Jills original career as a museum curator has provided her with a rich cultural experience, of which textiles forms a branch. She has studied textiles at a number of colleges and recently completed her M.A. in Textile Culture - graduating with a distinction. 

Jills practice embraces many areas ranging from richly stitched miniatures interpreting Native American and Mediaeval themes, to landscape interpreted through photography, knitting and stitched textiles 

Recently Jill has been exploring the paraphernalia of womens work (the needlecrafts) through a variety of media. Currently she is producing work in her Women series embracing the idea of all - or any women - in the dress of different periods, expressed through stitch and line. 

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Lyn's work is primarily concerned with the human figure and portraiture, exploring the way in which individuals portray their character through facial expression and posture. This interest has developed from earlier work that dealt mainly with relationships, exploring ties between family members, together with recollections of childhood and childhood experiences. 

Lyn works mainly in oils but also use acrylics and lithography. Her studio is located in Thetford and a small selection of work can be viewed at the Chimney Mill Galleries in West Stow, Suffolk. Lyn is happy to accept commissions. 

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Marie Dawe has been working with glass for over 13 years and started with the simplest of copperfoiling. Quickly realising this would not be the end of a trail, she moved on to producing leaded glass work and stained glass then into the world of glass fusing. Although a technical product, there is plenty of room for artistry,  pushing new boundaries is part of the passion.

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I studied at Manchester University and Croydon College of Art, and worked as a prop maker for film, theatre, and television, before returning to Norfolk to paint full time. My work has been shown extensively across the region, at The Upstairs Gallery, Beccles, Earsham Street Gallery, Bungay, Sheringham Little Theatre, Ferini Gallery, Pakefield, and The Apex Gallery, Bury St Edmunds. With Breckland Artists I have exhibited at Wymondham Arts Centre, and The Forum, Norwich.

My chosen medium is acrylic on canvas. The starting point of my work is landscape, seen, remembered, or imagined, and recreated in varying combinations of these elements. The experience of putting paint on canvas is as important to me as the subject matter, so the final piece is ultimately about my engagement with the creative process.

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Chris attended Lowestoft Art School and, after bringing up a family, UEA, where she took up printmaking. She paints mostly in acrylics with drawing in various media and prints from lino blocks on her 1826 Albion press. She uses the reduction method of lino-cutting which requires the whole edition to be completed at one time. The subject matter of her paintings is faces, figures and groups in present day situations. Her prints display a greater diversity of subject matter.

Chris' work has been sold throughout East Anglia and in the London Mall Galleries and gone to Europe, America and Canada. She has won prizes in the Eastern Open exhibition, taken part in the Print Fair in Norwich and London and sold work in the great Art For Cure exhibitions in Suffolk. She regularly has work in Mandells Gallery in Elm Hill. Chris belongs to two groups. Artworks, a group of thirty artists from across all of East Anglia, and Breckland Artists.

I am interested in shape, line and colour, and try to produce personal interpretations.

Educated at the City of Norwich School and Norwich School of Art, Roger was trained as a Lithographic Artist at Jarrolds. In 1996 he retired from a career in printing and publishing to concentrate on painting and music. His paintings are shown in a number of East Anglian galleries and has regularly shown at the six-county Eastern Open, winning first prize in in 2013. He has also exhibited in the London Mall Galleries. Currently Chair of Breckland Artists, he is also a memberof the influential Artworks group.

“I work solely in acrylics these days, I find the medium sympathetic to my way of working; quick-drying and ideal for flat areas. My choice of subject matter has over the years gone through several changes; currently I draw inspiration from aspects of the Breckland landscape, deconstructing and reconstructing, looking for new ways to interpret the images. Painting is a constant source of discovery.

I first met clay while I was still at school and attending Saturday morning classes at the local Art School in Gravesend in Kent. I remember little of what we made but the seed was sown of a passion that would weave it's way through the fabric of my life like a lurex thread. In recent years I have been lucky enough to travel to other parts of the world and wherever I go I gravitate towards pottery. It fascinates me to see the variety of wares produced and at the same time the similarities that grow out of the nature of the material and how it can be persuaded to our will as potters.

