Preview Artists Open Studios 2013

This is a one-page summary view of all this year's artists or studio groups.
Artists are listed in surname order.

Krishna Alageswaran
My work explores the possibilities of clay through texture, pattern and form. Making boxes and containers continue to fascinate and engage me. more...
Lizzy Alageswaran
I am embarking on new, more documentary as well as more fun work. The balloon must fly… more...
Kristan Baggaley
Large, expressive, textured, oil, mixed media, on canvas, influenced by the Dark Peak District. I work in a spacious studio and gallery space. more...
Gorima Basu
I am a painter who specialises in oil/ watercolour & I love experimenting with mixed media. In my landscape/figurative paintings one would find both traditional & experimental techniques. more...
Chris Boland
I construct bold, sculptural, stone set jewellery using precious metals. The work is influenced by inorganic forms. All the stones used are natural and untreated. more...
Donna Bramall
I am a sculptor of waste and recycled mediums. Objects seen as rubbish, I transform into an interesting assemblage or 3D sculpture. more...
David Brightmore
My subjects do not relate to recognisable places or people but are a continuous search for essential gestures and rhythms of land and people. more...
John Brokenshire
My work is oil on canvas. Painterly depth and atmosphere are key elements. Imagery and focus are on Nature, landscape, mystery, inner landscape and dream. more...
Terry Brooker
I work in acrylics, gouache, clay and glazes. I intend crosscurrents of ideas between the paintings and ceramics. I am looking for inevitability of form and colour. more...
Kris Burrows
I paint landscapes using chalk pastels. My inspiration is being in the landscape, capturing the interplay of colour and form; the changing energy that animates it. more...
Carr Workshop
Cath´s paintings are semi-abstract and originate from in & around Sheffield. These are complemented by Diana´s ceramics which also are derived from natural forms. more...
Shirley Cameron
“Yoga Fiesta” – an a to z of yoga. Apple to Zebra Yoga. Overview of my art – sculpture, performance art, installation and concept work via flower painting! more...
Lyn Carruthers
I work in mixed media investigating natural and recycled materials. My inspiration for work and colour palette comes from nature. I am exploring engaged practice. more...
Mary Charlton
I work with silver to produce dramatic, statement-piece brooches, earrings and cuffs, exploring themes of erosion. Each piece is individually made, and unique. more...
Jean Cherry
I make individual, non-editioned prints, starting with a linocut, collagraph or monoprint, often adding drawn marks/ collage/stencil.. I also make paper structures. more...
Norman Cherry
Hand built stoneware pottery, wood fired suitable for garden and patio. Wheel thrown glazed stoneware for domestic use. more...
Mary Conway
I work with textiles, mixed media and found objects, using both hand and machine stitch and print to explore aspects of imbalance and displacement. more...
Graham Dunn
Fine-art landscape & portrait photographer. Special interest in Peak District & North Norfolk. Fine-art prints, books, cards & tuition available. Commissions welcomed. more...
Steve Elliott
I paint landscapes of the Peak District in pastel, capturing the spirit and atmosphere of the Peak Park in vibrant hues and variety of style. more...
Mary Else
Mixed media, colour, texture, clay, metal, acrylic and textiles. Influences the materials I use Movement, natural forms and Marilyn Monroe. more...
Finkfurniture
Finbarr Lucas and Hazel Drummond transform local hardwoods and reclaimed timber into cabinets and kitchens, chairs and tables, display cases and shelving. more...
Juliet Forrest
Award winning landscape artist; textured acrylics inspired by nature and the Peak District. Stained glass windows and artworks, specialising in traditional kiln fired painting techniques. more...
Gill Gathercole
My work includes abstract paintings (based on land and seascapes), still-lives and the figure, in oil. Also drawings in charcoal and pencil. more...
James Green
I create artwork using linocut print techniques, focussing on simple graphic images. My subjects are generally people, animals, landscapes and occasionally the ordinarily absurd. more...
Samantha Groom
I am a printmaker, producing mainly woodblock and linocut prints. Discarded prints become collages. Recent work is simple, bold, colourful and inspired by childhood. more...
Sarah Hamshere
I paint mainly abstracts, enjoying playing with colour and texture. I also work in mixed-media, textiles, mosaic and make artist bears from recycled materials. more...
Karin Hessenberg
I make sculptures in high-fired stoneware clay, mainly portraits, some of which are based on historical paintings. I also make unusual garden ornaments. more...
Brian Holland
Largely figurative, focusing on body language,spatial relationships,facial expression. Larger pieces wood fired, smaller works raku fired. Also slab built architectural forms. more...
Caroline Holley
I am a botanical illustrator and use watercolour to paint life sized, detailed plant portraits through the seasons. more...
Becca Hopkinson
I create beautiful and unique wooden gift items. I’ve specialised in box making, working both to commission and also sell work through online shops and craft markets. more...
Val Hudson
Poetic, abstract, elemental, paintings endeavouring to make that which is invisible visible. Oil and wax layered on canvas then scraped back revealing what has gone before. more...
Jacqueline James
Individually designed handwoven rugs and wall panels for public and private interiors. Constructed as durable floor rugs, their decorative quality makes them equally appropriate as wall panels. more...
Kelham Island Arts Collective
A group of eight artists: paintings, sculptures, glasswork and textiles more...
KIAC Sculpture Group
Three sculptors and a painter. more...
Viv Keel
I work with glass. The pieces are fused and slumped in a kiln and I often fuse wire or coloured glass into them. more...
Lodge House Artists
Four artists: intaglio etching, textiles, watercolours, printmaking. more...
