Action on Hearing Loss
Educational Day Service supports adults who are deaf with additional needs in activities including art, ceramics, woodwork, craft and more. We produce a range of items that are on sale onsite; many of which use recycled materials from donations. We are the only Day Service of its kind in the country for the charity.
This year we will also be showing a wide selection of work by our talented staff and volunteers including a live jazz and swing singer with swing dance demonstrations on Saturday and spinning wheel demonstrations all day on Sunday plus drop-spindle spinning workshops – please book in advance for workshops.
workshopsales@hearingloss.org.uk
www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/workshopproducts
Rosa Alonghi
Exhibiting at Action on Hearing Loss
Watercolours, inks, pencil. General illustration.
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Bridget Baker
Exhibiting at the Widcombe CofE Junior School
Having studied Zoology early in my career, animals have always attracted me. After retirement, I started making small animals out of galvanised wire, which are then painted with enamel paints. Each animal takes several hours to make. They are based on photos and drawings and the enjoyment of their creation comes from making them as realistic as possible with the minimum of lines. The most popular subjects are farm and domestic animals, particularly people’s pets but I also make a wide range of other mammals, many birds and also fish, frogs and reptiles. Commissions are undertaken from customers’ photos.
Catherine Beale
Watercolour workshops for adults and children, on Saturday at Widcombe Junior School and on Sunday at Widcombe Social Club.
Email/phone Catherine to book. Her Bath prints and cards will also be on sale.
Award-winning painter Catherine Beale creates sensitive portraits of people, architecture and animals to commission. She exhibits in galleries and as an Associate of the Society of Women Artists. Her creative watercolour workshops introduce artists to the joys of watercolour “gravity paintings”.
07891 409490
Annie Beardsley
Exhibiting at The Ram
My work reflects my long-time interest in colour in jewellery as well as unusual and recycled/repurposed materials. My aim is to make creative wearable pieces at reasonable prices. Aluminium jewellery is hand-printed and dyed, and often combined with sterling silver. I can also re-make and redesign old silver, and have made a range of unusual silver spoons. Commissions welcome.
Amanda Brown
Exhibiting at Flamingo, 7 Widcombe Parade
Amanda Brown has moved on from exhibiting in her garage studio and last year opened Flamingo in Widcombe Parade to sell her work. Flamingo is a design-led Card, Art and Gift shop offering work from artists and designers that compliments Amanda’s. Work by Amanda includes paintings on canvas featuring her trade mark cat image, photographic art and intricate framed cut outs of butterflies and other interesting shapes. Amanda has over 25 years experience of the greeting card industry and has a large range of cards, some of which have a popular local theme.
Rosemary Cassidy Buswell
Exhibiting at Widcombe Social Club
This image shows a detail from a recent painting, which I intend to use as a ‘sketch’ and paint it again on a much larger scale. The ‘details’ in a painting often happen quite naturally and spontaneously, and on further scrutiny, usually from zooming in on a photograph of the piece, invite me to recreate them for their own sake.
Jo Butts
Exhibiting at Action on Hearing Loss
07718205515
Mixed media jewellery and textiles
Carolyn Carter
Exhibiting at The Ram
Carolyn has lived and worked in and around the beautiful city of Bath for 17 years, she has since worked as an in-house artist for two greetings card publishers. Now a freelance painter, her work is rich in colour and light, often inspired by the countryside and wildlife around her. Her series of bird paintings explore their beauty and the significance of song and flight as metaphors for freedom.
Hetty Coles
Lovely handcrafted solid silver jewellery.
Janet Coles
Exhibiting at Bewdley House
Janet’s paintings are vibrant and contemporary, using liquid acrylics and collage. The work is often inspired by the Cornish coast and includes flowers and fruits. She has recently painted a series featuring Bath scenes. A few selected paintings are printed onto cards and a range of homeware; mugs, place mats, coasters, tea towels and cushions.
Caroline Crossland
Exhibiting at Bewdley House
Caroline Crossland trained as a children’s book illustrator and is most at home working with pen & ink and watercolour, but more recently has rediscovered a love of linocut printing. Her subject matter is inspired by details from local architecture seen around Widcombe, particularly front doors! She also draws on traditional typography in other designs. Linocut prints have the advantage of being affordable, enabling visitors to the Art Trail to take home an inexpensive piece of original art.
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Anne Marie Derrick
Exhibiting at Widcombe Social Club
I studied Fine Art at the Art Academy in London, graduating in 2013. I paint in oils on a range of subjects, especially Still Life and flowers. I focus on the beauty of everyday objects in my Still Life paintings. When painting flowers, I try to capture their character such as the beauty and romance of roses or the joyful colours of spring blooms.
