All Artist / Creative

I change my mind. I over-think.
The words I ‘draw’ are my catharticism, my release, and my story.
A thought from somewhere to somewhere else.
I erase, obfuscate, obliterate, and create images beyond the word.
It may be recognised and is at times illegible.
It is to be felt, visualised, and interpreted to another level, a different level.
I explore a new interpretation of words.

‘Where letters are objects and thought are shapes’
Laurent Delaye
www.laurentdelaye.com

‘Writing is nothing but the representation of speech; it is bizarre that one gives more care to the determination of the image that to the object’
JJ Rousseau, Of Grammatology (1967) – Derrida

Hi There!

My name is Nathifa Simon aka Checiegirl and I am a mixed media artist. I enjoy creating bright and whimsical artwork with many different mediums, watercolours, acrylics and gouache being my favourite.

I teach a range of beginner-friendly art workshops such as; mixed media art, textile art, crafts and more! See all my upcoming and past workshops here – https://checiegirl.wixsite.com/checiegirl-art/workshops

I hold artisan market stalls every month where you can view and purchase all of my products. Follow the link to find out where I will be – https://checiegirl.wixsite.com/checiegirl-art/copy-of-canvas-art

Bill Lewis was one of the legendary Medway Poets Group along with Billy Childish, Sexton Ming, Charles Thomson and Rob Earl.

He has performed his poems in Europe, Latin America and North  America and has been published in magazines, journals and anthologies all over the world. Some of his poems have been translated into French, Spanish, Italian and his short stories into German.  Silvia Pio translated his poems into Italian and they have been published in the online Magazine Margutte. 

In December 2020 Silvia Pio published three more of Bill’s poems in ‘The Tree Project’.

In addition, Lewis has been broadcast on television and radio on both sides of the Atlantic and has carried out readings, workshops and lectures at Literary Festivals (including the  International Cambridge Poetry Festival), hospitals, prisons, schools and universities and he was the first Writer-in-Residence at the Brighton Festival (1985).

Lewis was one of the original 13 founder members of the Stuckist  Movement. He has since gone on to disseminate the ideas and theories that have emerged from Remodernism.

He has exhibited his paintings in various galleries in Paris, London, Berlin, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Kentucky and was featured in the ‘Punk Victorian’  exhibition at the Walker Gallery, Liverpool.

In 2017 Lewis become a founder member of COLONY: A Community of Artists.

I’m an artist using a range of photographic techniques – both traditional and digital – to create expressive, often abstract images.

I didn’t start out this way. Mine was a traditional photographic education that equipped me to be a photojournalist, and I worked for many years as an editorial and documentary photographer. I still enjoy and admire such work, but I have found my artistic voice elsewhere.

I find inspiration from a wide range of sources but as I write the abstract impressionist movement is most obviously (and consciously) influencing my work. Studying the work and words of artists including Newman, Hoffman, and Rothko has encouraged me to move away from photography’s traditional boundaries. It’s not a path I tread alone. There are many photographic artists I admire who are on similar journeys, Chris Friel, Valda Bailey and Doug Chinnery among them.

Increasingly I am using art to try to understand and express my feelings about life and death. Having lost several friends and a daughter within the last few years I’ve had to confront death directly. The trio of projects: Short Stories of Loss and Hope; Before We Were Here, After We’ve Gone; and, I Am Not The Rain explore my feelings as I move through loss, uncertainty, realisation and hope. This work was published as a book by Kozu press in 2020.

Reflecting on my artistic journey, I have come to realise that, instinctively my art has moved from being an exploration of ‘other’, to one of ‘self’. My images, including those that are apparently of traditional subjects, are all an expression of my own emotions and perspectives rather than an attempt to accurately represent the thing photographed.

In contrast to commercial product photography that reveals the detail and feel of a product to the customer, advertising photography is more focused upon the status and attractions of the product. It must tell you how that product will enhance one’s life! I specialize in providing clean, detail-rich digital product photography, but we don’t charge sky-high prices for it.

Most of our clients need us for catalogs,
e-commerce, websites, brochures, line sheets, advertising, advertorials, and trade magazine ads – in short,
anything that needs frequent and affordable updating. We are extremely proficient in post-production and retouching.

Steve is a professional, creative and fun photographer who strives to create photographs that you will treasure for years to come.

Having worked as a professional actor for many years, he understands the importance of recognising a moment of truth and approaches his photography with the discerning eye of an experienced performer. He understands that performing to an audience or simply having their photograph taken is not a comfortable experience for some people. It is his belief, that a combination of good interpersonal skills and an informal, friendly approach will put you and your guests at ease, enabling him to capture all those natural moments as they happen.

Knowing instinctively when a dramatic moment at a fashion show, wedding or a genuine glance between two people in love takes place, is when he takes his cue. A beautiful moment in time recorded.

The truth is there for all the world to see.

Hugh Ribbans trained at Canterbury College of Art and runs a graphic design business. Relief printmaking was his craft subject at college, particularly linocutting, and in 1989 he purchased a restored Columbian press, circa 1830. He now spends as much time as his graphic work allows, producing woodcuts and linocuts, mixing heavily grained wood – often driftwood – and lino in his prints. Subject matter is derived from images of animals and birds often with a stylised treatment much influenced by ethnic art and his graphic background.

After many years as a computer programmer the desire to create something tangible was strong, no one tells you how beautiful your code is. So I decided to change career.

I studied Fine Woodwork at the Building Crafts College in London, founded in 1893 by the Worshipful Company of Carpenters. After two years of study I received a distinction for my work and a City & Guilds Medal for Excellence. Although programming and cabinet making are very different disciplines they do share similar skills, such as a logical thought process and attention to detail.

My design ethos, minimise and modernise, results in a clean and contemporary look to my work.

Milkwood started out as Woodgate Design – after my family name – when I set the business up in 2000 after first studying Sculpture & then Furniture Design at the old London College of Furniture. My first joinery workshop was on Southgate Road in Islington, London. Eventually I outgrew it and we moved to Kent to a much bigger workshop in an old dairy building on a farm surrounded by woodland. The farmer who we rent it from remembers milking the cows by hand in our old milking parlour when he was a boy & we decided to incorporate the history of our new premises into the new name for our business. We’ve been here since 2014 and have invested heavily in new machinery which increases the quality & the possibilities of what we can make.

Paul Iaquaniello graduated with distinction from his Furniture Making and Design studies at the renowned Furniture Craft School, Scotney Castle Estate in Kent under the stewardship of Peter Quin and Andrew Lapthorn. As a result, Paul has combined his award winning background in design and commercial art with his skills as a professional wood technician. Thus, establishing himself as a successful furniture designer and maker.

His trained eye in design, form and function with his discipline for simplicity result in original, practical yet aesthetic pieces. Above all, furniture that gives pleasure to the people who use them for many years to come.