Northern Stars
To celebrate 25 years in business Masham Gallery is showcasing some of the many varied artists and makers that show their work here. Some have been here almost all of the last 25 years, some just the last few months, but all produce unique and beautiful work. Special pieces that you just can't get anywhere....
Adele Taylor
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Adele is based in Sheffield where she makes the most exquisite silver and precious gemstone jewellery. Much of it is inspired by seeds and nature and many pieces are one offs.
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Anja Percival
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Anja is a printmaker whose etchings portray the light and shadow of rural and urban landscapes. She uses varying light, form, texture and colour to create intense moods and sensations of the places she has experienced.
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Betsy and Els
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Betsy & Els, named after the creators two daughters, who spurred her on to start the business after she trained in Fine Art and Graphic Design.
Betsy and Els is influenced by their home at the seaside and creates finely cut and painted plywood individual flowers and floral plaques. Find some flowers by Betsy and Els in the online shop. |
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Charlotte Morrison
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Charlotte is a ceramicist living in Aiskew who works from a studio near Masham. She makes handbuilt porcelain ceramics, which are inspired by pathways, features, collected items and natural specimens in the landscape.
What you may not know... Charlotte also teaches one day adult workshops at Artison near Masham. In her spare time she enjoys walking, spending time growing her small garden & baking for family & friends. Find a little piece by Charlotte in the online shop. |
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Hannah Nunn
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Originally from Leeds, Hannah's paper cut work is greatly inspired by the countryside of West Wales where she studied at Camarthen College. Starting out in paper cut greetings cards for Libertys and Paperchase, her work has now transitioned to lamps, where the silhouettes are lit and glowing.
What you may not know... Hannah is also a yoga teacher. |
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Hester Cox
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Hester is a printmaker working largely in collagraph and solar plate methods. Her inspiration is most often derived from the natural landscape, the plants, birds and wildlife she observes and the myths and legends that surround them.
What you may not know... When not in the studio Hester is a keen Fell runner. Taking advantage of the Yorkshire 3 peaks being on her doorstep. |
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Howard Charles
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Howard lives and works in Masham, he produces a range of handmade ceramic figures inspired by the work of the artist L S Lowry
What you may not know... Although now semi - retired, Howard and his wife Kathy owned and ran for many years a pottery studio and craft shop just off the Market Square in Masham. Find a this piece by Howard in the online shop. |
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Humblewood
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Located on the eastern fringes of Cumbria, Bob's workshop is in the beautiful Eden Valley. Working with sister Eunice, he makes his colourful home and gift wares using locally grown hardwood, sourced as much as possible from windblown or dead trees.
What you may not know... From an early age Bob wanted to be a woodworker, but went to art college and became a graphic designer instead! Finally after 40 years of woodworking as a hobby, that early ambition was realised when he started his business, Humblewood, on April Fools Day 2015. Find a clock by Bob in the online shop. |
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Ian Scott Massie
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Scott has lived in Masham for over 30 years. His watercolours, screen prints and books reflect the themes of his exhibitions: travels in search of spiritually enriching places, preferably ones with a good story attached.
What you may not know... Scott trained to be an opera singer and has been writing poems and songs for 50 years. Find a little local piece by Scott in the online shop. Or look at our full range of his prints here. |
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Jackie Needham
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Jackie creates her ceramic animals at her home in East Yorkshire, using vintage textiles and found objects to imprint the surfaces. She hand-builds each unique piece using slabbing and coiling techniques.
What you may not know... During her degree in 2008, she made a series of articulated, anthropomorphic creatures using ceramic and fabric that sit (very unassumingly) on children’s chairs. These include mice, squirrels, foxes, an ermine and a hare, and she occasionally adds more creatures to this peculiar family gathering! |
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Jane Smallcombe
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Applique Originals was launched with a range of brooches in 2006, after a lifetime of making gifts and commission for friends, their first collection was well received and has kept growing. All the items are still made entirely by hand in England, each one a unique artwork.
What you may not know... 'I have been able to knit, crochet and sew form a very young age. Both of my parents were art teachers so I was surrounded by embroideries and paintings!' |
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Janis Goodman
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Much of Janis's work is focused on the repeated patterns of the urban streetscape of Leeds, where she lives. Gardens, allotments and swirling murmurations of starlings also feature. Janis starts from sketches and photographs to create a reverse image of a printing plate. Each print is handmade, individually inked, wiped, printed, signed and numbered in small limited editions.
What you may not know... Janis trained as an architect and spent many years working as a cartoonist! |
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Joanna Bourne
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Joanna is a printmaker based in Newcastle upon Tyne working mainly on wood. Her prints describe the local allotments, fields and park, it's inhabitants and the great northern weather through the seasons.
