CATALOGUE

STRANDS AT THE DEPARTMENT STORE

In association with ArtCan
Sponsored by Suna Interior Design

Curated by Rebecca Tucker, Jill Desborough and Eves Eveson

STRANDS/strænds/
- different parts of an idea, a plan, a story, etc
- an element that forms part of a complex whole

Featuring over 70 artists, 'Strands' showcases a carefully curated collection of works from ArtCan members, highlighting a diverse array of mediums, everything from painting, print, sculpture, textiles, mixed media, drawing, video and installation art. 

"Many artists work across a variety of disciplines,
and this exhibition has been conceived as an opportunity
to show these differing strands of their creative practice in one space." 

SUNA INTERIOR DESIGN

Suna Interior Design is an award-winning, boutique interior design consultancy providing interior services for property developers.

Rebecca Tucker and Helen Fewster head up the London-based studio ensuring that a high level of attention is dedicated to each client and project.

Established in June 2001, Suna Interior Design work on a wide variety of projects across the UK, specialising in interior design for large and small scale developers.

Working on residential interiors and development communal areas, marketing suites and sales areas, Suna Interior Design is accomplished at knowing how to successfully put together designs that are eminently functional, reflective of the brief given and attractive to the target audience.

ARTCAN

ArtCan is a non-profit organisation creating opportunities for emerging contemporary artists to reach a wider audience through profile raising activities and a vibrant and exciting exhibition programme.

The organisation’s ongoing objective is to generate, promote, maintain and improve opportunities for contemporary artists without compromise to their artistic exploration and development or reliance on formal gallery representation.

ArtCan seeks to complement and support established gallery structures by enabling emerging talent to be experienced and purchased. ArtCan believes that a no commission sales structure helps ensure that the artist can focus on developing their art rather than trying to make ends meet. ArtCan believes that individuals working alongside each other create power through collaboration.

Adele Cloony
@studiocloony

Compassionate Enso
Mixed Media
25.5x20x4cm
£395

Shimmering Mantra
Embroidered, Mixed Media
27cm x 27cm x 6cm
£495

“I've chosen these works to show the continuous seeds of interdependent interconnections/layers and impermanence, through my work. Incorporating the circle with its infinite representations through the ages and cultures and by using meditative marks and techniques, centred in the present moment to express my internal dialogue.”

Amanda Blunden
@amandablundenart

Among Trees, limited edition of 50
Digital media on paper 330gsm
30cm x 30cm
£220

The Whispering Sky, limited edition of 50
Digital media on paper 330gsm
30cm x 30cm
£220

Canopy
Water soluble graphite on Akua Paper
15cm x 15cm
£120

“My painting practice is primarily influenced by memory and imagination merged with a sense of place. To gather ideas, I frequently use sketch books which I categorise based on themes I use photographs and digitally edit them integrating scans of my painted pieces or drawings. Digitally, I aim demonstrate how these various disciplines interact and communicate with one another.”

Anna Walsh
@annawalshartist

Cygnus Negative Space Portals
Cyanotype collage
40cm x 50cm framed
£400 framed

The Gold Set
Screen print
62cm x 52cms
£255 framed

“Although my work is connected through ideas and subject matter, in practice it can emerge in a variety of media. Photography and drawing are often the beginnings, collecting ideas and experimenting with what might portray the idea best. I often combine drawing and screen printing to create limited edition prints, and in all forms I use collage in some way.”

Annie Heyworth
@heyworthannie_artist

Georgeois Bourgeois
Watercolour
36cmx26cm
£500

Farewell Vivienne Westwood
Sewn paper
35x35cm
£950

Reflection
Blackwing pencil
27x32cm
£350

“I work both two dimensionally and three dimensionally and I am equally interested in both portraiture and sewn paper dress sculptures.”

Candice Wu
@candicewuglass

Earthly Tapestry
Inkjet print on photographic paper
20x20cm
£230

Ware Gambit
Blown glass hand-finished, reclaimed mahogany
37.5 x 25 x 25 cm
£900

“Drawing on my skills as a photographer, designer and glass artist, my work incorporates different media. Omnifarious interconnectivity is the underlying message. ‘Earthly Tapestry’ is inspired by Don McLean’s song ‘Tapestry’, how humans have to face the consequences of polluting the earth. ‘Ware Gambit’ is named for an opening move in Chess, and similar to the game of life, there are rules and limitations. The illumination is representative of the light within each of us - no matter how small, will ever quench the dark. Each of us has a place in the world, lighting the way for everyone around. Each is a strand in the web of life.”

Carole Bury
@caroleburytextileartist

Ancient Way
Monoprint
27x47cm
£425

Field Notes
Pleated paper textile
50x50cm
£895

Safe Space
Pencil Drawing
42x35cm
£395

“As a textile artist I'm concerned with capturing the essence of landscapes I love to be in. Embroidery and constructional techniques are used which have a beauty, depth and quietness translating my drawings into crafted paper textiles. Rhythmically and repetitively drawing in landscapes, I discover and document journeys and tracks, searching out interesting features or geological evidence. Back in the Studio, repeated elements of this visual dialogue are reworked into new versions using paper and stitch. Mono-printing from these structures adds history into them, transforming the original marks even further into new imagery concerning pilgrimages and journeys.”

Caroline Banks
@cvbanks_art

Harmonic Drift
Oil, acrylic, gesso on paper and canvas
240cm x diameter 60cm
£ 3800

Purple & Copper Gilded Study I
Gesso & acrylic with copper leaf on paper
25cm x 20cm
£130

Purple & Copper Gilded Study II
Gesso & acrylic with copper leaf on paper
25cm x 20cm
£130

“I explore the transformation of energy from one form to another, the memory of gesture, reflecting on the passage of time, the connection between all things.”

