Department Arts & Crafts

Louise Lahive

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Louise Lahive is an artist who graduated from Kingston University in 1999 and since this time has worked and lived in the USA and UK. In 2012 Lahive became an elected fellow at Digswell Arts and in 2021 she graduated…

Donna Davies

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Donna is a passionate creative and the driving force behind Make Your Own Happy. With over 20 years of teaching experience as a primary school, Donna has always cherished the power of creativity in both her professional and personal life.…

Vanessa Stone

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Vanessa Stone is an artist and illustrator that celebrates the iconic buildings and the natural landscape around her using – collage, papercutting and en plein air drawing.Her work uses strong compositions and vibrant colour to really capture the essence of…

Callum Abbott

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Callum Abbott works primarily in the field of abstract drawing but is not tied down to this medium exclusively. The artist frequently creates collages, performances and sculptures in addition to his drawing practice. Callum graduated from Camberwell College of Arts…

Kate Burgess

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After studying applied arts, she has enjoyed introducing her love of colour, and themes of travel, landscape and the coast, to small groups and classes. Kate often uses an artists work for creative inspiration, so that we can explore a…

Collette Hoefkens

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Collette is a professional artist and gallery proprietor. She was taught Fine Art to Foundation level and qualified from the Hertfordshire college of Art and Design in 1985. She later qualified as a Further Education Tutor at North Herts College.…

Hazel Godfrey

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Hazel is a contemporary basket-maker and willow artist, her inspiration comes from nature and the human condition. Graduating in 2004 with a degree in Applied Arts 3D Media she began working professionally in 2008. Hazel works with willow and various…

Andrea Burden

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Andrea studied Photography at the University of Derby, graduating in 1994. She has worked as a professional photographer and photographic printer. Andrea started teaching photography 25 years ago and currently tutors for Open College of the Arts. She made her…

Komathy Cumarasamy

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Komathy is Sri Lankan born and studied art up to degree level in my Jaffna, Sri Lanka.  She now specialises in portraiture, figures, and modern/contemporary styles. She loves experimenting and is experienced at handling a variety of mediums, having formally…

Chantelle Stephenson

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Chantelle is a practising artist and educator that graduated from the Cambridge School of Art in 2007. Since then she has tutored Fine Art on the Foundation Art and Design course at Hitchin College, Hertfordshire. In 2016 she was invited…

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