Delft inspired paintings depicting local scenes and buildings, botanical and cats!
DEBORAH MEREDITH
MALCOLM MORRIS
I have been designing and creating jewellery for over 50 years now. I design and make handmade jewellery in silver and gold with precious stone and diamonds, I am currently working with enamel and with Mitsuro Hikemi wax a specialist moulding wax from Japan to create one of a kind pieces of jewellery, I also take commissions to re design old jewellery into new pieces.
You may have seen my work already, as I designed and made two Tiaras for Gwyneth Paltrow for the film ‘Shakespeare in Love’ and for Amy Adams in the film ‘The Wedding Date’
I left school at 16 and went to the Jewellery School in Birminghams jewellery quarter. After that I worked in the industry for 5 years then I returned to University to do a BA in 3D design specialising in jewellery design at Middlesex University.
I am now currently living and working from home just outside of Bridgnorth
SCHOOL OF MASTER JEWELLERS
We are students of the School of Master Jewellers, located in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. We are all designer/makers from Shropshire and the West Midlands and we create unique pieces in our own individual styles.
AMANDA SWANNICK
My work is inspired by my long walks in the Shropshire countryside. I love walking from home, travelling along as many different footpaths as possible, thoroughly exploring my immediate environment. These paintings are the places and spaces that have caught my attention and captured my imagination.
MIKE ASHTON
Mike’s printmaking ideas stem from many years as a graphic desiner and illustrator. His themes are based in nature and landscape with strong influenses fro the Arts& Crafts movement. Bold shapes and colours mix with a combination of realistic forms and stylised interpretations.
JULIA FOGGIN (MIST JEWELLERY)
“Silversmithing is in my blood! Like my blacksmith ancestors, I love manipulating and forming metal. I beat silver into delicate, organic shapes adding freshwater pearls with irregular characteristics and colourful gemstones to create unique, highly feminine jewellery.”
Julia Foggin hails from Lancashire but is now based in Shropshire where she works from her beautiful workshop and gallery called MIST in the Ironbridge Gorge. At the Maws Craft Centre, she designs and makes her distinctive hammered silver jewellery, from tiny ear studs to intricately constructed statement pieces.
As well as producing readymade pieces, she welcomes commissions, so you can choose your own colours and styles. She also offers a wedding service making bespoke jewellery for brides and bridesmaids.
Julia has a degree in Graphic design. After working in the industry for several years the ‘smithing’ in her blood took root when she tried some silversmithing courses. Once trained she decided to make it her career and continues exploring and expanding her repertoire.
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SALLY SCRUTON
Sally is a photographer and artist living in Bridgnorth.
She took up photography to capture the beauty she saw whilst rambling in the countryside.
Largely self taught her photography is instinctive and intuitive rather than technical. Rather than going out looking for a specific shot she tends to shoot what she finds on her travels. Her subject might be a blade of grass, tree bark or sunrise, anything that strikes her as beautiful and stirs her emotions.
CHRIS BELL
I have my own pottery and make functional and decorative ware
DANIELLE FLOWERS
“Capture the essence of British woodlands”
Flowers handcrafts affordable collections of minimal wooden jewellery, home décor and timeless statement pieces, that capture the essence of British woodlands. Sustainability is at the heart of all Danielle’s designs, inspired by mid-century modern design, clean lines and geometric forms, with the aim of showcasing raw materials through the traditional craft of woodturning. Each handcrafted element juxtaposes the unique grains of British hardwoods with the refined forms of 925 sterling silver, leather and brass, to create a harmonious balance between material qualities and their aesthetic values. Flowers sources native hardwoods directly from managed woodlands in Shropshire, milling, processing, and forming the timber in house.
Danielle graduated from Cardiff School of Art and Design, BA (Hons) Artist, Designer, Maker in 2016, and since established her contemporary woodturning business from the rural surrounds of Ludlow, Shropshire. Member of the register of Professional Turners and Yeoman to The Worshipful Company of Turners.
Bridgnorth Open House Arts Trail 