01225 590107
Maria Carnero Diaz
Exhibiting at Action on Hearing Loss
I have fallen in love with every single kind of art and craft; I paint, work with boxes, make clocks from vinyl records and more.
Nola Edwards
Exhibiting at the Widcombe CofE Junior School
Drawings and paintings and small gifts
Brian Gibson
Multi-layered, multi-media art.
07722996881
I am a 44AD Gallery Associate and ‘Outside In’ Ambassador with a recent solo show at 44AD Gallery following a short-term studio residency there. I have exhibited throughout the Southwest as well as London. I also develop and run workshops (Art Centres, Festivals and Tate Modern) on themes such as ‘Flight’, ‘Light’ and ‘Shadow Play’. Workshops on specific artists include; Nek Chand, Alfred Wallis and Jean Dubuffet.
Liz Holden White
Exhibiting at 48 Tyning End
Lively colourful paintings in water based media, diverse subjects! Limited edition (Blank message) cards from original paintings.
01225 425873
Liz Hughes
Exhibiting at St Matthew’s
After creating the urban garden collection in 2015 I decided to broaden the subject matter of my work to include the Widcombe area. I find the history landscape and architecture of Widcombe offers a wide appeal to both local residents and visitors. I am aiming to capture scenes and moments from daily life in this part of Bath for you to all to enjoy.
Lorelei Hunt
Exhibiting at Widcombe Social Club
I make mosaics, inspired by both classical and contemporary mosaic styles. I like to use a variety of materials including broken china and found objects, such as jewellery, beads and vintage cutlery. I am always happy to discuss commissions.
Andy Kelly
Exhibiting at 29 Prior Park Road
Contemporary stained glass – bring windows to life.
Steven King
Exhibiting at Bewdley House
I upcycle books on all topics into notebooks. All materials come recycled materials. Our stock comes from salvaged books that would have gone to landfill. We also produce hand bound note books using high quality papers from different countries. Products have been sent all over the world.
01373830235
Beata Kovacs
Exhibiting at Action on Hearing Loss
Colourful wall paint decorations
Angela Lai Yen
Will be running workshops at the Widcombe CofE Junior School on Saturday
Her work and kits will be available for sale over the weekend.
Angela Lai Yen studied Surface Pattern at Swansea Metropolitan University where she specialised in stitched textiles and fine art printmaking.
Her current body of work uses linocut to create dynamic marks and striking colour combinations. She is interested in words and phrases and the simplicity of this, along with pattern, decoration and abstract shape.
Angela concentrates on producing limited edition prints and textile related products alongside her teaching at Bath Artist Printmakers and Millie Moon Sewing School.
Heidi Lee-Sperring
Exhibiting at Action on Hearing Loss
Ink and digital illustration
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Sarah Lewis
Exhibiting at Violet Bank Farm
I studied Art and Textiles at Bath Spa University, and was drawn to the craftier side of textile printing, and also to indigo dyeing.
I enjoy pattern making with handblocks, which might typically be of lino or balsa,and using simple blocks in different ways. I will be showing a range of scarves on silk and wool.
Commissions are welcome – cushions or panels, as well as scarves.
www.sarahlewisuniquetextiles.weebly.com
Imogen Mascall
Exhibiting at Action on Hearing Loss
Colourful handmade tapestries
Holly Marks
Exhibiting at Action on Hearing Loss
Mural painter and Mixed Media Artist
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Sarah McCurdie
Exhibiting at Widcombe Social Club
For this years art trail I’m working in collaboration with Jane Sargeant, which brings an exciting and refreshing approach to developing ideas, materials and processes. My designs are evolving with a strong sense of weathered textures and layers taking inspiration from water, boats and the natural landscape, a place where I feel very much at home! Working with another artist brings confidence to free up and become more experimental, so come and see us to find out how the collaboration has worked!
Kerrie McNeil
Exhibiting at Bewdley House
Kerrie’s screen prints are hand painted with each one often unique in colour and composition. Inspiration is taken from the local landscape and the coast. A more decorative approach is used in her brightly coloured designs of birds, flowers and hedgerows. She is a member of The Somerset Guild of Craftsmen.
Alex Nash
Exhibiting at Bewdley House
Colourful lively silkscreen prints
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Jessica Palmer
Exhibiting at 7 St Mark’s Road
Jessica’s illustrations and paper cuts and sculptures can be found in fashion designs, book covers, exhibitions and a variety of other commissions. She is the author of The Art of Papercutting and the best-selling Tangle Wood and Tangle Bay, two illustrated colouring books for grown-ups. She also illustrated one of the Observer’s top 25 food books of 2015, Bistronomy – by Jane Sigal.
