FEATURED ARTISTS
JULY 2023
James Burnett-Stuart, Nicki Cornish, Sophie Tute and Syann Van Niftrik

James Burnett-Stuart
I trained on the Harrow Studio Pottery course 1986-88.
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Since then I have had workshops in London and for the last fifteen years outside Kington in Herefordshire.  I have sold and exhibited in shops and galleries throughout the UK, including The Scottish Gallery, The Conran Shop, Designers Guild, Oriel Myrddin, Charleston Farmhouse. 
 
My main thing is making pots for eating, drinking and cooking.  I like the way pots enter our lives somewhat stealthily, and benignly, and exert their quiet influence.  As companions they offer beauty, comfort, practical service, sensuous experience all in a modest almost subliminal way.
This really is the beauty of pottery - that it lives side by side with us not calling for attention, and not provoking self-consciousness. It allows, by slow release, discoveries of depth and detail.  Over time.
 
I think I will always make mugs, cups and drinking vessels generally. Of all pots the cup is the one we have the most intimate relation with. We raise it to our lips, we cradle it, we wash it. Daily, several times a day. We have favourites. We cast our eye over their shelved ranks. We select or reject them according to our mood or according to some inward inclination we are hardly aware of. 
 
I believe pottery - far from being at a disadvantage relative to fine art - enjoys a rather privileged position.  It lives right at the centre of our lives, where we eat, drink, gather, muse, enjoy ourselves convivially. It is there at the vibrant hub of our existence.
Nicki Cornish
Nicki Cornish studied printmaking at Winchester School of Art.

​She is interested in the texture, colour and form of the land and seascape - trying to capture the atmosphere of wild places through the unpredictable medium of carborundum prints.
Sophie Tute

​I find the nearby hills here in Powys very inspiring. There is drama and tranquillity. The rhythm of the folds and woods and sky become apparent and I start to find a composition.
 
I paint the pictures to be able, as it were, to enter into this landscape and contemplate the place. Being outside and witnessing the changes I also have to ride the increasing sense of pain at what has been lost. However, the process of painting can be restorative and enriching. Drawing and walking outside allows for a deeper immersion and understanding and is often uplifting!
 
​Attended art schools in the 1980's, Wimbledon Foundation London,Ruskin School of Art, Oxford and post-graduate fine art at The Royal Academy Schools, London 1984-1987
Has exhibited at Cadogan Contemporary, London in the 1990's with 3 solo exhibitions.
​Exhibition at Piers Feetham Gallery, London. 2005
Solo show 2012 at pop up gallery, Jeannie Avent, Dulwich, London.
Solo show in 2015 at Abbaye Fontaine- Vive, Charras, France 
Joint show in 2017 with James Burnett-Stuart at The Table Gallery Hay on Wye
2006 - 2018 Moved to South West France near Moissac, Tar et Garonne
2018 - 2021 live-in care work in Essex, UK
2021 Moved to Presteigne, Wales
Syann van Niftrik


​Making jewellery in silver and gold, as well as small sculptural pieces in a variety of metals.  I work from my studio in the New Forest.  Using uncomplicated techniques, I draw on abstract memories and themes pertinent to my experience of the world and my place in it.

Presently, I have an annual open studio with a few exhibitions in other venues when I am invited.

In the past I worked with a range of galleries, museums and fairs across Britain, Europe, USA and Japan.