Jo Delafons

Instagram

(Swipe to see a video) saying goodbye to this piece and two other favourites of mine tomorrow. They are off to a wonderful collector who already has three other pieces of mine. Thank you for being such an amazing supporter of my work, Justine!
Do scroll to see pictures of the whole - This is a close up of a cube I made ages ago. When I first put it down it scuttled along the floor on long legs but I never managed to capture it doing it again. I took it appart and incorporated a bit of it in something else recently but I regret it seeing it again and want to explore more totally abstract work.
Drift. Detail from a very large hanging piece.
Recently sold this one, Sky River. This small landscape piece is weighted by a rusty spanner, found on Shoreham Riverbank. Its hidden by thin, stacked layers of paper and cardboard. I think of this as visual snippets of the river Adur at different times of day and made it from scraps on my desk. I always love crossing the footbridge over the river here in Shoreham as the light and colours change so much at different times of day. The water is wide and shallow with wild sapphire growing. At dusk the mudbanks look like dark smudges. The sky's colours are reflected in the water and the two seem to merge together in certain lights.
Life catching up with me so posting this piece while away from studio!
This lovely ship sailed away to a new home over the weekend. A bit of background- this piece happened because a kind anonymous person left a parcel with a note on the studio doorstep saying maybe I could find a use for the squashed rusty wire basket inside!🤗 A couple who saw my work at #oldtimbersgallery bought it for eachother as a wedding anniversary present, which i thought was a lovely idea.
Come and see what became of my burnt, wet books. Last weekend of artists open houses in Steynning at #oldtimbersgallery 11 till 5pm today and tomorrow. 7 exciting artists and delicious cream tea and cakes in beautiful house and garden.
Rubbish Trump. Made from Sainsbury's bag with the handle as his mouth and my recycling sack.
If you are anywhere near Steyning and looking for a nice outing todaycome to the Steyning Art trail! There is a summer fair on in this gorgeous old village and artists open houses on in beautiful old houses. Be sure to visit #oldtimbersgallery half way down the High St , next to Steyning Produce. Have take and delicious cake in this garden and see my work and 7 others! Do say hello and introduce yourself if you've one through Instagram.
Scroll to see some of the fab work by other artists on show at Old Timbers, Styening art trail.Thank you so much to those people who know me through here and came and introduced yourselves, it was so lovely to meet in person! Tomorrow, bank holiday monday we are open, there is a summer fair in the town as well as the artists open house trail. There are delicious tea and cakes to have in the garden and great pub in the area.
My work is at Old Timbers on the Steyning Art Trail, on the High St next to Sussex Produce open 11 till 5pm today, and tomorrow, and next weekend. Its also the last weekend of the Brighton Open Houses, a different collection of work is on show at Aymer Arts, 1 Aymer Rd on the West Hove trail near Brighton and Hove Museum. I'll post some more shots of other artists work at Old Timbers today, it's a wonderful line up of exciting artists and makers work and the house dates from 1470. In the garden you can see #si.uwin 's beautiful wooden sculptures and his copper nail and wood Allium seed heads. Its a very pretty town with a great pub!
Getting ready for my next open house at #oldtimbersgallery Steynning. I keep overflowing my studio space into the main communal area and took advantage of the place being quiet over the weekend!
Sneak peak of work for #oldtimbersgallery at #steyningartstrail19 .Busy considering which bases from my day with #si.uwin to put with which pieces.
I thought these robots so inventive and full of creative energy. One has a story attached to it's foot. They are by the10 year old artist at Peggy Poppleton and Friends , on the Seven Dials trail of Brighton Open. ( sorry your name wasn't displayed but I think you are the owner's son). Also great on that trail is Art at 21 Montpelier Crescent and Subterranean at 15A Powis Rd.
A get well soon sculpture. I made this for a friend's son who recently had a bad accident. He is thankfully back home on the mend. It's a bit odd! I was going to make a card, then thought I'd do him fishing off the boat as he recouperates but it didn't balance so a plaster experiment became the riverbank! 😂
How about this as a your view from your desk?! Spent a lovely day in this idyllic setting at Si Uwin's forest studio. He works outdoors next to 3 beautiful ponds in a clearing in a forest near Ashdown. The gorgeous red beetle in third pic clearly thought the gas bottle was a beautiful female beetle. The pond has two types of newts and is teeming with tadpoles, and dragonflies . There is wide life all around, including wild deer.
I'm now preparing for Steyning Art trail which overlaps with Brighton's open houses (still on for two more weekends). I'll be showing different work, larger more experimental pieces, at Old Timbers Gallery, 84 High St , along with 8 other exciting artists and makers. It will be open 11 till 5 on the 25, 26, 27th May and the 1st and 2nd June. It's a stunning house (1470's) with a beautiful garden and fab cakes. Steyning is a very pretty little town, with a great pub. It is also holding its May festival on the Bank Holiday Monday 27th May.