Quartz will be open to the public from October 8th - 18th, inclusive, from 11.00am until 5.00pm.

Last year's exhibition sold over £35,000 of work at prices from £200 to £2000.

Artists & Sculptors

We always welcome the chance to look at work by new artists and sculptors for consideration (open to artists living in the South West). If you are interested in taking part in the Quartz exhibition in October 2008, please get in touch by clicking on the e-mail link here. Tell us a bit about yourself and if possible include a JPEG image of your work. Alternatively, ask for an application and Conditions of Entry form to be sent to you.

Charlotte Lampard, Curator

Greta Berlin

Greta Berlin was born and brought up in and around St Ives during the 40’s and 50’s. And was inspired by Bernard Leach, potter and Philosopher and her father Sven Berlin, sculptor, painter, writer. After years of travel with a young family, Berlin settled in the New Forest to teach ceramics for the next 20 years. Making and showing ceramic-sculpture since ’74. During her development she moved into stone carving and welded steel structures. In '92 she moved to West Dorset where she enjoys the space and big skies of her beloved West Country.

Greta Berlin

Richard Brown

Richard Brown is sculptor of some repute in his native Scotland, winning several awards, and producing large scale stone-sculptures for major commercial clients and smaller works for gallery sale world wide. Since moving to Bristol in 2000 he has concentrated on smaller scale conceptual work in mixed media. His recent work, while dealing with serious topics, is usually humorous and accessible to a wide audience.

[image- "Fish Trophy" -inspired by the 'friendly floatees' saga]

Richard Brown

Joanna Burchell

Jo graduated from Central Saint Martins with a love of drawing and a fine art degree but could not settle in a medium or style, so she followed an affinity with the sea and spent eight years as a professional sailor finally slaking the thirst and settling in Dorset to sculpt.

Using steel, barbed wire, copper and other linear materials she makes life sized animals that are best described as 3D scribble drawings. The lines flow through muscles and bones giving these pieces an energy and presence. Being loose and open in construction they tend not to dominate a space, enabling them to fade in and out according to light and weather.

She works for private commissions and exhibits regularly London and at her studio at home.

Joanna Burchell

Zoe Coles

I use carefully selected and re-worked recycled parts together with mild steel bar to construct my birds. The individual elements, while on close inspection may be recognisable, make up a whole creature from viewing distance. They make reference to man’s industry and its effect on the environment. Ultimately though, they are positive, not quite swords beaten into ploughshares, but garden tools, cutlery and spanners into feathered friends.

Zoe Coles

Zoë Cull and Alex Evans

Zoë Cull and Alex Evans are designer-stone carvers working together as 'Stoneform'. Their diverse output includes functional and ornamental pieces - including letter cutting - with a strikingly contemporary aesthetic.

'Inspired by nature, geometry, architecture and symbolism, we aim to create works which are visually rewarding, thought-provoking and engaging on a sensory and cerebral level. We use traditional tools and techniques to ensure we are always responsive to the character of our raw materials, while our regard for archetypal principles of proportion lends elegance and timeless appeal to our designs.'

Zoë Cull and Alex Evans

Toni Davey

The idea of the flat plane appearing to gradually come to life by moving from two dimensions into three, whilst losing none of its original surface is a concept that fascinates me.

Recent pieces have been made from a single sheet of paper with nothing added or taken away.

'To draw, to cut, to score, to fold, to weave, two dimensions into three: manipulating light and shadow, the surface evolves'.

Toni Davey

Jenni Dutton

Jenni Dutton uses the subject of the female body and clothing to work with the concept of absence and transformation, exploring associations around memory through her mixed media constructions.

"I always loved dressing up and stories where the dress is evidence of transformation. I love clothes, old clothes and the memory associated with cast-off dresses," she explains.

"I started to make suspended forms as dresses, the dress being the skin that had absorbed the life of the body once inside it. I work quite intuitively, the process of the making often dictating the development of the piece. None of thedresses can be worn."

Jenni Dutton

Amy Forshaw

Amy Forshaw is a Sculptor living and working in Somerset. The Artist uses the human form to relate to the audience on a simple level, which allows interaction and expression. Amy uses a variety of materials and techniques from wood and carving to metalwork and resin casting.

"I have always connected to art, especially sculpture. I try to express my thoughts and feelings through the material, to create a piece which people can connect to without having to think too hard. I want people to be able to enjoy art, the way I do, at leisure."

Amy Forshaw

Christina Hamlin and Meryl Wright

Christina Hamlin and Meryl Wright have worked together since graduating from college in 2003. They produce unique wall panels using kiln formed art glass.

They use the inherent characteristics of glass, its potential fluidity, fragility, colour, reflectivity and movement, layering the glass to provide texture, colour and depth, heating and holding at various temperatures to control the movement.

Using a marine palette their work creates a visual reference that captures the constant momentum found on our shoreline. Primarily non-functional their work relies on the need to surround ourselves with art for stimulation, inspiration and contemplation.

