Events

Jane Upstone + Rachel Purvis

Exhibition of painting and pottery Open 10 am - 4.30 pm Rachel works in stoneware and enjoys making useful objects – mugs, jugs and bowls – and glazing them with an earthy palette. She makes in her home studio in Tideswell in the Peak District. The making process, the throwing and the turning, she finds deeply meditative. Rachel is also lucky enough to be part of a wood-firing community in Blackwell. When wood ash, flames and a reduction firing are combined, the results can be stunning! Although the landscape will be a frequent starting point, Jane's work aims to capture the experience and feeling of a place rather than a realistic rendition of it. Jane enjoys letting paint build up in many layers, using translucent layers to show traces of the work as it develops. Both drawing and painting are an important part of her practise, with final pieces showing subtle marks as a history of the development of each piece.