Sharon Crosby is a mixed-media artist, based in Ilkley, who uses a range of media, including traditional watercolour painting and drawing, polyblock and other printing techniques, and fabric artworks involving watercolour/dyes and embroidery. Sharon studied painting and printmaking at Chelsea School of Art for her first degree, then continued…
Joseph Hayton is a stone carver and sculptor who lives at Silsden and has a studio/workshop at Pateley Bridge. He works in stone, marble and bronze and undertakes a wide range of commissions for public or private display. These include portrait sculptures, installations for public places, and garden ornaments, including…
Textile artist, Sue Ingles, from Silsden, was a founder member of the flaX textile group of artists. This closed after a successful 10 year period, but Sue is now a member of the Textilia 3 group – www.textilia3.blogspot.co.uk Sue has a background in further education teaching and support and has a life-long…
Glass designer and artist, Kalim Afzal, was born in Bradford in 1966 and educated locally. He has travelled widely across Europe and his work, ‘Fountain’ (1996), now in the permanent collection of Bradford Museums and Galleries (see image below), was inspired by the fountains he saw in formal gardens in Italy and…
