OPEN STUDIOS Christmas

This Christmas at West Street Studios
Saturday, 5 December, from 11am to 5pm

Just off the far end of Shoreham High Street, West Street Studios is home to a wonderful community of local artists. They’re opening their doors and inviting you in to meet the artists, explore their creative spaces and find that unique Christmas gift for yourself or a loved one.

Take a peek behind the scenes and discover where their creations take shape. You’ll find a fantastic array of artwork, including paintings, prints, etchings, stained glass, mixed media, jewellery, sculpture and upcycled lamps.

Enjoy a variety of live music, mulled wine, spiced apple juice, mince pies and other home-baked goodies.

Venue: 20 West Street, Shoreham, BN43 5WG

Social media: @weststreetstudios

Meet the Artists

Aron Salanson – Hand-Forged Jewellery

@aron_salanson_jewellery | aronsalanson@gmail.com

Aron creates simple, elegant jewellery collections and one-off pieces. Using traditional tools and techniques, including sawing, forging, filing, soldering and finishing, each piece is made individually, allowing for meticulous attention to detail and unique character. Silver and gold can be endlessly recycled, and Aron consistently strives for sustainability and high quality.

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Heather Curwen – Mixed-Media Artist

@hjcurwenart

Drawing inspiration from a lifelong connection of the natural world, expressed through printmaking, drawing, digital compositions, text and poetry. Her layered artworks seek to articulate the continual cycle of breaking and remaking found in nature. Her studies of English folklore and Japanese philosophy are also sometimes woven into her work.

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Jackie Gordon – Prints, Etching and Lithography

@jackie_gordon1963

Passionate about creating prints in all sorts of ways. Linocuts, monoprints, gel prints, etching, drypoint – you name it, she prints it. A well-established artist with a loyal following, she has been part of the brilliant shared space at West Street Studios for five years and plans to stay for at least another fifty.

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Julia White – Artist and Printmaker

@Juliawhiteart | www.juliawhiteart.co.uk

Self-taught and inspired by nature, Julia creates botanical prints that explore the flora and fauna of Sussex. Through delicate etchings of grasses, flowers and insects, she captures their fragile beauty. Using impressions of collected plants alongside digital works and gold-leaf embellishments to represent the play of light.

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Karin Hay – Abstract Artist

@karin.haywhite

Karin’s art practice centres on abstract forms, intuitive lines and layered textures. Her work explores the complexity of human experience. Karin has been part of West Street Studios since 2011.

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Louise Durham – Stained-Glass Artist

@louisevdurham | www.louisevdurham.com

A diverse stained-glass artist creating a variety of sculptures using glass and reclaimed sea-defence timber, bespoke lighting exploring light and colour, and pendants, keepsakes that sometimes incorporating ashes in memory of loved ones. She also collaborates with carpenters and stonemasons to create that memorial piece.

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Pauline Ford – Artist and Historian

@machados2015

An artist, art historian and former university lecturer, Pauline works in a variety of media, focusing on colour, form and shape. She enjoys challenging conventions and taking an exploratory, playful approach to her work. By applying watercolour inks to old black-and-white photographs, she breathes new life into them, transforming the original images.

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Stephanie Young – Creative and Upcycler

@saydesignEvents | @LampJunkieUK

With many feathers in her bow, Stephanie helps local people with her graphic design skills: @saydesignUK, walks dogs: @BarkingBanana, and transforms objects into lamps: @LampJunkieUK.

From vintage telephones, irons, cameras and kitchen scales to cricket bats and golf clubs, Stephanie creates original, bespoke, handmade gifts that you can purchase or commission.