new challenges of the figurative also. Website: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drifthomedesign Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joannagardinerart/ Email: joannagardinerart@gmail.com

Exhibiting Artists Map Directions Opening Times Venue 19 Pigotts, Chelvey Batch, Brockley Artists Exhibiting Artists Claire Hall Various Professional artist exhibiting new glass art, jewellery & mixed media paintings inspired by the natural landscape. View More Map Map Pigotts, Chelvey Batch, Brockley BS48 3AP Directions and Parking Approaching from Weston-super-Mare on the A370 go through Brockley crossroads traffic lights and it’s the first right turn into small lane signposted Chelvey Batch. It’s the second house on the left. Coming from Bristol, go through Backwell and it’s the first left turn after the bus stop, signposted Chelvey Batch. Stay on the lane for approximately 1/2 mile, house is on the right nearly at end of the lane. Look out for pink balloons and flags. Directions Opening Times Venue Opening Times Saturday 3rd May Sunday 4th May Monday 5th May Tuesday 6th May Wednesday 7th May Thursday 8th May Friday 9th May Saturday 10th May Sunday 11th May 10am - 5pm 10am - 5pm 10am - 5pm 10am - 5pm 10am - 5pm 10am - 5pm 10am - 5pm 10am - 5pm 10am - 5pm Disabled Access: Yes Level access but a very slight lip going into the studio. Refreshments: Yes Tea, coffee and cake available.

Lizzie Tucker Mosaic Lizzie Tucker Mosaic Lizzie Tucker Mosaic 1/1 Professional mosaicist creating wildlife-inspired mosaics. Usually made from stained glass, these wildlife mosaics feature birds, trees and animals and are represented in vibrant, modern, flowing style. Lizzie finds that the challenge is to create a piece that looks realistic in the unforgiving medium of stained glass. As glass is very rigid, it can’t be blended like paint, and compromising on glass colour is usual as there is a finite palette. Grout is crucial in creating movement and flow. Not only where the grout goes, but also the grout colour, can break a piece apart or bring it together and this is often the hardest part. Selling internationally through ETSY (www.lamosaicgifts.etsy.com), commissions are also welcome. Website: https://www.lamosaics.co.uk Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lamosaics Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/lamosaicgifts Email: eltucker@hotmail.com

David F Cooke Photography David F Cooke Photography David F Cooke Photography 1/1 David was a keen photographer both at school and at Leeds University, where he contributed to the weekly student newspaper. After graduating and subsequently getting his PhD in combustion science, he worked in industry and local government before joining the Open University as an academic. For the next few years, photography was neglected until he was given a Nikon D70 for his birthday in 2006. The love of making images was rekindled and he concentrated his spare time in developing his photographic work. He is now a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) specialising in Visual Art and he holds an EFIAP (Excellence, International Federation of Photographic Art). He was a Trustee and member of the Council of the RPS as well as Chair of its Education Committee. He Chaired the RPS Digital Imaging Group and has been editor of three of the RPS special interest Group magazines. David’s images have won over thirty awards in international salons and exhibitions and have been accepted in over thirty countries Website: http://www.davidfcookephotography.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DavidFCooke Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidfcooke Email: davidfcooke@btinternet.com

Exhibiting Artists Map Directions Opening Times Venue 31 Simshill, Ropers Lane, Wrington Artists Exhibiting Artists Bridget Winterbourne Mixed Media Bridget is showcasing her recent paintings, fine art prints, cards, unique jewellery, cushions & hand painted vases. View More Map Map Simshill, Ropers Lane, Wrington BS40 5NH Directions and Parking Wrington High Street onto School Road, past school, 2nd left to Ropers Lane continue on to signpost to Simshill. Plenty of parking at the venue with disabled parking outside the house. Directions Opening Times Venue Opening Times Saturday 3rd May Sunday 4th May Monday 5th May Tuesday 6th May Wednesday 7th May Thursday 8th May Friday 9th May Saturday 10th May Sunday 11th May 11am - 5pm 11am - 5pm 11am - 5pm 11am - 5pm 11am - 5pm 11am - 5pm 11am - 5pm 11am - 5pm 11am - 5pm Disabled Access: No There is disabled parking right outside the building. Wheel chair access to the gallery with one step up through the door. Refreshments: No

Chris Holden Painting/Drawing Chris Holden Painting/Drawing Chris Holden Painting/Drawing 1/1 Fine art degree course at art school in the 1960s. Then trained as a paintings conservator/restorer at the Tate Gallery in London, leading to a 35 year full time career there. On retirement became involved in the anti-war movement - the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq and motivated to try and use art to make aware and communicate the truth about what was learnt as an anti-war activist from numerous differing sources. Essentially, the art became 'political'. This felt important and normal to do this, as in the 1960s was a time of significant change; - the cold war, nuclear weapons proliferation and testing, plus the Vietnam War, which politicised many of his generation. Also family background upbringing had an influence. They were quite radical and progressive, sympathetic to the Quakers. Chris was educated at an independent co-educational Quaker boarding school from the age of 12. Father was a ww2 conscientious objector & a grandmother who had been a suffragette in the early part of the 20th Century. An uncle who had been on the front line and gassed in ww1, spent the rest of his life helping children internationally affected by war. The activist art continues today engaging with the truth about serious issues; conflicts, environment and social/political. 'Political' art has often been devalued and marginalised. Website: https://www.activistartist-chrisholden.com Facebook: Instagram: Email: echolden@hotmail.com

Vivienne Hunter Painting/Drawing Vivienne Hunter Painting/Drawing Vivienne Hunter Painting/Drawing 1/1 Viv works with a range of mediums and so produces works that vary from the more abstract to more precise renderings. The common thread that runs through all her art is a bold use of colour. Viv often finds inspiration in nature but also takes the urban landscape and her travel destinations as subjects. As well as original art, Viv sells prints of her work and a popular range of greetings cards featuring her work. Website: https://www.vivhunterart.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VivHunterArt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivhunterart Email: info@vivhunterart.co.uk