Festival of thrift

Date: Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th September
Time: 10:00 - 17:00 
Location: Stable
STABLE – a project combining the talents of selected new and established artists from Teesside and County Durham, creating a series of striking new artworks to temporarily transform the historic stable block on the Festival of Thrift site.  Works will respond to the history of the site and the Festival’s commitment to sustainability.  They include a walk-through woven installation, a series of 80 cast sandcastle sculptures and a light and sound responsive suspended ceramic and glass installation.  Look out for Steve Messam’s transformation of the tower!
The emerging artists selected for the project are:
Self-taught glass and porcelain artist Janet Rogers from Durham
Teesside University Fine Art graduate film and sculpture maker, Kirsty Childs
Stockton-based Paul Theo Murray, a graduate in visual communications from Leeds College of Art
Textile artist, Christina Hesford, a graduate of Hartlepool’s Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD)
Former Ian Ramsey School and Stockton Sixth form pupil, Becky Nicholson, a graduate in stage production also from CCAD.
Photo: left to right; Christina Hesford, Paul Murray, Vicky Holbrough (Navigator North), Kirsty Childs, Steve Messam, Stella Hall (Festival of Thrift), Janet Rogers, Nicola Golightly (Navigator North), Becky Nicholson, Alex Nicholson (Festival of Thrift). Image by Jason Hynes

http://www.festivalofthrift.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/FoT-programme-final.pdf to get the programme

Wobbly Glass Plates

My new wobbly glass plates come in lots of colours.  Each is hand drawn with enamel and sifted with translucent glass powder with a touch of opal powder in the centre.  Slumped onto my hand made bisque formers making them not possible to stack.  Perfect to display an alternative starter or simply display!

Half Term Portrait Glass Workshop

School Half Term

Fused Glass Portrait Workshop!!

Need something to do during School Half Term.  In this one and half hour class, students will explore the self portrait.  With a brief introduction  to various forms of glass, we will then draw a 100 x 150mm self portrait on paper.  Next, students will translate their self portrait into glass using sheet glass, frit, stringers, and confetti on a base of sheet glass.  Pieces will be fired after the workshop and available for pick up a few days later.  The finished piece will have an embedded wire loop at the top for hanging.

1 and 1/2 hour session including
all tools and materials       £15.00 each

Tuesday 18th February    11.00 - 12.30  and 2.00 to 3.30
Wednesday 19th February  11.00 - 12.30 and 2.00 to 3.30
Thursday 20th February  11.00-12.30 and 2.00 to 3.30
Friday 21st February    11.00-12.30 and 2.00 to 3.30

No age limit, however children must be accompanied by an adult

Booking is recommended to avoid disappointment.
Telephone 0191 3750644 or email  Janet@crushedchilli.co.uk

This workshop is based on curriculum developed by Sandra Gross and Emily Repp of Brazee Street Studios.

Recycled Electrical Tower Insulator Bowls

Insulator Bowls

15cm - 43cm

All individual recycled Insulators from the de commissioning of North London

Electrical Tower.

Summer Preview 5th August 2pm - 5pm

Summer Preview

We're having a bit of a doo

Sunday 5th August

2pm till 5pm

Wine and Canapes

Tea and Cake

Lots of new work on show from new and original artists.

The solo wall will be featuring 

Bernie Wisniewski

Hand made leather work from 

Harriet Sanders

Tim Foxall wooden servers

Deryn Relph knitted textiles 

Janet Rogers Extreme Platters

to name but a few

Guaranteed a sunny day

we would love to see you and your friends...

Extreme Platters Unique Service Ware

A UNIQUE piece of glass is being served up to art-lovers

A Pioneering design for extreme platters, which double up as serving ware and works of art.

Three feet long and fashioned from beautiful glass, the bespoke creations can form the centrepiece of a table of goodies, and when not in use hang resplendent on the wall.

Nowadays so many people entertain at home and I wanted to create something that could be used practically in the home but also had the wow factor as a piece of art.

They can be a real talking point when friends are round.

I like big and chunky as I like them to have presence. This is the biggest thing I have ever made for the home and as far as I know I am the first to do this.

The extreme platters can be made in any colour to match interior décor. They are constructed using fibreboard cut into various shapes and sizes to create moulds for the glass making each platter totally individually, numbered and signed.

The extreme platters are available to buy from £150 and can be viewed in the Crushed Chilli gallery and glass studio.

Another Stained Glass Workshop 7th July 2012

Biscuit Factory Summer Exhibition.  Pate de Verre and Crackle Glass

New work for the Biscuit Factory.  Pate de Verre and Crackle Glass.