The Atrium & Normans
Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa
We are a group of artists working alongside each other and producing a variety of functional and decorative ceramic pieces from our shared studio in Woolwich Dockyard, southeast London.
Gavaganart, in Lancaster, works with artists from throughout the British Isles with an emphasis on artists from the North of England with many artists based in either Yorkshire, Lancashire or Cumbria.
In partnership with Gavagan Art, Art in the Atrium at Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa provides an accessible, free and informal way of being able to see a display of fine art in the resorts' spacious Atrium.
Born in London in 1969 Jonquil trained in theatre and Fine Art before pursuing a career in ceramic design. For more than two decades Jonquil has produced work using high fired stoneware clay and custom made slips and glazes. Her methods combine throwing and hand-building of a variety of forms including vases, platters and tile panels, always with an eye on functionality. Jonquil decorates the surfaces with detailed sgraffito carvings, a method adapted from wood-cut printmaking techniques. Her education, mostly through a series of apprenticeships, has led her around the world, and her work has been exhibited and sold internationally. Current projects include development of a line of fine furniture in which carved stoneware tiles are incorporated into finely crafted original pieces.
Sgraffito carved stoneware vase #1 - £620
Sgraffito carved stoneware vase #2 - £825
Sgraffito carved platter - £280
Koi amphora (downstairs), sgraffito carved stoneware and lustre - £1200
Having graduated from Goldsmiths College in the mid 1970’s Richard went on to have a successful career in arts education in both advisory and senior roles culminating in the position of senior vice-principal in an art college. Richard has sat on the advisory board of London Arts. His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally.
‘…a constant conversation and challenge with the joys of clay in both my figurative and hand-built pieces. My sculptures reflect the strength and perfect imperfection of the human form and are underpinned by life drawing.’
Richard Dickson
Richard uses a variety of clays and finishes to realise his artistic intentions, including stoneware clay, porcelain, and Raku glaze firing.
Classical Equus vase, stoneware - £385
Classical figure vase, stoneware - £385
Inlaid Raku vase - £185
Caroline Nuttall-Smith studied at Chelsea School of Art and then at Central Saint Martins graduating with a degree in Textile Design in 1989. Following a career working as a freelance textile designer for fashion and furnishing fabrics.
She began her ceramic practice about 18 years ago. Working from Dockyard Ceramics Studio she produces hand-built stoneware vessels, decorating the surfaces using abstract mark-making techniques such as mono-printing with coloured slips and oxides, and relief carving, to develop a multi-layered look. She also sculpts individual forms such as standing stones and birds.
Caroline has exhibited extensively in galleries & shows, most recently at Made London & Ceramics in the City. Her work can be found in private homes in the UK & internationally.
Black stoneware Circle Line vase - £220
Polo vase, black stoneware - £150
Standing stone - £80
Framed tile, ‘Lassari II’ - £200
Roundel vase - £190
Madeline Herbert studied Fine Art Textiles at Goldsmiths College and The Motley Theatre Design School. While working as a designer in the theatre and film industry she began to take classes in ceramics at the Greenwich Community College and has now made it her primary art form becoming a member of Dockyard Ceramic Studios in 2019.
Always experimenting and exploring new ways to use clay and glazes Madeline’s work takes many different forms resulting in a range of unique pieces, decorative, sculptural and functional. These range from colourful freely painted plates and dishes, sculptural candle holders to hand formed vessels and vases. She is also a gardener and enjoys walking in wild places which feed the imagery in her work, often depicting the vitality and proliferation of plants from germination to flowers and fruits.
Madeline’s work has been exhibited and sold widely, primarily in London and the south-east.
Large hand-painted stoneware plate - £220
Black stoneware candelabra - £210
White stoneware candelabra - £185
Other artists whose work curated by Gavagan Art, that have had exhibitions as part of the Art in the Atrium gallery.
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