1) How would you describe your current practice (e.g. materials, techniques, themes, key questions, approach)? I have started using the print room at The Forge and exploring monoprinting technique. I have found my way back to sewing, after years in the fashion industry. I had lost the passion for...
Allistair Covell is nearing the end of is five years with Digswell Arts. 1) How would you describe your current practice? I create vibrantly colourful and rhythmic abstract paintings, inspired by my synaesthesic responses to sound, primarily music. Synaesthesia is a neurological phenomenon, a...
To start off the 2019 creative year, our Featured artist for the January is Forge’s Print member and workshop tutor Sally Tyrie. Sally has had busy year and lot more exciting plans for 2019. To find out more about the upcoming workshops at the Forge have a look here:...
1) How would you describe your current practice (e.g. materials, techniques, themes, key questions, approach)? I am currently investigating crochet and my special interests lies in granny squares and doilies. There is a lot of skill and tradition in crochet – I am finding myself going...
1) How would you describe your current practice (e.g. materials, techniques, themes, key questions, approach)? I am a printmaker. I have just finished my MA in Fine Art. When I started it, the focus of my research was the Partition of India and how it had affected my family and also all aspects of...
Helen is nearing the end of her five years with Digswell Arts. Her recent exhibition at Fenners is her third and draws her development as a fellow to a conclusion. In the two years since her second exhibition, she has worked on personal memories and recall of places and events in her life (as...
1.How would you describe your current practice (e.g. materials, techniques, themes, key questions, approach)? I make woodcuts and lino prints. The process starts with a lot of drawing. I really enjoy thinking about how I’m going make the print – thinking in layers. I’ve found...
Cathy is in her fourth year as a fellow with Digswell Arts, working full time from her studio in the Fenners Building, Letchworth Garden City, where she paints most days. 1) How would you describe your current practice (e.g. materials, techniques, themes, key questions, approach)? I often work on...
Liz is a photographic artist and one of the most recent fellows at the Fenners Building in Letchworth. Initially graduating with a degree in Geography from UCL in 1995, Liz went on to work in the events industry before returning to education, gaining a first class BA (Hons) Photography from...
1) How would you describe your current practice (e.g. materials, techniques, themes, key questions, approach)? I am currently investigating dance and the figure, using observation and expressive mark making to create a feeling of movement within the confines of a two dimensional painting. I work...
Katherine Roberts is an Art History graduate who embarked on her career as a sculptor in 2016 when she graduated from the University of Hertfordshire with a Foundation Degree in Fine Art Practice. She has been a fellow at Digswell Arts for 7 months and works from her studio at the Fenners Building...
Amy Wilson has been a fellow with Digswell Arts for the past 3 years and is based at the Fenners site in Letchworth. Amy is a fabric designer specialising in woven cloth. My current research is based around emotive & sensory textiles which can capture a feeling, evoke a sensation or trigger...