Much of my current work is inspired by the folk art of the Solomon Islands. Many of their ceremonial artefacts celebrate the symbiotic relationship they have with the Bonita that they fish for and the Frigate Birds that fly over the shoals, thus indicating where they can best drop their nets. 

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I have loved and worked with textiles all my life. I spent many years working as a dressmaker making a wide variety of clothes for every occasion. I began making traditional English patchwork over papers with my sewing scraps initially in hexagons and then developing patterns using diamonds and triangles. As my interest in patchwork increased I joined Diss Quilting Group where their programme of visiting tutors meant that I was able to learn many new techniques and approaches to patchwork and quilting. I completed the City & Guilds Certificate in patchwork and quilting at Manor Community College in Cambridge and then went on to Norwich City College to take the Access to Art and Design course. That led to a degree in Visual Studies at Norwich University of the Arts. I am a member of and exhibit with Norfolk Contemporary Craft Society, Breckland Artists and Norfolk Quilters.

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I began working with silver about eight years ago and gradually developed my skills and personal style to produce a range of sterling silver jewellery. I draw on my experience in fashion design (St. Martins School of Art) and as a water-colourist (member of society of botanical artists). I don't intend my jewellery to be pretty but rather more striking and interesting. I like to combine different techniques into each item, for example, hammering, piercing and folding etc. I sometimes combine silver with semi-precious stones other metals and beads. My work can be seen at the Sainsburys Centre in Norwich and at Bond Street Studios in Hingham.

Jane works in oils, acrylics, charcoal and pastel. "It is shape that first draws me to a subject. I am interested in the negative spaces made by natural and man-made objects. As a result of an intense response to each subject my paintings are strong and expressive."

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Born in 1989 and raised in rural Suffolk, where I currently reside, I grew up juggling two of his first loves: music and art. At 19, I moved to Leeds, West Yorkshire to complete a music degree at Leeds College of Music, specialising in singing and composition. I address both music and art with a similar ethos: charisma, drama, experimentation and, above all, enjoyment. 

    As a rule, I try to work quite impulsively, utilising whatever can be found in the vicinity to concoct a rich playground of materials: hoover bags, parcel tape, old (clean!) clothing, candles or bog roll - giving 'ugly' items a chance at glamour. I then let this playful texture sing through the paint, resulting in an organic and unique creation. 

    I am a member of East Anglia's Artworks group and I am a regular performer, musician and workshop deliverer in schools and as part of Aldeburgh Music.

Having been taking pictures for some while now I have realised that really I’m an “on impulse” photographer, I don’t spend lots of time setting up to take a certain view, or a studio shot, I will just see something I like and take it. Therefore my camera is conveying what grabs me at the time, such as a group of people, the way I will see a building, or how the light at a certain time shows through the trees or falls onto a car. So I suppose my camera is my 3rd eye. I just endeavour to capture a picture in a different manner to the “norm”.

I have had my work published in several magazines, by BBC East and have been involved with joint and single exhibitions of my work.

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I am continually inspired by my surroundings, what captures my eye first is usually colour and the atmosphere it evokes. I like to capture this special and sometimes fleeting moment in my mind’s eye and then go on to create the essence of this moment within my artwork.

I predominantly work with the medium of Encaustic Wax; this is made from pigmented beeswax which is heated and manipulated with specialist tools. What I find most captivating about this unique medium is the depth of colour and expressive mark making that can be achieved with it.

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Originally from Northamptonshire, Anna completed an Art and Design Foundation course at Nene College before specialising in Footwear design at De Montfort University, Leicester. After 10 years working in industry as a shoe designer, in 2005, Anna decided it was time for a career change. She retrained to become a professional helicopter pilot and now flies the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance.

Anna therefore paints in her spare time on a semi-professional basis. She lives in Mattishall and loves the rural lifestyle that Norfolk provides. Her favourite subjects are animals, wildlife and landscapes of her local area. Anna has experimented with a number of different styles and medium, but she particularly enjoys working with pen and watercolour to create her animal portraits.

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