New Ashgate Gallery champions the best of contemporary art and craft providing an unparalleled resource in Farnham, Surrey and beyond
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The Spring Craft Collection presents a curated range of unique, local and nationally renowned craft. Treat yourself to something new for your home or buy gifts for your loved ones. Pop in, browse and shop away from the crowds. You'll be supporting a local gallery and small creative artist businesses if you do, as well as finding something special.
We are delighted present a new collection of:
Ceramics by: Lucy Burley, Arjan van Dal, Georgie Gardiner, Emma Godden, Ken Eardley, Bérengère Noyau, Alison Proctor and Ali Tomlin.
Jewellery by: Holly Suzanna Clifford, Rachel Jones, Ulli Kaiser and Tracy Wilson.
Textiles by: Claire Armitage and Helen Chatterton and many more...
Eco-resin, Paint, Silver
Ref: 114628
£52.00
Holly describes herself as an Art Jeweller, crafting pieces of delicate and detailed wearable art that celebrates the curious attraction we have to plants and the natural world. Encompassing ideas from outside the realm of jewellery, her work draws from illustration, great painters such as Monet and Klimt, as well as from old dioramic books. Drawing and painting are an integral part of her creative process so she has developed ways to incorporate them into the jewellery itself.
Her work is inspired by both the beauty and chaos of gardens, being drawn to glasshouses and how these structures contrast against the abundance of botanical life trapped within. Holly focusses on scenes inside greenhouses, capturing the foggy nature of the glass and the foliage pressed up against the glass. She strives to capture the beauty of this combination using hand-painted scenes encased in resin, often combined with minimal metalwork or intricately pierced sheet. The translucent nature of the materials allows light to penetrate and play through the pieces; highlighting details within the paintwork and reflecting the layered, ephemeral elements of glasshouses. The methods used in the production of her work mean that each piece is a completely unique item of wearable art.
2016 BA (Hons) Jewellery Design & Related Products, Birmingham City University School of Jewellery
New Ashgate Gallery
Waggon Yard, Farnham GU9 7PS