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artNucleus

(Reinhild Beuther & Simon Ryder)

01452 226166
s.ryder@artnucleus.org
www.artnucleus.org


 


Ann-Margreth Bohl

Stonecarving, canvas-cutting, layered mobiles, exploration of light and dark in slow and faster motion

me(at)annmargrethbohl(dot)com
www.annmargrethbohl.com

see Ann-Margreth report on the Laubach art-symposium


     

Esther Caplin

esther.caplin@hotmail.co.uk


     

Jo Casling

simpsong@btinternet.com


     

Francesca Chalk

francescachalk@tiscali.co.uk


 

 

Alison Cockcroft

Finely tuned and balanced works of the imagination in metal and paper

alison@aliart.freeserve.co.uk
www.alisoncockcroft.co.uk


     

Matt Curtis

mattycurtis@gmail.com


 


Louisa Fairclough 

louisa@artserve.net


see From Here to There, From There to Here

 


 

 

Corinne Hockley

Paper corsets, caged wings, dancing shoes, mixed-media textiles on themes of freedom and constraint

07957 468940
corinnehockley@hotmail.co.uk


     

Nadine James

nadinefjames@hotmail.com

 


     

Sarah Jenner

sarahejenner@btinternet.com

 


     

Helen Kincaid

helen.kincaid@virgin.net

 


 


photography by Nigel Noyes

 

Aimee Lax

These sculptural forms stand to discuss our endeavours to create and exist in a world of artificial nature. I explore themes of attraction/repulsion, familiar/unfamiliar and other-wordliness by examining the conventions of displaying nature within our culture.

The materials I use are vital to this discourse. I use porcelain for its symbolism, it’s purity, fragility and strength, often mixing with contrasting materials for example silicone rubber, metal, the ready-made object, other clays and glass.

The sculptures can exist in a variety of environments, often made in components they can transform and change through installation. Displaying the work in the gallery context, new questions arise of how the viewer experiences not only nature itself, but art about nature and the role of artificiality. In doing this, I present a reflection on the contemporary situation of the relationship between nature and culture.

also see confines & mutations

www.aimeelax.co.uk
www.chandoscommission.blogspot.com/


 

 

Liz Lippiatt

Designer and silk-screen printer of cloth for costume and couture

07929 412246
textile@liz-lippiatt.com
www.liz-lippiatt.com
www.studio-seven.net


 

 

Ralph Macartney  -

ralphmacartney@hotmail.co.uk

 


     

Mat Moran

matmoran74@yahoo.com

 


 

life assured 1, oil on board

 

Austen O'Hanlon

The use of photography and painting has become a constant dialogue in my work. The need to assess how to apprehend an image through photographic means is problematic and intriguing. I feel this is where my concern lies: that is, the relation between how an image is processed and the personal 'apprehension' of that image. A recent intention within my work has been learning how to make decisions about what to extract from the photograph and how to progress from a pre-existing image. The process of painting allows me to converse with myself about how to exact an image. My painting starts off being a representation of a person's character, and it ends up becoming involved within the processes of painting through analysis of photography and using the medium of painting. I begin by drawing out the image from the photograph, then I eradicate it immediately. This process is repeated a number of times until the form has been placed. It is an attempt to resolve/resist the photograph and to turn the image into a new form: altering the form of the figure and distorting the original image creates a new, fractious image with a history of decision-making.

austenohanlon@gmail.com
www.austenohanlon.com


 

 

Penny Prince

The landscape is the source; observed, remembered, referenced from maps and aerial photography, then painted in rich colour and drawn marks

01453 872736872736
pennyprinceis@hotmail.com
www.pennyprince.co.uk


     

Yola Quinn 

yolaquinn@gmail.com

 


     

Lorraine Robbins

lozzerrobbins@yahoo.co.uk

 


 


Maggie Shaw

Abstract paintings exploring the unexpected beauty of unusual subject matter

01452 813747
maggie@maggie-shaw.co.uk


 

 

Emily Smith

Emily is a sculptor, ceramicist and installation artist. Her practice examines themes of loss, absence and trace and stands as an investigation of memory; the subjectivity, transience and loss inherent in the act of remembering. The work is rooted in philosophy and in theory such as Derrida's theory of grammatical trace and Freud's theory of memory, and applies it to the materials and methods used. The work questions objective and singular memory, and investigates how the past is recalled through both visual memory and physical trace.

07963781384
emilysmithsculpture@hotmail.
www.easmithartist.com



     

Dan Sparkes

betty@kuildoosh.com

 


 

 

Anna Usborne

The work reflects an interest in how objects relate to architecture and interact with people

07952 535814
anna_usborne@hotmail.com