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  • Dorset Art Weeks 2024

    by Alison Shelton Brown
    Anne Reynolds and Alison Shelton Brown will be sharing the Cottage Classroom at Sandy Hill Studios, Corfe Castle during Dorset Art Weeks from Saturday 25th May to Sunday 9th June daily. A display of artworks demonstrating tactile making and attention to the details. Textiles, ceramics, jewellery.
    Posted in Art Jewellery, ceramics, Exhibition, Mixed Media, Textiles

  • Primavera springs to life at the Malthouse Gallery

    by Alison Shelton Brown
    This Easter week 2023 I'm bringing more new faces to the Malthouse Gallery in Lyme Regis. This show will feature ten artists and craft makers who will hopefully tempt and inspire others to get creative and to also purchase affordable art and high quality craft and design.
    Posted in Art Jewellery, ceramics, Exhibition, Glass, Lighting, Mixed Media, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textiles, Willow Weaving

  • Flotsam Too - Washed Up

    by Alison Shelton Brown
    Teignmouth's iconic building on the seafront The Beachcomber was the location for another curated art show in September 2022. Stunning sea views and ample space to display artworks to their best advantage despite no electricity.
    Posted in Art Jewellery, ceramics, Exhibition, Painting, Sculpture, Sustainability

  • Flotsam Too

    by Alison Shelton Brown
    Six artist and makers take up residence at The Beachcomber on Teignmouth's beachfront for seven days only. Saturday 10th to Thursday 16th September. Working around the theme of flotsam and detritus Robin Shelton, Anthony Wong and Alison Shelton Brown will be combing the beach daily for materials to incorporate into new work, inspired by a different coastline and location.
    Posted in Art Jewellery, ceramics, Exhibition, Mixed Media, Painting, Sculpture

  • Flotsam Wash up

    by Alison Shelton Brown
    Flotsam at the Malthouse Gallery, Lyme Regis July 2022. Ten artists / makers featuring etching, painting, ceramics, jewellery, textiles, lighting, basketry and curated by Alison Shelton Brown. A wonderful selection of quality pieces themed around the title Flotsam and What was Left Behind in the wonderful Town Mill courtyard gallery.
    Posted in Art Jewellery, ceramics, Exhibition, Lyme Regis, Mixed Media, Painting, Printmaking, Sustainability, Willow Weaving

  • Amphitrite goes to Munich

    by Alison Shelton Brown
    I'm delighted that my Metamorphoses video featuring Amphitrite, Greek goddess of the sea is being shown during Munich Jewellery Week in July at Ga...
    Posted in Art Jewellery, Exhibition, Metamorphoses, Munich Jewellery, Video

  • Sustainable Making article in SCMK magazine #6

    by Alison Shelton Brown
    Artists are compelled to create, to practice and experiment, expanding skills and making work which can also help keep us mentally healthy. But this comes at a cost. Using raw materials of a dubious provenance, relying on mass manufacture of non-renewables such as plastic or metal, in fact a lot of what we use in our creative practices could be considered precious materials; not just the silver, gold or stones ...
    Posted in Art Jewellery, Metamorphoses, Sustainability

  • 'Flotsam' at the Malthouse Gallery, Lyme Regis 1st - 7th July

    by Alison Shelton Brown
    ‘Masterpieces are no more than the shipwrecked Flotsam of great minds’ Marcel Proust In a post-pandemic world which is currently at war with itself...
    Posted in Art Jewellery, ceramics, craft activities, Exhibition, Lyme Regis, Mixed Media, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Sustainability, Willow Weaving, Workshops

  • Metamorphoses in Munich

    by Alison Shelton Brown

    Eight months of preparation involving many international Zoom training sessions, getting up before dawn to shoot videos on Charmouth beach in 3º temp wearing a flimsy linen dress and avoiding the early dog walkers, the stress of posting jewellery to Germany and filling out customs forms was all worth it. 

    Three statement necklaces are now on show at Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein gallery in the centre of Munich from 25 Feb to 2 April along with my video Amphitrite.

    Posted in Art Jewellery, Exhibition, Metamorphoses, Munich Jewellery, Sustainability

  • My Journey video at The Hub, Sleaford

    by Alison Shelton Brown
    Design-Nation has put together a short video on me for the 'Our Journey' show currently on at The Hub in Sleaford, Lincs, featuring twenty four other members of Design-Nation UK. This time Sea Serpent, two Ghostfishing necklaces and Mackerel Container get an outing far across the other side of the country. See you in April!
    Posted in Art Jewellery, ceramics, Design-Nation, Exhibition, Sleaford, The Hub

  • Our Journey blog

    by Alison Shelton Brown
    Design-Nation : Our Journey is the first blog by Liz Cooper featuring makers in the Excellence category which surprisingly I'm included in.
    Posted in Art Jewellery, ceramics, Exhibition, Sculpture, Sustainability

  • Maxine Greer's blog post featuring me and why Material Matters

    by Alison Shelton Brown
    A Look Behind the Studio Door is a blog series written by Maxine Greer, Cornwall artist, fellow member and participant in the current show at MAKE ...
    Posted in Art Jewellery, ceramics, Exhibition