Caroline Wheaton
@carolinewheatonsculpture

Torso : He
Pewter on reclaimed marble
45cm x 28cm x 11cm
£395

Torso : He (Antiquity)
Iron Jesmonite (Mildly rusted)
26cm x 8cm x 8 cm
£125

“My sculpture is inspired by us .... by being human. What drives us, shapes us, moulds us. Shaping and moulding are then, of course, used in the making of my sculptures. But first, my pencil. Graphite and charcoal start the process. That great leveller; the sketch. These three works show that process. From pastel sketch to sculptural sketch, through to a large abstraction in molten metal and stone. The human figure emerges.”

Cat Coulter
@catcoulterartist

Selkie
Iron lobster trap, trawler net,thread
65cm x 20cm x 14 cm/
£1150

Three Graces - Thalia
Cyanotype on paper
42cm x 60cm
£400

“A Stranded. Beached. Washed up on the shoreline. Fishing nets and ropes are literally a central strand running through my art practice, in various forms, from sculptural pieces, through decorative and wearable confections to cyanotype prints. Each found object inspires its own artistic response. Sometimes the same object can be transformed through several iterations and different media. I have chosen to submit these pieces for this exhibition because I believe they complement each other in recalling the sinuous movement of the waves from which they were pulled.”

Cath Stocker
@cath_stocker_art

Past, Present, Future'
Patinated Copper
32cm x 32cm x 4cm
£800

Three Silver Birches
Oil, Acrylic and Conte on Canvas
34cm x 84cm x4cm
£800

“Taking risks, challenging processes and experimenting with different materials are some of the essential things that drive me. I create work in 2 and 3D and I am fascinated with the natural patination process in metals and wood. My Silver Birch series of paintings are inspired by trips to Finland where the species is in abundance; so much so, you could say it is their national tree. In much the same way we use the Poppy flower in the UK to represent remembrance and death, in ‘Three Silver Birches’, the trees stand for Peace in our time.”

Catherine Jacobs
@catherinejacobsartist

The Scale of It? 2
Limited Edition Photographic Print
42cm x 29.7cm
Edition of 25 & 1 AP Framed £350, Unframed £295

More Than Human 6
Watercolour on 250g paper
19x14cm
Framed price £120

“This idea of ‘Strands’ and the positioning of artworks in different mediums as elements that form part of a complex whole, is an innovative and inspiring an idea for a group exhibition. Considering this theme has allowed me, for the first time, to think about bringing different recent works to be shown together, that are all inspired the ecosystems explored in the science writer Ed Yong’s wonderful book, ‘The Immense World’. In paint, mixed media and photography these works take us under our oceans where perception happens in totally different and unknown ways.

Catherine Sweet
@insta_cat13

Clarity (Inspirare)
Acrylic on canvas
59cm x 42cm
£400

Mapping it Out
Mixed media collage on canvas
20cm x 20cm
£100

“Whether through figurative or abstract works, 2D or 3D processes, each artist has a unique lens for the world, and each part of their work is reflective of a part of their experience. I believe it's important for artists to feed their curiosity, rather than to restrict themselves to one subject or medium; each strand of our practice is unique but builds on all that came before, and each building block helps us to push ourselves forward. Everything has it's moment, and by giving ourselves permission to explore, we give ourselves the chance to reflect on our changing perspectives.”

Christina Crews
@christinajanefrance

Les Climats de Bourgogne
Etching / Oil pastel / gold dust
33cm x 46cm framed
£475

Colours of the Ocean
Mokuhanga (JapaneseWood Block)
20cm x 30cm
£400

“Two works from the series Les Climats. Using etching, oil pastel and gold dust on paper, I folded and manipulated the flat surface to form a relief wherein the reflections shift depending on the light. Etching, drawing and sculpture. Colours of the Ocean ­evokes the shifting colours of our seas due to climate change.”

Christine Watson
@csw1258artist

Deal castle
Mezzotint
10x10cm
£120

Pink Scaffolding
Pastel on paper,
59cm x42cm
£650

Christine Watson works in soft pastels and mezzotint. The pastels allow her to create a sense of light and shade in colour whilst the mezzotints are a vehicle for portraying light and dark in black and white. The method of creating each discipline is similar using gentle strokes teasing the image into fruition. Mezzotint however requires a more disciplined way of working that has to adhere to creating light from dark. In both media Christine pursues her love of architectural subjects

Claire Chandler
@clairechandlerart

How Fragile We Are
Acrylic on birchwood panel
53cm x 53cm
£950

New Forest Drawing 2
Charcoal on paper
21cm x 29xm
£350

“My paintings begin with charcoal drawings made on location, in response to the landscape. Elements from these drawings are then pared back, simplified and worked into with layers of colour emerging as abstract paintings made with energy and emotion. Rather than creating a visual reproduction of a place, I use energetic brushstrokes and a colour palette that evokes the calm and tranquility, recalling a memory of the location and my personal response to being there.”

Courtenay Kusitor
@courtenay_kusitor_artist

The Hairpin
DigitalArt
60x50cm
£175

Thoughts Of Consciousness
AI Art & Retouching
32x32cm
£175

“I employ different creative practices when developing new works. I use photography to capture colours, moods and feelings. Digital art to quickly visualise concepts when I’m out of the studio and finally Inks, Acrylics and oils to create my original paintings. This varied approach to my practice keeps me motivated and helps me to create interesting works around subjects of consciousness and living in the moment.”

Debbie Tearle
@debbietearleart

Stratum
Earth pigments and stitch
29x19cm
£270

Untrodden Path 2
Oil and Cold Wax
24cm x 15 cm (frame size 38 x 31cm)
£245

“Connection to nature flows through all my work. My passion for the materials of nature starts whilst walking in the landscape where I observe and collect items that are an inspiration and tools back to the studio. Many of these finds are then carried into the creation of the pieces, whether that’s using river water and pebbles to manipulate watercolour, earth pigments on linen with stitch, oil and cold wax, or oak gall inks on various surfaces. I’m delighted to submit to Strands and exhibit a variety of my works each showing a continuity of natural materials from the environment.”

