Bringing Artists Together
Email: info@hampshireartistscooperative.co.uk
Our Artists
Darren Allsopp – Sculptor
Web: www.dsculpted.co.ukEmail: dsculpted@gmail.com
Tel: 07531 894462
Instagram: dasculpted
Facebook: chuck.stephens.961
Darren is an award winning, Hampshire based artist, creating bespoke sculptures with a unique combination of reclaimed stainless steel and organics. "Inspired by nature, for nature" Best describes his approach to his work. Each piece is hand crafted to capture an essence of movement, whether it be a creature or a more abstract work.
Ruta Brown - Jewellery
Web: www.rutabrownjewellery.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/RutaBrownJewellery
After gaining a BA (Hons) in Fine Art (Sculpture) at West Surrey College of Art
and Design in Farnham, I also studied silversmithing before setting up an independent jewellery studio.
Directly manipulating precious metals using hand tools and heat, I have developed a
comprehensive personal vocabulary of form and texture. This supports the creation of
a distinctive visual language that is expressed in a range of jewellery and small objects.
Drawn to the textural possibilities that can be achieved, I have specialized in the
technique of reticulation. Directional heat is applied to forged, folded forms, each
piece individually fabricated, in exploration of the structural limits of the metal,
mainly sterling silver with 18 carat gold as added decoration. The results are a variety
of intricate forms, often also incorporating stones and pearls, details evoking weathered
fragments of flotsam, or other marine elements from the shoreline.
Angela Carter - Ceramics
Tel: 07778 783275Email: info@millandpottery.co.uk
Web: www.millandpottery.co.uk
After completing a Ceramics course at West Surrey College of Art & Design in Farnham, I was lucky
enough to be invited to work with Janet Hawkins, the founder of Milland Pottery near Liphook. After
Janet retired I took over the workshop which is tucked away in the beautiful rural environment of the
Milland Valley near Liphook in the South Downs National Park.
The pots I create at Milland Pottery are made with a red earthenware clay and decorated with coloured
slips under a transparent glaze. Thrown on the potter's wheel I originally took inspiration from the
English Country potteries with most of the pots being functional, either one-offs or small production
runs. More recently while keeping the bright colours of earthenware, the
glazed areas are juxtaposed with burnished unglazed surfaces. Decoration and harmony of
colours are applied to enhance the shape of the pots.
While the functional pots are fired in an electric kiln, I also make nonfunctional wares fired in a
gas kiln. Using saggars to protect the pots from the naked flame the burning of sawdust and
other magical materials gives truly beautiful random results. These pots are porous so best
used for dried flowers or stand alone as decoration, some are turned into lamp bases.
Commissions are welcomed for commemorative pieces to unusual one offs.
There is a small showroom at Milland Pottery where pots are on permanent display.
Each November I co-host a Contemporary Craft Exhibition and Sale at Milland Village Hall Milland Liphook.
Hilary Charlesworth - Textiles
Tel: 01730 817191Email: hilary@totallytextiles.co.uk
Web: www.totallytextiles.co.uk
I am a hand weaver specialising in rugs and wall hangings. My rugs are woven on my 8
shaft floor loom in my studio in W. Sussex, using floor quality rug yarns (80% wool, 20% nylon).
My signature design is colour blending in both twill and plain weave.
I am also an adult education tutor specialising in a variety of textile techniques.
My work and my courses can be seen on www.totallytextiles.co.uk
Susan Colyer - Painter
Web: www.suecolyerart.comEmail: sue@suecolyer.com
Tel: 07762 922774
Instagram: suecolyerart
Facebook: suecolyerart
I am a watercolour artist, passionate about freedom of expression and emotional connections.
Memories, feelings and nature itself are the key inspirations for my art. In particular, how
they can be used to inspire and enable a freedom to create a piece of work that really resonates with others.
I love the 'sense of place' that nature can give you, and the fact that it remains
within you to be called upon whenever you need it. When a connection is made between the
viewer and the image, the magic happens.
My artwork is loosely based on landscapes, but as an intuitive and emotional response
to a place rather than a realistic interpretation. I aim to create artwork that inspires,
uplifts and connects with the viewer.
