Headington Artweeks - Jewellery, Photography, Sculpture, Textiles, Paper and Printmaking

Alongside the wonderful offerings of ceramics and painting this year we have some really interesting work from jewellers, photographers, textile artists, and a sculptor, printmaker and paper artist too.

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Dan Beinart - venue 300

Dan will be exhibiting for the first time at Art Weeks this year, and will be showing a selection of his stunningly dramatic landscape photos from his travels. 

 

Mazz Image - venue 301

Mazz shares selected precious photos from New Headington with delightful visions snapped during the reflective moments of travel around the globe.

JEWELLERS

Lisa Marie Smith - venue 302

As a private Goldsmith, Lisa Marie designs unique jewellery ranges and takes personal commissions all year round.She is also skillful at capturing the essence of memorable moments by remodelling, and transforming sentimental pieces.

Leonie Bennett - venue 305

Leonie's aim is to create original, contemporary jewellery which demonstrates a high level of craftsmanship. The work is delicate and distinctive.  Much of her work in one-off. All of it is made with meticulous care and attention to detail.

SCULPTORS 

Jane Wafer - venue 302

Jane Wafer is a fine artist working mainly in sculpture. She has recently begun experimenting with clay, combining ceramics with wire to make sculptural forms, as well as hand building and throwing vessels. 

TEXTILE ARTISTS

Ewa Exley - venue 311

Ewa enjoys creating with different materials - textiles, semi-precious stones, paper.

Jan Purrett will also be at venue 311 showing patchwork and quilting inspired by hedgerows and the colours of the countryside. 

PAPER

Kate Hipkiss - venue 308

Kate will be exhibiting intricate layered papercuts, all cut by hand.

PRINTMAKING

Jackie Conway - venue 313

Over the past fifteen years Jackie has been making studies of the different areas of Oxford. The city and the colleges as well as areas like Botley and Barton. From these studies she has been producing Etching and Aquatints. And she thought it would be worth bringing some of them together for Art weeks. The Exhibition is on the main corridor level 3 just past the reception area.

Headington Artweeks - Ceramics

We have eight artist working in ceramics exhibiting this year in Headington as part of Oxfordshire Artweeks - ranging from functional to decorative and everything in between.

All Saints Artists - venue 302

This joint exhibition includes four ceramic offerings this year, from the following artists:

Helle Christensen

 

Trisha Drury 

Trisha Drury is a well established ceramicist and fine artist. After graduating she worked in the fashion industry and as a graphic artist before moving into fine art and latterly ceramics. She is a skilled photographer and brings her experience from all these fields into her current work. Her sources are eclectic and range from the human form to the natural world.

 

Sarah Mook

Vivien Sieber 

Vivien initially trained as a biologist, working in plant sciences, as she has always liked plants and enjoy growing things. Her science background means that she asks lots of questions and enjoy the technical side of ceramics.  She believes that pots are made to brighten a home and to be used.

Robyn Hardyman - venue 307

Thrown porcelain and stoneware vessels and vases glazed with subtle tones and textures.

Art at St Andrew's - venue 311

Another collective exhibition that features, among other mediums, two artists working in ceramics:

Sue Bird

Marieke O'Connor 

Marieke makes delicate bowls, pots and accessories in porcelain and stoneware, using imprinting and bright and colourful glazes.

Kit Adlington - Venue 316

Kit makes thrown, functional, stoneware pottery, firing to 1260/1280C, producing pots which are attractive but also strong and hard-wearing. She is interested in shape, often basing work on the forms of English Medieval pottery.She is  constantly testing and experimenting with glazes, and produce interesting colours and effects by applying one glaze over another.