Sale Arts Trail and Sale Locality Funding Vote

Sale Locality Partnership will be hosting their 2014-15 Participatory Budgeting event on Saturday 6th September 2014 between 12-3pm at Sale Waterside Arts Centre


I recently exhibited a selection of my work at Sarah Malone's Studio and Waterside Arts Centre as part of the inaugural Sale Arts Trail 2014.  This was a great success for all involved and off the back of this, the Sale Arts Trail have applied for funding for 2015.

"Residents of the Sale area, covering the wards of Ashton upon Mersey, Sale Moor, Brooklands, Priory, St Marys and Bucklow St Martins (Sale), are invited to drop into the event at Sale Waterside Arts Centre anytime between 12pm and 3pm.
Trafford residents aged 16 and over, who live or work in the Sale locality area are eligible to vote."

Events like this are invaluable for Professional Artists, Designers and Makers; they give us a chance to meet with a wider audience and talk to people directly about our work.  Before I switched hats from Textile Design to Contemporary Craft, I had no idea that 'Craft' wasn't just corn dollies and naff jewellery, and it is opportunities like this that work towards changing this stereotype.  So please support Sale Arts Trail if you can! 

Artists exhibiting at Sarah Malone's studio Sale Arts Trail 2014  : Sarah Thirlwell, Rachel Cooke, May Wild Designs (left to right top row).  Jane Dzisiewski and Sarah Malone (bottom row).

Heatons Arts Trail 2014 : Sat 26th July - Sun 27th July

The Heatons Arts Trail (this Saturday 26th July - Sunday 27th July 11am-4pm), is a community based cultural event involving local artisans around the four Heatons, Stockport. 

There are 12 venues with 1-4 artists, photographers and designer/makers showcasing their work at each place.  I will have a selection of work at Venue 8, 1 Norman Road, SK4 4HJ, alongside Andrea Lord : &Made, Imogen Peers : Hound Interiors, Liz Cooksey and Brenda Smith : Bud Garden Centre.

For all information, find Heatons Arts Trail on Facebook and on Twitter see #HeatonsArtsTrail.

Sale Arts Trail 2014 : Friday 11th July - Sunday 13th July

An exciting new event to be held in Sale, Greater Manchester, Friday 11th July - Sunday 13th July : providing the opportunity to visit artists, studios and unusual display spaces in gardens, shops and cafes - all exhibiting and selling the work of professional artists and makers in the Trafford area along with some guest artist.  The weekend will include demonstrations along with the opportunity to speak to and buy direct from the maker.

I will have a selection of work at The Waterside Arts Centre (Venue A : 1 Waterside Plaza, M33 7ZF) and will be showcasing my work at ceramicist, Sarah Malone's studio (Venue I : 45 Stanley Mount, M33 4AF).

The Sale Arts Trail begins with an evening Preview Group Show at The Waterside Arts Centre on Friday 11th July 6-9pm (all welcome), followed by a weekend trail of art studios, art cafes and The Waterside show.

There is a wonderful Facebook album of all participating artists here and event details here.

For all information, find Sale Arts Trail on Facebook and Twitter @saleartstrail.

Little Northern Contemporary Craft Fair

My next show is the  Little Northern Contemporary Craft Fair (LNCCF) at Altrincham Boys Grammar School on Sunday 28th April 2013, 10am 5pm.

These one day events are an off shoot from the annual Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair (GNCCF) at Spinningfields in Manchester. They predominantly feature work by previous exhibitors from GNCCF maker selected events, all made by professional artists and designer/makers.

All dates for 2013 so far are as follows:-

Little Northern Contemporary Craft Fair - Spring 2013 Events

 

Sunday 28^th April: Altrincham Grammar School for Boys

Sunday 19^th May: Cheadle Hulme School

Sunday 16^th June: Wilmslow High School

Sunday 7^th July: The King’s School in Macclesfield

Organisers: www.greatnorthernevents.co.uk

 

For more information on these events, please see social media links below:-

Little Northern Contemporary Craft Fair

Tumblr: LNCCF

Facebook Event Page: via GNCCF

Facebook Album: via GNCCF

Facebook: Northern Craft and GNCCF 

Twitter: @Northern Craft and @GNCCF

Pinterest: via Northern Craft (Great Northern Events)

Website: Great Northern Events

Stockport Designer Craft Show 2012

The Designer Craft Show takes place every winter at Stockport Art Gallery and brings together the work of designer makers from across the UK.  This year Jo Lavelle is curating the jewellery section of the show (where I am exhibiting) and for which there is a blog.


