Blog

  • Winsley Art Group show

    by Alison Shelton Brown

    A group of people become more than the sum of their parts when they meet often, they share their lives as well as their inspiration, learning from and with each other through encouragement and support, withdrawing from the mundane to examine the joy and delight of line, colour, texture. 

    Eleven painters show together for the first time at West Barn, Bradford on Avon over the weekend of Saturday 8th to Sunday 9th October. I'm delighted to be organising this collection of really talented creatives and look forward to sharing it with many visitors over the weekend.

    Posted in Exhibition

  • 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

  • '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

  • Video of the Week: Material Matters

    by Alison Shelton Brown
    The very lovely Heather Matthew joined me to visit MAKE Southwest in Bovey Tracey. Here I talk about a show I curated for Design-Nation Cornwall & Devon and explain some of the work by the members.
    Posted in ceramics, Design-Nation, Design-Nation Cornwall & Devon, Exhibition, MAKE Southwest

  • 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

  • 'Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters'

    by Alison Shelton Brown
    A joyful celebration of colour, material and texture at Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters at the Box, Plymouth.
    Posted in Exhibition, First People Artists, Plymouth, Songlines

  • 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

  • Design-Nation: Our Journey

    by Alison Shelton Brown
    Twenty five members of the UK based Design-Nation craft and design organisation have been selected to take part in the show Our Journey held at ...
    Posted in Art Jewellery, ceramics, Exhibition, Sculpture, Sustainability