To Drink From a Pool Quietly

Jan Huntley-Peace

Ceramic and gold leaf
30.5cm x 30.5cm
Produced in 2019

Donated to the Collection by the artist in 2019

Jan Huntley-Peace is an award-winning artist based in the South Lakeland in England. She started her career in couture dressmaking with Zandra Rhodes, Jean Muir, David and Elizabeth Emmanuel and also in an international capacity for the Queens dressmaker, Norman Hartnell. She has a degree in Sculpture and Fine Art and it is this interface between creative inspiration, innovative techniques and exquisite detailing which make her work truly unique.

Jan specializes in figurative sculpture, vessels, portraits and a unique collection of ‘Art to Wear’ jewellery using mainly porcelain, print, found objects & bird imagery to express ideas of transformation and transition.

 Jan won the New Light Purchase Prize in 2017