Tutors

Our tutors are all experienced artists and makers in their own right; they bring their specialist knowledge and expertise to the courses and workshops they teach here at New Brewery Arts. 

 

Ann-Margreth bohl

Ann-Margreth Bohl is a sculptor and installation artist and has been a tutor at New Brewery Arts for the past 19 years. She first experienced stone carving over 25 years ago when she trained as an art therapist. To this day she is inspired by the physicality of stone and the ability to work creatively with this ancient and lasting material. 

steph renshaw

Steph is a printmaker and print teacher based in Bristol. She is known for her colourful prints inspired by the natural world. Steph teaches linocut printing.

FRANCIS MARTIN

Francis’ work explores the light emulating effects of charcoal graphite and oil paint. Working from life and before the motif he aims to convey a personal response to his environment and the world around him.

hayley kruger

Hayley is a jewellery designer, maker and tutor working mostly with precious metals and gemstones on bespoke projects including engagement rings and reworking heirlooms. She also shares her skills through courses and workshops run on site.

Jayne Emerson

Jayne is a multi-media textile designer who trained at Central St Martins. She sells her textile designs to clients ranging from Topshop to Chanel.

emma leyfield

Emma is an emerging artist and freelance illustrator who specialises in watercolours and portraiture and is known for her sketchbooks, which she makes through bookbinding.

Abi leach

Abi hand builds her work predominantly using slabs and specially constructed moulds and formers. She is particularly interested in texture, colour, form & function. 

 

MIRANDA WELLS

Miranda makes high-fired stoneware forms using a combination of wheel-thrown and hand-built techniques. Her work has a focus on form and explores the idea of balance and texture. Miranda has an interest in clay as a natural material, working with different clay bodies.

Katie Sanderson

Katie was first introduced to enamelling by her mother 15 years ago, herself an enamel artist. Katie went on to explore this magical art form further, creating work that takes enamelling beyond its traditional methods.

meg harris

Meg describes herself as a print and pattern addict. She uses a domestic sewing machine to create freehand machine embroidered pictures of local architecture and also takes inspiration from everyday objects.

yvette green

Yvette Green is a stained glass mosaic artist working from a small studio based in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Originally from South Africa, Yvette trained in Botany and Education before working in mosaics for the last 10 years.

lucy barraclough

Lucy is a textile creator, qualified Textile technologist and teacher of sewing.

HANNAH ELLIS

Hannah has been teaching at New Brewery Arts since 2012. She encourages students of all ages and abilities to have fun experimenting, realise their creative potential and unleash their imaginations! Her own practice is inspired by memories of places she has visited and the countryside near where she lives.

Alexandra woods

Alexandra has been teaching at New Brewery Arts since 2010. Alexandra will encourage and guide students through the activities, inspiring confidence to have a go and achieve in a fun and friendly setting. 

ed hill

Ed is a ceramic artist whose practice has evolved through painting into clay sculpture, ceramics and aspects of studio pottery, with wheel thrown forms, plates and painterly glaze application being a major focus.

CHARLOTTE DUCKWORTH

Designing and making beautiful cutlery from sterling silver and locally sourced English Holly, Charlotte creates functional pieces of art for the kitchen.

Jade ogden

Jade is a handweaver based in Somerset. She has a BA in Creative Arts from Bath Spa University and an MA in Participatory and Community Arts from Goldsmiths.

claire sandars

Claire applies both modern and traditional theory and practices to her teaching.

Emma Roch

Emma is trained in textiles and visual design. She is inspired by nature and the world around her, exploring colour, pattern and texture. Working in mixed media, Emma explores her passions through weave, print and collage.

Ruth pullan

A satisfying realisation came soon after a leatherwork course at the Cumbria School of Saddlery in 2011 that leather was the medium Ruth wanted to work in. Through a pared down palette of materials and processes, Ruth hopes to reflect individual style, simplicity and quality.

Patrick Brown

Patrick has been a sculptor and wood carver for the past seven years, following an education in Conservation Biology, woodland management, and greenwood crafts. He enjoys creating useful everyday items in wood; carving also forms a large part of his artistic practice.

Lauren HOLLOWAY

As a designer and maker Lauren has been running her own slow-fashion handbag and accessory brand since 2013. She specialises in making sustainable bags, purses, laptop cases and toiletry storage, all handcrafted in her Bristol-based studio.

daniella Wilson-dunne

Daniella produces a variety of stained glass panels in traditional and contemporary designs, and undertakes restoration work on tired or damaged panels, restoring them to their former glory. Daniella's studio is at New Brewery Arts

LORRAINE GREEN

Lorraine combines a love of drawing with work which is inspired by the animals and natural world that surround her home.

julie hicks

Julie is a textile artist and florist who has a passion for colour and texture . With a degree in Textile design she likes to experiment with different fibres and textiles , using them in a modern way and with a modern twist.

