SOMERSET OPEN STUDIOS 2018 SUPPLEMENT


Somerset Open Studios revisits SAW’s original ethos of inviting visitors to view and buy work direct from the artist in their creative space, to witness the making process from raw material to finished product, and perhaps gain a more personal insight into what inspires an individual, to view the stimulus that an artist surrounds themselves with, even catch a glimpse of discarded sketches or makets that didn’t fulfill the desired outcome. The raw materials and medium will be similar in many, but the outcomes will be as diverse and individual as the artists involved, from experimental canvases and contemporary sculptures to colour - filled collages and traditional landscapes.


Open Studios is not about viewing curated gallery interiors, it is about pop-up or permanent studios that appear a little awry from the flux of work, about discovering the unexpected in curious locations that as a rule are generally closed to the public.


Studios are living, breathing environments, packed full of creative potential and to be privy to these artistic working interiors is quite an honour - rather like viewing a river at its source.


AMANDA BEE somersetartworks.org.uk SOMERSET OPEN STUDIOS


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