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Welcome to the web site of Dianne Fox.
This is where you'll find an amazingly colourful and original mix of wonderful gifts for family, friends and yourself of course, all handmade with a sense of fun and adventure. If you would like to order any of the items displayed on the website please contact the shops and galleries on the stockists page or you can call, email or visit Dianne in her own shop, you can find her contact details at the foot of this page.
Dianne is an artist with her own unique style and uses the medium of papier maché to create visually stunning artworks that are colourful, vibrant and original. Please browse this site and see the different gifts she has to offer from jewellery to mirrors, hand made cards and a menagerie of bird and animal wall plaques. A finalist in the prestigious ‘Gift of the Year’ award she is now based in rural Northumberland at Kirkharle Courtyard where she has a gallery and workshop. Kirkharle was the birthplace of the landscape gardener Capability Brown and is now home to several artists’ galleries and a cafe which serves fine foods, where you'll find a warm welcome. Kirkharle Courtyard is just off the A696 north of Ponteland in Northumberland.
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Dianne at her studio with a selection of her beautiful artworks |
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"I began experimenting with working with papier maché while studying at art college and after graduating with an Honours Degree in Fine Arts at the Surrey Institute of Fine Art in Farnham continued to indulge my fascination for colour, texture and unusual form through my papier maché artworks. This work has developed into two quite different styles, one of which exemplifies my whimsical tastes and the other more elemental in style, both illustrating the use of decorative pattern and iridescent colour. Each piece is individually designed, hand made, painted and decorated with fine papers and foils before being lacquered, to make the piece strong and waterproof and is a unique craft object."
Her work has been sold through craft shops and galleries throughout the U.K. and internationally. Commissions for individual pieces are welcome.
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"This is where you'll find me", Kirkharle Courtyard, |
Artisans have been producing a wide range of objects in papier maché since the invention of paper in China around the 2nd Century A.D. It became fashionable in Europe during the 17th Century and reached the height of its popularity in the second half of the 19th, when papier maché artefacts could be found in a marvelous variety of forms from snuff boxes to bathtubs! In recent years there has been a great revival of interest in the medium, due not least to its ability to produce new and exciting objects from materials which are normally discarded.
"Please use the links on the left and below to find your way around the website and if please don't hesitate in contacting me if you have any queries or commissions, I look forward to hearing from you"
I hope you enjoy looking around my website and have fun!
Dianne Fox
If you would like to order any of the items displayed on the website please contact the shops and galleries on the stockists page should you have any problems finding a particular item you can contact me. |
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These are my contact details, please note that I am closed on Mondays |
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Tel. from UK |
01830 540346 |
Tel. from overseas |
+44 1830 540346 |
Dianne Fox,
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website last updated 13th January 2009
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© Dianne Fox 2008 |
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visits to my website since 3rd August 2008 |