 

HOLLIE ANN OXLEY

Hollie is a modern contemporary eco conscious floristry artist based in the Cotswolds, aka High Moon Florist. Hollie started her floristry dream in the summer of 2020.

Kathleen murphy

Ross-on-Wye based maker, Kathleen Murphy specialises in constructing with needle and thread. Working predominantly with a single needle as her tool, Kathleen uses it to draw, embellish and construct with.

Clare Walsh

Clare has always had a love of Textiles. Her practice includes dressmaking, felt making, silk paper making and printed textiles.

Jo beal

Jo is a Wiltshire based artist inspired by the landscape, people, places and life here in the UK or on travels abroad. In 2015 she purposefully reconnected with her own creative interests.

Pascale Wilson

Pascale is a Bristol based ceramicist who loves to create character-rich artworks. She combines simple forms with faces, patterns and bold colours to spark narratives.

Rhi Jarman

Rhi is a creator of unique sculptural ceramics, decorative homewares and wearable art. She is inspired by the fauna, flora and fungi that play vital roles in balancing natural ecosystems.

JOCASTA BULLOCK

Jocasta Bullock is a practicing Textile Designer living and working in the Cotswolds. Jocasta is now offering workshops where you can come and learn new skills in print and design.   

Yiran DUan

Yiran is a member of Bai ethnic minority from Southwestern China, and grew up in an indigo village with her family textile courtyard workshop. She came to study in the UK in 2015 and established YICRAFTS studio in London to share traditional craft techniques.  

Kathryn green

Kathryn is a textile artist and tutor, specialising in dye and print processes to create organic, layered and textural art textile pieces for exhibition, in addition to capsule collections of wearable art and interior accessories.

helen nightingale

Helen has always been a lover of crafting and up-cycling and finds joy in turning something ordinary into something spectacular.

Emma BARNES

As Creative Director behind Emerald Paper Designs, Emma has been a graphic designer for 7 years, working on packaging and branding projects for household names.

Tamasyn Gambell

Tamasyn has run her own screen-printed homewares business for the last 14 years. She has collaborated with brands such as Toast, Ercol, Design Within Reach, Aria and sofa.com.

fiona mcintyre

Fiona is an experienced artist, tutor and speaker focusing on art/ecology/landscape and trees. She believes passionately in the importance of drawing and understanding principles of colour.

QIAN LIU

Qian Liu specialises in throwing in stoneware or porcelain. The aspiration behind Qian's pottery is to create well considered functional wares that poise between prose and poetry.

Sarah Richards

Sarah is a fibre artist, designer, maker and tutor; based in the Cotswolds. She combines her love of teaching with a passion for natural fibres; and offers workshops that tap into the therapeutic and mindful benefits of creating with wool.

Lisa burrows

With almost thirty years of millinery experience in design, construction and teaching, Lisa is able to offer a relaxed, innovative (and often humorous) approach to finding the right compliment to your style and outfit.  

emily northen

With a strong belief in the power of the written word and a lifelong love of books, Emily has been making her own books since childhood.

GILLY RIDDINGTON

Gilly learnt the skill of Macrame at Glastonbury Music Festival four years ago and was instantly hooked. She has created wedding backdrops for some beautiful bohemian style weddings.

sophie bowen

Sophie Bowen is an artist and designer maker working with natural dyes, print and hand embroidery techniques to connect to nature and mindfulness.

clemency calkin

Working from her studio in Stroud, Clemency predominately works with textiles, creating patchwork paintings that combine traditional sewing techniques with bold colour palettes.

Kim winter

Kim Winter uses traditional basketry techniques in innovative ways to create contemporary sculptural pieces, bushing the boundaries of basketry.

Lucy Wickett

Lucy Wicket is a knitter, with love for all things knitted and woolly! Her background is in Fashion and Textiles design

Ellie Brown

Ellie is a Sculptor, predominantly working in stone, carving female figures. She has a BA(Hons) and a Masters in Fine Art as well as informal master carving qualification.


MAKERS' STUDIOS

Our makers’ studios are home to some of the finest makers and artists in the region. Open to the public, our studios offer a rare opportunity for visitors to meet makers, buy beautifully crafted work direct, or commission a unique piece for a special occasion. 

WHAT'S ON

New Brewery Arts is the place to come and explore the best of British craft and creativity. We have over 100 weekly courses and short workshops on offer each term and regularly changing exhibitions.