Jessica is a visiting artist at many galleries including the National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum, as well as the Holburne Museum in Bath. She is a visiting tutor at Bristol Drawing School and the ICIA at Bath University.
01225 284598
Usha Pearce
Exhibiting at 28 The Tyning
I am an experimental abstract painter, often working with a series of ideas evoked by an observation, a news item or a gallery visit. Working in mixed media and combining techniques, colour and layering are used both in an additive and subtractive way to create a balance of form and space that allude to something representational or to a sensory experience.
Marilyn Phillips
Exhibiting at 28 The Tyning
I have a passion for capturing the character of my subjects and like to select an appropriate medium accordingly. Having always enjoyed drawing, I returned to regular art practice painting mainly botanical watercolours and occasional commissioned animal portraits. Recently I have been enjoying creating portraits (both animal and human) and landscapes in soft pastels.
Marilyn@phillipsmandp.plus.com
07966559645
Plodge
Exhibiting at Violet Bank Farm
My aim as an artist is to enable us to enjoy beautiful things every day – by wearing them!
I have been making jewellery since 2005, channelling a lifelong obsession with colour into creating one-off and bespoke pieces that combine vibrant glass and crystal with semi-precious stones and handmade beads. I prefer simple stringing techniques that allow the beads to speak for themselves, but a necklace can often contain fifty or more different types, and I often feel that I am ‘painting’ in beads to achieve the effects that I have in mind.
I also work to commission, matching and complementing special outfits.
01225 833202/ 07717 627704
Sue Porter
Exhibiting at Widcombe Social Club
My passion is architecture. The buildings and landmarks around us inspire my pictures, from urban cityscapes and industrial design to rural subjects. I graduated from Harrow School of Art and have worked for brochure publishers specialising in contemporary interiors. I have created ‘art from architecture’ since 2002 and my portfolio includes pictures of Bath, Widcombe and Bristol.
Alison Potter
Exhibiting at 29 Prior Park Road
Ceramic figurative vases.
Penny Richards
Exhibiting at St Matthew’s
Mixed media with collage, also water colours.
Janine Roper
Exhibiting at Action on Hearing Loss
I design and make blue and white ceramics, mainly vases and small decorative items. I screen print directly onto the damp clay using cobalt oxide ink, and most of my work is finished with a gold edge. My designs are inspired by traditional willow pattern, but also by my local surroundings both inside and outside of the home. The result is a traditional look with a contemporary twist.
Hannah Sackett
Exhibiting at the Widcombe CofE Junior School
Hannah Sackett makes prints, cards, badges and comics inspired by archaeology, history and folklore. She works in pen and ink and digital colour.
Siân Marie Design
Exhibiting at Action on Hearing Loss
A selection of unusual hand-spun yarns and handmade scarves sourced from natural materials and natural dyes. SiânMarie is working with a local Alpaca stud to produce beautiful soft hand-spun, handmade items traceable to the Alpaca the fleece came from. She is doing demonstrations and workshops over the weekend.
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Jane Sargeant
Exhibiting at Widcombe Social Club
Walking, collecting and recording the natural environment are what inspires my work. The objects I find and draw and the textural marks I record within the landscape are the starting points for final pieces. I enjoy the process of experimenting with materials and the surprise outcomes resulting from mixing medias. I am collaborating with Sarah McCurdie for this year’s trail, it is exciting to respond to another artist’s methods of working and to share inspiration and materials. We’re enjoying the process and can’t wait to see the outcome!
Antonella Scarpa-Isles
Exhibiting at St Matthew’s
Water, trees, sky, reflections and how they react with each other, these are the main elements of my work. The reassuring strength of rooted trees against the ever-changing pattern of clouds or their reflections in water have been a recurrent theme in my work for many years and still continue to fascinate and inspire me.
antonella@thought-creative.com
07725 578096
Mike Service
Exhibiting at Widcombe Social Club
I just like painting… landscapes, still life, muddy creeks and big skies… with brush and palette knife… mainly in oils but in watercolour and gouache too. Sometimes it’s hard work but generally I’m inspired and it’s great fun. I hope you enjoy some of my work.
I have exhibited at Galleries in Bath, London, Norfolk, Godalming, Lincoln and Edinburgh.