Gill Drew - Painter
Email: art@gilldrew.co.ukWeb: www.gilldrew.co.uk
Instagram: gilldrewart
Facebook: gilldrewartist
As an expressive landscape painter, I am inspired to create a visual story that connects on an
emotional and spiritual level, often incorporating a figure or a sense of place. I enjoy capturing mood,
finding a sense of wonder and expressing it through my work rather than simply recording the landscape
as it is. I'd like to think that I am taking people with me on a journey to discover the landscape and
experience the nourishment in it.
From my studio in Southampton, I work on cradled wood panels and canvases, using sketches and
photographs as references. My process begins freely, layering colours and textures as the composition
develops. Acrylic paint is built up, sanded, scratched into, and glazed, creating depth and vitality.
Up close, intricate details and unexpected elements emerge.
I graduated with a BA (Hons) in Textiles/Embroidery from Loughborough before training as an art teacher
and sharing my passion for creativity. My background in constructed textiles informs my approach, shifting
from working with fibres to mark-making with paint and mixed media. I now teach adults in small workshops
and other classes.
As a member of The Hampshire Artists Cooperative, I have exhibited regularly across Hampshire. Highlights
of my recent artistic journey include winning and runner-up entries in Open Exhibitions in Hampshire and
London. In 2023, I was shortlisted for The Visual Art Open, and in 2024 I illustrated the children's book
The Camel's Tale by Maggi Gale.
Lizzie McKenzie - Ceramics
Web: www.lizzall.comEmail: lizallmakes@gmail.com
Tel: 07949 103920
Instagram: lizzallmakes
Facebook: lizallmakes
Having worked in the textile design industry for 20 plus years, I decided to explore some other
creative avenues closer to home. I have drawn down on my textile background and developed a style
that echo's my love for colour and texture. My work creates an experience through form, texture,
feel and touch, for you to repeatedly enjoy.
The forms are my canvas, as I try to blur the lines between art and utility pieces. For this reason,
I use stoneware, with non-toxic glazes, which on the whole are dishwasher safe and oven proof.
I love undertaking commissions, working to a brief whilst exploring possibilities.
Penny Metcalfe - Painter
Tel: 01962 733815Email: metcalfepenny@gmail.co.uk
Web: www.pennymetcalfe.co.uk
Instagram: art.penny
Facebook: pennymetcalfe
I am a contemporary artist based in Hampshire. I create bold, colourful, expressive acrylic
paintings and ceramic sculptures which reflect my passion for the natural world and the very
positive side of human emotions and expressions. The paintings incorporate my passions for the
very personal spaces of gardens, nature and the wider landscape. The paintings are bold and
abstract with strong shapes, patterns and repetitions found in nature that reflect elements found in
the 'outdoors'.
Colour is key to my paintings and I use colour to create work that is joyful, up-lifting and
hopefully feeds your soul! Drawing inspiration from the wide expanse of fields and moorlands
to the contrasting details of tiny seed pods and pebbles found right under your feet.
All these natural elements are used in both my ceramics and my paintings. The work explores
the rich potential in nature and my fascination with growth and the incredible creative possibilities
of being in touch and influenced by nature and your emotions.
Rosie Morgan - Painter
Web: www.rosiemorganart.comEmail: rosie@rosiemorganart.com
Instagram: rosiemorganart
Facebook: rosiemorganartist
BA(Hons) Painting and MA Drawing Wimbledon School of Art
Everyday snapshots of parents and children, groups of friends, weddings, picnics or the
family dog have long been a major source of inspiration. I am particularly drawn to 'lost'
photos; those serendipitous and poignant discoveries found in car boot sales and vintage shops.
Exploring my fascination with these photographic fragments, my work has become more
experimental, blending diverse methods and materials. At times, I embed vintage or hand-printed
collage papers into my process alongside oil or acrylic paint, wax, inks, and drawing media. My
process often involves a layered approach, where I build up textures and then sand or dissolve
them back, revealing a palimpsest that echoes lost narratives and elusive meanings.
I also paint from the landscape, merging the actual with the imaginative, often
including small houses or cottages.
