Artist Statement
Di Harding (BA Hons Contemporary Crafts)
Glass & Textile Artist
The play of texture and light using contrasting materials, the purity of glass and the tactile feel of felt, paint and wax, layering and revealing. The vibrancy of colours are the inspiration to create, from nature
or somewhere within. Influences are continual, sometimes sketched and worked from, or transferred from one medium to another.
Qualifications
B.A. (Hons) Contemporary Crafts (Manchester Met. University 2002)
Past Exhibitions from 2010 to date
- Barefoot Living April 09 – March 2010
- Dukes court, Macclesfield June 2010
- Cheshire open studios Sept 2010
- Pad gallery Preston Oct 09 –March 2010
- Mount Pleasant garden sculptures Sept 2010
- Moray Arts Centre, Findhorn Sept 2010
- Cheshire Open Studios Sept & Nov 2010
- Moving Clay @ Jobling Gowler Oct 2010
- VMA & Victoria Mill Jan 2011
- Pieces of eight , London April 2011
- Lost & Found Macclesfield
- Artsxstra, Dukes court, Macclesfield
- EdgarArt, Lymm
- Peaks & Plains of Cheshire May 2011
- Victoria mill , Congleton 2010-sept 2011
- Castle Parks arts centre Sept-Oct 2011
- Cheshire Open Studios Oct 2011
- Bryn Hall, Congleton Oct – Jan 2012
- Artsxstra, Macclesfield November 2011
- Electric Picture House, Congleton December 2011
- Streets of pattern, Congleton 15th March 2012
- CAN, Crossing Borders, Llangollen April 2012
Current Exhibitions
- Bessemer gallery, Sheffield Oct 05 – ongoing
- L’Endroit , Congleton June 2010-ongoing
- Raw Sienna, Knutsford Oct 2011 –
Forthcoming exhibitions 2011
- Electric Picture House April 2012- May 2012
- Midsummer, Barnaby exhib, Artsxtra 21st June x 2 weeks
- Macabre Macclesfield, Barnaby exhibn 21st June x 2 weeks
- Electric Picture House, Celluloide exhib 28th September
- Cheshire Open Studios October
- Electric Picture House , affordable art 30th Nov
Demonstrations/workshops
- Victoria Mill, Congleton Sept 2010
- Moray Arts Centre. Findhorn Oct 2010
- Glass & felt workshops Sept& Dec 2010
Glass Workshops at studio at home …………… details on application
Felt workshops at Electric Picture House…….. details on application
Articles published
- Art of England May/Jun 2005
- Society of Designer Craftsmen June 2005
- Echoes, International Feltmakers Assoc 2006
Awards/Prizes
- Peoples Prize in the Stoke Open exhibition 2005
- Jobling -Gowler exhibition 2011
Contact details
Di Harding
07970958324