Edward Smith
Exhibiting at Widcombe Social Club
Inspired by his love of the South West coastline and time spent by the sea, Edward creates seascapes on reclaimed wooden boards and pieces of timber. His paintings are as much about the materials they are created on as the images themselves due to the depth and texture of the wood. Edward appreciates the way the elements weather old timber and paint and this is reflected in his work. Commissions taken.
Facebook: Edward Oliver Vintage Furniture
Carol Symon
Exhibiting at St Matthew’s
I find huge fun in exploring the infinite choice of media and mixing them in very different styles. Alongside this finding new, sometimes unlikely subjects particularly those which seem to have a story to tell, is very rewarding. Recently I’ve ventured into selling some of my images as cards and prints.
Emma Taylor
I’m a self taught artist and illustrator specialising in drawing and painting hares in a variety of mediums as well as landscapes, other British wildlife and farm animals. Original work and framed prints for sale – you can also find my work for sale in various local shops and further afield in Tetbury, Cirencester, Broadway and Romsey.
077912 81122
Alistair Teale
Exhibiting at 29 Prior Park Road
Alistair Teale produces intimate drawings in graphite, charcoal and chalk pastel. Building up and removing layers of media to reveal an image is a never-ending source of inspiration – the difficult balance between control and happy accident; in a sense the drawing becomes the record of time spent fashioning an image into shape.
Emma Teale
Exhibiting at 29 Prior Park Road
I make jewellery using sterling silver and 18ct gold. I can also upcycle your old jewellery .
The Joyful Squid
Exhibiting at Action on Hearing Loss
A collection of unique handmade textile crafts designed and created for the home. Brightly coloured, crocheted soft furnishings made from a wide selection of yarns in different patterns and hand-stitched, quirky cross stitches and embroideries that are framed and ready to be hung on the wall to add some joy to the home.
07814629352
Madeleine Town
Exhibiting at 29 Prior Park Road
Paintings, prints, and original linocut cards, featuring British wildlife in imagined landscapes.
Julia Trickey
Exhibiting at St Matthew’s
Julia Trickey is an award winning botanical artist whose glowing watercolours depict the beauty and detail of nature. She is particularly drawn to specimens that are less than perfect, especially autumn leaves, seed heads and fading flowers.
She tutors regular classes in Bath and has written for art magazines as well as produced DVDs and other resources on botanical art techniques. In 2014 Julia’s illustrations were seen on Royal Mail Post & Go British Flora stamps.
Sarah Turrell
Exhibiting at St Matthew’s
I make finely thrown stoneware pottery…. plates, mugs, vases, jugs and bowls. I love it if people use them day-to-day as they are durable and stand up well to use in the oven and dishwasher, but many people just like to display them. That’s ok too!
Visitors welcome at my studio by appointment:
Orchard View, Quarry Rock Gardens, Bath BA2 6EF.
01225 316041 / 07773464322
Vitrific
Exhibiting at the Widcombe CofE Junior School
Vitrific is a co-operative of four artists based in Bath. Our handcrafted enamels include all types of jewellery, wall panels, small bowls, garden art and decorative house numbers. Each piece is individually designed. we also offer enamelling sessions for beginners and improvers. Details and vouchers are available from us.
Stella Wain Heapy
Exhibiting at 48 Tyning End
Kiln formed glass jewellery and bowls.
Sue Wales
Exhibiting at Violet Bank Farm
“As a painter I love to try and capture the harmonies of colour and light that surround me in my daily life”
Sue studied painting at Reigate, Paris and Florence. Sue produces a wide range of work, including landscapes, portraits, still lives, garden scenes and interiors; she holds regular workshops in her studio.
Sue has exhibited in the USA and throughout Great Britain including the RBA, the RWA, SWA , The Discerning Eye and five solo shows in London. She is on the committee of the Bath Society of Artists.
01225 422677
Kate Ward
Exhibiting at The White Hart
Kate’s recent development of painting on stone is combined with her very popular drawings and paintings of horses and other subjects using more traditional media.
07802 234915
Simon White
Exhibiting at 3 Holloway
Wood: fitted furniture to hand carved utensils.
info@whittled.org 07771644260
Andrea Whitwell
Exhibiting at The White Hart
After her sell-out exhibition last year, Andrea is once again exploring foul and figures in quirky vivid watercolour – at work and play. Her hand painted ceramic bowls of unusual design remain ever-popular.
07786 913006
Julie Williams
Exhibiting at Action on Hearing Loss
Mixed-media animal sculptures
07584018323
Vikki Yeates
Vikki Yeates is an illustrator, who specialises in British Wildlife, particularly the hare. She is interested in pagan symbolism and how nature, plants and animals combine to create striking imagery.
www.vikkiyeates.daportfolio.com
07903628993
