Cambridge Open Studios  11-12, 18 -19  July 2026

Riverside Arts

Annually I take part in Cambridge Open studios with the Riverside artists in Little Ouse

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"The best exhibition we've seen this year at Cambridge Open Studios" is a wonderful comment left by one of our visitors last year!
 

Riverside Arts is a group of artist makers exhibiting annually as part of Cambridge Open Studios (www.camopenstudios.org) at

Rick Forward's New from Old furniture workshop in Little Ouse.

 

Visitors to our Open Studio on weekends 11/12th and 18/19th July will discover a wealth of small scale furniture and sculpture,

paintings, sketchbooks and greeting cards, many of which explore place, both Fenland and abroad, Tapestry weavings of the sky, land and water scapes in the Fens, Netherlands and further afield and letterpress prints on a range of themes

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Haddenham Arts Centre 5 September to 1 November 2026

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EXHIBITION: Jeni Cairns Metal Sculptures & Ditty Dokter Woven Tapestries

• Saturday, September 5, 2026 10:00 AM to Sunday, November 1, 2026 4:00 PM

• Haddenham Arts Centre 20 High Street Haddenham, cb6 3xa England (map)

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Jeni Cairns is an award winning artist and garden designer living in rural Cambridgeshire

 Jeni has always been inspired by the natural landscape that has surrounded her most of her life. A childhood spent exploring the farmland, lanes and areas reclaimed by nature have left a lasting impression. 

“I find the medium of metal a perfect way to express my ideas on nature, there’s a delicacy yet enduring strength and resilience in nature as it always (I hope) finds a way to survive and flourish.”​

Jeni studied general art and design at Isle of Ely college and Fine Art at Derby university. ​

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Ditty Dokter ‘s landscape based tapestries often relate to her Dutch and east Anglian homes; a detail, an element, sometimes a more figurative impression. She uses a range of yarns including linen, cotton, wool, silk, fleece and found objects. Guided by colour and shape, the natural materials aim to evoke the qualities of home and (not) being at home. She initially trained with Eta Ingram, subsequently did the 2 years Westdean college training with Philip Sanderson, followed by specialist courses with master weavers such as Louise Martin. She prefers a more open improvisational weaving style. Some of her work has been completed and exhibited in interaction with performance / film material rooted in migrant experience, . Her recent work has focussed on connections through forests and fungi.

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