Full list of 2012 Designer Makers:
Aiden Spencer - Alena Asenbryl - Beth Legg - Bronwen Tyler Jones - Bubble & Tweet - Caroline Cowan - Catherine Woodall - Claire Lowe - Corinne Lapierre - Craig Fellows - Deryn Relph - Dot Sim - Goldfinch Jewellery - Grace & Favour - Graceink - Helen Russell - Jane Dzisiewski - Janie Withers - Jo Lavelle - Kate Bajic  - Lee Page Hanson - Made by Simone - McDonough and Davies – Meeni - Michele Pouncey - Michelle Freemantle - Miranda Sharpe - Once Upon a Time in the North - Sadie Blythin - Sam Robinson - Sarah Packington - Seed - Stabo - Tamara Gomez - Tangent Textiles - Touchy Feely Textiles - Tracey Birchwood - Tree Fall Design


Location:

Stockport Art Gallery, 

Wellington Road South, 

Stockport, 

SK3 8AB, 

0161 474 4453

Google Maps

Little Northern Christmas Fair 2012

Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
Saturday 8th December
10am - 5pm
£2 entry

I will be exhibiting a selection of work at the Little Northern Christmas Fair.  This event has been organised by the team behind the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair (GNCCF), Ann-Marie Franey and Angela Mann from Great Northern Events.

40 selected designer makers and artists will be selling a range of work from jewellery, textiles and fashion accessories to beautiful things for the home.  See the full list of selected exhibitors here.

For further info and a downloadable leaflet, please see here.

On Facebook GNCCF: Facebook event here.  Facebook album here.

Made By Hand at Tredegar House, South Wales

30th November - 2nd December 2012, Tredegar House, Newport, South Wales

Friday 30th Nov: 11am-5pm
Saturday 1st Dec: 10am-5pm
Sunday 2nd Dec: 10am-5pm

I will be exhibiting at Made By Hand Wales later this week. 140 of the UKs finest designer makers have been selected.  For the full list of exhibitors, please see here.

The fair takes place at the fabulous National Trust property Tredegar House.  For visitor information please see here.  There will also be a range of workshops and talks - full itinerary here.

It is worth noting that the food available is gorgeous - as is the mulled wine.  So if you know me, (or just want to curry favour), please make sure you come to Stand 61 via the refreshment area.

Tredegar House

30th Anniversary Charity Auction and Cocktail Evening at Manchester Craft & Design Centre.

The auction takes place at Manchester Craft & Design Centre, Thursday 8th November  6—8 pm.  Tickets are FREE but please register here.

"This unique event provides the chance to bid for one-off artworks produced in response to the history of Manchester Craft & Design Centre.  An online bidding site has been set up here.  The online bids close at 10pm, 7th November.  If the online bid remains the highest bid after the auction on the 8th November the bidder will be informed by email on Friday 9th November." (MCDC website info)

The piece I made is LOT 15 about which I have written a post previously here.  There are 30 Lots in total and below are a few examples of some of the other work included in the Auction:-

Crafty Hulk

Tom Norwood - Wall of Art
Reserve Price: £65.00

Measuring Tape

Lily Greenwood
Reserve Price: £50.00

Evolving

Sue Devine - Devine Designs
Reserve Price: £50.00

Memory Box

Jo Lavelle
Reserve Price: £100.00

Uneven Ground

Linzi Ramsden - seed
Reserve Price: £50.00

The Bees Knees

Rochelle Dodson
Reserve Price: £40.00

Ring Sculpture

Eve Redmond
Reserve Price: £100.00

Space Invader Patchwork Pillow

Andrea Lord - &made
Reserve Price: £25.00

History In The Making

Alena Asenbryl
Reserve Price: £50.00

"Auction reserve prices start at just £15.  50% of monies raised from bids will go to The Forever Manchester Charity.  The remaining monies will help to develop a new welcome area at Manchester Craft & Design Centre." (MCDC website info)

News Update: Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, National Glass Centre.

The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair is over for another year.  I was exhibiting on the Crafts Council UK Hothouse Alumni stand within the pavillion and had a fabulous time surrounded by talented makers and friends from both Hothouse 1 and Hothouse 2.