Donna Loiola
@donnaloiolart

Soft Horizon
Acrylic on wood panel

£345.00

Pink Lemonade
Collage on canvas board.
10x15cm
£180.00

“Diversity and inclusivity are core to both my process as an Artist and my work as an Arts Psychotherapist. I use various art media while creating and often move between integrating different art materials and the pure expression of one art medium. I am often surprised by the outcome and have learned to trust both the process and the results. The strands of my life as an Artist and Arts Psychotherapist are always interconnected and inevitably appear in my work in recurring themes of colour, landscapes and vessels. These are the symbols and materials that express and explore the strands of my creative life.”

Doug Shaw
@dougshawart

The Path
Handmade Artists Book
21x14cm
£85 (Ltd edition of 10 - made to order)

Terrain I and II
Ink on Paper
A4
£150 each

“My current work follows The Path. Tracks, routes and connections, above and below ground, exploring how we relate to the natural world. I'm seeking to understand how we can deepen these connections to feel more a part of the world we live in, rather than apart from it, as we currently often seem to be. As a multidisciplinary artist, I enjoy applying different aspects of my practice to this body of work. Just like the environment presents us with a range of surfaces, textures, and more, so too does my work.”

Elizabeth Griffiths
@lizgstitches @lizgpaints

Candescence
Mixed-media: lino print, inks and hand embroidery on calico
31cm x 31cm
£600

Candour
Hand embroidery on calico
15cm x15cm unframed
£350

Contemplation
Water-soluble graphite on paper
12.5x18.5cm
£150

Elizabeth works in a range of media: embroidery, watercolour, graphite,
photography, print and sketch. She uses each media to inform and enhance the other, creating symbiotic relationships across her work. Having being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022, Elizabeth’s practice has evolved and moved away from deliberate traditional embroidery to more abstract mediums that have allowed her to embrace the unpredictability and beauty of the unexpected. The many strands of Elizabeth’s practice have been used to depict her experience of cancer treatment and recovery. The title of each piece begins with the letter C, thus owning and reclaiming the “C-word”.

Elizabeth Nast
@elizabethnast

Delightful Tattoo
Watercolour
37cm x30cm
£650

Travelling Lady
Acrylic
33cm x18cm
£600

A Room of One's Own
Graphite
36cm x 24cm
£450

The story of London can be told through a walk in its streets...what is the everyday scene? Tattoo artists taking a break before the next customer arrives and watching the world go by. An elderly visitor to London walks quickly along the street, eager to reach her hotel and offload her luggage. The once ubiquitous sight, this phone box has been repurposed as a shelter for the homeless. Each scene is depicted in different mediums, that the artist chose to reflect the qualities of light, colour and composition

Elly Platt
@takeitupwearitout

(Un)Natural Leap Forward
photograph
50cm x 50cm x 6cm
£100

(Un)Natural/textiles
135cm x 50cm x 50cm
not for sale

(Un)Natural
sketchbook/paper, Polaroid photos, textile
21cm x1 5cm
not for sale

“My multimedia project Discarded looked at the short, uneventful lives of unloved fast fashion garments, and imagined new possibilities for these clothes. I recorded the details of each garment in a sketchbook, alongside my feelings about each garment and the fashion industry in general, before deconstructing the garments and recreating them as the profusion of natural forms that makes up (Un)Natural, a work of wearable art. Photographing (Un)Natural as worn by performer Mel Simpson brought the work to life, creating the visual spectacle and dynamism that was noticeably absent from the original clothes.

Elspeth Penfold
@elspeth_billie_penfold

Intertidal Quipus
mixed media sculpture
100cm x 16cms

Intertidal Calligraphy
Zine
15x21cm
£50 signed limited edition

“In 2010 I started to develop work with a focus on materials and process. In 2014 I set up a walking group as part of Journeys with The Waste Land at Turner Contemporary. We used walking to engage with the poem and locate it experientially in Margate.I have continued to explore the relationship between walking, weaving and poetry.This work has widened to include artists, academics, galleries and community groups. Intertidal Calligraphy is a commission made with the Museum of London archeology and is in the collection of the National Poetry Library at the
Southbank . It is work made with people who have a learning disability
who can't read and write”

Emmanuelle Orr
@emmanuelle_orr

Birds of Spring
Etching
23x15cm (unframed).£45
25x17cm (framed) £75

Birds on a wire
Risograph print
30x42cm (unframed) £30
40x50cm (framed) £60

Each of the pieces submitted here was creating separately and work independently. The techniques are different, the creation period ranges over several years, the prints are disparate. And yet, put together, they find each other and tell a story: A bird takes flight and soars above the sky. It lands on a wire or a tree, or disappears into the air. The prints repeat the story, replay it on a loop. And still the birds keep landing and soaring, indifferent to our efforts to frame them.

Eves Eveson
@eves.eveson

Borrowed Time
Digital Print on Aluminium
50cm x 50cm
£450

Raspberry Rascal
Acrylic, spray paint on canvas
60x60cm
£800

Voodoo Moo
Acrylic spray paint and mixed media on wood
NFS

“I am inspired by street art, its energy and colour, as well as its non-conformity to Fine Art principles. The paintings are established over many layers and the work is continually made, destroyed and recreated, leaving a remnant of each layer. The painting uses visual metaphors, words & motifs to develop a narrative of time and change. The composition is never fully realised until the end of the piece.”

Francis Kenney
@franciskenney.studio

Iterations/video stills
1920x1080 pixels
NFS

Tulips
Mixedmedia print on board watercolour and Tin
25cm x 25cnmx32cm
£400

Love, Art, Life and Death: Francis riffs on the everyday, and the meaning and interpretation of images, symbols and language. Working across printmaking, painting, sculpture and digital media, he makes art that talks about relationships and the human experience by finding joy in the mundane, and presenting objects and scenes that reposition the ordinary as extraordinary. His recent works are modern interpretations of symbolic vanitas and memento mori pictures. They consider why we are here, at a time when we are at risk of being consumed by the trivial.

