Totnes Potters – Exhibition

Monday 20th until Saturday 25th October

Opening times – 10am-5pm

Private View Sunday 19th October 5pm-7pm

Enquiries via website

www.totnespotters.co.uk

Totnes Potters’ Exhibition

An Exhibition of new ceramic art and functional pottery created and brought together by members of the Totnes Potters group of ceramic artists and potters.

The group established in 2020 and it’s members work at studios in and around Totnes with a passion for clay that is infectious. Together they have developed a deep appreciation of the unique and varied qualities of clay and this is shared enthusiastically in skill share sessions, by teaching and through individual creative practice.

The first full group Exhibition for some time, the Totnes Potters are excited to show new work together and to share with Gallery visitors their collective passion for all things clay.

ART BANK

PRESENTS THEIR EXHIBITION

INTO THE WOOD

Sunday 26th October - Private View open to all 4pm - 6.30pm

Monday 27th October - Friday 31st: 10am - 5pm

Saturday November 1st: 10am - 4pm

Art Bank was formed during the pandemic back in 2020, when a group of local artists got together and started exhibiting work as soon as we were able to mix in public.

The group has continued exhibiting since then, and this show features five of the founder members: Rowan Day, Rose Ellis, Julia Finzel, Bev Knowlden and Jan O'Highway.

Our work spans a wide range of artistic practices, including painting, sculpture, print making, glass and ceramics.

We are delighted to present our interpretation of what 'Into the Wood' means to each of us, drawing from our life experiences, memories, dreams and the very essence of actually walking through wooded landscapes. Evoking a sense of being within the wood, we'll use our individual styles of artistic interpretation, including textures, autumnal hues, birdsong, refuge and places to hide, sanctuary, memories of childhood etc...

We have commissioned Totnes composer Kimwei, the Grand Bard of Exeter, to write a song for the exhibition, he will lead a performance of the song at 5.30 during our Opening on Sunday the 26th Oct, along with Simon Smith playing his songs about trees.

Rose Ellis

I work with clay, making sculptures which depict humans, animals and natural forms in a stylised way. I fire the pieces either to stoneware or using the raku technique.

For this exhibition I am focusing on leaf shapes and bark. The image is of a sycamore seed which is carried by wings.

Rowan Day

Working in both oil on canvas and charcoal on paper, Rowan is deeply inspired by nature and the belief that divinity permeates every particle of creation. She aims to communicate her inner experience, while capturing the compelling play between light and dark, beauty and chaos in the world all around us.

Her work speaks of hope, of light in the darkness and the dynamic motion of life and nature. Opening the doorway to the great beyond.'

Jan O'Highway

Jan, an established Totnes based multi-media artist with an environmental focus, makes work for public and private spaces, community and education projects.

“the impact of human activity on the world is an unavoidable concern and I often include found and damaged objects in work to draw attention to the uniqueness of the things we discard (and maybe would prefer not to think about!), and also their strange beauty.

I feel a responsibility as an artist to bring the effects of oil, plastics and industrial waste on everything living, into the public domain.”

Julia Finzel

Julia Finzel is a painter, printmaker, and photographer based in Brixham, Devon. Having Grown up on a farm, she developed a deep connection to animals, which has become a recurring theme in her work. Julia creates paintings, etchings, photo-etchings, and mono-prints, capturing the essence of animals with curiosity and humour. Through her diverse body of work, Julia explores the natural world and humanity's relationship with it, inviting viewers to engage with the subjectsthrough her detailed and expressive representations.

Julia printed with the Dartington Printmakers for over 25 years and now prints at The Double Elephant Print Workshop in Exeter. She is a member of MAKE SW

Bev Knowlden

With over 30 years experience working as an artist, mainly in puppet animation and model making, I now concentrate on sculpting portrait heads of humans and animals in clay. I just love the forgiving nature of clay and also its ability to hold very fine detail when necessary.

Antarctica watercolour diaries

8^th - 16^th November

10am - 5pm - Closing at 4pm Saturday

Enquiries: rosie-martin@hotmail.co.uk

Rosie is showing several books of watercolours and prints, painted in situ whilst travelling the Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia, Sub Antarctica during the years 2010 -15.

No photographic material was ever used.

The object of this exercise was to record in watercolour, a changing and disappearing world whilst observing part of Sir Ernest Shackleton's journey

Rowan Day

‘Translating the Mystery’

February 8th - 14th 2026

10am - 5pm - Closing at 4pm Saturday

Private View: 5-7pm Sunday

Enquiries: info@rowanday.com

www.rowanday.com

An exhibition of oil paintings and charcoal drawings by Rowan Day.

Exploring the mystery of life, through a spiritual quest for freedom while stepping into love, translating her personal journey of meditation and discovery onto canvas.

Deeply inspired by nature and the belief that divinity permeates every particle of creation. Rowan aims to communicate her inner experience, while capturing the compelling play between light and dark, beauty and chaos in the world all around us.

Her work speaks of hope, of light in the darkness and the dynamic motion of life and nature. Opening the doorway to the great beyond.

Totnes Fringe Exhibition

Saturday 4th - 11th July 2026