Cuckoo Farm Studios
20 Associate Artists
& Honorary Associate Artists
Members without studios
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Angela Godwin
CERAMICIST + POTTER
Godwin uses white earthenware clay to make functional pieces on a potters wheel. She explores decorating, using stains in slip and sgraffito, altering some forms into torsos and stains in clay to create agateware.
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James Lejeune
ILLUSTRATOR + ARTIST + STORYTELLER
Lejeune’s art is greatly inspired by history and geopolitics. He finds great joy in visually translating meanings from the world's sadness as well as it’s beauty. He uses a mixture of digital and traditional mediums.
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Cal Greenwood
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Jane Frederick
ARTIST + EDUCATOR
Essex Gardens Trust Artist in residence. Leading the Garden Seekers Project, an exploration of formal gardens now showing in the Robert Adam Rooms, Audley End House and Gardens. Tutor V&A Academy and B.A. Fine Art UCC Colchester.
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Jevan Watkins-Jones
ARTIST + EDUCATOR
The inter-disciplinary work of artist and gardener Jevan Watkins Jones is underpinned by drawing and a sensitive interest in the nature of things.
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Laurence Cawley
PHOTOGRAPHER
Social and documentary photographic artist seeking unturned stones.
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Lynn Foster
FUSED GLASS ARTIST+ MULTI MEDIA SCULPTOR
My fused glass works are largely abstract and asymmetrical, often referencing modern art or Japanese design. My sculptural practice includes assemblages comprised of welded steel, often embellished with found objects.
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Mandy Bonnett
CERAMICIST + PAINTER + SCULPTOR
During my time as a teacher, I rediscovered my love of ceramics and sculpture. I try to find the essence of the subject, be it figurative, handbuilt animals, still life or a landscape of my beloved East Anglia.
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Martin Bridges
POTTER + MAKER + EDUCATOR
Currently Working at University of Lincoln
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Paul Warren
DESIGNER + ARTIST
Working designer/artist with a feral tendency. Trying to honour those that inspire:
Paula Rego, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, John and Alice Coltrane, Amy Winehouse, Peter Saville, Margaret Calvert and the artists at Cuckoo Farm.
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Penny Nichol
ARTIST
Nichol’s artwork explores nostalgia, dreamlike narratives, femininity, personal histories and the creative life of an artist.
A range of motifs are woven in, in displays of expanded painting, assemblages, ready-mades and textiles, blurring ideas between craft and fine art, within sustainable art.
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Ruth Lyne
PAINTER
Ruth Lyne paints abstract landscapes and seascapes inspired by the flatlands of East Anglia. She uses acrylic paint and a variety of tools to create a feeling of calm and quiet within her art. -
Simon Carter
PAINTER
Painting generated by walking and drawing in the coastal landscape.President of Colchester Art Society, co-founder of the artist collective Contemporary British Painting, director of The Art of Frinton and occasional curator.
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Wendy Bailey
DRAWING + MARK MAKER
Bailey creates semi abstract atmospheric Landscapes & Still Life. Making Marks with found objects, ink, charcoal, watercolour, pastels and other media. Drawing is at the heart of her art practice and process.
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Stuart Bowditch
SOUND + INSTALLATION ARTIST
Stuart’s practice is rooted in places and communities that exist on the fringes, both geographically and socially, with a particular interest in the sonic landscape, capturing overlooked and overheard noises and using sound as a documentative and creative medium.