The Fircroft Summer Exhibition.
Saturday 12th - Sunday 27th June 2010
Daily 11 - 5, Thursdays 11 - 8
Private View Friday 11th June 6 - 9
A unique art exhibition in a glorious setting.
The Fircroft exhibition is set in a wonderful Victorian house and garden in the midst of beautiful Albury Heath. Fircroft is home to international artist Frank Taylor and his wife Christine who imports work from Zimbabwe's leading sculptors, and this 'open house' gallery is a wonderful setting in which to discover works by more than thirty highly regarded artists. The quality of the exhibits combined with the relaxed ambience of the Taylor's home makes Fircoft a highlight of the summer calendar.
This Years Artists.
Fircroft 2010 includes work by painters, sculptors, ceramicists, print makers and jewellers as well as artists working in glass and textiles.
John Maltby - widely recognized as one of Britain's finest ceramicists - will be showing new ceramic sculptures. His sought after work is represented in collections at the V&A in London and the Ashmolean in Oxford and he has exhibited widely in the UK, Europe and USA. Lisa B Moorcroft, grand daughter of William Moorcroft, will be displaying more than twenty of her unique ceramics, and Steve Blaylock who made the ship for the Blue Peter garden as well as large pieces for the The Forestry Commission will be one of the sculptors exhibiting in the garden.
Frank Taylor will exhibit paintings and prints created throughout his career. Frank's limited edition prints have always been extremely popular and his open editions published by Ikea sold in tens of thousands. He has held a series of solo shows of his paintings in galleries in London and the South of England, as well as exhibiting in Art Fairs both in the UK and USA. As well as continuing to paint, his more recent work includes wall reliefs, assemblages and constructions inspired by travels to faraway places as well as walks closer to home in Surrey.
Top Zimbabwean sculptors will also be represented, alongside work from Indian Textiles Worker projects.
Artists new to Fircroft this year include printmaker illustrator Hannah Firmin who illustrates the covers of Alexander McCall's series of 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' books. Hannah is daughter of printmaker Peter Firmin who created, with Oliver Postgate, characters such as the Clangers and Bagpuss. She recently contributed to 'The Birthday Book', a collection of prose and poetry edited by Quentin Blake and Michael Morpurgo, published to celebrate Prince Charles' 60th birthday.
Other exhibitors include Libby January, a leading pastel artist, figurative sculptor Jo Jones, ceramicist Christine Bull and Christine Suzman who works with ceramics and bronze and specializes in horses and wildlife.
The jewellery exhibits always prove very popular. This year Fircroft brings together pieces by Roger Elliot, Jane Angel, Misha Seelhoff, Kym Diederich, Lousia Crispin, Theresa MacIntyre, Miranda Weber, Sian Burridge and the Cloud Nine group of jewellers.
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Image galleries and future exhibition details coming soon.
