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Art Fair
celebrating 10th Anniversary
of Sumo55
6 March - 2 April
Showcase Event :
- 10 March - 5pm - 9pm
Creative Innovation Centre CIC, Memorial Hall Paul Street, Taunton, Somerset TA1 3PF
Jan Truman is exhibiting a selection of her work.
Su Mo, the director of Sumo55 is curating the exhibition based on invitation of her clients to have the opportunity to exhibit their work together in one space. Her range of clients include artists, potters, sculptures, musicians as well as small businesses such as alternative therapists to nursing homes in Somerset.
'Garden'
Materials: Copper wire, glass, paper, plastic.
“After endless weeks of flooded fields and cold rainy days the need for bright flowers and sunshine to enliven me, was getting intense! One morning I found an old seed catalogue in the re-cycle bag, its pages crammed with floral beauties and an idea was sparked. Feverishly I snipped out a colourful pallet of paper petals and set about re-assembling them into a miniature stage.
‘Garden’ was on display at the Devon Guilds Summer Exhibition last year.
Then inspired by my own springtime favourites I created wearable wire buttonholes: violets, primroses, daffodils. Each colourful flower pin is individually knitted and hand finished to create a cheery little bloom …that NEVER needs watering!”
Flower pins on sale at
Devon Guild, Bovey Tracey. UK.
Spiral fusion - Time
Recent commission encoded with personalised numbers. New thematic series based on cycles of time, including the longest/shortest day.
Making Futures 3 Conference
My paper 'Dancing with shadows – Searching for Light' has been accepted for 'Making Futures 3 Conference'
Making Futures conference will take place over the 26th and 27th September at Mount Edgcumbe Country Estate, opposite the City of Plymouth, in the UK.
All conference papers are published on the conference website.
Making Futures Journal 3 - Making Futures: Interfaces between craft knowledge and design: new opportunities for social innovation and sustainable practice. Vol 3. ISSN 2042-1664
Elemental series
Simple actions such as 'float', 'spin', 'glide' etc. expressed as kinetic sculptures. Each piece aims to challenge the structural properties of the materials whilst balancing its visual aesthetic. First shown at the 'All Wired Up' exhibition - Walford Mill Craft Centre, Dorset UK. March /April 2013
Gold Star commission
A gift to the client's daughter in celebration of her graduation.
Incorporating peridot beads - the daughter's favourite !
Wedding table place markers for the guests of the wedding feast on the round tables. Two 'decorative heart' beads incorporated in each, indicates February as the second month in the year, being the month of the wedding.