Amelia Newton
Email: amelianewton531@btinternet.comTel: 07801 473879
My work at the moment is strongly influenced by objects and places that mean a lot to me.
Having spent many years teaching art and design to young people the latest work revisits
still life. This was often a go to starting point in the classroom. Shapes, colours and
textures are re-imagined into designs for fabrics.
Ideas start as small paintings or paper prints. These are collaged digitally into designs
specifically for scarves and cushions. The beauty of this printing process is the nuances
of colour can be picked up giving the fabrics a very painterly feel. Occasionally a small
detail will be extracted again and used in a very different context, possibly a repeat print.
On some designs I draw a free line that weaves its way across the surface.
John Phillipson - Sculpture
Tel: 02392 733459Email: lesley.johnphillipson@btinternet.com
I graduated from Portsmouth College of Art & Design in the sixties and spent thirty years teaching Art & Design
in Portsmouth Schools.
I was Head of the Art & Design Department at Portsmouth College for 13 years. I have always been a practising
sculptor and since retirement
have been fulltime. I have sat on the Board of the Hampshire Sculpture Trust for the last twenty years.
I am able to work in a range of materials but my greatest enjoyment is working with stoneware clay; I like it
for its immediacy, flexibility
and versatility: it is able to be shaped and refined through all its stages of drying before final firing and
glazing and further more I am
able to produce forms in a variety of sizes .
Pieces develop organically from observation of form, attitude and movement in the natural world often taking the
shape of stylised birds.
I also enjoy the challenge of commissioned work and meeting the needs of the client.
Lynne Reeves - Painter
Web: www.lynnereeves.comEmail: lynnetheartist@outlook.com
Tel: 07884 556901
Instagram: lynnetheartist
From beginnings enrolling at a young age on a Foundation course at
Southampton College of Art leaving 5 wonderful wild years later qualifying in
Art and Textiles. A career in the fashion industry followed. Eventually specialising
in designing and creating Wedding dresses for many years.
The love of painting always waiting to return.
Paintings are inspired by places visited especially the coastal influences of Cornwall
and St Ives with its artistic history and light.
From on-site sketches and photo references absorbing all these feelings and ideas, back
in the studio using collage as a starting point followed by acrylic ink washes, paint and
other media if I'm lucky it undergoes a transformation into a colourful semi abstract creative work.
Coastal influence has also inspired the creation of the Merryn Rock Jewellery Collection.
Along with daughter Claire, beach combing treasure is transformed into a unique collection
using silver and silver clay some embellished with 24k gold leaf using the KeumBoo method of firing.
Frances Vigars - Painting and Printing
Email: paintings@vigars.comBA (Hons) Graphic Design - Bath Academy of Art and Cooper Union in New York | PGCE Art & Design - Experienced teacher running private lessons and workshops.
Diverse work exploring the boundary between paint and print. Working with colour and texture to explore conflicting planes and balancing abstraction with realism. Her work is a journey, using any medium and tool to make marks. Each piece is rich in layers of colour, texture and structure so that the more you look into it, the more it reveals.
Alan Wallis - Ceramics
Tel: 01252 725812Email: art@alanwallisart.com">art@alanwallisart.com
Web: www.alanwallisceramics.com
Instagram: alan.wallis.sculptures
A Member of The Surrey Sculpture Society | The Farnham Art Society | The Guildford Art Society.
I studied art in the 60s and have earnt my living by art and sculpture ever since. My sculptures seek to capture the character and the fleeting moment of movement of the subject, whether it be a moon gazing hare or a duck in wellington boots.
Carolyn Wallis - Textiles
Tel: 01252 725812Email: carolyn@carolynwallis.com
Web: www.carolynwallis-handweaver.com
Facebook: carolynwallis
I am a member of The West Surrey Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers.
I specialize in silk scarves, hand woven in complex patterns. Chinese silk yarn is bought in the undyed state and dyed by her to the colours desired for the next piece to be woven. I achieve these colours with both synthetic and natural dyes. Design inspiration comes mainly from the natural world but sometimes I just like to play with colour and pattern.
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