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Riecha has observed and experimented with different art forms but her first and foremost enduring artistic joy is the most tactile of all: clay! She uses a melange of wheel thrown and hand building techniques in her pieces.

You can see more of Riecha’s work on her Harrow Open Studio’s page here

As an elected member of the Royal Society of Sculptors I continue my passion for working with the human form as a starting point for most of my creative output. Materials include found objects, ceramics, bronze, glass, and prints. I work in my garden studio.

My drawings are the threads that weave my ideas together; I draw constantly to express my ideas so that life can be breathed into my sculpture. Themes reflect my interest in athletics, dance, theatre, masks, myths and magic. Size of drawings and sculpture varies from hand held to life size. I enjoy pushing boundaries within my work.

I exhibit widely on a regular basis. I have work in public and private collections and invite commissions. My 5ft Holocaust Memorial for Edgware Synagogue was my first public sculpture commission.

I enjoy managing projects involving my local Community: I am a Founder member of Harrow Open Studios and am currently President of The Harrow Art Society.

As a longstanding experienced Tutor for life drawing at the Harrow Art Centre I have had access to wonderful models over the years who now collaborate with me via Zoom for my new live online life classes since Lockdown. You can find out more about these on the dedicated Facebook page here: @artistcherylgould.

For more information about Cheryl click here to look at her Harrow Open Studios’ artist page.
You can contact Cheryl here:
W: www.cheryl-gould.com
E: cherylgouldartist@gmail.com
F: @cheryl.gould2
I: @artistcherylgould
T: @cherylgouldart

The world is pregnant with possibility …

My artwork takes inspiration from an array of things, often drawing on personal experiences and emotions, as well as the organic quality of nature, found textures and patterns. Reflecting on these experiences of places, objects or events, the artwork becomes a metaphorical expression of them. A variety of mediums, such as photography, drawing, printing and ceramics are used and often combined to create my artworks.

My process is to test and explore ways to create aspects of the subject matter. The transformation through making and then firing of the ceramic work adds an additional aspect of excitement. Some of my recent ceramic work has been loosely inspired by ancient Cucuteni Pottery, where some patterns are applied to follow the inside to the outside of the bowls.

I find looking at natural forms and textures hugely inspirational. I love drawing patterns, so it seems a natural progression to use patterns on organic ceramic forms. I make mainly non-functional ceramics and through extensive study during my Ceramics Degree and my Masters, I have learnt an array of techniques: throwing and different types of hand building, spraying, painting, print making, paper resist, glazing and many more.

For more information about Carmen and her work click here to see her Harrow Open Studios’ artist page. 

For commissions please email or contact me at:
E: carmen@gabie.com
M: 07779223804

Jane has many years of experience working in silver, copper and brass. She enjoys making contemporary jewellery, and takes inspiration from nature and her surroundings as well as visiting museums and galleries.  She is fascinated by museum artefacts which  influence her work, and are subtly translated into timeless and stylish pieces, each one eminently wearable.

Shape and form are important to her, and she often textures metal with lace, whilst using traditional silversmithing and textile techniques.

Jane regularly attends courses to keep abreast of essential skills and new techniques.

She sells her work at Harrow Open Studios and local craft fairs.

For more information about Jane and her work click here to look at her Harrow Open Studios’ artist page. 

Jonathan’s thoughts on his latest work

“Perhaps because of the pandemic my imagination has taken a turn towards Momento Mori, the medieval idea presenting images of the dead to remind one to live a virtuous life so as to obtain salvation.

I think the present calamity has had a similar effect on our society as the Black Death did on 14th Century Europe (when Momento Mori themes were popular). So, like others, this year, I have been conscious that as artists we should respond to this new ’Zeitgeist’ that is now forming our consciousness. I became fascinated by ‘Bog Bodies’, the remains of people which have been found in peat bogs in, Denmark, Ireland and in Cheshire, Northern England.

Archaeologists believe that the bodies are the result of deliberately sacrificed victims placed in the peat bogs in the Iron Age, as part of fertility rituals and in times of crisis. The preservative properties of peat being apparent and thought to keep the sacrificed victims between ‘our’ world and the next – in a sort of in-between place – in limbo.

In response, I have started making paintings: portraits of the long dead. Based on the archaeological photographs, but  also the feeling of being drawn to acquaint myself with people who lived in the time of Christ, Julius Caesar or the British Queen Boudica: to try to engage visually with distant ancestors and stimulate my ‘collective unconsciousness’ in a Jungian sense.

Much of my work is not intended for a domestic setting. I hope to show my latest work in Exhibitions and hope to attract new patrons or collectors more generally.

For more information about Jonathan and his work click here to see his Harrow Open Studio’s artist profile.
If you are interested in contacting Jonathan, get in touch:

W:  www.jonathanhutchins.co.uk  
E:  jonathanhutchinsartist@outlook.com