Amanda Wood Angel Wing 6 - 15 November 2020

 

'Ceramic Angel Wing'

Amanda Wood

"Truth and dreams are always getting muddled"
- Skellig by David Almond.

To see more of Amanda's work visit The Woodshed Gallery website

or follow @TheWoodshed_Folkestone on Instagram.

'Angel Wing'
Amanda Wood
Ceramic
£25
2020

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EXHIBITIONS COMING SOON:

Alex Boican Political Allegory 19 October - 1 November

'Political Allegory'

Alex Boican

This work addresses the current social and political situation brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, through the employment of the now ubiquitous mask and the vampire. The mask has become a powerful symbol of the pandemic and the debates it has provoked has charged it with conflicting meanings. The vampire has always been a powerful metaphor for corrupt politics. Marx has famously used it to describe the nature of capital: insatiable greed for its own sake. As such, the conundrum in which the vampire finds itself when faced with the mask is meant to signify the predicament of the present time.

Alex Boican is a self-taught painter and graphic artist. In his work reality is transfigured by imagination, in search of a balance between the figurative and the abstract.

'Political Allegory'

Alex Boican

Pencil on paper mounted on card

12x9 cm

2020

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EXHIBITIONS COMING SOON:

Robyn Neild 'Life is a Bed of Roses' 5th to 8th October 2020

'Life is a Bed of Roses'

Robyn Neild 2020.

To find out more about Robyn's work view her website

www.robynneildsculpture.com

or follow her on Instagram: @robynneild 

'Life is a Bed of Roses'

Robyn Neild

Bronze figure with Swarovski crystal on paper roses.

2020

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Exhibitions Coming Soon:

 

Beth Hart aka Sutured Specimens 'The Great Extinction Exhibition' 21st September to 4th October 2020

The Western Black Rhinoceros 

(Diceros bicornis longipes) or West African black rhinoceros was declared extinct in 2011. It was heavily hunted in the beginning of the 20th century, the population rose in the 1930s after preservation actions were taken, protection efforts declined over the years, poaching continued and by 2000 only an estimated 10 survived. In 2001 there were only five. Although It was believed that around thirty still existed in 2004, this was later found to be based upon falsified data.

The Guam Flying Fox

 (Pteropus tokudae), also known as the little Marianas fruit bat. The last specimen was a female found roosting in 1967, but it escaped capture. When it was more plentiful it was hunted by humans for food, which may have contributed to its extinction. Another factor may have been the introduction into the island of the predatory Brown Tree Snake. 

The Bubal Hartebeest 

This antelope subspecies declined sharply during the course of the 19th century, when entire herds were massacred at once by the colonial military. The last known herd, numbering only 15 animals, was located in 1917; all but 3 of them were killed by the same hunter. The last animal in Morocco was shot in Missour in 1925. It probably disappeared around the same time in Algeria. One last specimen is mentioned as having been 'collected' in the 1920s.

Neanderthal

(Homo neanderthalensis or Homo sapiens neanderthalensis) are an extinct species of archaic humans who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 years ago. They probably went extinct due to competition with or extermination by immigrating Eeuropean early modern humans or due to great climatic change, disease, or a combination of these factors.

The Dodo

(Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius. The first recorded mention of the Dodo was in 1598. In the following years, the bird was hunted by sailors and invasive species, while its habitat was being destroyed. The last accepted sighting of a dodo was in 1662. The extinction of the dodo within less than a century of its discovery called attention to the previously unrecognised problem of human involvement in the disappearance of entire species. 

The Titicaca Orestias

(Orestias cuvieri, native name amanto) A survey in 1962 failed to find any Titicaca orestias but in the hope that an undiscovered population remains, it is listed as “Data deficient” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The extinction is due to the water becoming contaminated by metals, such as zinc and copper, and also agricultural fertilizers and pesticides, alongside human consumption of the basins in the Altiplano depleting the Orestias' habitats.

The Cry Violet

(Viola cryana) grew on limestone outcrops in the region of Cry, southeast of Tonnerre in Yonne. It is thought to have been extinct in the wild by 1930 due to habitat destruction because of the limestone quarrying and also overexploitation by plant collectors. This plant might have survived in cultivation until 1950.

Human

(Homo Sapiens) are a species of highly intelligent primates that have become the dominant species on earth. Part of the Great Ape family (along with chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans), this sub-species is characterised by its upright, bipedal locomotion, manual dexterity and heavy tool use, plus complex communication and its highly organised societies. Having diverged from other Homonid species around 300,000 years ago, it spread around the world in waves of migration. The spread of large and ever increasing populations of this species has profoundly affected the biosphere and the other species that inhabit it.

