Beauty is the First Test [A film by Electric Egg]
In craft we seek to explore the relationship of the process to materials, of hand to form, of eye to object
This quote by Liz Cooper, the curator of the exhibition Beauty is the First Test, was the starting point for this film, an experimental and conceptual exploration of the craft and work of five artists working in craft techniques across the UK. Beauty is the First Test, the exhibition, like the film, seeks to explore how mathematical concepts underpin the artists work and tecnhiques, and how maths theory supports the development of their work.
The filmmaker a spent a day with each of the artists, Gail Baxter, David Gates, Stella Harding, Carol Quarini and Margo Selby, to learn about their craft and work and to film the environment in which their work is created to create a film that not only shows how they interact with mathematics, but also how their environment and the tools at their disposal shapes their work.
The film was funded by the Arts Council of England's Grants for the arts scheme and is part of the touring exhibition Beauty is the First Test which was created by Liz Cooper which is exhibiting across the UK in 2013 and 2014.
Directed by: Neil Baker & Steven Hatton
Produced by Electric Egg & Liz Cooper
Exhibition dates:
Until June 30th 2013 - National Centre for Craft and Design - Sleaford, Lincs UK: nationalcraftanddesign.org.uk/
6th September - 2nd November - Bilston Craft Gallery - Wolverhampton, UK: wolverhamptonart.org.uk/visit/bilston/
16th January - 19th April: Platform Gallery - Clitheroe, UK: ribblevalley.gov.uk/platformgallery
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Chrissy Webster Mosaic & Craft Intro 2018
For more info visit craft-class-lancs.co.uk. Based in Preston, Lancashire, and throughout NW England.
Watching budding artists develop - at any age - is the best part about my work!
I provide craft expansion with unique craft workshops for the public and community projects in a fun setting. I love teaching a wide mix of crafts like mosaics, felting, printing, tie dye, batik, soap making and perfumery.
It's Official: Creativity is Good for You!
Arts and Health are important together. Creating has a way of making you feel better, like a good cup of tea. It brings people together, builds confidence, makes life fun, and who doesn't need a little break from it all? Crafts can appeal to all the senses: visual, smell and touch. I like students to experiment and explore - that's what I call craft expansion! Anyone can have a go!
Learn from a qualified Tutor with Enhanced DBS certification.
I run mosaic art classes for adults at venues such as the Platform Gallery in Clitheroe, Lancashire. I'm a qualified tutor with experience in schools, colleges, community art settings, and at visitor centres such as Barton Grange Garden Centre.
About my Work
I love working with tactile surfaces and experimenting with texture, light, reflection and transparency. Mosaics have so many possibilities from informal and natural to jewel-like and aquatic, and I push these boundaries with a sense of adventure. Mosaic Commissions are available in glass tiles or stained glass mosaics for feature walls, fireplaces, or to commemorate a favourite portrait or subject. Mosaics are great for indoors or in a garden to create an atmosphere to your desire.
Vanessa Cox Pendray - Ceramic Artist
Vanessa Cox Pendray M.A.C.E.(UEA London), PDD Ceramics,
Adult & Community Teaching Certificate
I have worked in Art/Textiles/Dance/Craft/Clay/Photgraphy, cookery and fashion for most of my life and enjoy making pots on my wheel.
I like to teach and pass on my work to the community, also experiment on new designs in geometrical patterns and crystalline glazes - ceramics being my specialist subject.
After raising my family, my selection to Amsterdam Ceramic Millennium July 1999 led me on to working in the community, as one area of my work can be made by many different aged children - junior/senior.
Awards:
Craft Potters Association January 2002;
East of England Arts June 2001;
Schools & Families Hertfordshire CC June 2001-2006;
Lee Valley Par September 2001;
East Herts DC March 2001- 2004 Photography and Ceramics;
Selected by the American Ceramic Arts Foundation for the Ceramic Millenium RAI Centre, Amsterdam. July 1999;
Extended learning Children Schools and families. 2006-2009.
Commissions:
Zelli Porcelain Gallery, London W1 - 2008;
NHS Trust Art Therapy - 2004;
Hertfordshire County Council Schools & Families - June 2001-8;
East Herts DC Life Long Learning Ceramics Projects;
EHDC Photography Commissions 2002;
Feeling Good February 2007/8/9, Herts County Council;
Exhibitions:
Clitheroe Platform Gallery 2001;
Leeds City Gallery - 2001;
RAI Centre Amsterdam. Millennium selection July 1999;
Bell Fine Art, Winchester - 2001;
Affordable Art, Battersea Park 2002;
Amsterdam Basalt Gallery - July 1999;
Art in Clay - Hatfield House - Solo Exhibitions between 2003-2012;
Hertfordshire County Council - September 2003-2008;
Lee Valley Park Authority - September 2003;
Zelli Porcelain Gallery 2008;
Permanent Public works of Art:
The Royal Homeopath Hospital, Gt. Ormond Street, London WC1,2008;
The County Hospital Hertford. 2004 and 2012;
The Isabel Hospice, Welwyn Garden City 2002;
Work displayed in schools throughout Hertfordshire from 2000.
Qualifications:
MA - Creative Entrepreneurship - UEA(London);
PDD - Postgrad Dev Diploma Ceramic Design;
HNC - Ceramic Design;
HNC - Multi Crafts;
BTEC - Fashion Design;
BTEC - Photography;
Adult & Community Teaching Certificate.
Publications:
Geometric Ceramic Daisies (Craft Club/Craft Council) 2012;
Sunday Telegraph Magazine Supplement - Nov. 2012;
Wall Pieces by Dominique Bivar Segurado (Pub. A&C Black 2009);
Anglia TC - May 2002;
Glass Prselain Kristal aardework No2 - April 1999 Amsterdam;
Three Counties Radio 1999;
Radio 4 1998;
Local Press;
Ceramic Review Jan 2002 & July 2003.
Last Night of the 2013 Chatburn Proms
A celebration of 175 years of Christ Church Chatburn, the first church to be built in the reign of Queen Victoria, with a concert in the succesful series of music events performed in this beautiful church on 13th September 2013.
All proceeds will go to the Church Development Fund.
Snow In Hastings - January 2010
A photo video.
Some photos taken during a walk in the snow on 9th January 2010, in Hastings, England.
All photo's were taken by myself.
If you want a copy any of these photo's, or would like to use them, please contact me via YouTube.
Music - Winter Chimes by Kevin MacLeod
Chatburn WCML Diversions 1993
West Coast Mainline Diversions through Chatburn 1993
John Bright | Wikipedia audio article
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John Bright
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John Bright (16 November 1811 – 27 March 1889) was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies.
A Quaker, Bright is most famous for battling the Corn Laws. In partnership with Richard Cobden, he founded the Anti-Corn Law League, aimed at abolishing the Corn Laws, which raised food prices and protected landowners' interests by levying taxes on imported wheat. The Corn Laws were repealed in 1846. Bright also worked with Cobden in another free trade initiative, the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty of 1860, promoting closer interdependence between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Second French Empire. This campaign was conducted in collaboration with French economist Michel Chevalier, and succeeded despite Parliament's endemic mistrust of the French.
Bright sat in the House of Commons from 1843 to 1889, promoting free trade, electoral reform and religious freedom. He was almost a lone voice in opposing the Crimean War; he also opposed William Ewart Gladstone's proposed Home Rule for Ireland. He was a spokesman for the middle class, and strongly opposed to the privileges of the landed aristocracy. In terms of Ireland, he sought to end the political privileges of Anglicans, disestablished the Church of Ireland, and began land reform that would turn land over to the Catholic peasants. He coined the phrase
The mother of parliaments.