What you may not know... While not exactly a hoarder, Jo collects ceramics at every opportunity. Her current obsession is mid- 20th century Danish 'Soholm' pottery, made on the island of Bornholm, and which she discovered when visiting family there. The Baltic island of Bornholm provides the inspiration for some of her recent woodcuts. |
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John and Dawn Field
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Based in Yorkshire, this husband and wife team make beautiful jewellery, exploring asymmetry, contrasting metals and richly coloured gem stones.
What you may not know... 'We are also celebrating a 25th anniversary this year. Although we have been together for 35 years, after meeting at College in Wolverhampton a long, long time ago, it is our silver wedding anniversary. We have also been working together making jewellery for 25 years this year.' John loves to make glass beads in his spare time and Dawn bakes like a demon and is working on a figurative range of Keum boo jewellery using silver and 24ct gold. |
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John Egerton
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John works in thrown, oxidised stoneware, fired in an electric kiln. He makes individually decorated domestic, one-off pieces including lamps, platters, vases and large bread crocks.
What you may not know... John turns 80 next year and is still creating beautiful pottery. |
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Josie Beszant
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Josie is based in Masham, she makes collages and mixed media work from papers, textiles, threads and a wide variety of found objects.
What you may not know... She has also run Masham Gallery since it started in 1994. She has vast collections of strange and eccentric objects such as false teeth, dolls heads, train tickets, envelopes, religious medals and all sorts of items that eventually make their way into her art. Find a little book by Josie in the online shop. View more by catching the Gothic exhibition here in November or making an appointment to see her studio. |
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Katy O'Neil
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From her Lancashire studio, Katy O'Neil creates contemporary ceramic wrap pots, bowls and wall plaques, plus a range of jewellery. Katy's work reflects her fascination with the idea of future fossils. Mechanical objects are pressed into the surface of the clay and glazes are used to highlight the textures.
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Lindsey Tyson
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Lindsay trained in Textile Design and now uses a variety of techniques to combine her love of countryside with felt and textile. She produces a range of tactile products for the home.
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Liz Scrine
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Liz is based in Saddleworth. She makes things out of clay and light and shadow, inspired by architecture and myths and fairytales.
What you may not know... She once made a giant fried egg to go on the roof of her studio, to fix a leak in the roof. It wasn't made of clay though! |
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Maggie Magoo
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Based in Leeds, Carole's work is inspired by nature, with flowers, plants & insects featuring throughout. She also finds inspiration in folk & tattoo art, with a bit of mid century design thrown in too.
Carole has built up large collections of vintage textiles, books, ceramics, threads, & postcards which she also draws from in her work, which is mainly surface pattern based. What you may not know... The name Carole works under is MaggieMagoo Designs, named after the family dog. Carole now gets called Maggie on a daily basis! |
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Makiko Hastings
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Makiko is originally from Japan and moved to England in 1997. She now is located in Knaresborough.
Most of her work is hand-thrown stoneware. Her passion for tableware is strongly influenced by the food culture from her Japanese background. She'd like her work to be used in daily life and bring joy to your home. What you may not know... Makiko is an avid user of Instagram and has many thousands of followers. |
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Namaste
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Based in Skipton Namaste is a fair-trade company dedicated to sourcing beautiful fairly traded products from the far corners of the world, embracing traditional artisan skills. They are passionate about ensuring their products where possible are made from environmentally friendly, sustainable and recycled materials.
What you may not know... Namaste translates as 'I greet the spirit within you' |
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Pam Grimmond
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Pam is inspired by architecture and the quirky elements of currents, domes and weathervanes. These combine with the flora and fauna around her on walks near her home. Her sketches and images are translated into intricate Lino prints, building layers of colour and creating exciting, unexpected effects.
What you may not know... She likes poetry and short stories. She became interested in the notion of the flaneuse through reading Lauren Elkin a couple of years ago. Whilst continuing to make Lino prints of birds and gardens, she has found a new direction and focus in her work and is now making new work about the city |
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Rachel Thornton
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Rachel is an experimental printmaker, printing onto woods using adjusted and invented print techniques, such as etching and lino.
Rachel is a 'Creative Champion' for the GreatPlaces Lakes and Dales Scheme. She is an advocate for the arts being and integral part of the rural. Rachel will be doing and studio exchange with 2 Mexican artists to investigate how others have forged a career in the arts overseas in a rural context. What you may not know... Something surprising about Rachel is that despite her short stature she is surprisingly strong and enjoys weight training, she would like to compete when she finds a weekend free from doing art shows. Catch her work in the next Hackfall Exhibition in September |
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Simon Griffiths
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Simon is a sculptor based in north Durham, He sculpts the wildlife of the north Pennines.He is a member of the society of wildlife artists.
What you may not know... Simon has 11 bird boxes on the sides of his bungalow and grows much of his own food in his self built earth sheltered greenhouse. Find a little wren by Simon in the online shop. |
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