Thank you to everyone who showed an interest in my work.  I was delighted to receive two awards. Firstly the Best New Maker Award (sponsored by Godfrey Holland Accountants). This was my 3rd time at the GNCCF (and my last as a 'new' maker).  I was told that I had won this because of my continuing research and development with resin and for initiating new ideas and designs year on year.  As a maker you are shut away for weeks on end and think that nobody notices the developments you are making, so I am thrilled to bits about this.

Best New Maker Award GNCCF 2012 - Jane Dzisiewski

Secondly was an Exhibitor Award selected by the National Glass Centre, the prize being an exhibition at the NGC in 2013.  As approaching the NGC was on my list I am very pleased and thankful for this opportunity - particularly because the more I learn about glass making, the more I see parallels between this and my resin process.  

National Glass Centre Exhibitor Award GNCCF 2012 - Jane Dzisiewski

The weeks during the run up to the GNCCF were a bit full on.  However I managed to start a GNCCF 2012 Facebook album here but below are a few work in progress images for the Facebook disinclined... 

Work in progress 2012 - Jane Dzisiewski

Work in progress 2012 - Jane Dzisiewski

Work in progress 2012 - Jane Dzisiewski

Work in progress 2012 - Jane Dzisiewski

Work in progress 2012 - Jane Dzisiewski

Work in progress 2012 - Jane Dzisiewski

Work in progress 2012 - Jane Dzisiewski

Work in progress 2012 - Jane Dzisiewski

Work in progress 2012 - Jane Dzisiewski

Work in progress 2012 - Jane Dzisiewski

'Study For The Portrait Of Bonnard' by Édouard Vuillard - colour inspiration

Work in progress 2012 - Jane Dzisiewski

Work in progress 2012 - Jane Dzisiewski

Work in progress 2012 - Jane Dzisiewski

Work in progress 2012 - Jane Dzisiewski

Assorted handmade resin stones

The next show to prepare for is the Designer Craft Show 2012 at Stockport Art Gallery curated by Jo Lavelle. Please see the DCS blog here for information on the show, a full list of exhibitors, artist's statements and images. The show opens 24th November (preview tickets here) and runs until 27th January 2013.

I will also be exhibiting at Made By Hand 2012, Nov 30th - Dec 2nd.  This is a fantastic event held at the beautiful Tredegar House, South Wales and is a selected exhibition of 140 professional, contemporary fine crafts makers.  All details on the MBH website here.

Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair 2012, Manchester.

Next up for me is to prepare for the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair 2012, Spinningfields, Manchester.  I like to torment myself with a regular countdown and my latest reckoning puts this at 8 weeks and 2 days until setup begins.

The GNCCF leaflets have gone to print and I was mighty pleased to discover that an image of my work made the kaleidoscope of craft this year (the bangles on the outer circle).

The timetable is up on the wall and the work schedule in place.  This will no doubt have gone completely to pot by the end of August when I will then revert to applying large amounts of tippex moving the goal posts.  Usually by the time a fair comes around the once flat surface of my to-do list resembles the crater of the moon where I have been removing the evidence with white liquid.  At this juncture though, the good intentions are there and the sanding regalia is already set up at 9.30am ready for me to start.  The finger has been pulled out.

For all information on the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair please see their website here.  All the other 2012 exhibitors are up on there too to whet the appetite.

COAST - RBSA Gallery

21 June— 31 August 2012

Work exhibiting at Coast is inspired by a collection of experiences from a childhood in the Isle of Man and holidays further afield.  Pattern, colour and textures found in seascapes are re-appropriated using new technologies and materials, alongside more familiar silversmithing methods.  A colour pallet of intense pink, muted greens and blues through to monochrome is inspired by stones, plant and marine life discovered next to and beyond the waters edge.  
 

COAST RBSA Garllery - Jane Dzisiewski - resin bangles (pre-polished)

COAST RBSA Garllery - Jane Dzisiewski - resin bangles

COAST RBSA Garllery - Jane Dzisiewski - resin bangle (pre-polished)

COAST RBSA Garllery - Jane Dzisiewski - resin bangles, pendant, ring

COAST RBSA Garllery - Jane Dzisiewski - resin bangle (pre-polished)

COAST RBSA Garllery - Jane Dzisiewski - resin bangles

COAST RBSA Garllery - Jane Dzisiewski - resin bangle (pre-polished)

COAST RBSA Garllery - Jane Dzisiewski - resin bangles, ring

COAST runs until 31st August 2012 in the Craft Gallery at The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA).  For more information and a list other participating artists, please see here.