Chocolate Factory Artists News Sue Thompson Born
Carol Tarn
The Chocolate Factory’s own Carol Tarn has found herself on the shortlist of the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2015, for her engrossing and wonderfully human portraits in oil. The prize is a collaboration between international law firm Ashurst, and London gallery Tiger & Oaktree which was created to help nurture artistic talents, and offers a solo show at the gallery to the eventual winners, along with a substantial cash prize! The shortlisted pieces will be on display at Tiger & Oaktree in April, May and June, with an overall winner to be announced in May. You can find out more about Carol and her painterly, yet realistic work at www.chocolatefactoryartists.co.uk, and at www.caroltarn.co.uk
Following on from Graeme Messer’s brilliant The Art of Love and How to Avoid It, which you can read all about on pages 8 and 9, Karamel will be proudly hosting Sue Thompson Born’s dramatic and provocative painting works. As Sue herself says: My paintings and sculpture work with the physical materiality of the medium to explore context and concept. There is an underlying theme of loss running through all of my work. This presents itself as a transformative process, not necessarily negative, which encompasses the personal, the political, and the universal.
Bryan Kneale
Presenting work created over five decades, Royal Academician Bryan Kneale’s sculptures and works on paper will be exhibited at the Pangolin London from 25th March to 2nd May. Kneale’s work began at the easel creating thick and spiky paintings with palette knifes, painting the portraits of Michael Redgrave, Richard Attenborough, and Norman Parkinson to name but a few. However, an innate fear of repetition led to him looking to sculpture, learning to forge and weld, working with brass, steel, copper, and aluminium. As the first abstract sculptor to be elected RA in 1974, this showed clearly his work was not the traditional sculpture of carving, casting and modelling. This exhibition definitely underlines his importance in the development of 20th Century British sculpture. A full illustrated catalogue with an essay by Professor Brian Catling will accompany the exhibition.
So expect a varied and rich exhibition, at times tranquil, and at times tumultuous, with plenty to mull over after. You can see more of Sue’s arresting oils on www.chocolatefactoryartists.co.uk
To quote Bryan Kneale; “(the point of making sculpture) is to try and discover in some way the meaning of your own life, to clarify in your own mind those capabilities, or abilities, to see things achieve an existence independent of yourself.”
Studio 306 Collective CIC Textiles Workshops Starting on 16th April 2015, Studio 306 are offering a chance for you to learn to… Thread the sewing machine, Experiment with different stitch patterns and sew straight seams, Choose and cut out fabric, Follow a template or pattern, Use a rotary cutter, Over locking, Buttonholes, Insert a zip, Patchwork and quilting, Applique Clean and maintain the sewing machine. At the end of this course, you will have completed a cushion cover, tote bag and/or apron. If you wish to continue further, you will be able to make a patchwork quilt, various soft furnishings, hand bags, and revamp your wardrobe! 5 week course £150, If you pay for 10 weeks in advance £270 – you get 1 week free. Each Course is tailored to suit each individual’s capability. Material & Thread will be supplied, although you are able to use your own material if you prefer. Please check www.studioc306.com for more information.Studio 306 Collective CIC Studio C306, The Chocolate Factory, 5 Clarendon Road, Wood Green, London, N22 6XJ 306collective@btconnect.com If you wish to pay by cash, please call us on 020 8365 8477 to arrange a time and date that is suitable. We hope to see you there! Courses from 2pm till 5pm or 6pm till 9pm
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The Quarter | Issue 6 | Chocolate Factory Artists | Collage Arts