Interview with an artist - Lance Fennell
Lance Fennell is an artist whose work explores the landscape around him and more recently has a focus on his growing concerns with the...
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Tryphena Foster
Jan 28, 202110 min read
Interview with an artist - Joanna Stone
Joanna Stone is a figurative artist and has a studio here at Westbury. During the last 20 years Joanna has exhibited in and around...
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Tryphena Foster
Sep 30, 20209 min read
Interview with an artist: Julienne Hanson
This month I had the pleasure of catching up with textile artist Julienne Hanson her practice embraces many aspects of contemporary...
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Tryphena Foster
Aug 28, 202010 min read
Interview with an artist: Nicky Hunter
Nicky Hunter is an artist, textile designer and art tutor. She works in the fashion industry creating bespoke designs, runs popular...
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Tryphena Foster
Jul 21, 20206 min read
Interview with an artist: Yvonne Elliott
Yvonne Elliot is a textile artist and became a studio holder at Westbury in 2018 - Yvonne has exhibited at the London and Harrogate...
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Tryphena Foster
Jul 9, 20203 min read
Printmaking, Secret Postcards & Fairy Tales....
Di Oliver is a printmaker based in Milton Keynes, whose work has been selected for exhibitions in Europe, the US and Japan, we heard...
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Tryphena Foster
Jun 29, 20202 min read
Islamic art with Ruqaya
We take a look at Ruqaya Albeaty's Islamic art that she's been working on during lockdown. Islamic art is rich in history and has been...
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Tryphena Foster
Jun 23, 20204 min read
Tom Chapple reflects on his journey into art.
At the beginning of the year we put a call out to artists to submit their artwork for Milton Keynes Open 2020, we launched the event in...
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Tryphena Foster
Jun 18, 20201 min read
Rhubarb and Cheesecake!
Our very own caretaker and Westbury artist, Frances Fox, is a keen cook and can often be found in the kitchen cooking up various...
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Tryphena Foster
Jun 16, 20205 min read
Interview with an artist: Kirsteen Holuj
Kirsteen Holuj has been an artist at Westbury for around 8 years, she describes herself as "a maker of ceramic", although this doesn't...
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Tryphena Foster
Jun 9, 20202 min read
String Art with Sveta....
String art has been around for a while it was first used in the 1800's as a way of teaching Maths, by the 60's and 70's it had changed...
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Tryphena Foster
Jun 2, 20203 min read
Wendy & Beryl's Art Club .....
Last week I had the pleasure of talking to Wendy Thompson, I chatted to Wendy about her 85 year old mother, Beryl, and the unexpected...
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Tryphena Foster
May 29, 20202 min read
"Opening Up" with Jane Burdiak
It's been almost 10 weeks since lockdown began, whilst some of the measures have been lifted a little we're still very much confined to...
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Tryphena Foster
May 22, 20203 min read
Clay, Shells & Life drawing....
Mallory Henson tells us how she's been keeping herself busy .... I have painted quite a lot since I joined the MK Society of Artists,...
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Tryphena Foster
May 19, 20201 min read
Pigments & Powders!
On the 1st of May I wrote a post "Off to a head start" showcasing the work of Charlie Blake and looking at the portrait art he had been...
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Tryphena Foster
May 7, 20202 min read
Pens, Pencils & Photographs.....
For some, being in lockdown has provided an opportunity to re-visit the joy that creativity can bring. With jobs, family and everything...
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Tryphena Foster
May 6, 20202 min read
Floral Magic!
We catch up with floral artist and textile designer, Nicky Hunter as she talks about what she's been up to during lockdown. I've really...
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Tryphena Foster
May 1, 20201 min read
Off to a head start!
At the beginning of April we put a call out to artists, we wanted to know what creative practices people had been up to whilst being at...
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Tryphena Foster
Apr 30, 20201 min read
A very tidy workshop!
We've recently heard from Di Oliver who works as a printmaker, Di tells us what she's been up to during lockdown.. "Several exhibitions I...
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Tryphena Foster
Apr 21, 20201 min read
Too good to eat!
20th April 2020 SUZANNA RAYMOND - ARTIST Thanks to Suzanna for sharing her first sketch from home, a snap shot of her meal prep using a...
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