White Lodge

Seven Dials Artists Group
White Lodge Flat 4, 60 Compton Avenue Brighton East Sussex BN13PS
email: kirstenkinvarajewellery@live.com	website: www.kirstenkinvarajewellery.co.uk


Samantha Bryan	Return
Inspired by Victorian Gadgetry and Invention I create suspended, wall mounted and free standing sculptures. I use a combination of found, collected and carefully selected materials to illustrate with three dimensionally. All my creations have a strong narrative content; I particularly enjoy depicting characters going about their everyday lives. One theme that I explore within my work places what can only be described as 'fairies' with machine-like contraptions. Here my extraordinary objective is to realise the necessities and requirements that would be involved in 'fairy life': to provide everything a fairy would demand during its daily existence. I have named these ?Fairy Aiding Inventions', invented by ?Brain' (me). They are theoretically functional items for the mildly eccentric. I try to express a sense of fantasy as well as wit and humour within my work. My aim is to create an imaginary world for people to enter, a nostalgic glimpse of childhood fantasies. I endeavour to capture every imagination!

J F K Turner	Return
At first my paintings seem abstract but they are steeped in reality. The images and objects I collect from the street form the basis of the work. Traces of objects can be found in the paintings and the materials used are common house hold products. An object taken out of its context and presented as a two dimensional form becomes ambiguous and works as a trigger to the imagination. Like a shadow, mark or stain it refers to something that has been, something remembered or something that has passed.
Victoria Hutchinson	Return
The 'Ethereal' collection is a unique range of handcrafted porcelain ceramics for contemporary living, combining aesthetic beauty with functionality. The inspiration for this range is drawn from the simple feminine form of a flower before it opens. I use layers of white and coloured porcelain slip which once casted are individually 'scraped away' to reveal a band of colour, the colour being evocative of the petals emerging from a bud. Each piece is then polished to a smooth elegant tactile finish. All are created to compliment one another, with the attractive feature that no two pieces are exactly alike.

Open Festival weekends: 2/3, 9/10, 16/17, 23/24 11am - 4pm

Address: Flat 4 60 Compton Avenue, Brighton, East Sussex, BN13PS
Telephone: 01273 326676