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The
Paw Gallery Summer Exhibition A stunning dining-room interior and
sculpture garden create the theme of The Paw Gallery Summer Exhibition which
opens on Saturday 19th June and runs to Sunday 4th
July, 2004. A dining-room has been fitted with an oak floor and table by Chas Croc. Chas, who lives in Wivenhoe, began making furniture twenty four years ago whilst still a student at Essex University. He works only in hard wood, mostly oak, which he sources himself from France. His real speciality is staircases, which he claims are “easy once you know how” but he makes anything in hard wood from oak conservatories to walnut cabinets. With the experience he has gained over the years, he has developed a style of his own, with clear lines, good proportions and above all perfect craftsmanship. The quietly elegant pottery on the dining-room table is made by potter Sylvia Dales. Sylvia work in ash-glazed stoneware and is inspired by classic forms and Chinese and Korean art. She has been producing beautiful pottery for over twenty five years and has recently been selected to become a member of the Crafts and Potters Association. Complementing the dining–room table are chairs by furniture maker Dylan Pym who discovered his love of making things whilst working as a shepherd in Polstead. Trained at Suffolk College, Dylan specialises in local hardwood which he planks and seasons at his workshop. He uses traditional techniques and the resulting chairs are remarkably comfortable. To complete the dining room there are paintings by artist Arabella Shand who studied at Colchester Institute and has exhibited extensively in East Anglia, London and in the west country. Her work is full of life and colour and is becoming increasingly collectable. Outside, in the Paw Gallery Garden you sit on cast iron furniture incorporating elegant cats by Richard Bawden while you admire the hand-built terracotta torso planters made by Bebe Bird, perfect for showing off exotic plants. Altogether, a fine collection of craftsmanship in a delightful setting – well worth a visit. Summer Exhibition at The Paw
Gallery, Saturday 19th June – Sunday 4th
July, Wednesdays – Sundays 2pm – 8 pm + by appointment. For more information contact: Alison Kent on 01206 825194 or e-mail:
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