Visit
our "Art
Inspiration" Gallery & Polcraft Shop
10, Gosfield Shopping Village, Gosfield,
Essex, CO0 1PU Tel.: 01787 474902 To
take a 3-D virtual tour of the gallery go to: www.hopkimedia.co.uk/Polcraft/Polcraft.html We
have entered into agreements with a small group of professional Polish artists, whereby
we have imported their works into the UK with a view to exhibiting and selling. All
of the artists have had their work exhibited by major galleries in Poland, both
individually and as part of collectives. A
wide range of the original art shown on this site can be seen at our "Art
Inspiration" Gallery, Gosfield Shopping Village, Gosfield, Essex, UK.
To see
more of the work by a particular artist please click on her/his
photo.
Polcraft
Ltd also has a wide range of Polish Handicrafts
available for purchase. Poland
has a fine tradition for producing high quality hand made amber
jewellery,
wood,
wooden
nesting dolls, leather, paper
cuts
("Wycinanki"),
lace
craftworks
and
babushka
- folk traditional
shawls,
ceramics
and hand
painted glass. A small selection of original art works and hand-made crafts
are on show at our gallery.
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Wit
Boguslawski
M.A.
(b.1960). He studied at the
Faculty of Sculptures in Academy of Arts in Istanbul (1982 -
1986), then in the Academy of Arts in Warsaw (1986 - 1987). He studied
at the Academy of Arts in Wroclaw, Faculty of Painting, Graphic and
Sculpture (1987-1991). He obtained a diploma in the studio of
Prof. Leon Podsiadło.
He enjoys creating sculptures as well
as ceramic
arts
and paintings.
To see
more of the work by Wit please click on his photo.
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Sylwana Damentko
(b.1981
in Warsaw, Poland)
Sylwana
completed her studies at the College of Art in Warsaw. She is now
continuing her art studies at the Podlaska Academy in Siedlce. This
young artists passion is the art of the female body influenced by the work
of Munch, Modligliani and Lempicka. The examples here are all oil
on canvas.
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Anna
Luiza Juskiewicz
M.A.
completed her
studies at the Faculty of Painting Art, Academia of Arts in Warsaw. She obtained a
diploma from the studio of Prof. Stefan Gierowski in 1994. She enjoys creating
ceramic arts, oil,
gouache,
watercolour, pastel
paintings, and wall techniques such as fresco, graffito, mosaics, drawings, and photography. She has also designed
the elevation of buildings.
To see
more of the work by Anna please click on her photo.
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Agnieszka
Kisielewska (b.1966)
is a student of Faculty of Sociology on University of Social Science
in Warsaw. Her inspiration to take up embroidery came on a
trip to the Ukraine where she saw Ukrainian folk artists work at first
hand.
To see
more of the work by Agnieszka
please click on her photo.
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Wladek
Klusiewicz
has been
a member of The Warsaw Artists
Society for the last 16 years. He enjoys wood sculpting
in the traditional
Polish folk style.
To see
more of the work by Wladek
please click on his photo.
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Malgorzata
Kopacewicz-Serwatka
M.A.
finished her study of painting and
graphic arts under the supervision of Prof. Zofia Artymowska and
Prof. Andrzej Niekrasz. She enjoys painting, drawing and
graphics.
She has also done 3-D forms of textiles. In the last couple of
years she has made hand crafted pine furniture with her own
paintings such as coffee tables and chests.
To see
more of the work by Malgorzata please click on her photo.
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Barbara
Matuszewska-Berg started her art performance
in 1969 by creating
paintings on
natural silk.
She is a member of The Polish Art Society. She has won a lot of prizes in
Polish and International Competitions. Her textile arts, painted under the
supervision of Prof. Stanisław Trzeszczkowski, were bought by the National
Museum in Warsaw. There is a permanent display of her work in New York .
To see
more of the work by Barbara please click on her photo.
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Alicja
Narbutt
has enjoyed creating textile arts since 1982. Most of her works are in
private collections in Poland and countries around the World. Her textiles
have been used in TV serials and design magazines.
To see
more of the work by Alicja please click on her photo.
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Marta
Narbutt M.A. (b.1972) elder daughter of Alicja. Marta
completed
her studies at the European Academy of Art in Warsaw in 1998. As well as painting she works for TV and
many interior design magazines. She enjoys painting
in a variety
of techniques and styles.
To see
more of the work by
Marta please click
on the apple.
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Piotr
Nieslony (b.1974) enjoyed
drawing from an early age and used to do pencil and charcoal portraits of
people before starting to use oils. As he says "I paint anything that
inspires me to pick up a brush and often travel around in search of
suitable subjects. I paint what I see but also like to catch the
atmosphere of a place. I find that painting relaxes me and I enjoy
the challenges of painting
and developing as an artist."
To see
more of the work by
Piotr please click
on his photo.
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Agnieszka
Olan M.A. (b.1968) completed her studies at the
Poznan University of A. Mickiewicz, branch in Kalisz. She obtained a diploma
from the studio of Prof. A. Niekrasz in 1992. She enjoys painting in a variety
of techniques and styles, including drawings and illustrations for books.
To
see more of the work by Agnieszka please click on her photo.
