Andrew has been involved in the 'Art world' for the last 15 years and has always had a love of ceramics and pottery. When we were all faced with lockdown boredom Andrew decided to pick up where he left off at art college and ordered himself a couple of bags of clay and booked himself of some refresher lessons with a pottery collective in Sussex. That was almost 5 years ago now and since then he is now lucky enough to be able to work from his own studio in his garden in Newquay after making the move to Cornwall, spending his days immersing himself in creating his wildlife sculptures. Andrews work is now displayed and sold in multiple Galleries...
Dreya Bennett.I was born in Africa and lived in Lagos until I was 9 then my family moved back to the UK and settled in Cornwall.Moving to Cornwall at such a young age shaped my passions and my future in so many ways. Having always been in swimming pools and the sea in Africa the love of water intensified on the beautiful beaches and in the crashing Atlantic surf of the Cornish Coastline.The sea and its different moods have always been in my life.Being a keen surfer in my teens, my love of playing in and with the elements became all-encompassing when I discovered the thrill of kitesurfing. I was a pioneer in the early days of the sport and set up one of the first kitesurfing schools in the UK. I competed on the world circuit achieving my highest ranking of 3rd in the world. I have also enjoyed other kitesurfing challenges and set...
Sculpture has been a life long interest for Shelagh, and since she completed her Studio Ceramics degree in 2000 has used clay as the medium for her artwork. Her work is widely collected. Her pieces have a timeless, narrative quality. Individual figures stand alone, deep in thought, or are joined by a cast of other participants: people, animals and birds. She says: “ My work is evidently influenced by old English ceramics and folk art from everywhere, but I especially love the figures drawn in medieval illustrated manuscripts. I hope that I manage to capture an echo of their spirit in my work”. In keeping with her Cornish heritage, she uses clay dug and prepared in Cornwall, and lives and...
Christine Brunnock grew up and continues to live in St Ives, Cornwall. She draws inspiration from her surroundings, the Cornish Coast, which is infused with her emotional response. She mainly uses acrylic paint to express herself through atmospheric and energetic paintings. She was shortlisted for the Evening Standard Art Prize 2018 and won the ING Discerning Eye Purchase Prize in 2023.
Amanda's work is inspired by the landscape around her home, in the far west of Cornwall, where ancient wild moor land is peppered with ancient sites, hut circles and old mine workings, a powerful place she says to charge her creative energy.
I am inspired by a vivid awareness of the sea, which surrounds Penwith almost as an island, the turning seasons and our mineral-rich land where man has mined metals for millennia.
- Amanda Rawlins.
Amanda's art is hand-made using traditional techniques, as craftspeople have done for hundreds of years. Each piece she creates is unique.