Gillian Brett
@gillian.brett

Crossover
stoneware ceramic
35cm x 23cm x 23cm
£560

Crowds triptych
Oil on board
23cm x 23cm (framed)
£480

“I focus on working as a figurative sculptor, primarily in ceramics. but I also regularly draw and paint, usually from life, as part of my practice. I also have a fascination for printmaking, and like to experiment with domestic materials that I can find at home: enjoying the chance to be inventive. I love making layers and textures with mono printing. There are key strands common to my work across all media: contemporary life, celebrating authenticity, and being human.”

Harinder Sahota
@harinder_artist

Anya
Charcoal on paper
42cm x 29 cm
£150

Jade
Oil on board
25x30cm
NFS

Turbaned Man
Watercolour on paper
240cm x 297cm
£300

“As an artist I have many 'strands' to my work. I have always drawn. As a child it was all I wanted to do. Hence the charcoal submission. I have been teaching watercolour painting for the last 15 years. It is a medium I love and feel comfortable with. I discovered oils about 5 years ago and my love for them has grown so much that I now paint exclusively in oils in my own work. Portraits/face/people are my fascination. This selection shows my 'strands', my love for drawing and painting people.”

Hedy Parry-Davies
@hedyilana

IKB?
Mixed media collage, photography, hand cut map, acrylics
84cm x 40cm
£550

Infinite Journeys
Tessellated paper collage, recycled envelopes, maps
40cm x 40cm
£529

Spiral Rays
Mixed media collage, cyanotype, silver leaf and ink on Khadi paper
37cm x 37cm
£180

“The concept of this exhibition perfectly reflects my art practice. In contrast to the constraints typical to this and also to my work as an architect, I enjoy the freedom to express my creativity in many different media and directions. The artworks I propose include structured paper, photography, acrylics, cyanotype and stitching and all have different back-stories explaining my creative journeys.”

Henryk Terpiłowski
@henrykterpart

Aurum Transfiguratis
Fabric and clamps
120x60x60cm
POA

Ethereal Entanglement
Mixed Media
170cm x40cm x60cm
POA

The sculpture / installations and collage works I have submitted show different strands of my work while also hopefully show a common visual thread. Collages incorporate painted effects and an overall decorative feel - this reflects my background as a decorative artist, and adds a further counterpoint to the more contemporary feel of the sculptural pieces.

Ingrid Barber
@ingridartistmaker

Toxic
Oil
42x54cm
£300

Grandma’s kitchen
Ink image transfer and paint
60cm x 80cm
£400

“The idea of strands connecting and weaving together in the artist’s life and work specifically appeals to me as an artist/maker who is quite hard to pin down! I work across a multitude of techniques and styles in my catalogue but it all starts with drawing . And I adore experimenting . My work can be black and white ink drawing, humorous collage, image transfer with paint and drawing in anything from green biro to marmite to Colmans mustard , traditional oil painting , 3D box making , wax moulding or wax used over paintings on board. However, there is a certain “Ingridness” that unites the work, be it about memory or contemporary society or history. Narrative is always key.”

Jane Higginbottom
@Jane_Higginbottom

Cocoa
Carved Polyphant Stone
30cm x18cm x 9cm
£475

Flotsam
Natural dyed yarn and Drift Wood
44cm x 67cm_
£380

“I have been making a mix of sculptural and textile works for a while now and started showing them together. All the work is based on natural materials and subject matter and the processes of carving and weaving are both very physical. The work may appear different but there are strong links between them. The sculptures are carved out of stone or wood, representing abstracted plant forms and the weavings use plant material to dye the yarns. All the work is comes from a sustainable practice. The exhibition Strands is a chance for these two types of practice to be seen together.”

Jane Pryor
@jane_pryor_studio

Solace 1
Acrylic on canvas
40x40 cm
£600

Improvisation,Yellow 2
Wood, gesso, acrylic, mounted on ply
34x21x13.5 cm
£450

Working within non-objective abstraction across painting and sculpture. Ideas move fluidly from the wall to the plinth and no works are planned. Present in the process is the notion of Kairos, the opportune moment. Recent work has a lightness of character. and are expressions of the duality of experience, of lightness and mortality.

Jennie Sharman-Cox
@jenniesharmancox

Eggshells
Box sculpture
30x20x10cm
£600

Courage Dear Heart
Collage
43x43cm
£500

“The theme of Strands allowed me to examine the various ‘parts’ of my practise… thinking about their separate elements. My sculptural box installations contain objects, either found or made, using clay, cloth, wire etc. My mixed media work uses many different elements - mount board, acrylic, wood and print – within a shallow framework. It was instructive to make a work that was purely collage, without a 3d structure, using recycled paper, card and print.”

Jill Desborough
@jill_desborough

Danse Macabre
Paper mache
80cm

”A feature of the different strands of my figurative work - sculpture, puppets or drawing- is intricacy and detail, though the materials used vary, each with its own challenges and properties. The sculpture explores mortality, ageing, mythology and relationships with the natural world. Recent work has been creating a series of havens and shrines, which embody a personal but probably general human need for security and tranquility in a turbulent world. The puppets reflect a love of theatricality and the fantastical. These themes can manifest in any of my work. But storytelling is central.”

Jill Meager
@jillmeager

Ringed Plover
Pastel
40x33cm
£350

Night Passage
Acrylic
30.5x30.5cm
£450

“I have been a wildlife artist for many years, travelling across the UK and more especially to Scotland to find my animal and bird subjects. More recently I have been painting the beautiful locations I find myself in when looking for subjects and over the last couple of years have begun an abstract landscape journey, quite different from my usual work.”

