Tales in the Making, Oxmarket Chichester

COMING SOON!  

Designer Craft – Tales in the Making at Oxmarket Contemporary,

11 – 23 November 2025

MARK YOUR CALENDER!

The next @societyofdesignercraftsmen_sdc   exhibition @oxmarketcontemporary embodies the imaginative thinking and highly skilled approaches of over 40 of our designer-maker members.

This two-week multi-disciplinary show embodies the imaginative thinking and highly skilled approaches of over 40 of our designer-maker members and features woven & stitched textiles, ceramics, furniture, woodcarving, jewellery, metal, glass, printmaking & mixed media. 

We hope to see you there – it's a show not to be missed! 

Find out more : https://societyofdesignercraftsmen.org.uk/designer-craft-tales-in-the-making

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Image of Naomi’s work in a home setting.

Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair - Preview event

GNCCF

10-13 October 2019 Upper Campfield Market Manchester

The multi-award-winning GNCCF  is one of the leading selling events for contemporary craft in the UK, attracting over 6000 visitors and showcasing work from over 150 selected designer-makers: from contemporary ceramicists, jewellers, furniture makers and printmakers, to artists working with glass, paper and textiles.

Preview takes place 10th October 6pm till 9 pm. Book your ticket by licking on the image below which will take you tot he Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair’s website.

The Hand of the Maker - London 2018

DESIGNER CRAFTS - THE HAND OF THE MAKER. 

This beautiful summer exhibition will take place between 12th to 21st July 2018 at the Triangle Gallery and Cookhouse Gallery at:

Chelsea College of Arts, 
16 John Islip Street, London, SW1P 4JU

Various artists, designer, makers will be showing their works. From ceramics, woodwork, glass, metals and more. This exhibition will have something for everyone's taste. 

This event also celebrates the Society's 130th Anniversary. 

Opening Times

Thursday 12th July to Friday 20th July 2018
10:00 to 17:00

Saturday 21st July 2018
10:00 to 16:00

Private View: Thursday 12th July 2018
18.00 to 21.00

Price

Free admission
£5 Catalogue

To learn more about the society in which I am a member please visit their website here. 

 

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Mother - Life size glass sculpture of a mother.

Exciting news I cant wait to share

Exciting times are coming....

I have some news I cannot wait to share with you all. For now, my lips are sealed but it won't be long till I can let you know.

To celebrate this news I will be running a giveaway competition via social media. So be ready for your chance to win you won't need to do much, just like, share and comment on my posts. Spreading the news by sharing, liking and commenting is really helpful for small businesses like mine. So simple yet so very helpful.

To be sure you get to hear my exciting news please make sure you're following me on social media, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.

If you haven't already please sign yourself up to my mailing list by clicking here. 

So excited this is going to be great, your going to love it. 

Glass Network Magazine

Glass Network 

My quarterly magazine break arived yesterday and I enjoyed reading it as I always do. 

Full of inspiring artists stories, how to apply for council awards, book reviews, meetings forthcoming and past. I enjoy reading these quarterly magazines as they keep me focused and determined to succeed.

I applied and was accepted to exhibit my work in the Vessel Exhibition at the Vessel Gallery in London for a fundraising event organised by the Contemporary Glass Society.                                     

I was especially pleased to see my Vessel in the Portfolio section after the VESSELS @ VESSEL review by Katherine Coleman. 

Her review is brief and to the point. Listing the visitors favorite 'Old Bean Can' by Rachel Mary Elliott. I can see why. The skills and talent involved in making this glass tin can with a few glass beans in is fabulous and fun. 

All this feedback and articles I read, in this magazine and others alike, whether it be about my work or not it all helps my understanding of what is liked and more importantly appreciated. It shows I'm on the right path as my image of my work was selected to be printed. 

I am pleased to see my work alongside these fabulous glass artists and I will continue to support the CGS when ever I can do. 

With special thanks to Pam Reekie at the Contemporary Glass Society for keeping all the artists informed and up to date.  

Glass Network - Sponsored by Creative Glass - The CGS quarterly Magazine Issue 65 / September 2017 - ISSN 1476-9247 - www.cgs.co.uk - 

New Designers OYO Part 1 2017

One Year On - Part 1 2017 with Naomi Jacques 

Before the show.

I remember applying for New Designers One Year On, and thinking should I apply for the opportunity to exhibit? If you don't try you'll never know! So I did. I took the chance, I applied and I was accepted to exhibit.

Being a glass artist and knowing that the previous years glass had been on the decline in the One Year On shows, it was a long shot. So my advice to you if your a year on in a creative business, APPLY, you never know what could happen unless you try, even if you think you wont get a look in. Do it anyway you might be pleasantly surprised. 

PR is something I was not very confident in and I am still learning. The team behind and supporting New Designers work so hard getting your images and news to the right readers. Be organised with your news and images ahead of the event. You'll need strong images that speak for the work you make. I was pleased to see my images be selected by Aesthetica Magazine, Design Curial - good images get used. Invest in your photography as soon as possible. 

It was a pleasure to work with Rheanna Ingram, One Year On curator, her experience, knowledge and her approach was friendly, to the point and extremely helpful. 

Patricia Van, from the Design Trust, a wonderful women with a vast amount of knowledge. All the OYO's were invited to join two webinars with Patricia, these were fabulous. Everything a new business needs to know and more. Invaluable resource for sure. 

Also I would like to mention Beth from Upper Streets Events. She kept us all in the know via regular emails. I appreciated all her help and information from the start right till the end. 

During the show.

I am pleased to say this year I was one of three contemporary glass artist, Mari Fisher, Alice Heaton and myself. All with different specialisms.

