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London born Jacqueline Adams began her professional career in jewellery in 1996. She created her own range - JACKS JEWELS - which was snapped up by Vicky Sarge Jewellery Boutique, Butler and Wilson and Harvey Nicholls. Her work has been featured in numerous top fashion magazines and regularly features in Red and Vogue. In 2003 Jacks moved to Somerset and began reworking/ up cycling found objects into beautiful pieces of art to sell.

After a visit to butterfly house, she was appalled to discover the dead butterflies were simply thrown in the rubbish, she collected them, and began to notice the potential in other objects discarded by society.

Her ethos is to never look at anything for what it is, but for what it can become.

Ruth has been passionate about the arts all her life studying them in various forms. In 2003, when she completed her first mosaic, she knew this ancient art form was to be her future. As a mosaicist, Ruth is influenced by her environment and Wells, England’s smallest city, and her home for over 45 years, provides a constant source of inspiration.

Much of Ruth’s work is commission based, privately or through public art - you may remember her wonderfully elegant mosaic swan, “Arcus”, from the “Swans of Wells” event. Over the years Ruth has honed her skills, underpinned by her natural creativity. She works with a broad range of materials and techniques to produce exquisitely detailed pieces. Ruth loves every step of the creative process from developing initial concepts and ideas, through to completion of art works.

Currently I am creating 3D textile landscapes under the name As The Crow Flies. I am inspired by aerial photography of the countryside, patchwork, and the many rural landscapes I love. I enjoy the challenge of representing different areas and seasons using a range of up-cycled materials including cashmere jumpers, odds & ends of fabric, and scraps of yarn. Using these I create irresistibly tactile fabric landscapes – unique aerial views of the countryside seen ‘As The Crow Flies’.  My work invites the viewer to stroke the ploughed fields, squeeze the trees, and fondle the hedgerows!

I am a freelance illustrator based in Wells, Somerset. All of my artwork is traditionally hand-drawn and I usually work with watercolour, pen and pencil. I am a member of the Association of Illustrators and I work on all sorts of illustration commissions worldwide. My latest project has been illustrating a children’s book called ‘Mr Snuffles’ Birthday’. It was written by my second cousin, David Greaves and will be available to buy from 1st May 2018.

Born in Nottingham, Jacqué originally studied Graphic Design at Nottingham College of Art, later taking a BA degree specialising in textiles, in Edinburgh. She lectured on degree courses in Design and Garment construction at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.

Many aspects of Design and Textiles form the threads of her career. Recently she returned to photography as reference for her work; and is now combining her innovative skills with her knowledge of sewing and embroidery techniques. She uses her photographic imagery, layering textiles, textures and threads with machine, hand embroidery and beading to produce her pictures – redolent of the coasts, cliffs, hills and dales around the British Isles.

As well as lecturing she has designed theatre costumes, lingerie, original clothing and knitwear. She has exhibited in Rye, Sussex; Pittenweem, Fife; Derby; Clun, Shropshire; Lymington, Hampshire and at the RBSA, winning the Tanner prize in 2009. Elected RBSA in 2010