Jo Cooper
@jox.cooper

It's just one of those things, isn't it?'
Woven textile installation
approx. 3x3x1.5m
£2095

Shares of red
woven textile
50cm x 50cm
£150

Strands II
Drawing on paper
30cm x 42cm
£85

“As an artist that uses textiles, my work is full of strands - literal yarns and threads, as well as stories, ideas and experiences woven into my work. I leave loose threads hanging, reminding us of the materials that go into the work, and letting us wonder where it might lead us next on our journeys.”

Joanne Olney
@joanneolneyart

Boundaries
Photolitho Print
20x20cm/40x40cm
£225

First Light
Embroidered textile
20x20cm/40x40cm
£275

“My artwork is inspired by nature, life cycles, history, and narrative. I start with photography, developing ideas by imagining the context, purpose, and significance of each image. Decisions about media, techniques, and processes evolve from this initial concept, shaping the message I want to convey. Innovation, resilience, and continuity are recurring themes along with reflections on fragility, impermanence, and legacy. I strive to create a sense of place and energy that resonates, emphasising the true value of life. The work essentially is an appreciation of the unexpected beauty of the ordinary, readily available everyday.”

Jonathan Armour
@the.armour.studio

Birth Sleeve Self Portrait
Digital print on silk
140x200cm
£900 (limited edition of 10)

Now, where am I?
Pastel and pen on mylar
29.7cm x 42cm
£500

Butoh Arthron
Video
5 Mins
POA

“As an artist with a multifaceted practice and fascination with the human body, I thought I'd take this opportunity to showcase different ways in which I have made Self Portraits recently. Self Portraiture is a useful way to inspect identity, try a new material or technique, and also brings me closer to the models I work with through the experience of self observation.”

Judith Burrows
@judithburrowsartiststudio

Stitching the Scarred Landscape
steel, organic matter, lacquer, hinges
40x30x8cms
£2250

Book 1 on Waste
Emboss, letterpress, photo, steel, rust, ink on card, somerset paper
Book boxed 17x12cm, stands open on plinth double-sided
32cm x 15cms
£200

“I work with nature and the elements in conversation through alchemical experiments with man-made materials and organic matter. Research into climate and ecological dilemmas, and polluted landscapes, has led to greater understanding of the complexities of our relationship with the natural world. Close observation and a symbiotic dialogue has revealed an inherent 'intelligence' that challenges the Anthropocene and supports a belief that we are all inter-related as ‘one’. Ideas are explored through a variety of media strands. Oils and print on canvas, paper, wood, and metals in 2D and sculptural form, inform and interact in a crossover of ideas.”

Karl Singporewala
@karlsingporewala

Damsel
Lasercut timber
1000x160x200mm
£1,240

Infinity Poles IV (2024)
Enamelled brass
1500x250x250mm
£740

Infinity Poles V (2024)
Stainless steel
2000x300x300mm
£2,200

The fascinating brief for the Artcan Strands exhibition was the perfect way of celebrating multi-disciplinary artists. Karl’s artwork is eclectic, like his architecture, always a response to a site, a brief, or an emotion. Karl Singporewala RWA RIBA is a Chartered Architect and director of Karl Singporewala Design Bureau. Elected to the Royal West of England Academy of Art in 2022, he currently sits on the Academician’s Council and Exhibitions Advisory Committee. He is also a trustee for Theatre Centre, a national theatre company which brings world-class theatre straight into the heart of schools and commissions new trailblazing scriptwriters.

Kate Marsden
@katemarsdenart

Crying On North End
Acrylic on Canvas
5mx38cm
NFS

I'm Beginning To Think I Imagined You All Along
Needlepoint Tapestry
39 x 75.7cm
£1,100

Who Shall I Be Today?
Lino Print in Glass Bell Jar
27cm x14.5cm
£220

“I have always worked across a wide range of media, having studied fashion and textiles, painting, drawing, printmaking and other techniques. My work is linked by colour and theme, and I constantly draw inspiration from the different sides of my practice. In recent years my focus has been on my painting and needlepoint tapestry work, however I frequently experiment with whatever captures my imagination at the time and increasingly enjoy working with found materials. The Strands exhibition is a wonderful opportunity to showcase a range of my work across painting, textiles, printmaking and drawing in an inspiring location.”

Kira Phoenix K’inan
@kpkinanglass

Play, Small Circle Glass 7cm x 7cm £112.50
Play, Circle Glass 10cm x 10cm £225
Play, Hexagon Glass 10 x 10cm £225
Play, Square Glass 10 x 10cm £225

Balancing Triangles, Blue 2
Watercolour on paper
28x38x5cm
£250

“My work brings together fine art and craft through glass sculptures and works on paper that are produced in my London studio. Today my collections are known for their rich colour palette, dynamic lines that intertwist into one another and works that are in visual flux.”

Linda Litchfield
@linda.litchfield

Botanical Print
ecoprint on linen with hand stitch
33x45cm
£250

Streets of Paris 1
paper collage and hand stitch
18x24cm
£340 framed

“My primary medium is textiles but I also use print, on paper and on fabric, and collage in my work. My eco- or botanical prints are enhanced with hand stitch and I usually dye the threads with plant material too. The process of puncturing paper or fabric with a needle and drawing thread through it leaves visible evidence of the hand. Stitching by hand, simple mark-making and embellishment with needle and thread, add another dimension to my collages and eco-prints.”

Louise Rieger
@louise.rieger.artist

Woman in bath
Oil on canvas
35.5x46cm
£895

Kiss
Pencil on paper
30.5x30.5cm
£325

“My work moves and develops though different media on the way to the final product. This journey often starts in the sketch book in pencil or ink, then becomes pen and watercolour and usually ends with oils. At any point along this timeline the work could come to unexpected fruition and I stop there.”

Lucy Chapman
@luceprints

Dulse
Seaweed Pressing
20 x 30 cm
NFS

Forest
Cyanotype
80x73cm
£600

“There are many strands to my practice; I tend to be led by the subject and choose the medium in response. For this project I began with research into UK seaweed and marine ecosystems. The Natural History Museum Seaweed Herbarium advised me on seaweed pressing techniques. Ideveloped my ideas through gathering and pressing seaweed and through drawing and printmaking, before discovering the seaweed cyanotypes of the early botanist Anna Atkins. Inspired by Atkins' work, I decided to work with cyanotype for the final piece..”

