Collection: NEWS - New Shop Opens Saturday 12th October Burgess Hill
Mandy McKenna Designs and Firing Earth Pottery and Art Studio are based in Ifold ,near Loxwood, Mandy's home studio in Ifold, for painting and clay workshops with Firing Earth, Mandy's additional business. Mandy's home studio is where she regularly works as an independent artist, designer and holds regular workshops and pottery sessions on the wheel for beginners. Mandy's independent artwork and designs are now produced into a range of fabrics, wallpapers and homeware products for her on line shop and for her New shop, studio and gallery Mandy McKenna Designs, opens at 40, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill on Saturday 12th October 10am - 4pm Opening Hours Tuesday - Saturday next to The Mercantile Adventures Cafe
Breaking News - Mandy McKenna Designs new shop in Burgess Hill is about to open Saturday 12th Oct and Mandy's Worthing studio is now closed
A fond farewell to Mandys little independent studio in Worthing at East Beach Studios but Mandy will miss this location, her fellow artists and friends each day , but Mandys artwork will still be there,read on ..
Mandy has relocated her independent studio Mandy McKenna Designs to Burgess Hill, within and next to The Mercantile Adventures Cafe. Relocating her main shop from Worthing, East Beach Studios, but not left Worthing entirely, as Mandy has joined with a collection of artists to 'Seasons' no.37 studio at East Beach Studios on Beach Parade, just next door to my original studio. You can find a selection of her pretty floral ceramics and her original paintings for sale in Seasons run by artist and photographer Lorraine
Find, Mandys fabric range , wallpapers and textile homeware along with her new Artist of the month wall , inviting the artist from East Beach Studios such as Worthing artist and musician @andyjcrofts and all local artists to display a painting on her New Art wall within her Burgess Hill, send an email for more details to dusplay here to Mandy McKenna Designs New Shop, a bigger space to display her fabrics, wallpapers and homeware. From mid October 2024
Mandys New premises, shop and studio opening in Burgess Hill, East Sussex next to and alongside the established, and busy cafe,The Mercantile Adventures Cafe, will be a colourful showroom, shop and studio for her fabric, wallpaper ranges, cushions, artwork, and a selection of homeware products ,
Mandy will be introducing you to her floral painting and pottery workshops. Introducing, her fabric selections and product ranges for homes, hotels and businesses, leading up to the launch of her fabrics, wallpapers and homeware ranges at 'Top Draw' Design Fair , Olympia, London from 12th - 14th January 2025, as one of the New Designers, showcasing her floral designs to London
Mandy returned to Horsham Market for 2 dates and it was good to catch up with everyone at the market .Mandy's campervan stall, visited Carfax Square, Horsham market, on September 28th and October 5th, with a full range of textiles and ceramics including Mandys handmade and handpainted Christmas decorations, a limited addition Mandy makes each year beautiful, keepsake gift tags and tree decorations
New Forthing Coming Autumn Gift Fair Dates - Sunday 20th October The Crowne Plaza Hotel , Gatwick - Autumn Artisan and Food Fair 10am - 3.00pm
Visit New shop from mid October Mandy McKenna Designs, Burgess Hill shop and studio within, and connected to The Mercantile Adventures Cafe to see full range
Mandy's additonal studio, Firing Earth Pottery and Art Studio , in Ifold near Loxwood, runs painting and clay workshops, an established studio of over 15 years, for general pottery painting and art originally based in Surrey, and relocated, 6 years ago to her home studio in West Sussex. Ideal for individuals and small groups to experience clay workshops on the pottery wheel, general pottery painting , baby prints, floral watercolour and floral acrylic workshops for beginners. Open, and available to book by appointment to visit and be part of a workshop on a Monday and Tuesdays
Mandy's story behind every design she paints is different, but it is a story that creates the design and gives it a meaning and structure of where the design came from for example Mandy's small watercolour sketch named 'Lavender Fields ' was painted on a sunny day amongst a field of lavender surrounded by bees with the warm sunshine and gentle breeze, swaying lavender, just near Chichester. A design with a gentle impact creating tranquility and this painting, inspired Mandy to develop her first fabric design 'Lavender Fields '
Bold , but delicate watercolour artwork inspired the design, Scrumptious in Teal, Pink, Purple and Lime. Mandys artwork, painted with watercolour inks, adding bright colourful backgrounds to compliment her floral design and naming her design 'Scrumptious'.Mandy loved the way these designs add a pop of colour but can blend together so well, enabling you to mix designs together successfully
With encouragement, support from her husband and family, and her little dog by her side, Mandy has taken her artwork from paintings to the exciting world of textile design, a new journey begins ...
Artwork fundraising for Charities - Mandy, still makes time, to paint for charity community projects, which is an important ppartof giving art skills for free, to help others. Mandy is a passionate artist, raising money through painting for charities over many years
Summer News 2024 - Mandy painted live again this Summer at The Haslemere Fringe Festival. Mandy painted a large canvas ,originally back in 2022 , fundraised by auctioning Mandys original artwork raising £920.00. This year, Mandy chose to paint, on selection of musical instruments, 6 new ukuleles and 3 new guitars in her recognisable floral style and had the guitars, signed by the headline bands, main draw and silent auction took place at the festival . Mandy donated the money raised to the festival music charities. Music being a big passion to Mandy, supporting new bands, to play alongside,headline bands funraised £920.00 in 2024, to add to the funds to book new bands for the next festival in 2026 . Mandy is an Artist in Residence, a volunteer artist, helping fundraise through art and music
Painting live at the festival with colourful abstract and floral artwork adding her interpretation with her paintbrush and meeting bands such as Blue, Tau Pau, Tash, Space Fishermen, Callum Beattie, Haircut 100, Rebecca Ferguson, Daniel Bedingfield and comedians, was a busy and fun weekend. Giving the public a chance to purchase one of the colourful and awesome hand painted guitars and ukuleles was alot of fun! The instruments were donated by a local Haslemere buisness, so thank you
Haslemere Fringe Festival is run, and a collaboration of amazing locals, local businesses, and sponsors giving up their time to bring you, fantastic music and creative weekend
September 2023 - An original floral painting by Mandy was donated and auctioned at The Dorchester Hotel, London at an event called 'Who's Cooking Who' a collaboration of famous chefs cooking for guests and celebrities at The Dorchester Hotel, fundraising for Leukaemia UK. Mandy helped make a difference. Mandys painting raised through auction £850.00 for Leukaemia UK. Mandy had the pleasure of meetinhg with Dame Julie Walters who kindly signed her painting, before it went to London to The Dorchester Hotel for tge main auction
Mandy, through her artwork, enjoys painting at live events , meeting and introducing herself to the audience and musicians and fundraising for many charities with paintings and have included Cancer Research , Macmillan, NHS, Haslemere Fringe Festival, Haslemere Hounds and Hares, The Hunter Centre, Haslemere for Dementia , Leukaemia UK and Music Charities