Christina Hamlin and Meryl Wright

Joseph Harrington

The essence of my work is time and a sense of progression.

In my resent work I sculpt in ice to create the initial form and as works in there own right. My intention with the ice is to harness its movement and transience, within the fluid yet permanent nature of glass.

The ice is eroded and sculpted with salt then cast into glass, capturing a moment in time as the ice is melting. This thawing of ice provides a physical time frame to work within, heightening the importance of artistic judgment and decision-making. I take a plaster mould directly from the melting ice, creating a three dimensional photographic negative of the ice and moment in time. The surface that is created is an imprint formed from at the moment of the solid ice forming into a liquid and the liquid plaster becoming solid. These create works in their own right; shown in 'Plaster Cavern' with extensive erosion with the salts, create immensely detailed plaster structures.

I have a fascination with turning one thing into another, the reaction of materials and energies acting upon each other. This direct approach provides an energetic spontaneous working method and creative mindset. This energy lives on within the work, giving a sense of progression and evolution within a solid permanent form.

Inspired by architectural materials and tools, the forms contradict the fluid irregular surface with the strength and stature they evoke. Some of these also provide small landscapes and cavernous worlds.

I aim to suggest an element of layering within the work, from the masculine strength of the form to the fluid surface textures and detailing. With the wisps and internal qualities of the glass, creating spaces within the work. The more the work is studied the more these different aspects can be explored. Providing a piece of work that cannot be read in a moment. Each time it is viewed a new element can be seen, developing a relationship between the viewer and the work.

Some of my later work has been working with ways of making the work interact with itself through the use of different materials creating a sense of harmony or tension and placement within the work. With elements attaching them selves up walls and around corners on a more architectural scale.

Joseph Harrington

George Hider

George Hider works from his South Somerset workshop - cutting, bending and welding recycled and scrap steel to create striking lifelike forms.

"I enjoy a physical challenge. Cold steel is unyielding to work with. It involves a lot of hard manual work. I form soft curves (the flank of a stag for example) and swirling shapes (antlers and horns) in my sculptures but leave some hard lines as a reminder of the nature of my medium," says George.

George Hider

jj Creations

John and Jutta - a living and working partnership, creating ceramics, sculpture and photographic prints from our home studio near Glastonbury.

Our sculptural and ceramic work is strongly influenced by the process of transformation. Inspiration comes from the natural environment, the deterioration of materials and found objects, which are often incorporated in the work itself. There is an emphasis on the experimental, especially with the ceramics and 'lucky accidents' are usually welcome.

Photographic inspirations are wide-ranging. Subjects are mostly natural forms, landscapes, close-up studies and a series of images with high colour saturation.

Virtually all our work is a combined effort and our interaction is the key to our creativity.

jj Creations

Robert Kilvington

'MAMHEAD OBELISQUE BENCH' - Halden Hill Exeter. Solid green oak seat sited at popular viewpoint overlooking the Exe Estuary from the Mamhead Obelisque on Halden Hill, Exeter. Commissioned by the Forestry Commission. Designed to suit all sizes from children to the elderly by varying seat height and angle.

Size : 8 meters long x various heights.

Robert Kilvington

Bruce Kirby

Bruce Kirby worked as a geologist before training at Weymouth College of Stonemasonry and becoming a stonecarver. Throughout his life a love of rock-climbing on mountains and sea cliffs has been an inspiration; both in terms of the marvels encountered and the rock architecture. The contrast between a single precise chisel mark created in a second and the vast time scale associated with the creation of rocks and the landscape provide him with endless scope, motivation and ideas for his work.

The Earth Cubes are part of a series based upon folded quartz veins seen in Nepal. Although they are based on a small scale geological features, their form also mimics large scale features such as rivers seen in satellite imagery.

The Cubes draw ones thoughts towards the enormous volume of rocks beneath our feet that make up the earths crust.

Bruce Kirby

Katie Lake

Katie Lake, an established South West based artist, produces distinctive metalwork for interior and exterior environments. Katie makes a wide range of artwork, which includes her unique range of bespoke beds, lighting, garden furniture, fire baskets and accessories, gates, railings, and sculptural pieces. She often combines steel with glass, wood or stone elements.

Katie Lake

Alwyn Lindley

All sculptural and ceramic work is strongly influenced by the the natural environment. Some works are representational, others abstract. Sculpted in stoneware clay, each piece is individually made and may be glazed or treated with a variety of media and waxes to achieve the appearance of a bronze patina.

Alwyn Lindley

Ian Marlow

Works by Ian Marlow explore the way nature effectively creates a balance that is visually stunning. These are the forms that surround us everywhere yet which few of us have the time to see or appreciate - the seed pod sprouting, the tip of the vine that twists and curls, the fish as its swims, the bird in flight, the tree as it bends in the wind, the blade of grass weighted down with rain and that drop of water just about to fall from its tip.

