Treasures of the Tide 104/9 by Kerry Goodwin of Moorcroft. Whether a skulking lobster, a delicate starfish or the tentacle blooms of a sea anemone, there is always something to find just below the surface of the sea. Kerry Goodwin brings us this microcosm of vibrant life that is played out between the tides, as a lone starfish and electric…
The King and His Pride 4/8 by Kerry Goodwin of Moorcroft. Kerry is a designer who has always been inspired by the natural world and as such many of her designs have featured animals, both those well known in the UK but also those found around the world. Many years ago she visited South Africa with Moorcroft and undertook a…
The Bellows and Tobermory by Emma Bossons and Vicky Lovatt of Moorcroft. Flying fish tumble and twist into crests of Art Deco waves. Soothingly, the fish shoals include vertical and horizontal line work as they disappear into the deep offering the mythical possibility that someone was opening and closing the bellows of an accordion. The fish jive in oceans of…
The Beast of Bodmin Moor PLQ17. Vicky places you among the rugged landscape of Cornwall’s Bodwin Moor just as dusk is falling over the Neolithic standing stones of Trevethy Quoit. It is said that these markers of time hold paranormal energy, and sightings of a black panther-like cat have added layers of legend, and trepidation to this wild place. The…
Swaledale sheep 364/8 by Kerry Goodwin of Moorcroft. H 20.00 x W 9.00 x D 9.00 cm It was inevitable that a Moorcroft designer would step forward with artwork inspired by the scenic world of Swaledale. Kerry obliged and she would be the first to admit that her design life has turned around the landscape, beauty, history in all its…
Seaside Days 4/5 by Kerry Goodwin of Moorcroft. A beach hut is the perfect place to spend happy days by the seaside, be it building sandcastles, having a picnic, paddling in the sea, or simply sitting back in a beach-striped deck chair and watching the tide ebb and flow. Pastel colours of bleached timber beach huts run one into another…
Sea Bears 576/9 by Kerry Goodwin of Moorcroft. Although noted as the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores, polar bears actually spend most of their lives around water and ice, with their Latin name meaning ‘sea bear.’ Kerry choreographs a celebration of these usually solitary animals as they prowl in their slow, plodding gait, keeping a watchful eye over their young cubs…
Renoster 30/10 by Paul Hilditch of Moorcroft. In the quietude of the African bushveld, amongst the acacia and baobab trees, thornbushes, tall grasses, sandstone and trickling river, a crash of rhinoceros gently graze the foliage. Paul’s ability to conjure atmosphere in a design, knows no bounds. In Renoster (Afrikaans for Rhinoceros), he mirrors the huge, grey shoulders of the rhinos…
Queens Choice 80/9 by Emma Bossons of Moorcroft. Queens Choice with its succulent grapes, ripe figs and peaches was inspired by Titania’s words in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. Queens Choice has arguably become one of the most admired Moorcroft designs of all time.
Padfoot PLQ18 Plaque by Vicky Lovatt. Beyond Blackshaw Moor, and with a backdrop of the scenery of the Roaches on the bleak Leek to Buxton road, a black dog turns towards Ramshaw Rocks which overlook the famous Hen Cloud and Tittesworth Reservoir. This is a place well known by climbers, hikers and free runners, where the legendary ‘Padfoot,’ a ghostly…