Jan O'Highway
From studying painting, printmaking, and calligraphy, at Guildford School of Art, I've explored a wide range of materials and styles, often combining ceramic and fused glass with reclaimed materials, in print-making I am currently working in the medium of scanner-photography.
Feeling great concern about the environmental impact of waste & our indiscriminate use of plastics and oil, I use discarded toys (potent symbols both for the personal memories they can trigger, and their archetypal imagery) and found objects to make sculpture......a squashed can in the road, plastics in the tideline… abandoned, unvalued, changed by time…. the work becomes a metaphor for survival and re-creation.
I teach mosaics & ceramics at my Harberton studio, & occasional community educational projects.
For details of Jan's mosaic and ceramic workshops click here
Co-ordinator of TTTAG, the Transition Town Totnes Arts Group, I enjoy being involved with artist-led groups, including the Art Farm Project, British Association of Modern Mosaics, Catalyst in Portsmouth, & Teignbridge’s T.R.A.I.L.
www.janohighway.com
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