Ian's latest series of sculptures are his way of providing us all with the opportunity to share the wondrous simplicity of this natural phenomena, and yet they express much more than just balance; they are works of incredible form and beauty.

Ian Marlow

Pete Moorhouse

Pete Moorhouse studied Sculpture at Bristol School of Art and Design. He has exhibited widely, undertaken major commissions and teaches sculpture workshops.

Many of his works are inspired by natural forms found in the environment or in the human figure. The sculptures have strong visual impact and range from abstract pieces to representational work. They have a similar minimal aesthetic, having clean lines and pay particular attention to form and negative space. The sculptures play with the light as the sun catches the different faces of the metal creating subtle changes according to the time of day and season.

Pete is currently working on a new body of work exploring internal body landscapes supported by the Arts Council.

Pete specialises in creating steel sculpture that is durable in the outdoor environment and undertakes private and public commissions.

Pete Moorhouse

Rosie Musgrave

"I have always been drawn to the beauty and presence of this ancient material. Much of the limestone that I carve was formed at least 140 million years ago at the time of dinosaurs. I carve stone as an invitation to touch. Exploring its changing temperatures, textures, forms and spaces not only offers new landscapes of discovery but also a sense of being an infinitesimally small part of a much greater whole".

Rosie Musgrave

Emmy Gai Palmer

I'm an emerging Glass artist based in the South West. I create blown glass pieces with web like metal inclusions designed to draw your gaze in to the form.

To produce the mesh inclusions I utilize hand Crochet and knitting techniques that were passed on through the women in my family from generation to generation. I liked the uniformity that I was initially creating with the simple stitch patterns, but as my work and skills have progressed the patterns have become increasingly complex and the objects appear more organic.

The textile element is integral to my work, the glass and knitted wire work together in harmony, complimenting and emphasizing each other’s qualities. The two materials say a lot about fragility and strength, not only physically but also metaphorically.

Emmy Gai Palmer

Giles Penny

Giles penny uses various teckniques and materials to covey his ideas, two main ingredience of the work are simplicity and humour which is apparent in the two short films on his website.

Giles Penny

Martin Preston

Martin is a practical, self-taught sculptor and woodcarver who enjoys the challenge of varying materials. In his work and commissions he captures the rich beauty of his natural subjects, producing work with character and energy.

He casts in resin bronze and is currently developing the art of real bronze casting using a furnace at the perennial nursery he runs with his wife.

Martin Preston

Oliver Strong

I create large 'direct-metal' sculptures of wildlife and contemporary forms in bronze and stainless steel. My choice of subject is often influenced by the wildlife encounters during my growing years in Southern Africa, as well as by the affinity I have with the sea.

There is no casting involved in my art. I enjoy the challenge of heating and shaping a flat piece of bronze into a form of beauty. This method ensures that each sculpture is completely original and unique.

If I can capture in my art some of the grace and vitality of my subject, then I have succeeded.

A professional artist since 1994, I have sold sculptures internationally to both private collectors and public institutions. I live with my family in Dorset, UK.

 

Oliver Strong

Mike Tingle

"Simplicity is the key to successful embossing in paper – clear thought and form revealed through the medium of shadows. I use familiar symbols and signs and place them in new and unexpected situations & compositions to make a wittily pictorial language of contemporary life with classical resonances."

Mike Tingle

Clare Trenchard

Clare Trenchard studied sculpture at the Chelsea School of Art where she graduated with a BA in Fine Arts in 1978. She has exhibited in London at the ICA and for the society of Portrait Sculptors. She also exhibits regularly in the West Country. Her sculptures are modelled mainly from life in clay, plaster or wax and cast bronze or bronze resin. Commissions for portrait sculptures and sculptures of animals make up most of Clare’s work and are normally undertaken in her studio in West Dorset. She will also accept commissions for other sculptural projects and for drawings, and holds regular sculpture and drawing courses.

Clare Trenchard

Patricia Volk

My work represents the search to create modern icons, outwardly noble and courageous but nevertheless a victim of sorts. Both of history and of now.

I strive to get away from realism and unnecessary detail, instead concentrating on a simplicity of form to reflect inner emotion.

For many years I have concentrated on a series of simple Heads in strong single colours, big and powerful, grounded yet spiritual, together with more recent “Totem” Heads, Torsos and Votives with more complex markings: these represent the various journeys of life; the roads we take, the thoughts, places and times.

Patricia Volk

Chris Webb

"My stone carving has historically been the outcome of figurative influences. Now I prefer to direct carve into a block of stone to discover and reveal simple shape and form which encourage and enable both tactile and visual delight. The pieces tend to progress from one to another, each influencing the next."

Chris Webb

Tom Wood

Tom Wood works primarily with stone, wood and discarded objects, already reshaped by their environment. The sculptures echo the natural world whilst suggesting an actual function whether real, (for example nesting sights and bird feeders), or imagined.

Tom Wood