Rachel Reilly
Rachel trained at Sir John Cass College, London......seen by many as one of the best jewellery / silversmithing schools in the country.
As an undergraduate she discovered small reels of colourful wires in a broken television.
From that day her exploration of the material has never ceased.
Rachel has developed her distinctive and very stylish knitted wire technique for the last twenty years.
The copper wire which Rachel knits, is enamelled. The colour range is huge!
Because Rachel can combine three or four strands together at a time, she is constantly colour mixing. Colour changes within the pieces, therefore can be very dramatic or subtle, depending upon what is required.
She supplies both her own outlet, Facets of Avalon in Glastonbury and galleries around the UK,
her client base is international.
Jan Billings
Jan trained at Hornsey College of Art, now Middlesex University and The Royal College of Art studying Printed and Woven Textiles. Her life has revolved around all aspects of art and creativity.......decorating earthenware slipware, illustrating books and greetings cards, painting silk for dresses and interiors, and now creating multi-media panels.
She was born by the sea in Swansea. Her love of this coastline has always called her back and it's influence on her creative work continues to be very powerful.
Having painted Glastonbury Tor all it's moods in various media, She is now incorporating both her love of the sea and the local landscape into her Multi Media Mosaics.
Jan has dedicated her creative exploration to uncovering and revealing the mystical and magical qualities inherent in colour and form. Her current work combines mostly natural materials: sand, shells, slate, beach glass, gemstones and crystals, through which she tries to reproduce the natural movement of the ebb and flow of the sea and the forms of the local landscape of the Isle of Avalon, Glastonbury .
Jan lives in Glastonbury on the slopes of the Tor, where the surrounding mystical landscape has been her inspiration.
Its influence is evident in much of her work.
She has her home and studio in Berachah. It is a wonderful Guest House and Retreat Centre which offers a nurturing space to many visitors from all over the world. Her multi media panels and painted silk meditation pieces are displayed in all the Guest rooms.
Rachel trained at Sir John Cass College, London......seen by many as one of the best jewellery / silversmithing schools in the country.
As an undergraduate she discovered small reels of colourful wires in a broken television.
From that day her exploration of the material has never ceased.
Rachel has developed her distinctive and very stylish knitted wire technique for the last twenty years.
The copper wire which Rachel knits, is enamelled. The colour range is huge!
Because Rachel can combine three or four strands together at a time, she is constantly colour mixing. Colour changes within the pieces, therefore can be very dramatic or subtle, depending upon what is required.
She supplies both her own outlet, Facets of Avalon in Glastonbury and galleries around the UK,
her client base is international.
Jan Billings
Jan trained at Hornsey College of Art, now Middlesex University and The Royal College of Art studying Printed and Woven Textiles. Her life has revolved around all aspects of art and creativity.......decorating earthenware slipware, illustrating books and greetings cards, painting silk for dresses and interiors, and now creating multi-media panels.
She was born by the sea in Swansea. Her love of this coastline has always called her back and it's influence on her creative work continues to be very powerful.
Having painted Glastonbury Tor all it's moods in various media, She is now incorporating both her love of the sea and the local landscape into her Multi Media Mosaics.
Jan has dedicated her creative exploration to uncovering and revealing the mystical and magical qualities inherent in colour and form. Her current work combines mostly natural materials: sand, shells, slate, beach glass, gemstones and crystals, through which she tries to reproduce the natural movement of the ebb and flow of the sea and the forms of the local landscape of the Isle of Avalon, Glastonbury .
Jan lives in Glastonbury on the slopes of the Tor, where the surrounding mystical landscape has been her inspiration.
Its influence is evident in much of her work.
She has her home and studio in Berachah. It is a wonderful Guest House and Retreat Centre which offers a nurturing space to many visitors from all over the world. Her multi media panels and painted silk meditation pieces are displayed in all the Guest rooms.