Marcia Harding
@corinnemarcia15

Untitled
Monoprint on mirrored card
30x30cm
NFS

Choices
Textile on canvas
35x35cm
£150

“I am a visual artist who loves to play and experiment with different mediums, including textiles and photography. My work is always personal and intuitive. I create work that expresses my emotions, my background and what I aspire to - seen particularly in my use of colour and words in my art. My abstract pieces are multi-layered, representing all aspects of who I am. I feel free when I’m creating and really like that when I start a piece, I don’t always know what it will look like when finished, but I know it will be a part of me.”

Marjan Khorram
@marjankaran

Lost in light
Painting on the handmade plate
Diameter 35 cm
$535

Somewhere only we now
Handmade embroidery on fabric
100x50cm

“As a visual artist, I envision an idea that can be accessed and developed only visually. For me, creating artwork is an exploration and a quest free from mere representation. To reach the essence of my subjects, I draw and paint them repeatedly. The result of my current quests is a single image of various elements coexistence. Each of these elements is like a piece of nature that plays a different role in the new image, and to be included in this jigsaw puzzle (artwork), it has to lose parts of existence and identity. It is a kind of metamorphosis”

Marsha Roddy
@mmroddy_

Hopeful Bond
Chinese paper, wire, thread and pastel
60x40x10cm
£950

Imprint
Paper, ink and thread
240x50cm
£1900

“I have a passion for paper - experimenting with its fragility and strength, manipulating it into large and small sculptures, and enjoying the traditions of working on it with ink, pastel, and pencil. The human body inspires my work and I am especially drawn to exploring meaning from our core - where our breath is formed and our hearts beat. My pieces invite people to experience parallels between the fragility of the material, the subtlety of the forms and the connectivity with their own core. If there is some deeper understanding of our temporary nature then that is intentional.”

Maz Weineck
@mazweineck_maker

Block Study 3
Walnut
20cm x 33cm x 33cm
£2250

Block Study 4
Pen on paper
28x28cm
£340

Block Study 5
Mixed veneers
14x14cm
£240

This collection is inspired by architectural forms and materials. It uses the regular and familiar dimensions of a scaled down brick as a starting point and plays with abstracting familiarity whilst exploring how much something can be manipulated in various ways before it no longer reminds people of it’s origins. Within architecture, different modes of representation are used to experiment and communicate an idea. A drawing can be made to plan a 3D work or it can be a thing in itself. The sculpture is made to be flexible and moveable into different shapes which can then inspire more artworks.

Michaela Wheater
@michaela.wheater

Each and Every II
Etching
44x34cm
£295

Not What I had In Mind
Oil Monotype
52x45.5cm
£420

Michaela Wheater’s work is concerned with the human condition. She makes art as a way to better understand who she is. Portraits, often unsettling, are derived from drawings of herself, however she is more interested in creating something with universal connotations/connections. Images made from a deep personal exploration of vulnerability often reflect a dark humour that plays on the viewer’s emotions, associations and experiences. Mysterious, ambiguous narratives are influenced by the inherent characteristics of materials and processes. Michaela is concerned about uncovering a truth in the moment of making.

Miranda Lopatkin
@lopatkinmiranda

Looking out (purple)
Photo etching
64x47cm
£750

Bones (dog)
etching
64x47cm
£750

“My art practice often involves creating layered work with slide projectors to project and light the subject, resulting in framed photographic giclee prints. I have a Theatre and Performance Degree as well as a Fine art MA; I feel these two strands are always informing and dancing alongside each other. I also work with etching and oil pastels, drawing bones and x rays as part of my interest in bodily forms. I also experiment with photo etching. I’m also fascinated by documentary photography particularly in business rooted in the past yet somehow operating today , produced as ‘Lambda’ prints.”

Naomi Escott
@naomiescottfineart

Traces
Porcelain
30x10cm
£90

Carrying the Uncontainable
Bronze Papercastings
45cm x 45cm
NFS

“I am currently looking at the complex relationships’ women can have with culturally assigned but personally unnegotiated domestic labour. Examining the act of laundry as a form of constant companion and continual captor as well as distilling the invisible labour of caregiving and the complex endurance of mothering. Part of my process is allowing materials to reveal themselves; working with intention through diverse materials, but not overtly controlling the outcome. Using bronze, plaster, porcelain, paper, cyanotype, copper and fabric, my outcomes are an expression of the question of connection through non-human matter, and the symbiosis between human and non-human matter.”

Neal Vaughan
@neal_vaughan

Wilderness Island October
Pastel
40x30cm
£200

We are all machines
Video
1 minute
NFS

“My current work is a residency of sorts, on the River Wandle. It has been worked towards over many months and even years. From charcoals to mixed media abstracts to digital work, concertina sketch books and now video work that combines all. The theme remains the same, the River in all its splendour, changing seasons, wildlife and vulnerability.”

Philippa Beveridge
@pippabeveridge

The Fallen
Photograph
56cm x 60cm
£225

Goliath's Crown
Glass
100cm x100cm
Variable

“My cross-disciplinary practice is connected by memory, loss, the fleeting and transitory with a strong emphasis on collective storytelling.”

Rebecca Guyver
@rebeccaguyverart

Tiptoe the Cat
Egg tempera
40x30cm
£500

Hurried to the shore
Pastel on book
31x40cm
£330

“My work is narrative and one strand of it begins with the words on a page. Words and imagery combine to pin down a story of a place, some things, an idea or something imagined. Another strand is about observing objects to tell their story in imagery that can almost be read.”

