Our Winter Pop Up is back and this time we’re celebrating the artists and makers that make up the studios here at Colonnade House along with a few of their selected guests. From painters, printmakers, illustrators, textile artists and designers, it will be the perfect opportunity to meet a whole range of Worthing based artists, as well as find some beautiful hand made gifts.
You can also join us on Thursday 11 December, from 17.00 – 19.00, where we’ll be opening our doors for some late night shopping along with First & Last, Chintz and Wood, Handmade by Holly UK & Friends, Little Shop of Jules, Paint a Bag, Sabotage Gallery, Inspired, Bygone Treasures and more.
Meet the artists and makers below;
John Bond
John Bond is an award-winning illustrator and author based in Worthing. He will be selling signed copies of his popular picture books at this year’s Winter Pop Up – including his latest book of illustrated dog poems, ‘The Dog is Full of Love’. You will also find a range of John’s art prints and merchandise on offer.
Sarah Edmonds
Sarah Edmonds designs nature-inspired gifts with a cheeky twist. The best-selling collection includes plenty of funny puns and homeware products designed to raise a smile, brighten up the home and generally ruffle a few feathers. They make great festive presents and are all made in the UK. Sarah runs the business alongside her partner Matt while also working on other creative projects in her studio here at Colonnade House.
Jenni Watson
Jenni is a local painter and textile artist. She will be providing a selection of small (and hopefully affordable) ready to hang original abstract paintings. These will make a unique and thoughtful gift that will last forever.
Alison Tyldesley
Alison lives in West Sussex and has a studio at Colonnade House in Worthing. Alison has exhibited successfully with a number of galleries across the UK. She has a degree in Fine Art from Exeter and now dedicates herself to art practice. Currently her work is exhibited at Workshop Wales Gallery and Hope Contemporary. She also shows her work locally at Colonnade House and with the West Sussex Art Society.
With a close affinity to the British coastline and countryside her paintings attempt to address the delicate balance between abstraction and representation. In addition she has recently focused on colourful mixed media still lifes and landscapes. These include collage, paint, gelli printing and stencilling.
Esmée Brand
Esmée Brand is a graphic designer with a love of playful illustrations, bright colour palettes, and vintage inspired design.
Esmée tries to bring fun into all her work, often using relatable and humorous quotes on the stickers and badges she sells.
Mia Bilbeisi
Mia is a West Sussex-based artist currently experimenting with colour, form and texture.
She focuses on the interplay between two and three-dimensional forms, blurring the lines between painting and sculpture. By transforming discarded domestic fabric through dyeing and restitching, Mia gives these unwanted materials new life. The resulting forms loosely reference familiar places and people, but are recontextualised, creating works that are both known and subtly ambiguous.
Sarah Trowsdale
For the Pop Up shop, Sarah has scaled down her work to focus on traditional craft techniques such as English Paper Piercing and embroidery, creating a collection of unique, handcrafted pieces that are beautiful and functional.
This intimate collection offers a glimpse into Sarah’s wider artistic practice, which is grounded in cultural and historical research exploring the lives of overlooked women. Through recycled textiles and quilting, she creates dynamic artworks that bring these hidden histories to light.
Luke Brand
Luke Brand is a men’s fashion designer and will be selling a range of his clothing products at this year’s Winter Pop Up.
Sinja Hamilton
Sinja Hamilton designs and creates clothing in his studio here at Colonnade House. He will be selling a collection of hand drawn designs on t-shirts, hats, hoodies and more.
Wendy Brown
Screenprinting is an ideal medium to produce flat colour and reproduce subtleties of line.
Wendy is interested in seeing how black can work with various colours, but also in a visually inersting way.
Ellie Bond
Ellie Bond is a Worthing based Artist, currently ‘drawing’ in stained glass. Ellie has created a limited collection of glass Christmas decorations especially for the Pop Up Shop, alongside some new flowers. Ellie teaches 3D and Textile Arts on the Art and Design Foundation course at Northbrook College.
Wendy Palmer
Wendy uses simple techniques to fix pieces together to form shapes that are inspired by the downland landscapes and coastal environment of Sussex.
Wendy will be selling festive decorations and a gift selection for anyone wanting to own or give locally produced artwork that captures the local landscape.
Peon Boyle
Peon Boyle is a Hong Kong-born British artist working across printmaking, paper-textile sculpture, and installation. Her practice centers on slow, tactile processes from folding to stitching and layering, allowing fragments of memory, presence and absence to take material form. She is drawn to the way ordinary materials such as paper, thread and discarded objects can be transformed into carriers of memory and meaning.
Open 09 – 23 December // 10.00 – 17.00 // Late night shopping Thursday 11 // 17.00 – 19.00