
'The best part of my job is creating art that resonates so much with someone they'd want to put it on their wall and keep it in their home.'
ILLUSTRATOR & POTTER
About Abigail Featherstone
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Hello and welcome to my website! I'm Abigail an Illustrator and Potter from Whitby, North Yorkshire on the North East coast of England. After leaving school I did an extended diploma in Art and Design at Middlesborough College where I experimented with many different disciplines but truly found my love for painting and traditional media. After college, I studied Illustration at Edinburgh College of Art.
Now, I am the Artist in Residence at The Geall Gallery in Grosmont, North Yorkshire. I lived next door to this gallery for 10 years of my childhood and it's my dream come true to say I now work here.
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I create in a range of different ways including painting, pottery and digital illustration.
My painting work is mainly acrylic on hand-cut MDF canvas boards. I regularly take on painting commissions, often of people's family homes or places that mean a lot to them.
Since joining The Geall Gallery, I learned how to frame my original paintings and prints. All my frames are hand-built and lime-waxed. Although, my prints and paintings can always be put into different frames.
Back in 2019, I used to make and sell ceramic earrings. I loved working with clay so much that it led me to start potting in November 2021. I love creating bright, happy, colourful crockery. My pottery work is always in small-batch collections as I can only do it a couple of times a year.
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You can find my work in The Geall Gallery (Grosmont), The Horse Shoe (Egton Bridge), The Whitby Bookshop (Whitby), The Abbey Tearooms (Whitby) and here on the website, underneath 'Shop'.
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If you have any questions or requests please feel free to get in touch.
Events
1. Potterow Christmas Craft Fair
Potterow, Edinburgh
2.RattleCap Magazine Launch Pop-Up Shop
The Dog House, Edinburgh
3. Whitby Art Fair
The Pavillion, Whitby
4. Illustration Winter Fair
The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh
5. Small Makers Fair
The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh
6. Winters Realm Exhibition
Flowergate Hall Community Arts Centre, Whitby
7. Solo Exhibition & Pop-Up Shop
Abbey Steps Tearooms & Coffee Shop, Whitby
8. Christmas Meet The Makers
Emma Stothard Sculpture, Whitby
9. Art for Christmas, National Trust Exhibition
Nunnington Hall, York
10. Whitby Art Fair
The Spa Pavillion, Whitby
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Christmas Meet the makers
Emma Stothard Sculpture, 2022
©Mary Davis Photography