Mari explores the fluidity of hot glass via kiln forming techniques making colourful sculptural forms using gravity and heat.

Alice works in the hot shop creating beautiful forms and radiant colours that appear to have been painted on inspired by many colours.

As for me I use kiln forming processes to make delicate sculptural works that have been inspired by broken becoming beautiful. We three are still very much in contact and hope to work together in the future and plan exhibitions to showcase all our differences. 

After the show.

Reflecting back on my time at OYO the one thing I would have done differently would have been to bring a friend or colleague whom you can tag team with - by that I mean share the stand time with, so you can have regular breaks, eat and drink well and so on. The first few days of the actual show are long and hard going - if you think exhibiting with your university was tough, then doing OYO alone will take it out of you big time! Take help and support from your family and friends. This is a big show, people are visiting all day long, get your stand covered at all times. Yes, your neighbours can be there to help, but they need breaks too. 

I kid you not it has taken a week (plus) to recover from the physical and mental exhaustion of OYO.

My time post show has been spent following leads and contacting everyone who I spoke to on my stand at OYO. This is by far the most important thing to do, and I believe we as creatives find most challenging. 

I have made so many new connections with professionals, fellow makers/designers and I have made friends.

For now I am looking into Artist In Residence schemes, AA2A and Inspire programs. I am working with new materials with the possibility of being sampled by one company (found at ND OYO).

As well as running community workshops locally for all ages and abilities. I enjoy teaching kiln forming processes. I find it so rewarding when a person lights up with delight to see what they themselves have made. Glass is a medium that can be taught to all ages and abilities when delivered safely. 

Thank you to everyone who made my time at New Designers OYO 2017 so special and rememberable. Thanks to Rheanna, Patricia and the Upper Streets team for making this whole experience a successful one. A special Thank You also to my family and friends for all your support before, during and after this amazing show. I could not have done it with out you all. 

Location Photoshoot in Lichfield

On Location at Existent's Office in  Lichfield to photograph my sculptural vessels on some wonderful contemporary furniture.

It is nice to be able to see the works in situ in this way. I hope these images will enable you to see how these pieces would sit in your home or office. 

The reflections and glows of these pieces are so difficult to truly capture. It is lovely to have them shown on other surfaces than that of my photo studio. 

Light refracting and reflecting making these sculpture appear like crystal and diamonds. 

With special thanks to Paul for allowing Jacqui and I to use the Existent office to photograph my new collection of works.

destruction/construction

Destruction/Construction

Online exhibition with Contemporary Glass society to which my 'Shards' piece has been selected to be shown. 

The theme of this exhibition is Destruction/Construction. This theme is apt to my practice as I explore these very elements through my work in physical and mental terms. 

Broken glass (frit) is used in all of my works. The idea being that broken can be beautiful and strong once again. 

Take a look at the 30 artists chosen to exhibit online with GCS

http://www.cgs.org.uk/exhibitions/destructionconstruction

Wolves Graduate set to exhibit at New Designers One Year On

Former graduate shows off the art of glass at London show

"Tuesday 25 April 2017

A University of Wolverhampton graduate has been selected to exhibit her work at a prestigious art event in London.

Naomi Jacques, 33 from Staffordshire, has been selected by New Designers (ND) to exhibit in the ‘One Year On’ section of their annual event held in Islington London at the end of the June."

https://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/latest-news/2017/april-2017/former-graduate-shows-off-the-art-of-glass-at-london-show.php

Image Credit Jacqui France

Vessel Exhibition

Contemporary Glass Society (GCS) have organised an exhibition for members to sell there glass in order to raise much needed funds for the society. 

VESSELS is to be exhibited at the Vessel Gallery in London 6th July till 19th August 2017

Vessel Exhibition, Vessel Gallery London. Gradients (ii) by Naomi Jacques

Dates for your diary: 6th July - 19th August 2017

"VESSELS at Vessel Gallery London
6th July - 19th August 2017
CGS Open Exhibition

CGS is delighted to announce our open show at Vessel Gallery London.

Vessels have been with us for thousands of years and are part of our everyday use.
CGS has challenged its members to create an exciting variation of an everyday object, to use their imagination and produce a fantastic vessel. The only restriction is, its volume should not be more than 750ml.

136 CGS members have said they will take part in this amazing show, including artists Angela Thwaites, Katharine Coleman, Rachel Elliott, Stewart Hearn Debbie Timperley, & David Reekie.
The work will sell from £100 - £500 maximum
This is a fund raising show for CGS and all money raised will go toward future events.

Vessel Gallery, 114 Kensington Park Road, London, W11 2PW
http://www.vesselgallery.com/
Tel. 02077278001
Founded in Notting Hill, London in 1999 Vessel Gallery aims to be a major destination for all those who appreciate contemporary art-glass sculpture and decorative lighting. From the stunning simplicity of Scandinavian crystal, via flamboyant Italian art glass, to the best of British and International creative talents."

Pictured above is Gradients (ii), the piece, I have donated to this fundraising show. 

Featured in Aesthetica Magazine

WOW Aesthetica have featured my image in a recent interview with One Year on curator Rheanna Lingham 

Googling my name has become fun just lately as I never know what will be found....

Extract:

"Chosen on the strength of their craft, design flair and quality of product, the 80 talented individuals taking part were selected by a panel of experts from across the design industry, and are tipped to be the iconic designers of the future. We speak to Rheanna Lingham, curator of One Year On about the selection process, what to look out for at this year’s show, and to gain an insight into Shoreditch store Luna & Curious run by Lingham and two fellow creatives Polly George and Kaoru Parry.'

Date of article : 23rd April 2017