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Orange Necklace Edition size 10. Image size 76 x 89cm. Framed 94 x 107cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.

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Flame Edition size 10. Image size 101 x 76cm. Framed 119 x 94cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.

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Standing in the Light Edition size 10. Image sze 106 x 56cm. Framed 124 x 75cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.

Simplicity Edision size 10. Image size 95 x 74.5cm. Framed 104.5x 94cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.

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Striking a Pose Edition size 10. Image size 95.5. x 76cm. Framed 114 x 94cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.

An Evening Out Edition size 10. Image size 84 x 75.5cm. Framed 102 x 94cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.

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The Pear Edition size 10. Image size 100 x 76cm. Framed 118.5 x 94cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.

Her Kiss Edition size 10. Image size 106.5 x 56.5cm. Framed 124.5 x 74cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.

A Quiet Moment Edition size 10. Image size 76 x 90cm. Framed 94 x 108cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.

Tulip Edition 10. Image size 106 x 61cm. Framed 124.5 x 79cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.


Moonlight Edition size 10. Image size 100.5 x 68.5cm. Framed 119 x 86cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.

Playful Design Edition size 10. Image size 106 x 68cm. Framed size 124 x 86.5cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.

Sea Goddess Edition size 10. Image size 78 x 82cm. Framed 94.5 x 98.5cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.

Exotic Edition size 10. Image size 76 x 76cm. Framed 94 x 94cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.

Watching the Moon Edition size 10. Image size 106 x 77cm. Framed 124.5 x 95cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.

Dreams Edition size 10. Image size 76 x 75cm. Framed 94.5 x 94.5cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.

Life Study With Soft Light Edition size 10. Image size 87 x 75cm. Framed 106.5 x 94cm. Framed £1800, unframed £1400.

Reflection Edition size 10. Frame size 81.5 x 110cm, Image size 71.4 x 100cm. Framed £1,800, unframed £ 1,400

Saskia Edition size 10. Frame size 80.1 x 110.1cm, image size 70.5 x 100cm. Framed £1,800, unframed £1,400

Eternal Edition size 15. Frame size 106×86 cm, image size 96×78 cm. Framed £ 1,800, unframed £1400

Tasting Olives Edition size 10. Frame size 109.8 x 99.1, image size 99.7 x 89, framed £ 1,800, unframed £1,400

Yellow Beach Dress Edition size 15. Frame size 106×76.3 cm, image size 96×66 cm. Framed £1,800, unframed £1,400

After the Swim Edition size 15. Frame size 106 x 76.3 cm, image size 96x 66 cm. Framed £1,800, unframed £1,400

Sky Edition of 10. Frame size 89 x 95.2cm, image size 79.1 x 85.3. Framed £ 1,800, unframed £1,400

Simple Life Drawing Edition of 15. Frame size 106×88 cm, image size 96x 78 cm. Framed £1,800. unframed £1,400

Model against a Decoration Edition size 15. Frame size 106×80 cm, image size 96×70 cm. Framed £1,800, unframed £1,400




GABY GUZ - BIOGRAPHY

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STORY

Gaby has been a maker her whole life, but her two great creative passions are ceramics and drawing. Following a degree in Experimental Psychology at Oxford University and a few years working, firstly in academia, and then in advertising, Gaby trained on the renowned ceramics degree course at Harrow School of Art in the early 1990s. She is a member of Rochester Square Studios in Camden Town, London from where she makes her Naked Raku pots. Drawing and specifically life drawing is something she’s only been doing for the last few years but has now become as vital a part of her practice as ceramics.

Gaby is drawn to the Eastern aesthetic. In cultures such as Japan, China and Korea, artisan skills are valued and treasured. This attitude is, thankfully, gradually permeating the Western world.

In her drawing, she has taken some of the tools and media of Chinese ink and wash drawings and used them in a non-traditional way. She is fortunate to have ready access to the huge range of calligraphy brushes, ink and types of paper that are easily available in Shanghai through her Chinese brother-in -law.

Her wheel thrown, naked raku, pots also owe something to Eastern art– in terms of, simplicity, form and proportion– Raku itself is a Japanese term originating in the 16th century and involves the removal of pieces from the kiln while they are still glowing hot, and cooling them in the open air.  

Gaby has exhibited widely and her work is in a number of private collections. 

PROCESS 

Gaby’s work involves mark making. In the case of her ceramics, once she has made a pleasing form – with decisions made about shape, size of opening, neck, shoulders - with an appropriate volume and weight, she sets to work on the surface. The marks are ‘painted’  by smoke and the process enabling the smoke markings is painstaking and lengthy. The surface of her pots have been likened variously to eggshells or weathered beach pebbles polished by the tides. They invite touch.