Rebecca Tucker
@rebeccatuckerpaintings @rebeccatuckerprints

Ghosts of mothering - blue and gold
Collagraph print on paper
A4 edition of 2
£480 framed

eagle.awkward.exacts
Acrylic on cradled panel
80x80cm
£1650 framed

Little feet
Blind embossed print
A5 edition of 10
£30 each unframed

“My practice naturally involves a large element of experimentation, playing with subject, materials and processes. It is this constant ‘enquiry’ which has become essential to enable me to develop ideas and concepts.

The common thread through each of the ‘strands’ of my practice is the investigation of negative space, the space between things, and the importance of the viewer’s perception of that space. I enjoy examining how people see and perceive what are essentially abstract marks on two dimensional surfaces.”

Reka Ritt Laklia
@rekaritt

Top of the Iceberg
Acrylic on carpet
120x60cm
£250

Sinking In
Enamel on printed synthetic board
80x80cm
£600

“My practice encompasses painting, VR, installation, print and photography. I use motifs and materials, often imbued with folkloric elements, that emerge from my Hungarian cultural heritage. I alchemise my ancestral legacy of various crafts, including copper smithing and the intricate cellular patterns of folkloric embroideries,with the global cultural experience I gathered through travelling and living in many different countries. These pieces are made using various mediums and materials I like to work with.”

Sally Ward
@sally4175

Warrior Wave
Mixed Media
116x44x42cm
£3500

Evening Water Dance
Watercolour
75x54cm
£250

“My work is often inspired by an experience in nature. Recently during a walk along the beach near Happisburgh in Norfolk I was I was amazed by the beauty and power of the sea. It had battered the cliffs and was breaking down the protective groynes in the water. I explored this theme of the sea across a broad spectrum of materials and media. I wanted to reflect the many different features, from the light and calmness, to playfulness and depth and then the powerful and destructive.”

Sally Weatherill
@weatherill

Gimble 5
Etching
34x33cm
£300

Nimbus 1
Painting (mixed media)
20x20cm
£350

“Working in print and paint, I use the palimpsest and the inevitable variation within manual repetition to explore the themes of transience, time and memory. Although the specific materials and processes I employ vary between printmaking and painting, I find that I am often adapting processes from one medium to apply to the other. There is a kind of cross fertilisation. My paintings and prints are usually exhibited separately; I am interested to see them together - outside the studio - and to see how this pairing is perceived by the viewer.”

Sandra Camargo
@sandracamargo_sculptor

Tapas for one
Handcarved alabaster, soapstone, slate and marble
20x20x9.5cm
£570

Oops!
Pencil and watercolour
21x21cm
£150

“These works are a reflection on the difference between being in solitude and being alone. Solitude is a choice to spend time alone, an opportunity to open ourselves, to remember, to learn about yourself and to enjoy being yourself. While tapas are a good choice for sharing, being alone is a sense of isolation that persist even when we are with people. I do stone carving, although I do simple sketches for my sculptures, I had not drawn for years. STRANDS made me re-visited those memories and challenged myself to draw again”

Sarah Bird
@sj8ird

Pink Interior (Haptic House series)
C-Type photo print on archival paper (Limited edition of 20)
32x48cm
£225 (unframed) £325 (framed

Haptic Buzz I
Collage photographs on cradled wood panel
41x31cm
£395

“Following the long tradition of artists that explore the idea of ‘home’, my collages explore what this might mean in an increasingly virtual world. My work explores the sense of disembodiment brought about by rapidly advancing technology. Made up of details from the domestic environment, it reflects the fragmented way in which we take in information in the cyber age. The sense of in-betweenness interests me most in a world of opposites and absolutes. Influences as diverse as Dutch interior paintings and post-internet art inform my own interpretation of what it means to be suspended between two places.”

Sarah Piper
@sarahpiperceramics

Pause
Ceramic stoneware
46x38x20cm
£565

History
Pen. pencil and ink
15x20c,m
£95

Sarah Piper’s sculptures and drawings are a quiet celebration of a life caught mid journey - a pause between history and possibility. Each scuplture is a preserved echo of the interplay between hand and clay. Each drawing is a study of surface and form, a meditation on the life experienced and the marks left behind. Containing memories of discarded objects from the seashore and the energy of ancient-shaped coastlines, the work embodies human experience: quiet amid chaos and fragility intertwined with resilience.

Stanley Greening
@stanley_greening

Pupa Adorning a Branch
Mixed-media
71cm x50cm
£1800

Portal for a Lost Soul
Pastel
59x42cm
£850

Greening’s artistic oeuvre transcends the physical realm, infusing a spiritual dimension into an exploration of death as transformation. His works resonate with a profound metaphysical energy, inviting viewers to contemplate the transcendent aspects of existence. He employs symbolism that echoes spiritual motifs in an attempt to create a visual tapestry that speaks to the interconnectedness of the corporeal and the ethereal, making reference to music, faith, light, and the fundamental archetypes of the soul. He approaches his drawings and multi-media works differently which allows him to explore relationships between light and darkness, both physically and symbolically.

Stathis Dimitriadis
@stathis_dimitriadis

Silence box of 6
Egg shells and carton
16x22x8cm
NFS

Silence I
Ceramic
26x26x1cm
£400

“I was very intrigued by the theme of this exhibition as a rare chance to give visibility to the thinking process behind my work which is never captured entirely by one medium. I approached the word ‘Silence’ as a polyphony of texture, motion and form, an ironic gesture of freedom against anything that chokes expression.”

Sue Gunn
@gunnceramics

Venous
Wax, fibres, porcelain
40x40
£350

Totem 1
string, porcelain, glaze
66x15
£175

Sue Gunn is a maker whose ceramics cross between function and sculpture. Intrigued by the visual similarity between the body’s structure and the flow systems found in the natural world, Sue constructs her sculptures intuitively by hand. Formed of porcelain or terracotta, she explores the connections and the recurring patterns we see around us. Her textural glazes reflect the elemental forces of nature resulting in surfaces that bubble like lava, crack like dried earth and melt like ice.

