spud Artist Collective Auction
The spud ARTIST COLLECTIVE is having a fundraising auction to support their annual exhibition at spudGALLERY. All artworks are produced by artists from the collective and represent the rich output from spud artists and the creative community.
The spud ARTIST COLLECTIVE was set up as a group of artists and crafts people working at SPUD who look to test and question the edge of their creative practice collaboratively, and use these experiences as a springboard to engage with the communities from New Forest area in meaningful dialogue. They include established international artists and recent graduates from the spudLAUNCHPAD.
You are invited to make an online bid for any of the artworks listed below. Each artwork has a suggested guide price. There is no minimum reserve prices and all work will be sold at the Live Auction. An online bid provides no guarantee of securing the artwork, therefore if you really want to secure an artwork please attend the Live Auction at spudWORKS at 6pm on Saturday 18th March 2023.
30cm x 15cm x 10cm
Artist: Tom Hall
Item Description:
From a new body of work exploring the idea of hybridisation in the human body and what potential our human form might achieve.
Artist Bio:
Graduate of the RCA, his main practice is making large installations out of cardboard and unconventional disco balls.
He has shown internationally in US and at Venice biennale has a major new installation being made here for national motor museum
Guide Price: £250
50cm x 40cm
Artist: Jane Corner
Artist Bio:
Teaches painting classes at Art Angels, spudWORKS
My inspiration is drawn from my surroundings, especially the power and energy of the Ocean. I like to explore, using a variety of different media, to try to capture movement and mood.
I am constantly trying to find different ways of working with a variety of textures to give light, depth and feeling.
Guide Price: £275
Artist: Anya Bliss
Artist Bio:
She has shown widely over the last year and been part of a number of residency programs and collaborations. Currently an active member of School of the Damned
Description:
Digital prints of automatic paintings made through alternating phases of subconscious dissociation and introspection.
The original paintings were displayed digitally in Sothebys, London over January 2023.
Guide Price: £30
40.5cm x 51cm
Artist: Anya Bliss
Artist Bio:
She has shown widely over the last year and been part of a number of residency programs and collaborations. Currently an active member of School of the Damned
Description:
Digital prints of automatic paintings made through alternating phases of subconscious dissociation and introspection.
The original paintings were displayed digitally in Sothebys, London over January 2023.
Guide Price: £30
Artist: Robbie Steen
Artist Bio:
Local poet, gardener and forest walking guide.
He has travelled the world with a touring theatre company.
Description:
A guided spring summer walk along the banks of Avon Water with a poem written from the
journey we take.
A looping walk starting and ending at Spudworks for 1-4 people. Will be made accessible for
all.
Guide Price: £60
Artist: Robbie Steen
Artist Bio:
Local poet, gardener and forest walking guide.
He has travelled the world with a touring theatre company.
Description:
A guided walk anytime of the year. Come meet the ancients of Hincheslea Woods. With a
poem written from our conversations with the trees.
A looping walk starting and ending at Spudworks for 1-4 people. Will be made accessible for
all.
Guide Price: £60
60cm x 20cm
Artist: Tom Hall
Item Description:
Three paintings of members of Pussy riot.
from a series of Masked Heroes
Artist Bio:
Graduate of the RCA, his main practice is making large installations out of cardboard and unconventional disco balls.
He has shown internationally in US and at Venice biennale has a major new installation being made here for national motor museum
Guide Price: £195
Handwoven long lambswool scarf.
Artist: Bridget Eastman
Artist Bio:
Bridget is a Weaver and feltmaker but has over the last few years with SPUDS help worked in Contemporary art
She teaches workshops at art angels @spud
Received Arts Council England Developing your Creative Practice grant for Not Only the Lonely 2023
Guide Price: £120
L 140 cm
W 22 cm.
Handwoven silk scarf with a twill design, and beaded fringe.
Artist: Bridget Eastman
Artist Bio:
Bridget is a Weaver and feltmaker but has over the last few years with SPUDS help worked in Contemporary art
She teaches workshops at art angels @spud
Received Arts Council England Developing your Creative Practice grant for Not Only the Lonely 2023
Guide Price: £150
2kg 80cm x 20cm x 10cm
Bolster used for restorative or yin yoga, painful knees whilst laying down or as a cuddle companion
Artist: Claudia Davies
Cloudi is a Central Saint Martins graduate specialising in knitted textiles, she has a brand named Studio Knoga that focuses on producing restorative yoga accessories such as bolsters, meditation cushions and eye pillows.
Guide Price: £85
1kg 50cm x 20cm x 10cm
Bolster used for restorative or yin yoga, painful knees whilst laying down or as a cuddle companion
Artist: Claudia Davies
Cloudi is a Central Saint Martins graduate specialising in knitted textiles, she has a brand named Studio Knoga that focuses on producing restorative yoga accessories such as bolsters, meditation cushions and eye pillows.
Guide Price: £45
40cm x 40cm
This work was inspired by the process of producing a collagraph plate, layering textures and images with acrylic paint, then applying printmaking ink with rags in thin multiple layers.
Artist: Vanessa Collingridge
Artist Bio:
Vanessa is a fine artist living and working in the New Forest. She has a BA(Hons) and MA in Fine Art from Arts University Bournemouth, where she is also a Lecturer.
Vanessa’s work shifts from abstract painting to the controlled process of printmaking, created from a personal catalogue of images, observations of places and people often worked from memory.
