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I am an Australian artist living and working in Pinner. I create mixed media sculptures and drawings, usually incorporating stitch. My inspiration is found through looking and drawing and from the variety of bits and bobs I collect. Each piece evolves through the tactile process of combining materials with contrasting textures and origins. A piece may start with drawings and imagination but as stitches are added the unique personality of each emerges.

You can see more of my work on my website at www.samantha-harvey.com or on Instagram : @notenoughyellow

For more information about Samantha visit her Harrow Open Studios page here.

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The Maker’s Art at the Heath Robinson Museum is a contemporary range of ceramics, jewellery and printed textiles that complement the imagination and enchantment of Heath Robinson’s work. The makers change every six months. Harrow Open Studios’ artists Nicole Lyster and and Lizzy Chambers have been selected for the tenth group who will be launched in mid-October just in time for the museum’s 5th birthday.

The Heath Robinson Museum introduces the new makers:

Nicole Lyster who lives on the Pinner/Rayners Lane borders, will be our next ceramicist. Her work is full of intriguing ideas that tell a great story. Our jeweller will be Lizzy Chambers from Wembley, who specialises in the highly original use of unexpected objects such as dandelion seeds and watch pieces. Thirdly we will welcome Jess Chan from South-West London, whose work, including scarves and bags, focuses on printed textiles and natural dyes.

www.heathrobinsonmuseum.org
Heath Robinson Museum
Pinner Memorial Park
West End Lane
Pinner HA5 1AE

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I am delighted to have my 3-D glass piece Copper Bird in Copper Tree selected for the 160th annual Society of Women Artists Exhibition. The exhibition is online again this year.

The piece, entitled Copper Bird in Copper Tree is Cheryl’s homage to yet another sacred journey from Africa to Harrow and back to Africa of the tiny Wren & her fledglings. You can see the exhibition at: www.society-women-artists.org.uk
The piece is for sale for £875.

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Nicole invited artists participating in Harrow Open Studio to contribute a leaf to her creativi-tree. Each member was sent a blank porcelain leaf and invited to decorate it using their preferred method before sending the newly dressed leaf back to Nicole.

The tree has been installed at Harrow Arts Centre where you can see it in the flesh.

You can see it growing in this video https://youtu.be/p5KmCo7y1ko

Have a look at NL Ceramic’s open dates here to plan a visit.

www.nlceramics.org

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This year our Open Studios event will be held throughout June and July 2021. Please note that not all artists and studios are open every day, check the website and sign up to our newsletter to plan your visit.

Check out our opening dates and times here.

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Creativity has been celebrated throughout the year by Harrow Open Studios on our website, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter platforms. Following on from the success of our Virtual Winter Festival, we are launching our Celebration of Colour which runs for the month of May. Artwork in a variety of forms includes paintings, prints, illustrations, sculptures, jewellery, ceramics, wood turning and textiles. This is a great opportunity to get a taste of the artists involved and plan your studio visits.

The artists of Harrow Open Studios work in diverse medias, many of whom offer art classes, talks and workshops to members of the public of all ages and abilities. We are featuring many new artists this year as well as celebrating our long-standing members. Studios can be visited throughout June and July, and the dates will be available here.

For further information and images contact info@harrowopenstudios.com

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A pdf of our printed brochure is available from our home page.

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Inspired by Music, I paint life.

Music is a universal medium, connecting to the hearts of humanity, free from the bounds of language, culture and creed. It has an extraordinary power to soothe, heal and regale.

Music is close to my heart. I enjoy painting with music playing in the background. Gradually, the influence of music grew on me and I took to painting music itself.

I developed a visual grammar and syntax for depicting music on canvas. And started singing my own melodies through colours.

The essence of music appears on my canvas, utilising harmonious mixtures of colours representing tonal harmony, wave motion – the rhythm, and the progression – the eventual merging of the notes into the infinity of time and space.

Over the years, I realized that the rhythms are not unique to music- one finds them in entire universe. That set me out on an extended trip of exploration in nature, in life and even in human emotions!

That explains my art.

I hope my art spreads lasting message of harmony, peace and positivity to my audience and to humanity in general.

To buy my art please contact me on email or whatsapp.
Email – artistsandhya@yahoo.co.in
Whatsapp – 07398036070

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The Harrow Open Studios Spring 2021 Exhibition

While we were not able to create a group exhibition in a public space this year, we created an online exhibition to celebrate the diversity of artists and their work who are members of Harrow Open Studios.

Many of the pieces were for sale. It was a new experience for all of us. While we would always prefer to meet in person and share our work, it was good to find a way to stay in touch.

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