Designer Gifts
..... studio glass, metalwork & clocks by designer makers
stocked at the Gowan Jewellers.
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Stuart Akroyd
Stuart attended an Art &
Design foundation course at Huddersfield Polytechnic in 1984 and
received a BA Hons in Glass and Ceramics at Sunderland University.
After a year course at Brierley Hill International Glass School he
set up his own business.
He blows, hand carves and polishes his glass and the usual curling
and twisting forms are etched in acid to emphasise the surface of
the glass. The colours he chooses are used in some designs to
contrast with each other on one piece giving the onlooker a
sense of depth inside the perfume bottle.
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Ian Roberts
Ian started to learn the art
of pottery restoration in 1974 through a family link involved in the
antique trade. This was the basis from which he developed a real
interest in the art of pottery itself.
Ian thinks that his ceramics reflect his interest and working life
within the antique trade as he feels they have an 'age' to them that
the raku process inflicts on contemporary ceramics. The style of his
ceramics could also be said to have an architectural feel to them
borne out of his general interest in the architecture of the past.
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Paul Gardner & Helen Lewis
Paul Gardner is a wildlife and figurative
sculptor, he exhibits in selected galleries in the U.K. In 1999 Paul set up and run a small bronze art casting business in
rural Somerset. This uses the Lost Wax Ceramic Shell Method, which
is used to produce many of Paul’s Sculptures today. Paul now
concentrates on sculpting and producing his own work in bronze.
Helen has always had a keen interest in the arts and a passion for
sculpture. Inspired by a love of nature she created small wildlife
studies which have been reproduced in real bronze.
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Siddy Langley
Siddy established her own
company in 1988 having learnt the craft as an apprentice to Peter
Layton & as a maker at the London Glassblowing Workshop. She now has
her studio in Devon in a former piggery !
Siddy fashions the individual pieces by hand, working with molten
glass gathered from the furnace and precious metal oxides such as
gold, silver and tin. Most of the decoration is applied before the
glass is blown, growing with the piece to form the delicate and
intricate patterns that characterise Siddy's work. The freeblown
glass is produced in glorious colours with an iridescent effect.
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Michael Hunter
Michael studied the art of
glass making at Wedgwood Glass and has over 30 years of
British glass making experience. Since 1998 Michael has chosen to
use Venetian glass making techniques, as his vehicle of expression
in both traditional and contemporary designs. Michael's inspiration
comes from the constant need to challenge himself. His work displays
an invigorating and complex of bold colours, combined with his own
style of cane work techniques.
These styles combined with a disciplined approach, result in his
designs having both a
unique appearance and distinctive hand finished feel.
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All the Designs shown here are protected by Copyright and are
the intellectual property
of the named designers.
No design may be reproduced or made up without the express
permission of the designer maker.
Any breach of Copyright will be vigorously pursued through legal
channels.
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