We always love it, when Kate Packer delivers new wirework.
This time we have had a wide selection of Christmas Decorations, necklaces, bug, moth and even seahorse brooches in lots of colours as well as wonderful framed insects. Watch out for a selection of Kate Packer’s work in our online shop and see much more here at 45 Southside.
We have so much insect inspired art and jewellery at the minute, that I thought they deserved their own post. Adorn your walls with dragonflies made out of embroidered silk in boxes, butterflies made from wirework or a poetrytile featuring a grasshopper.
Kate Packer also makes bug and moth brooches as well as earrings and necklaces.
They are all made from a combination of her intricately woven coloured metal wire and semi-precious stones or beads.
Flies, spiders and butterflies are also part of Remon Jephcott’s Victorian inspired ceramics. For her jewellery range she combines images of flies and spiders with traditional shapes and gold or silver lustre.
You can find a selection of works in the online shop and much more in our gallery on Plymouth’s historic Barbican.
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Title: Earrings
Many colours available
Artist: Kate Packer
Material: Coated metal wire, semi-precious stones or beads
Dimensions: W: 1 cm H: 3.50 cm D: 1 cm
£ 34
Ref.: KP 18
To view more work by Kate Packer, please click on the tag in the right column.
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Title: Bug Brooch
Many colours available
Artist: Kate Packer
Material: Coated metal wire, semi-precious stones
Dimensions: W: 3 cm H: 6 cm D: 1 cm
£ 47
Ref.: KP 17
To view more work by Kate Packer, please click on the tag in the right column.
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Title: Moth Brooch
Many colours available
Artist: Kate Packer
Material: Coated metal wire, semi-precious stones
Dimensions: W: 7.50 cm H: 4.50 cm D: 1.50 cm
£ 47
Ref.: KP 16
To view more work by Kate Packer, please click on the tag in the right column.
Today’s artist in the spotlight is Jane Price. Exactly four years ago, her work was our very first feature exhibition. At the time, Jane worked with inlaid papers and photo- and lucidagrams. Even though her work is mixed media, her first love was always textiles.
“45 Southside encourages experimentation which is an encouragement to an artist. This gallery has accepted and welcomed my diverse works in paper and textiles. My current brightly coloured abstracts have channelled an interest in saturated colour combi-nations; the works are like paintings but are also embroidered.”
“Being an artist involves developing new ideas, acquiring skills, responding to outside stimuli of time and place and implementing this acquisition of experience. Not repeating yourself is a challenge as it is a process of self discovery, but it is essential to keep studio practice vibrant. I believe in inclusion rather than exclusion and looking at drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, textiles, and papermaking are all enriching and interconnected disciplines! This cross fertilization is evident in the works I produce.”
Jane’s first year of art training was at Dartington College of Arts in 1967, followed by a Diploma in Art and Design in Textiles/Fashion at Camberwell School of Art 1968-1971. Jane lives and works from her studio in Exeter and has been a member of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen for 25 years where she frequently exhibits.
Some of Jane’s work is also available in the online shop and more will be added very soon.
A few weeks have passed since the last ‘What’s in Store’. You have been keeping our artists busy with plenty of commissions. Next to bespoke orders we have also had plenty of new work delivered. Jan Brewerton, Lincoln Kirby-Bell and Kate Packer have been busy. Lincoln’s latest design includes a range of tableware and this wallplates with frogs. Kate has been busy making jewellery, including her popular bug brooches and wall pieces.
We also have a new ceramic artist at 45 Southside Janie Ramsey. Watch this space for a post on her work in detail soon. Janie’s work is inspired by her time in Turkey as well as archaeology.
Coincidentally, one of the pewter wallpanels delivered by Melanie Guy recently is called Turkish Atmosphere. It is the smaller more colourful pewter panel underneath the larger panel. Also back with new work are Hamlin and Wright with their fused glass panels towards the back of the picture.
‘Paris’ is a rare Cityscape mosaic by Jude Freeman. Jenny Beavan and Jane Price have also created new work.
It has been a while, but we have a new web-site. Perfect time for an update on what is currently in the gallery.
We have had several new deliveries of jewellery, wirework by Kate Packer, for example, and also a delivery of Remon Jephcott’s lovely (and humorous) ceramics and ceramic jewellery. New are these decaying fruit. We have apples, a pear and a cherry. The fly on the apple is made from real silver.
Jenny Beavan has delivered new work of both her stunning ceramic panels on glass and a sculptural work. You can find out more about her and her work in this month’s Ceramic Review. We still have some copies. We also have new tableware by Lincoln Kirby-Bell. In addition, he has made some wallvases or flower pots in his signature style.
Glass artist Richard Glass and metalsmith Noah Taylor have also dropped by new work. Some of Noah’s latest sculptures are visible in the image above along the back wall next to one of Richard’s Splash Sculptures.
More pewter work by Melanie Guy has also arrived, there are new ‘wallsculptures’ but also a selection of tableware and sculptural works, which is a new departure for Melanie.
This includes coasters, dishes, paperweights and a very elegant Sushi dish. On the shelf above Melanie’s work are Rebecca Harvey’s latest porcelain vessels. Her work is smooth yet tactile with a number of different shaped bowls of various sizes as well as her serving sets on Oak plates with Cornish Pewter Spoons.
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Title: Butterfly Brooch
Artist: Remon Jephcott
Material: ceramic with transfer print and gold lustre glaze, backed with lace, pin
Dimensions: H: 4 cm W: 7 cm D: 0.7 cm
£ 39
Ref.: RJ4
To view more work by Remon Jephcott , please click on the tag in the right column.
Remon Jephcott’s jewellery is new to 45 Southside.
The jewellery is a response to Remon’s research into the world of the Victorians, focusing on the realm of the feminine . An aspect of her inquiry has been inspired by the Victorians love of insect jewellery of all types, which reflected their fascination with classifying nature.
Each piece goes through several kiln firings, from the initial bisque firing to the final lustre firing, which gives each piece it’s precious quality.
The range includes a wide variety of designs including flowers, birds, insects and other designs as well as butterfly shaped brooches, necklaces and earrings.
To view a small selection in more detail, please visit out online gallery.