ARTISTS A-G

Following her retirement as a doctor, Heather studied Art & Design and became hooked on smoke-fired ceramics. Her inspiration is the natural world and hand-building with clay lets her capture just a little of that and bring it close. Her pieces are incredibly tactile. See more

Contact Details for Heather Armstrong
Web: heatherarmstrongstudio.co.uk

Emma is a self-employed stained glass artist based in the Scottish Borders.
She has exhibited at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Perth Museum and Art Gallery and her work can also be seen at the Flat Cat Gallery in Lauder. Emma has created many commissioned works throughout the UK for churches, hospitals and private clients.
If you feel your home or garden is lacking a stunning piece of architectural glass as a focal point you may want to get in touch with her and see what she can do for you.

Contact Details for Emma Butler-Cole Aiken
Web: https://ebcaglass.com

Luke has his studio at the nearby The Hirsel Centre For Arts and Crafts. His workshop is open to the public but, as he frequently works to commission off-site, his hours vary. If you are visiting the Hirsel specifically to see him you should make an appointment.

Visit his studio:

The Hirsel Centre For Arts and Crafts,
Coldstream,
TD12 4LW

Contact Details for Luke Batchelor
Web: lukebatchelorsculptor.com

After 25 years working as a master restoration gilder, Nancy is exploring the creative effects of light bouncing off burnished 23ct gold leaf layered over a textured gesso surface. She creates the exquisite sparkling wall panels.

Contact Details forNancy Chinnery
Email: nc@lynwood.org.uk

Master craftsman Tom Cooper makes beautiful hand-crafted furniture and exquisite turned wooden bowls. His studio is near Dalkeith and he welcomes visitors and potential customers by appointment.

Visit his studio:

Tom Cooper fine furniture
Unit 16
Newbattle Abbey Business Park
Dalkeith
EH22 3LJ

Contact Details for Tom Cooper
Web: tcfinefurniture.co.uk

Fee creates expressive, atmospheric large-scale seascapes filled with a sense of calm and peace. Her paintings are about the solace of the sea and the light filled skies above the local beaches.  They make you feel like you are walking on the beach with her! Fee's studio is in North Berwick and she welcomes potential customers by appointment.

Contact details for Fee Dickson-Reid
Web: feedicksonreid.com 

Rob creates gorgeously tactile pieces of furniture from Elm trees. He allows the grain and the ‘character’ of the wood to dictate its transformation into furniture that is rare and beautiful as well as being functional. 

You can visit Rob at his studio:

Rob Elliot Furniture
Riverside Road
Selkirk TD7 5DU

Contact details for Rob Elliot
Web: robelliotfurniture.com

We spotted Julie's work at Art at Ancrum and we were delighted to have three of her textile landscapes in the first exhibition.
Contact Details for Julie Flannery

Email: pete_jules@hotmail.com

A graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, Jimmy works in both watercolours and oils to express his reactions to the Borders landscapes. We love his landscape paintings of vast skies in muted moody palettes.

Contact Details for Jimmy Fleming
Email: jasfleming@mac.com

Originally from North Yorkshire but now based in the Borders Linda's inspiration comes from the landscape around her. Her watercolours evoke wide sweeps of space, moorland and sea as well as the detail of drystone walls, the swelling sea, rock formations and lichens.

Contact Details for Linda Foster
Web: lindafoster.co.uk

A lifelong painter, Bella's passion for colour included 20 years as a tutor of colour and drawing at the Royal College of Art in London. She now devotes her time to painting her delightfully expressive studies. Many of them have a story to tell, which you can read here.

Contact Details for Bella Green
Web:bellagreen.co.uk