Melanie Guy
About the artist
Current Work
3d/'smithing
Figurative
About Melanie Guy
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Biography
2007
Member South West Sculptors Assn
2004
Fellow Society of Designer Craftsmen
2002/3
p/t lecturer Plymouth College of Art & Design
2002
Member Plymouth Society of Artists
1999
BA (Hons) Applied Art
1983-98
Head Art Dept St Joseph's School Launceston Cornwall
1971
Cert ED & Diploma in Art & Design - Ceramics
Her experience is extensive. She has taught for many years, been a partner in a design company and has been exhibiting her own work for ten years or more.
Melanie's influences are from all things natural and with a Zen-like philosophy of 'less is more', shedding extraneous material, she refines interpretations of her experiences and emotions. She lived on the sea for some years and the elements and the environment, moods and contrasts are reflected in her sensuous abstract work where light animates the undulating surfaces of her metal.
See - www.societyofdesignercraftsmen.org.uk
and - www.axisweb.org - melanie guy
also - www.robinparis.co.uk on environmental batik
Exhibitions - Gallery Guide Links
Exhibitions - Full Listings
2007
SDC GALLERY Shoreditch London
2007
ROYAL WEST of ENGLAND ACADEMY Bristol
2007
LIMEKILN GALLERY Calstock Cornwall
2007
THE GREAT CREATE Greenway Devon
2007
AUDI WEST London Showroom
2007
LIMBERHURST ARTS CENTRE Cambridge
2007
DESIGNER CRAFTS 2007 Mall Galleries London
2006
GREAT ART FAIR Alexandra Palace London
2006
SALTRAM HOUSE Gallery Plymouth
2006
WESLEY-BARRELL Craft Awards touring
2006
ROYAL WILLIAM YARD Plymouth 'Urban Splash'
2004
OXO TOWER Gallery London
2003/7
RCA Secret Exhibition
Statement
The dividing line between art & design grows less distinct...
"I work mostly in pewter metal, designing and extending the possibilities of this material as an art medium; procuring a purity and refinement which has taken years to mature.
My influences are from all things natural and with the philosophy that 'less is more', I shed extraneous material to express an 'essence' through my interpretations of experiences and emotions. I lived on the sea for some years and the elements and the environment, the moods and contrasts are reflected in abstract work, where light animates the undulating surfaces of my metal.
I work in this personal, expressive way empathising with the environment and the natural world, which suffers so by our ruthless treatment and devaluation. In making a primal scream on nature's behalf, my work is replete with feeling."