Scientists believe the current population of over seven billion to be unsustainable, with finite resources, climate warming and the species own poisoning of their habitat to be contributing factors.

The Great Extinction Exhibition

Beth Hart

Mixed media

Various dimensions (1:12 scale)

2020

To find out more about Beth and her work please visit 

www.suturedspecimens.co.uk

or visit her Instagram @suturedspecimens

Exhibits are being sold via Instagram auction.

Please visit @suturedspecimens to see current bids and to make your own via direct message.

All proceeds will be donated to Kent Refugee Action Network

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Exhibitions Coming Soon:

 

The Great Extinction Exhibition 

(1:12 Scale)

Constance MacQueen 'Yubikiri and Pinky Promises (don't exist)' 7th to 20th September 2020

Yubikiri and Pinky Promises (don't exist)

A pinky promise is considered to build basic foundations of friendship.

But the ‘act’ of a pinky promise can demonstrate lessons of trust, distrust, silence, disbelief, repression, depression, belief, calm, annoyance, stress, pain, fear, love, hate, forgiveness, loss, relief, sadness and joy within us.

Making, keeping and breaking promises are attributes to the human experience and knowledge. Whether it’s made together, independently or left unspoken; these promises can come from deep within and build strength. Conversely, broken promises can cause extreme pain and loneliness

We learn about ourselves and how we behave through these different forms of promises, especially from the broken ones.

With all the noise a promise can cause inside our minds, the main consideration with a promise should be about compassion, to ourselves and to others.

Find out more about Constance's work on

Instagram: @conqueenie

Yubikiri and Pinky Promises (don't exist)

Constance MacQueen

Acrylic on hardboard

each 2.54 x 2.54 cm

2020

Priced: £10 each

100% of the money made from sales will be donated to KRAN (Kent Refugee Action Network)

Please email constancemacqueen@gmail.com for any more information.

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Exhibitions Coming Soon:

Sutured Specimens - 21st September to 4th October

Robyn Neild - 5th to 18th October

Alex Boican - 19th October to 1st November

Amanda Wood - 2nd to 15th November

Duncan Weston - 16th to 29th November

Richardson & Richardson: Winter Wonderland Special! 

- 30th November  to 3rd January 2020

Ethan Sheppard - 4th to 24th January

 

Shane Record 'Leas Lockdown' 24th August to 6th September 2020

 

Leas Lockdown

This painting was inspired by a dear friend whose serious health condition meant that during lockdown she was stuck indoors permanently, with a life-saving operation put on hold. This is the view from her window on the Leas.

You can see more of Shane's work at

www.shanerecord.com

Facebook: Shane Record Paintings

Instagram: @shanerecordpaintings

or you can visit his studio gallery at 19-21 The Old

High Street, Folkestone

Leas Lockdown

Shane Record

Oil on canvas with micro palette knife

P.O.A.

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 Exhibitions Coming Soon:

Shane Record - 24th August to 6th September

Constance MacQueen - 7th September to 20th September

Sutured Specimens - 21st September to 4th October

Robyn Neild - 5th to 18th October

Alex Boican - 19th October to 1st November

Katie Bradley 'Running With Wolves' 10th to 23rd August 2020

Running With Wolves

Katie Bradley is a creative who has a love for folklore and music. Katie is internationally known for her powerful Blues voice and has received national awards for song writing. Katie has illustrated ceramics since her early 20's and loves to create personalised commissions.

This piece is named after her favourite book 'Women who run with wolves' by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. An empowering book (Katie's bible) which studies and unfurls rich intercultural myths, folk tales and stories. The quote in the gallery is from a poem Katie composed during the lockdown, to inspire everyone's ability to close one's eyes, and find rich meditation from within.

(The complete poem)

'The dark is always there

Cup your hands and close your eyes

Venture deep into the forests of your mind

Where fairytales start to flicker.

Everything that has been juggled by the light

Becomes a secret, 

Unravelled by the night.'

Find out more about Katie's music and ceramics at

www.katiebradley.co.uk

Facebook (music) Katie Bradley Music page

Facebook (ceramics) Kate's Plates & Gifts

Instagram @katiebluesharp

Running With Wolves

Katie Bradley

Ceramic paint on ceramic mug, Felt, Paper.

£10.00 (mug only)

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 Exhibitions Coming Soon:

Shane Record - 24th August to 6th September

Constance MacQueen - 7th September to 20th September

Sutured Specimens - 21st September to 4th October

Robyn Neild - 5th to 18th October