Payments
BACS payments should be to:
North Norfolk Open Studios
Acct no: 25612462
Sort code: 80 22 60
Bank: Bank of Scotland
Put the artist name as it appears on the website as the reference
Cheques should be made payable to:
North Norfolk Open Studios
and posted to:
Cora Mullenger
5 Britons Lane
Beeston Regis
Sheringham
Norfolk NR26 8SJ
(Please write the name of the artist as it appears on the website on the back of your cheque)
Your brochure entry:
Brochure image:
Artist number:
To be confirmed
Name:
Jo Pluckrose
Area
To be confirmed.
Studio address:
Studio At The Hollies,
The Hollies,
Narborough Road,
Pentney,
PE32 1JH
Tel:
07949 496139
Email:
Social media:
none chosen
Wheelchair access:
NO
Directions:
Description:
Dates:
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Your artist's page (please the ignore formatting if you are looking at this on a mobile device):
Jo Pluckrose
Note: if you are viewing this on a mobile device there seems to be a glitch where the dates aren't showing properly. I won't be fixing this as the same problem doesn't appear to be happening with actual artist pages that the public see. If you want to check the dates either go to the editing area in the Members' area or have a look at your actual artist page by clicking on your image here
open dates:
No dates chosen
artist number:
To be confirmed
area:
media:
email:
website:
Website
website:
Website
mobile:
07949 496139
landline:
01760 337939
address:
Studio At The Hollies,
The Hollies,
Narborough Road,
Pentney,
PE32 1JH
wheelchair
Not accessible by wheelchair
directions:
Leave the A47 via Paws Lane, (between East Winch & the Norfolk Woods Resort). On entering Pentney, follow the road around by Pentney church, (on your left,) past the row of council houses and you will find The Hollies on the left, after 2 bungalows.
Excelling in maths & art as a child, careers advisors told me back in the 70s, 'Well Miss Pluckrose . . . you could always paint computers!' I did not follow their advice, but chose instead to became apprentice to a small graphic design company, where 8 years of training enabled me to explore photography, design, illustration, writing and even construction, (courtesy of exhibition builds). I became self employed after being made redundant back in 1989, but didn't realise my dream of building my own studio until 28 years later. I draw, paint, photograph, recycle & reimagine, garden, design, sculpt and write; my 'Random Rants & Lyrical Threads', are my mindful musings on life, the universe & everything.
I discovered wire as a medium quite by accident, while mending a cast metal fairy's broken wing, back in 2017 and by 2018, I was designing my own range of freeformed & contemporary wire jewellery, inspired by the organic forms of nature I love. In 2021, my 'WildWire' garden sculptures were born out of the creative & social void that was Covid and my beloved garden, (now my 'WildWire Sculpture & Sensory Garden and Carnivorium',) naturally evolved into an extension of my studio display space. Visitors to my studio are now welcome to spend time outside, exploring my sculptures and upcycling ideas, while soaking up the sights, sounds & scents in my small WildWire nature haven.
In 2022 & 2023, I created magical WildWire public installations for Swaffham Church, to compliment their Christmas Tree Festivals and, after seeing these displays, Westacre Theatre invited me to exhibit some of my WildWire dandelion clock sculptures in their beautiful grounds; that collaboration is now ongoing. This year, I have also been invited to create public displays for the Ely Folk Festival, which I am rather excited about!
As in everything I have done since 1989, I am completely self taught. I have found experimentation promotes ingenuity & originality; it also builds confidence to think outside the box. I no longer worry about the right or wrong way to do something - just find my own way and you can see how that has panned out and how I continue to evolve as a habitual creative, by visiting me in my studio and WildWire Sculpture & Sensory Garden and following my collaboration with Westacre Theatre.
Find out more about the WildWire Sculpture Garden at https://www.facebook.com/wildwiresculpturegarden.