Sculpture at the Griffin Brewery – 25 July – 16 August 2026

The Chiswick Calendar’s 3D art exhibition at the Fuller’s Griffin Brewery  

A collection of work by ceramic artists and sculptors

The Chiswick Calendar is pleased to present the work of Seven local 3D artists, ceramicists and sculptors, at the Fuller’s Griffin Brewery from Saturday 25 July – Sunday 16 August 2026.

The Brewery has a room in their shop – the ‘Tun room’, built to look like the inside of a huge barrel or mash, which is just the job for a small art exhibition of ceramics and sculpture. Asahi, which owns the brewery, sponsors The Chiswick Calendar.

This will be the third year we have put on a ceramics and sculpture exhibition there, to complement the twice yearly 2-D art exhibitions we put on at the Clayton hotel.

Work by Gillian Brett and Sebastian Bergne

Venue address:
Griffin Brewery, 160 Chiswick Lane South, London W4 2QB

Opening times:
Tuesdays to Saturday: 10am-6pm / Sundays: 12:30pm-5.00pm Closed on Mondays.

Dates:
Saturday 25 July – Sunday 16 August 2026.

Artists taking part:

Sebastian Bergne

Sebastian Bergne calls himself an ‘object designer’. I love the simplicity and humility of that.

His work is work is rooted in his experience as an industrial designer and, he says: “is always leavened by a profound sense of the way things are experienced and made with a whiff of both humour and humanity”.

Crossing the worlds of design, editions and art multiples, he has developed a recognisable, consistently elegant oeuvre, using everyday materials, such as the bricks he uses for candle holders, and “the recognisable language of the utilitarian, made poetic”.

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His work has been widely recognised with international awards, exhibitions and inclusion in private and museum collections such as The Museum of Modern Art and Cooper Hewitt (New York), the Design Museum (London) and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris).

His wealth of experience makes him sought after as an artist, designer, art director, speaker and mentor to emerging talent.

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Gillian Brett

Gillian Brett creates extraordinary, expressive sculptures, working from life.

“I’m on a mission to encourage people to enjoy sculpture in their own environments,” she says. “To be challenged, through sculpture, to notice and see life in a different light, in particular body language and emotions, celebrating diversity, ultimately to connect with a sense of shared humanity.”

Choosing to retrain as a sculptor in 2014 at the Art Academy London, Gillian’s distinctively textured work aims to be a celebration of what it is to be human.

Last year she was commissioned to make a statue of the Victorian garden designer Fanny Wilkinson, which now stands in a public park in Wandsworth.

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She also set up home in the new artists studios opened in the grounds of Chiswick House, where Sebastian also has his studio.

gillianbrettsculpture.com

Top: Danillo Cooper working on a portrait; Bottom Model Crispin and resulting bust

Danillo Cooper

Some of our readers will know Danillo as the expert picture-hanger who hangs The Chiswick Calendar’s 2D exhibitions at the Clayton hotel every year, but it turns out he’s a very talented portrait sculpture as well.

He only took up sculpture a few years ago under the tutelage of Paul Wuensche. After working with artists for over 30 years he has now begun selling his own work.

Kit Line

After doing a Foundation course at Wimbledon School of Art, Kit went on to study theatre design. Now he makes sculptures.

“I’m interested in the transformative process of sculpture; the shift that takes place during the making , when one thing becomes another, suggested by its inherent material qualities or form.

“I often use reclaimed or found elements in my work, using the most derelict sheets of plywood I can find.

“This can provide a starting point, as the patina can indicate a direction, and the more useless it appears for its original purpose the more it promotes the desire for its reclamation as a material.

“I try to avoid any final expectation of what I’m making, and do my best to allow the surface I’m working on to evolve, encouraging accident while attempting to keep its evolvement in rhythm with its manufacture.

“I use both found and original parts for each piece, in all shapes, colours and sizes discarding most of them until the work comes together.

“The discarded pieces very often become the new found parts for further pieces”.

Madeleine Marsh

Madeleine is a multi-media artist, making jewellery, sculpture and other decorative pieces.

A west Londoner, she has mud-larked the Thames and canals for many years and much of her work is made from found and vintage objects, which she uses both to explore the past and to make us think about the present.

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She has always been passionate about fashion and the packaging design. Her mirrors decorated with old beer mats and cigarette packets tell a fascinating tale of Britain’s  social history.

All her creations tell a story and her work can be found in collections across the world.

MadeleineMarsh.com

Roz Wallis

Roz set up Chiswickpots in 2014.

“Chiswickpots has grown organically from a hobby to a business and is now a working artists studio / pottery school in the beautiful leafy riverside location of Dukes Meadows in Chiswick.”

She makes her trademark moon jars at the Pavilion studios there and teaches ceramics for Chiswick Art School

She has branched out from that to teaching pot throwing at a residency in Mallorca, which she did for the first time last year and is doing again this summer, and she has recently formed the Rock & Paper Collective with painter Celia Pickering and photographer Anna Booth at J/M Gallery 230 Portobello Rd

She makes her trademark moon jars at the Pavilion studios there and teaches ceramics for Chiswick Art School. She uses Raku firing to get some of the spectacular effects on her pots.

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Caroline Winn

Caroline Winn has been making, exhibiting and teaching ceramics for over 25 years, working from studios on Chiswick Mall and in West Cornwall.

Her distinctive ceramics reflect a continually evolving and experimental process based on the complex interaction of multiple clays, highly textured glazes and the distorting effect of heat. They range from semi-figurative to abstract organic forms and span large outdoor sculptures to smaller domestic pieces.

​A common theme in her work is the natural environment and the ambivalent state of materials, exemplified by her latest series of pieces based on salt – a vital commodity for life whose state is constantly shifting. Her ceramics aim to challenge preconceptions, provoke thought and encourage the viewer to draw their own personal interpretation.

Caroline’s work is found in public and private collections across the UK and internationally, and has been shown in galleries and sculpture parks in Cornwall and London.

carolinewinn.co.uk