Douglas Anderson - PuddleDay Press

PuddleDay Press
This is an exciting new venture I am currently developing. 
First sale made and several orders already taken!

I have created and sold my art & design work off and on throughout my career, initially as a freelance textile designer specialising in 'period fabrics' for the costume industry.
As a teacher I have continued to explore print & textiles to support my students and as vehicles for personal work. I have exhibited in a number of group exhibitions over the years.
In October 2013 I had my first solo show in Cyprus - great experience, show looked great, feedback very positive but a collapsed economy is not a good place to sell art work!!!!

Keen to find a way to develop my portfolio, market my print work to a wider audience and apply my artwork on to a range of more affordable products - PuddleDay Press was born.

www.puddledaypress.co.uk
Unique and VERY limited edition prints on paper and products.

North Berwick Feather Collection 2014.

Each item is individually hand printed using specially prepared, dyed and groomed feathers personally gathered by me! Every product in this collection is completely unique.

PuddleDay Press gets it's first public outing in May in North Berwick, East Lothian.

For more information or to watch the collection grow have a look at my blog - 

www.puddledaypress.blogspot.com

Douglas Anderson.

Angelo Zacharia - new pots

Examples of new pots.

I have taught Ceramics and Art at Claremont High School for the last 34 years.
In leaving Claremont in July 2013 I have been very fortunate in making links with local schools in Romford teaching Art and Ceramics part time. 
For the last two years I have also been a member of the Fairekytes Arts Centre in Hornchurch teaching Ceramics to adults. 
Teaching part time has given me the opportunity to use the studio space make my own work. 
My inspiration is ecletic and ranges from Art & Nature to Ancient Civilizations. 
I am also inspired and very passionate about the Raku Process, it's chance and unpredictable elements.

www.zacceramics.blogspot.com 

Meet the artists - Bianca Davis

Bianca Davis

Following completion of my international BA in Fine Art from Leeds University I went into teaching. 
I am now a teacher of Art and Design and Head of PSHEE at Claremont High School Academy.

My degree covered a substantial amount of Art History which has continued to inform my work. 
My interests in Aesthetics and Canonical Art have led me to question many of the depictions of female beauty we have become accustomed to seeing. I am constantly questioning the social expectations of female beauty and sexuality against the realities of objectification and abuse. Recently, I have become interested in the sensual intimacy of the female form in juxtaposition to this. 
Further, the year I spent studying at Pennsylvania University introduced me to a different quality of light which continues to feed my fascination with crisp lines, and the balance of positive and negative space.

Teaching has reintroduced me to techniques and media that I have used extremely infrequently previously. I am currently working on a screen print which engages with the notions of the female form as a sexual object. The composition is a response to the traditional reclining nude, in particular the iconic images; Velázquez’s Venus at her Mirror and Manet’s Olympia. This work is a comment of the unwanted objectification of a sexual gaze; the face turns away whilst the body remains exposed. 
I spent some time trying to get the tone of black correct, in the end mixing a bluish tone of soft black, to create a sense of cold resignation.

Our invitation to the show

We are looking forward to seeing you at our exhibition in July at 54 The Gallery, Mayfair.

Meet the artists - Angelo Zacharia

Angelo Zacharia

Having trained as a ceramicist at the internationally renowned Cardiff School of Art 
Zac found his way in to teaching Art & Design. 
Throughout his 35 education career he has continued to develop his work as a potter, creating hand formed and thrown vessels.
Now that he has given up full time teaching Zac now has a bit more time to develop his own work, both at home and in the shared community arts studio in East London where he makes and teaches ceramics to eager adult learners.

We are looking forward to seeing the new range of work he is developing for the exhibition in July.

www.zacceramics.blogspot.co.uk