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Art<br />
AN AMAZING<br />
ARRAY OF ART<br />
Hear about local sculptor,<br />
Sally Dunham’s’ upcoming<br />
art exhibitions<br />
Sally Dunham will be hosting a solo<br />
exhibition at The Garage Gallery in<br />
Aldeburgh next month from the 14th -<br />
19th July, where she will be taking over this<br />
fantastic space overlooking the sea with<br />
a wonderful selection of her work. Pieces<br />
that will be on display include her human<br />
and animal sculptures and ‘A moment with<br />
Mister Herbert’, a lovable character with an<br />
intriguing long face.<br />
The sculptures in ‘The Mister Herbert’<br />
collection capture a series of everyday<br />
situations and sayings to make you<br />
smile. Available as small scale<br />
designs with Mister Herbert<br />
standing approximately 12cm<br />
tall and larger designs<br />
standing approximately<br />
45cm tall, Sally often<br />
incorporates quotations<br />
with the Mister<br />
Herbert series and has<br />
developed designs to<br />
be wall mounted, with<br />
ceramics incorporated<br />
with canvas<br />
backdrops.<br />
Each sculpture Sally<br />
creates is individually<br />
handmade from<br />
thin slabs of clay<br />
which have been<br />
carefully pieced<br />
together almost like<br />
a patchwork quilt.<br />
Her human and<br />
animal sculptures<br />
are created using smaller sections of clay,<br />
giving them a lively and tactile surface. Sally<br />
has been selling her sculptures nationwide<br />
since graduating in 1998, and is proud to<br />
have many collectors of her work, both<br />
at home and internationally with many<br />
appreciating Sally’s unique and distinctive<br />
style which is easily recognisable as a Sally<br />
Dunham design. Sally is also represented by<br />
selected galleries in the UK and Ireland.<br />
Alongside her ceramic work, Sally will be<br />
bringing her two limited edition solid bronze<br />
designs to Aldeburgh. One captures a<br />
boxing hare mid-action and the second is a<br />
chimp holding a human skull, entitled ‘The<br />
meaning of life’.<br />
“I love thinking of and realising new<br />
designs and the challenges each new piece<br />
presents. It’s great to see people’s reactions<br />
to my work, to see them smile and ponder<br />
in front of a design which resonates with<br />
them,” she says. “Knowing that my work<br />
brings joy to other people is a wonderful<br />
feeling and knowing that my work has pride<br />
of place in people’s home gives me a real<br />
sense of achievement,” adds Sally. “I’m<br />
often asked to commission bespoke designs<br />
as a special gift which I also love doing.”<br />
Be sure to head along to Aldeburgh’s<br />
Garage Gallery each day of the exhibition<br />
between 11am and 5pm with a special late<br />
night on the Friday between 5.30pm -<br />
7pm.<br />
Sally Dunham<br />
Email: enquiries@sallydunham.co.uk<br />
Tel: 07850 286566<br />
www.sallydunham.co.uk<br />
If you are unable to visit this exhibition,<br />
why not make an appointment at any<br />
time to visit Sally at her studio gallery<br />
in Soham or perhaps visit one of the<br />
following exhibitions which she will also<br />
be attending:<br />
Art in Clay at Hatfield House<br />
18th - 20th August<br />
Salisbury Contemporary Craft<br />
at Salisbury Cathedral<br />
8th & 9th September<br />
Art Unequalled in Ely<br />
4th & 5th November<br />
Crafts for Christmas<br />
at Blackthorpe Barns, Roughham<br />
18th & 19th and 25th & 26th November<br />
Solo exhibition at Quay Gallery<br />
at Snape Maltings in Snape<br />
2nd - 7th December<br />
<strong>Velvet</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> | <strong>June</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 91
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