Blog

  • 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 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside

    by Alison Brown
    Here is a link to a recent blog written for Design-Nation Cornwall & Devon highlighting how I find inspiration at the beach and my desire to so...
    Posted in Art Jewellery, Sustainability, Trapper Basket, Walking

  • Precious Things in Times of Uncertainty

    by Alison Brown
    Alliages gallery has linked up with Precious.Collective again to show twenty international contemporary art jewellery makers in Lille, France over the summer.
    Posted in Art Jewellery, Exhibition, Sustainability, Trapper Basket

  • Questions about Sustainable Practice

    by Alison Brown
    Here is a link to Design-Nation UK's blog where I attempt to answer some questions posed by Laura Jacometti about my environmental concerns. Cr...
    Posted in Art Jewellery, Sculpture, Sustainability

  • Coastal Trapper Basket

    by Alison Brown
    Walking on the beach at Lyme Regis, searching for treasure amongst the stones and rusty detritus. Returning home to assess my haul in the studio. This piece will be shown as part of the opening show at the Royal Cornwall Museum next month, along with eight other artist members of Design-Nation Cornwall&Devon featuring work made during the pandemic - Time-Lapse; a creative response to living with Covid.
    Posted in Art Jewellery, Sustainability, Trapper Basket, Walking

  • A Rainbow for Amélie

    by Alison Brown
    My granddaughter asked me to make a rainbow rug for her new bedroom for Christmas this year. I'd not hooked a rug for years so it was a joy to r...
    Posted in Sustainability