Sumit Sessle
@emperorsessle44

Sulfuric
Digital Print - Edition of 11
60x85cm
£500

Kali - Sulfur
4k Video MP4 Installation
Edition of 11
£250

“My practice is rooted in energy, nature and healing. These qualities express their essence in several manifestations, interpretations and experiences, thence exploring these strands requires a multidisciplinary approach. This is achieved through 3D textile-based sculptural paintings that explore the structure and the organic-ness of the mineral element sulfur with its cultural and scientific connotations. This exploration is extended by extruding the painting into a digital print medium, expressing the deeper iterations of sulfur before immersing our senses in its energetic soul via a kaleidoscopic video installation. These interconnected strands serve a sole purpose – to experience sulfur.”

Susannah Weiland
@susannahweiland

Bushy Woodpeckers
Pencil Drawing
41x44.5cm
£400

August Sky
Hand embroidery into leather
27x28.5cm
£1800

January Sky
Hand embroidery into leather
27x28.5cm
£1800

“I am a multidisciplinary artist creating tonal pencil illustrations and handembroidered artworks, both figurative and abstract, inspired by nature. My wildlife artworks are from my ‘Royal Park Life’ collection, inspired by the wildlife found in six of the Royal London Parks. My ‘Stitching Sunsets’ collection is based on photographs I have taken of sunsets in different months of the year where I live. I have stitched French knots into leather creating a abstract pointillism effect.”

Suzanne Winn
@suzannewinnartist

Rain Coming
Pastel & charcoal on paper
38cm x 42cm
£295

Where My Heart Sings
Oil on canvas
56cm x 76cm
£795

“The central theme of my work is connection with nature and the importance of this both for our wellbeing, and in terms of conserving our wild places. Restoring harmony between ourselves and the natural world is vital for our collective future and that of our precious planet. My work aims to highlight the importance of fostering a deep, respectful, symbiotic relationship with nature. I work across different mediums to explore and express this theme. I create pastel and charcoal drawings out in the fields and these feed into my studio work - predominantly using oils, and also experimenting with watercolours.”

Sylvie Millen
@sylviesew

Binding
Mixed media - Fabric strands, paper and found objects
60cm x 60cm
£475

Terra
Textile - Machine stitching and fiber wall hanging
40x60cms
£175

”I explore the intricate relationship between humanity and nature through ethereal machine-stitched embroidery and mixed media sculptures. Inspired by organic forms, my pieces reflect the beauty and complexity of the natural world, evoking wonder and connection. These sculptures, metaphorical of human behaviors and life experiences, balance strength and vulnerability, growth and decay. By merging traditional textile techniques with contemporary mixed media, I aim to transcend boundaries and provoke contemplation on the parallels between nature and human life. Through my art, I inspire a renewed connection to nature and deeper understanding of our place within it.”

Tracey Elizabeth Downing
@traceyelizabethdowning

Mother Mountain
Oil on linen with blanket stitch on hessian
31.5cm x 31.5cm
£300

Home Comforts
Film of drawing installation with narration
5 mins
NFS

“My practice refers to visual ‘noticings’, objects and environments remembered or from my subconscious. As I continue to work with a growing visual vocabulary, I recognise motifs evocative of objects, places and states of mind from earlier years. The themes of absence, loss and wanting often emerge in my work and although I am drawn to using colours that are often interpreted as joyful, the subtext of my work originates from early memories and transitions. The materials I choose respond to the imagery that emerges in the process of working including charcoal, pastel, paint, words and textiles”

Vanessa Brassey
@vanessa.brassey

Messengers
Oil on plywood panel
18cm x 13cm
£650

The Little Haiku Swimmer
Woodcut printed on Vietnamese Paper
59x49cm
Variable Edition 1/12
£550

Painting, Philosophy, & Pscyhoanalysis
An animated film presented about philosopher of art Richard Wollheim
NFS

“My practice explores what makes 2D inanimate objects apparently emotional. Through painting, woodcut prints, drawing, film, and philosophy, I've investigated this question, including in my PhD dissertation, "What Makes a Painting Sad?" Despite differing mediums, they form a coherent whole by sharing humanity's fascination with objects. In this exhibition, I reflect on this question through various works: paintings "Messengers" (nostalgia) and "Brisk and Early Swim" (euphoria); a poetic print, "Little Haiku Swimmer" (ekphrasis of emotion); and an animated documentary film (generously funded by the BSA).”

Vicki Salmi
@vickisalmi

Untitled
Concertina Books
A5
£200 each

Elephant Not in the Room
Mixed Media Textile
6.5 x 1.5 m
£4000

“My practice is driven by a mind in perpetual motion and choice overload, that projects into intuitive and reactive mark making and layers, through multiple works that feed into one another in a variety of mediums. It is a reflection of the interconnectedness of, and polarising dual states of chaos and control. The cycle of repetition from one to the other that creates space for possibilities, for inception of visual indexing that is an anamorphic and ambiguous manifestation of both literal and metaphorical thought and process.”

Victoria Sills
@victoriasills

a.i.feel 13.0
Oil on wood
14x19cm
£550

a.i.feel 14.0
Etching (1/6)
15x15cm printed image (25x25cm framed)
£275 framed, £215 unframed

“Having initially trained in illustration and worked as a digital designer, I am very interested in combining old and new methods of working. I believe this multi disciplinary approach feeds and enhances my practice, often igniting conceptually driven ideas. Many exhibitions focus on one medium, so when I saw this open call that embraces the use of different media I was eager to apply. It would be the perfect opportunity to display seemingly disparate pieces of artwork and enable them to unite and be seen as one idea.”

Yeside Linney
@yesidelinney

Unspoken Conversation
Print and thread on calico
55 x 40 cm
£795

Transformation
Acrylics and Mixed Media
59x 84cm
£975

“The painting, “Transformation” and the print on calico, “Unspoken Conversation” allude to my ongoing project of the healing as I navigate cultural loss in my complex journey of reclaiming a sense of Self of a British identity and denied Nigerian heritage”