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Sandblasting life into vintage and commonplace objects - with the tools of wit, typography (and my own askew way of looking at the world), this is how my brain processes my surroundings - revealing an endless stream of hidden connections, meanings and...
Student exhibition - Art, Media, Technology and Photography (GCSE & A Level) Sharon Repton - Photography Drop in workshop - making faces, fun and free (all ages) 10am - 3pm on Saturday 7th Cafe - tea, coffee, cake Grand piano available for a St Pancras style...
Bernadine Rutter is a visual artist and works with traditional and digital Printmaking, Sculpture and photography. Originally from the West Midlands and from early childhood, fascinated by industrial process, by the alchemy of change, by pressure, by heat, by the...
I have always made stuff, I studied printmaking, design and fine art at different times in my life, It’s the making that I enjoy, the hands-on effort of creating something. I make books because I like the process, from choosing the cover material to laying out the...
Haarlem Studios hosts artists over three floors within the historic mill in Wirksworth. Here you’ll find contemporary, mixed media, and visual artists, jewellers, weavers, writers, ceramicists, film makers and more.
Mixed media including pain textile embroidery felting. all work has an accent on reuse and recycled materials.
Gallery M.I is an independent art gallery and social space in the heart of the Derbyshire Dales. We believe art is for everybody and we bring art to the community. We are an open space hosting workshops allowing people to develop their own creativity and connect...
I create magazine collage landscapes with the richness of photography from a distance; yet close up reveal a blend of many incongruous fragments of magazine print. My palette is a mix of cut and torn pieces, blended in a surreal and playful way, making the most of...
Exhibiting Artists and Statement Peter Knight - Painting. Gunther Walker - Photography. Maude Allen - Mixed Media. Jo Heron - Mixed Media. Elin Rossiter - Painting. Ruth Cox - Painting. Dianna Green - Painting. Henry Fothergill - Illustration. Esther Patterson -...
A diverse collective of artists and makers, who have their workshops at Haarlem Mill, have come together to exhibit their work during the Art Trail. Showcasing jewellery, ceramics, painting, textiles and installation pieces. Featuring work by: Kate Learmouth - Ruth...
Fourteen Artists at Haarlem Studios are opening up their workspaces in the historic Haarlem Mill, to show original artworks; paintings, ceramics, photography, textiles, jewellery and more. Come and meet our friendly artists and makers, discover first-hand how we...
My practice is in exploring and interpreting the hidden narratives of a familial collection of objects. Such objects hold the past, becoming vehicles for memory and emotions. I use a diversity of materials and techniques to create a layered interpretation, hinting...
Since 1917, I have been exploring and practising mixing textiles with paper-cutting to find my own style. I am inspired by a wide range of subjects, but my aim is to bring the viewer to appreciate not only details, but the fun and joyful side of my pictures. My...
For the last 7 years, I have dedicated my time to become a visual art artist. I create high contrast wall illustrations combining hand-cut black card with colourful fabrics, without the need to use any paint. In the past year I have focused on perfecting the...
When a neighbour left fencepost wire out for the scrapman, I decided to repurpose it as armature for 3-dimensional caricatures. Until then I’d worked as a 2-dimensional upcycling artist, now pretty much anything is possible. An old advert for a Butlins holiday camp...
I started making figurative sculptures from upcycled bits and pieces when a neighbour left some fence wire out for the scrapman and I decided to use it as metal armature. I describe myself as ‘a materials led’. The found materials I use dictate what I make e.g. a...
The term ‘Fabricator’ perfectly describes my work with fabrics /found materials to fabricate stories for my ‘little people’. An upcycler and a people watcher; they began when I found some abandoned fence post wire and knew that I could convey movement. I’m...
The Little Canyon Collective brings together artists, creatives and musicians working across multiple disciplines including printmaking, music, production and sound design. I'm looking forward to sharing some new limited edition screen prints and live printing...
