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            "medium": "Stained glass",
            "description": "Blush-toned stained-glass orchid stem with deep green leaves."
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            "description": "Layered green stained-glass mosaic flower set on a cork round."
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            "description": "Exhibition display featuring Kate's tulips and mixed stained-glass stems alongside her artist statement."
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      "name": "Angela Strange",
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      "location": "Egremont, Cumbria",
      "bio": "Angela's ceramics are inspired by the natural world and rooted in domestic use. She makes functional ware with a focus on form, surface and quiet daily ritual. Wood firing is one part of that practice, bringing atmosphere, ash and unpredictability that leaves a distinctive mark on each piece.",
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            "title": "Wood-fired teapot",
            "medium": "Ceramics",
            "description": "Wood-fired stoneware teapot with sculpted lid finial and ash-streaked drip glaze."
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            "title": "Chawan tea bowls",
            "medium": "Ceramics",
            "description": "Three wood-fired Japanese tea bowls (chawan) — sage celadon, ash-marked stoneware, and deep iron-red."
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            "title": "Teapot and chawan set",
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            "description": "The wood-fired teapot displayed with a set of chawan tea bowls."
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      "name": "Debra Oldman",
      "role": "Artist",
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      "category": "Mixed Media",
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      "featured": "assets/images/artists/debra-oldman/the-gilded-chill.jpg",
      "medium": ["Acrylic", "Mixed Media", "Pastel", "Felting"],
      "location": "Lancaster",
      "bio": "Lancaster-based, Debra works across acrylic, mixed media, pastel and felting, capturing the ever-changing Morecambe Bay and the breathtaking Lakeland Fells. A first-time exhibitor this year — she came along as a friend's guest in 2024, was inspired by what she saw, and decided to submit her own work for 2026.",
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            "title": "The Gilded Chill",
            "medium": "Acrylic",
            "description": "Framed acrylic painting of Wastwater screes — richly textured fells in warm golds, reds and purples reflected across the lake."
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