Guide Price: £250
72cm x 72cm (Mounted)
Large oil based monoprint inspired by my surroundings living by the sea, on the edge of the New Forest.
Artist: Vanessa Collingridge
Artist Bio:
Vanessa is a fine artist living and working in the New Forest. She has a BA(Hons) and MA in Fine Art from Arts University Bournemouth, where she is also a Lecturer.
Vanessa’s work shifts from abstract painting to the controlled process of printmaking, created from a personal catalogue of images, observations of places and people often worked from memory.
Guide Price: £125
40cm x 60cm
Artist: Jane Corner
Artist Bio:
Jane Corner
Studied at Brighton Art College,
Graduating in 1986 with a BA (Hons) degree in
“Expressive Arts”.
She teaches workshops at art angels @spud
Jane has successfully exhibited throughout the Uk and has exhibited in Cyprus and Japan. she is now represented by Hatch Gallery
My inspiration is drawn from my surroundings, especially the power and energy of the Ocean. I like to explore, using a variety of different media, to try to capture movement and mood.
I am constantly trying to find different ways of working with a variety of textures to give light, depth and feeling.
Guide Price: £300
29cm x 21cm
Portrait of a young man.
Artist: Bob Parks
Artist Bio:
Bob Parks studied Fine Art Painting and Sculpture and an MA in Modern English and American Literature.
and is the subject of a BBC documentary -
The R&B Feeling.
One of the first Performance Artists in England in the 60’s. Studied with Lee Strasberg.
Guide Price: £100
29cm x 21cm
Portrait of an angry man
Artist: Bob Parks
Artist Bio:
Bob Parks studied Fine Art Painting and Sculpture and an MA in Modern English and American Literature.
and is the subject of a BBC documentary -
The R&B Feeling.
One of the first Performance Artists in England in the 60’s. Studied with Lee Strasberg.
Guide Price: £100
21cm x 15cm
Walking the line of the mystical and psychedelic Gabriela’s work often holds something of the melancholic, discussing the human condition.
Artist: Gabriela Cohen
Artist Bio:
Gabriela is a Bournemouth artist and Fine Art graduate creating figurative work. In 2021 Gabriela went onto become a semi-finalist on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year
Gabriela partook in the Graduate Launchpad Residency at spudWORKS.
Guide Price: £50
35cm x 25cm
This piece showcases a strange visitor in the middle of the night.
Artist: Gabriela Cohen
Artist Bio:
Gabriela is a Bournemouth artist and Fine Art graduate creating figurative work. In 2021 Gabriela went onto become a semi-finalist on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year
Gabriela partook in the Graduate Launchpad Residency at spudWORKS.
Guide Price: £75
26cm x 20cm
Treacle was the name for the particular local clay found around SPUD
Artist: Maddison Collymore
Artist Bio: Maddison Collymore is a Bournemouth based multidisciplinary artist with a BA(Hons) in Fine Art from Arts University Bournemouth, 2019.
Her work is project based and often involves participation. Maddy is a Spud Trustee and graduate of Spud’s Graduate Launchpad.
Guide Price: £75
26cm x 20cm
Made in response to the ‘Treacle’ mines around the New Forest
Artist: Maddison Collymore
Artist Bio: Maddison Collymore is a Bournemouth based multidisciplinary artist with a BA(Hons) in Fine Art from Arts University Bournemouth, 2019.
Her work is project based and often involves participation. Maddy is a Spud Trustee and graduate of Spud’s Graduate Launchpad.
Guide Price: £75
Large glazed moon bowl in praise of the local clay, Sway Treacle
Isil is a ceramicist of long standing
“I try to create my contemporary work by imagining the balance of simplicity, between colour , shape , texture and glass.”
She teaches workshops at art angels @spud
Guide Price: £200
Stephanie James has been a successful contemporary sculptor and educator for many years. More recently she has been making work using jewellery techniques
She teaches workshops at art angels @spud
These two lots are more conventional jewellery. for this auction she is more than happy to accept further donations and let you choose further pendants or make more cuffs.
Guide Price £30
Stephanie James has been a successful contemporary sculptor and educator for many years. More recently she has been making work using jewellery techniques
She teaches workshops at art angels @spud
These two lots are more conventional jewellery. for this auction she is more than happy to accept further donations and let you choose further pendants or make more cuffs.
Guide Price £30
A porcelain moon bowl with melted glass in the base. Blue Leaves texture and shape still brings a harmony of translucency through the lights and glass
Lustre Platinum is fired in a different way to give a matt effect which I love
Isil is a ceramicist of long standing
“I try to create my contemporary work by imagining the balance of simplicity, between colour , shape , texture and glass.”
She teaches workshops at art angels @spud
Guide Price: £85
A porcelain moon bowl with melted glass in the base. Blue Leaves texture and shape still brings a harmony of translucency through the lights and glass
Lustre Platinum is fired in a different way to give a matt effect which I love
Isil is a ceramicist of long standing
“I try to create my contemporary work by imagining the balance of simplicity, between colour , shape , texture and glass.”
She teaches workshops at art angels @spud
Guide Price: £85
Terms and Conditions:
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By placing a bid you are committing to buying the artwork you have bid on.
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You may be out bid at the Live Auction.
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If you are a successful online bidder we will be in touch to arrange collection or postage after 18th March (postage and packing will be charged for at the current rates).
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All funds raised will contribute to supporting the spud Artist Collective.