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CERAMICS AND ART: Visions & Dimensions Free

21 – 26 May 2015

Exhibition

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CERAMICS AND ART: Visions & Dimensions Free

Source http://www.andrewdowden.co.uk/info.html

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Thursday, 21 May to Tuesday, 26 May
10 am to 5 pm - Admission free
Parking free

Quarr Abbey will be hosting a ceramics and art exhibition in its art gallery by Island artists, Andrew Dowden and Jeanne Mills-Holland. This will be Andrew and Jeanne's fifth exhibition together at Quarr.

A carpenter for 20 years, Andrew Dowden was inspired to take up ceramics whilst watching a bowl being thrown on a wheel during research for a book on Isle of Wight pottery. Ideas for his distinctive handmade and hand-carved ceramic forms and wall panels are mainly derived from the surrounding countryside around the Island; tracks made by man, machine and nature leaving their imprint on the earth. Surface texture and structure are his prime areas of interest, with form being more important than function. More recently, influences from archaeology, architecture and machinery have been incorporated into designs adding further dimension.

Jeanne Mills-Holland began her professional career as an engineering design draughtswoman and later became an art teacher. She now works in watercolours, oils, acrylics, porcelain and photography. Her paintings for this exhibition has been influenced primarily by her fascination with water and her love of sailing, incorporating local impressions of the shoreline and boats around Wootton.

The exhibition is open 10am to 5pm from Thursday, 21 May until Tuesday, 26 May. Admission is free.

Quarr Abbey is set in tranquil, landscaped surroundings. Its teashop is popular with visitors, as is the farm shop, bookshop and recently opened new Visitor Centre. There are woodland walks, and the Abbey's onsite pigs and rescued hens never fail to please.