I am an artist and illustrator exploring visual and emotional responses to locations, objects and loved ones. I create collections based around a theme or story. ‘My Mother’s Vases’ is a series of still life pieces in collage, paint and ink. They celebrate the...
Using paint, print and collage I explore impressions, atmospheres and revealed glimpses of place and time. My paintings result from the exploration of colour combinations and forms that generate suggestions of captured moods and sightings of landscape and place....
With particular interest in the effects of light, colour and balance, the work explores relationships between objects, how the position and visual character of each part can affect and impact the character and gist of the overall image. Through abstract and...
Kasra Jalilipour is an Iranian multidisciplinary artist. Through humour, provocation and storytelling their work often explores race, gender identity and sexuality. They work in a range of mediums including moving-image, sculpture, drawing, live performance and...
My work is mixed media - a hybrid of art and photography, combining artistic skills and photo imagery. The images emphasise the natural beauty & structures of botanicals to create bold graphic art. Each piece starts on watercolour paper and is built up using a...
My practice is informed by the marks life has left, in the landscape and of self. Working in mediums including ceramics, print, and natural found pigments and materials, I explore hidden stories: traces of what was once there and what remains, the layers of...
20 years ago I took part in the Wirksworth festival, exhibiting Pastel paintings of the beautiful Derbyshire countryside. Before that I used to press or dry flowers from my garden and make pictures in recessed frames behind glass. I was also providing a service for...
How Do You Dance in a War Zone? When people think of dance, they often imagine something rather poetic involving arabesques and pirouettes. But this notion couldn’t be more at odds to the stark form of resistance presented by the Ukrainian dance community, where...
How old am I? Jean is 90 years old. Until recently she lived alone in the house that she has called home since 1958. Jean’s sofa is a ship from which she navigates the world, and so long as there is tea, then all is well. Jean is my aunt, and I am her only living...
I find magic and immense succour walking in our landscapes and being immersed in the elements' interplay. Using oil paints on canvas board or multimedia on paper, I aim to capture the essence of my relationship with nature and my feelings and love for it when...
Libby Bove is a multi-disciplinary artist, designer, and folklorist. Her work is centred around ideas which reposition folk custom and magical practice back at the forefront of daily life. Drawing on archival methodologies and documentary, her work slips between...
My work is inspired by the changing seasons, the patterns and textures of the landscape and the way light falls on different surfaces. I love mark-making and draw whenever possible. I often use bold, bright hues that capture the energy and vitality of the natural...
My work is inspired by the patterns and textures of the landscape and the way light falls on different surfaces. I love mark-making and draw in my sketchbook whenever possible. I enjoy experimenting with homemade inks such as seaweed, coffee, dandelion and walnut...
My work is grounded in my lifelong obsession with collecting. I use found objects and collage to make intricate and dense dioramas and pictures. Cabinets of curiosity and shrines and reliquaries are a great source of inspiration and subjects range from mythology...
My work is grounded in my lifelong obsession with collecting. I use found objects and collage to make intricate and dense dioramas and pictures. Cabinets of curiosity and shrines and reliquaries are a great source of inspiration and subjects range from mythology...
'What we learnt from the desert', curated by Ell Hammond is a collection of works, by creatives from the University of Derby who went to Nevada in January, a month long creative trip seeing the bright lights and peaceful deserts of Vegas. Producing works ranging...
Wirksworth Festival 2024 Going further back for answers Looking at an archive, which shows a personal journey, appears to take a different route than was I thought I had originally trod. How did I get this far, and does the archive truly represent this? By...
Now, is a time for my work to be led by a more personal and intimate instinct having previously been guided and influenced by the conflicts of our larger world. The pleasure of an undefined narrative brings a freedom that is new, yet often still challenging....
14 Wirksworth artists exhibited at the 'Chatillon Arts et Vigne' Festival in France, August 2024. This was a twinning project between Wirksworth & Die, the two regions have been twinned since 1993 and many fantastic collaborations and exchanges have taken place...