The sensuality of the final work belies the process that has created them. Rough-textured clay, necessary to withstand the thermal shock of raku firing, is thrown and turned. When leather-hard, multiple layers of terra sigillata are applied to the surface of the pot and burnished. A brush with a slightly-too- long finger nail, or pottery tool, can ruin the surface.

This meticulous, patient, and highly controlled work is then subjected to violent raku firing where fire, wood and water set to work, and control is largely relinquished. Although glaze is used in the mark making process . there is no glaze on the final piece, -hence the term ‘naked ‘- or bare of glaze.

Each piece is entirely unique; a combination of Gaby’s honed technique and the alchemy of the kiln.

Unlike her pots, where control is given over to chance, her life drawings emerge from the imposition of controlled, accurate marks in the form of a black line using ink, pastel or charcoal onto the unrestrained and freely-applied, tonal aspect of the drawings, for which she usually use ink. Chalk pastels are frequently incorporated to create a layered image. Gaby use earth colours such as brick red, burnt umber, raw sienna and ochres - which convey a rawness.

The tone is ‘free’ to escape the line, the opposite of the ‘colouring in’ we were all taught to do as children. Her work is the opposite of neat, and the journey of the piece is very evident.  Gaby favours quick poses, to capture a moment in time, an emotion, movement and light and where the too soon deadline makes the heart race and the adrenaline pump

Please contact nmcelhatton1@gmail.com for further details and prices

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Ceramic Naked Raku Vessel

Ceramic Naked Raku Vessel

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Collection of Ceramic Naked Raku Vessels

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Ceramic Naked Raku Vessels

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Life Drawing

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Life Drawing

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Life Drawing

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Life Drawing

ALAN NEWNHAM - BIOGRAPHY

Alan Newnham is a commercial food photographer based in Clapham, South London. From there he photographs a wide range of large brands for advertising campaigns and packaging ranges.

He has also worked on a number of personal projects in the area of food, flowers and still lives. The photographs shown here are taken from a range exhibited last year entitled ‘Patina’. They are a series of everyday objects photographed on contrasting backgrounds to highlight the detail and beauty of the ageing process.

All images are high resolution colour giclee prints on Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper. They have been carefully paired with hand painted frames to create individual unique pieces of work.

Website: prints.alannewnham.com Email: alan@alannewnham.com

Pewter Knife and Fork 46 x 54cm £800

Besset Knife 39 x 45cm £800

 Black Bone Handled Knife 60 x 69cm £900

Large Metal Spoon 53 x 81cm £950

Six Silver Spoons 48 x 59cm £800

Scissors 74 x 102cm £1800

Serving Spoon 112 x 127cm £2500

The Wonder Shredder 82 x 92cm £1600

Scissors 53 x 63cm (sold)

Grape Knife and Fork 46 x 65cm (sold)

Knife and Fork 58 x 78cm £950

Bordeaux Knives 75 x 85cm (sold)

Two Spoons 75 x 88cm £1200

Floral Butter Knife 46 x 58cm (sold)

Five Spoons 50 x 60cm £800

Pewter Forks and Spoons 56 x 71cm £950

James Heeley & Sons Corkscrew 48 x 58cm £800

Metal Whisk 64 x 90cm £1200

NIC MCELHATTON - BIOGRAPHY

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Nic studied Fine Art at Carlisle College and Sunderland Polytechnic between 1976 and 1980. After graduating he acquired a studio in Queen Street on the Newcastle Quayside, and for the next three years exhibited in a number of group shows across the north east of England. During that period he supplemented his income working as a stage hand and technician for the Tyne and Wear Theatre Company at the Newcastle Playhouse. He met his wife Louisa there when she joined for a season as assistant stage manager. He followed Louisa back to London when the season finished in 1983, and a few months later joined Christie's South Kensington as a porter. 

He joined Christie's on a six week contract to cover the main porters on their summer holidays, and at the end of his contract Christie's offered him a permanent role. Nic spent the next 33 years at Christie's South Kensington, ending up as Chairman of the company until its colsure in 2017. 

Despite a busy and fruitful career at Christie's Nic always found time to continue his work as an artist, exhibiting his work occassionaly and regularly at the annual Christie's staff exhibitions. His influences are wide and varied thanks to his years at Christie's. In his new multi-faceted role as an art dealer/consultant and advisor he now hopes to also devote more time his first passion. 

Limes June 2020. Oil on board 51 x 40.5cm (unframed). £550

Beckenham Place Park, June 2020. Oil on board 47 x 50cm. £420

Norwood Grove, May 2020. Oil on canvas 70 x 60cm. £650

Daisy Field, Lullingstone Park, May 2020. Oil on board 77 x 94cm (unframed). £750