Jelly Artist Shop
Join us at Jelly in our space within Broad St Mall for our Summer Associate Artist Art Shop
Saturday 16 July - 10am to 4pm
Meet and buy work directly from local artists and designer makers.
All artists involved in the art shop are members of our Associate Artists. Follow Jelly on our social media accounts - @thejellyreading for announcements of participating artists.
Entry is free. You do not need a ticket to gain entry into the Artist Shop. Register your interest and get event notifications by visiting our eventbrite page: Click here to go to our eventbrite page
Below is a list of the artists taking part….
Little Boho Print Room
Associate Artist
Little Boho Print Room is a Reading born printmaking artist, using mono-print and poly print, along with cyanotype to create original artwork and greeting cards. Their love of fairytale and the circus inspires their work, as well as nature and the landscapes around them.
Little Boho Print Room uses biodegradable glitter on their greeting cards which adds a touch of magic and is reminiscent of their childhood. They also use hand printed lettering.
Using cyanotype and collage, Little Boho Print Room often creates mixed media pieces which capture an aura of happiness and free spirit.
Instagram: @littlebohoprintroom
Facebook: Little Boho Print Room
‘Fairytale Swan’ Mono-Print greeting card
Linda Saul
Associate Artist
Linda Saul works in water-based mixed media with an innovative, non-traditional approach focusing on texture. She sometimes collages different paper surfaces, tearing back and scratching the paper surface repeatedly producing rich layered effects. Her favourite subjects are coastal, landscapes and urban scenes including construction sites.
Linda is an Associate of the Royal Watercolour Society and chair of the Reading Guild of Artists. In 2019 she organised the Reading Gaol Hug in support of the campaign to Save Reading Gaol.
Her work has been featured in The Artist magazine (April 2021) and the American publication Watercolor Artist (Spring 2022).
www.lindasaul.co.uk
Instagram @linda.m.saul
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lindamsaul
Heather McAteer
Associate Artist
Originally from Belfast, Heather a visual artist who create works on paper which investigate themes of identity, memory and history. She works predominately in graphite to produce evocative drawings which harness the visual power of light and shadow. Aided by this limited palette, the images exist in a liminal space, hovering between the familiar and alien. Heather’s recent works depict beautiful, cruel landscapes suffused with a melancholic sense of loss and absence.They attempt to reconcile ideas of place and home, in terms of longing and belonging, and are a mediation on youth, memory and morality.
Website: www.heathermcateer.co.uk
Instagram: @heathermcateerart
Twitter: @heathermcateer2
Facebook: Heather McAteer Art
Artwork pictured: Obsessional Landscape (2021)
https://www.fernandglade.com/post/artist-interview-heather-mcateer
Caroline Streatfield
Associate Artist
Caroline Streatfield is a painter whose work investigates ideas around memory, history and identity.
Caroline has just finished working on an arts council funded project ’People of Oxford Rd’
On display will be previous work and current work, original paintings and prints.
Instagram: @carolinestreatfield
Website: www.carolinestreatfield.co.uk
Valentina González
Artists Associate
Valentina is an Architect and Artist working intuitively with collage and drawing to create well balanced abstract compositions inspired by construction sites, the sunny south of Spain where she grew up and simplicity.
Handpainted paper, sections of magazines and other bits are layered in Valentina’s work, building depth and subtle visual texture. In contrast, she adds bold and strong marks to inject energy and bring the artwork to life.
Instagram: @valentina.gonzalez.art
Artist Gunja
Associate Artist
Artist Gunja was born and brought up in India and later lived in California, USA. Now enjoying her creative life in Reading. She has a passion for plein air painting, creating background designs for animation and illustrating for children books. She loves painting Landscapes & Still life with Gouache. Her artworks are majorly inspired by colour and light, her daily life experiences and trips with family & friends.
Website: www.ArtistGunja.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/artist.gunja
Facebook: www.facebook.com/artist.gunja
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ArtistGunja
LinkedIn: www.LinkedIn.com/in/ArtistGunja
Natasha Samasuwo
Artists Associate
Natasha's passion for colour runs deep in her practice, underpinned by a curiosity to explore its qualities, interactions and how some combinations can effect an emotional response and resurrect memories.
Much of her inspiration is drawn from wild spaces, particularly around water. Working through experimental marks, creates some considered, intentionally placed layers of detail and textures that are balanced with swathes of blended spaces. Ideas to lead in a flow as they develop and change, in an almost playful exploration.
Instagram : @tashasamasuwo
Website : www.natashasamasuwo.co.uk
Helen Ridley
Associate Artist
Helen Ridley is an illustrator that creates hand drawn delights that bring joy to your home. From cards and prints to gifts and stationery, each of her creations will brighten your day. Often featuring flora and fauna, she is inspired by the natural world and likes to invite it’s beauty into her designs. All of her products are designed in her home studio and produced in the UK using sustainable materials and packaging.
Instagram: @helenridleyillustration
Facebook: @helenridleyillustration