Sue Lancaster
Decorative and functional work involving combinations of textile processes and machine embroidery. I am currently experimenting with tea and rust dye, screen print and stitch. more...
E.Jane Lazenby
Paintings in a figurative style depicting animals and figures. I am inspired by the beauty and power of the horse and the capture of light.... more...
Frances Lewis
I am a painter and printmaker working in an expressionistic style depicting animalistic characters and dream like scenes in- lino, etching, gouache, watercolour and acrylic. more...
Lyn Littlewood
Loosely painted watercolour and pastel landscapes and flowers. They are rich in colour, inspired by her wonderful surroundings. more...
Phil Lockwood
My main output at the moment is (in acrylic) “Nocturnal Townscapes and Industrial scenes”. These are fantasy settings of imagined buildings, with interesting lighting effects. more...
Jean Luce
I work in a variety of media, exploring the lines and patterns of the landscape and love particularly the local crags and coast of Yorkshire. more...
Manor Stokes
Three potters. more...
Bryan Munsey
I began creative woodturning in 1986 and my love of the medium shines through every piece. I now use only reclaimed natural South Yorkshire timber. more...
New Fringe
The New Fringe is a positive force in developing and sustaining the arts and crafts scene in Doncaster and in the surrounding area. more...
Helen Neale
I create garments from handspun natural fibres, dyed and handknitted. Also naturally dyed silk scarves. Inspired by colour, texture and movement in trees and water. more...
Sue Nichol
I paint in oils, capturing the edges of the land, be it, coastal or the rocky edges of Derbyshire, Yorkshire and Cornwall. My paintings are a mixture of bold strokes, impasto effects and subtle glazes. This year I will also be featuring some of my etchings. more...
Saskia Palmer
My work is mainly figurative and I specialise in portraiture documenting the extraordinary characters and changing faces that inhabit our lives. more...
Helen Parsley
Fine art paintings – acrylic on canvas Landscapes, cityscapes and some brand new still life paintings! more...
Colleen Penny
I use different media to describe the world I inhabit. Sometimes I just explore the materials and this often results in pure abstraction. more...
Annette Petch
Hand made jewellery and small decorative items in silver and gold, featuring handmade chains, chasing and repoussé. Inspired by gardens, woodland and seashore. more...
Jill Ray
Local landscapes are my inspiration. I paint in oils on canvas and produce prints using my PC and iPad like sketchbooks. more...
Christine Rodger
My work is inspired by strong coastal and inshore landscapes,seen whilst travelling with sketchbooks. I use acrylics, oils, watercolour, and mixed media. more...
Tim Rose
Paintings in oil and watercolour of architecture, interiors, portraits and life studies. more...
soft touch studio
Textiles, woodworking and photography more...
Giedre Sadauskaite
I work in textile and fine art field where I use traditional techniques and materials to create a range of homeware, wearable accessories, paintings and illustrations. more...
Antonia Salmon
I hand build ceramic sculptures which are burnished and smoke fired. I aim to produce forms that are poised between movement and stillness. They are works to contemplate quietly. more...
Paul Schatzberger
Limited edition, archival quality exhibition photographs. Atmospheric images that speak of absence yet reveal signs of humanity. More beneath the surface than meets the eye. more...
Carole Slinn
My work is inspired by personal and public experience. Original digital images are developed in the studio and incorporated in finished paintings. more...
Stoneface
I sculpt materials that appeal to me, such as stone, metals and reclaimed stuffs. My imagination is brought to life by my spiritual woodland surroundings. more...
Kate Sully
My work explores contemporary issues about our world, making large scale mixed media pieces using a variety of materials including digital imagery, wires and pins. more...
The Corner Gallery
This small gallery space is based in the Sheffield Antiques Quarter just south of the city centre. the space works as a social enterprise and offers 30+ Sheffield artists an opportunity to showcase and sell their work. The space also intends to encourage the purchase and appreciation of locally made work and of art. more...
Stephen Todd
Painting, drawing and photographic based images. My work explores sea and landscape, the human form and historical research and references. more...
Zoran Tosic
The process of painting itself is an attempt of myriads of my soul elements to seek their expression on the earthly plane through materials and form, and to unite themselves with the essence of my Being, on their path through eternity. more...
Gerald Unwin
I produce mostly sculptural ceramics & domestic ware. I paint as well. Humour is a key element as is the undermining of the obvious. more...
Whiston Brook Studio
Two artists, a painter and a ceramic artist more...
Trudy Weir
I am interested in the surface produced from stretching laminated stoneware clay bodies and slips to produce slab built art ceramics which are often unglazed. more...
Amanda.J. Wells
My work is as much about play and learning as it is about design. Inspired by shape, colour and texture I like to work expressively and experimentally. more...
Kate Wells
Fine work inspired by a love of landscape, birds and rich pattern – drawing, collage and embroidery in black and white through to gold on transparent silk. more...
Lynne Wilkinson
Award winning artist, inspired by local rolling hills, animals and flowers. Original paintings alongside cards and giclee prints. more...
Mark.H. Wilson
Born and based in Sheffield, professional award-winning contemporary artist. Paintings inspired by landscape, townscape, sky and woodland featuring colour, light, texture, sunrise, sunsets and storms. more...
Penny Withers
Functional and sculptural thrown pottery. High quality craftsmanship and original design, based on energy and tactility. more...
Peter York
I am a printmaker using etching, collagraph and wood cut process’s to create observed and imagined images in a vibrant and creative way. more...
Alison Zwaard
I run Glass Fusing and Precious Metal Clay silver jewellery workshops from my Netheredge studio. Fused glass and silver jewellery on display and for sale. more...