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Teresa
Pisarska-Markiewicz
M.Sc.
(b. 1952)
completed a science degree at Warsaw University of Technology in
1977. In 1991 she became a professional artist, receiving official
recognition from the Ministry of Culture. Teresa specialises in
still life painting using many mediums.
Her larger works are typically oil on
canvas, however, there is
also a collection of miniature watercolour,
pastel and mixed
media available.
Teresa has also prepared a few lithographs, each decorated with
lucky four leaf clovers. There
are also some original wall-hangings
using
mainly lengths of sisal.
Three
of her oils have been reproduced as limited edition
prints.
To see
more of the work by
Teresa please click on
her photo.
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Jacek
Siedlecki is a member of The Polish Art
Society and The Polish Society of Artists and Graphic
Designers. He enjoys
painting on glass
in the style of Chagall who is his soul master, and designing
stained glass
arts
such as Tiffany lamps.
To see
more of the work by Jacek please click on his photo.
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Pawel Sochacki M.A.
(b.1963)
completed his studies at the Warsaw Academy of Arts, Department of
Painting, and obtained a
diploma with
distinction from
the studio of Prof.
J.Sienicki in 1989. Paweł’s work is very colourful and full of
expression. Almost all of his work is
oil on
canvas, with a tendency
for large individual works to be produced.
For those who would prefer something a little smaller one of
the largest oils has been reproduced as a limited edition
print. Also,
we have a few watercolours
by Pawel available. Many of his works are now in private collections in the UK, Sweden,
Poland and the USA.
To see
more of the work by
Pawel please click on his photo.
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Piotr Sochacki M.A.
(b.1959)
completed his studies at the Warsaw
Academy
of Arts, Department of Painting,
and obtained
a diploma
with distinction from the
studio of Prof. R. Ziemski in 1985. Piotr’s typical style is very
modern and experimental, typically using oil on
canvas. However, he
has also produced more traditional work including a fine series of
seasonal pastels
and watercolours. Glaxo Wellcome has acquired a number of his works in the past.
Many
of his paintings are now in private collections in the UK, Norway,
Belgium, Holland, Portugal, Poland and the USA.
To see
more of the work by Piotr please click on his photo.
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Anna
Maria Strzelczyk
M.A.
(b.1949 in Gdańsk).
Anna studied at the State Art Academy in Gdańsk at the department of
graphical design; graduated as a Master of Art in 1977. Since 1980
specializes in ceramic sculpture (XII century noble ceramic technique -
majolica). In 1984 won the Gold Medal of Rotary Club in Faenza.
Participate in successive International Competitions of Ceramic Art in
Faenza, in 1985 in Milan and 1988 in Valleuris. Her works are in
collections of the Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, the National Museum in
Wrocław, Poznań, Łódź and Wałbrzych, as well as
in private collections in Poland and abroad.
To see
more of the work by Anna please click on her photo.
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Dorota
Suwalska
M.A.
(b.1967) completed her studies at the Warsaw Academy of
Arts, and obtained a diploma with distinction from the studio of Prof.
Stefan Gierowski in 1992 and continued her studies at the studio "New Media"
of Prof. Ryszard Winiarski. She enjoys
painting
and designing her own
ceramics
with 3D
effects.
To
see more of the work by Dorota please click on her photo.
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Aleksandra
Lagowska-Szanser M.A.
was
born in Kielce, Poland. She completed her art studies at the Faculty
of Art, at Jan Dlugosz Academii in Czestochowa. She enjoys painting in
acryl on canvas and on board as well as pastel.
To
see more of the work by Aleksandra please click on her arts.
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Grazyna
Tarnowska
completed her private art
studies in the studio of Wincenty Piotr Sliwinski. Grazyna's
typical style shows the romantic beauty of nature using
oil on
canvas, pastel,
gouache, watercolour
and glass painting. Many of
her paintings are now in private collections in the UK, Austria, Poland
and the USA. As well as painting she is a published poet, f.e. in
Parnassus of World Poets (19996-2000), Olympoetry (India), New
York (USA). She is a member of the Academie Internationale de Lutece
in Paris.
To
see more of Grazyna's work please click on her photo.
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Alicja Malgorzata Turowska M.A. was
born in 1960 near Lublin. She completed her
studies at the Faculty of Arts Teaching, University of Maria Curie Sklodowska in
Lublin. She obtained a
diploma from the studio of Prof. Stanislaw Popek. Alicja also has a degree
from the School of Arts (PLSP) in Naleczow. She was a teacher giving her talent to
new generations of artists. Her students have won a lot of prizes in
national
and international arts competitions. She has also won prizes for her artwork. She enjoys creating
paper
arts by different techniques
including paper-cuts ("wycinanki"), pastel
paintings,
graphics,
and glass painting. Her inspiration for art comes from the beauty of nature and
is influenced by Polish folk art.
To
see more of Alicja's work please click on her photo.
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Crafts
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Poland
has a fine tradition for producing high quality hand made crafts.
In
this section we feature examples made from
wood, wooden
nesting dolls,
leather,
paper
cuts
("Wycinanki"), amber,
hand
painted glass, ceramics
- oil burners, lace
&
babushka. |
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Gallery address