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Sunita Limaye
Ceramics is Sunita's third career, and "definitely the most rewarding".
Having worked in Sales Promotion, and then Personnel, she decided not to
return to work full time after the birth of her son in 1994.
Combing glass within the three - dimensional scope of clay whilst
retaining the vibrant colours one associates with stained glass proved to be
more difficult than first thought, but she was determined to make this new
venture work.
This fusion of glass with the ceramic body produces a depth of colour not
attainable by glaze alone. The specially formulated background glaze allows
the retention of red and yellow colours which are often seen in this
process, and many years of experimentation were involved in the production
of the formula and method.
Being a qualified diver Sunita is heavily influenced by the fabulous
colours and forms found in the ocean, she also loves architecture and is a
great fan of all things Art Deco.
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David C. Lyons David was born in
Barrowford and has lived in Lancashire all his life. It was his early
involvement in school projects - painting scenery and such - that enthused
him into wanting to pursue a career in art. However, David was a full time
teacher for a while and then his career moved into graphics in 1972.
Commercial art was the mainstay of his work, though he continued to teach in
Adult Education at Colne and Blackburn Colleges. He is now a full time
artist working from his studio near Barley at the foot of Pendle Hill.
Subject matter varies but David is becoming well known for his paintings
of sheep and cattle, usually in a 'local' landscape. having lived and worked
in Lancashire all his life a feeling for the area's landscape has become
second nature, and with such a close geographical relationship with the
subject, a love of the district subconsciously seeps through, showing in the
colour and atmosphere of the painting.
David has definitive style which, Whilst showing his subject in a fairly
realistic way, is nevertheless on closer inspection, full of a variety of
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