3D crafts
Three-dimensional craft work by Peter Poole, with themed candlejar series, painted wooden box sets and one-off crafted objects grouped together.
Content in this section will continue to be added as more material is digitised.
Featured craft
A selected piece from Peter Poole's 3D crafts archive.
Overview
This section gathers Peter Poole's candlejars, painted wooden objects and other three-dimensional craft pieces, bringing together photographed groups of decorative items and one-off handmade gifts that sit alongside his painting and design archive.
Many of the works were made for Brighton shops, festivals and craft stalls, while others were personal gift pieces that mixed miniature sculpture, painted surfaces, found materials and handmade boxwork.
Craft archive
The current archive focuses on candlejar series, painted wooden box sets and a small number of other crafted objects made between 2012 and 2016, including tree, marine, harvest, winter, Valentine's and other themed designs.
Some candlejars may still be available for potential sale.
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Painted gift item derived from a papier-mache model manufactured by Decopatch. The model was painted to resemble Murphy, a dog owned by Michael Poole, the artist's father, and given as a Christmas gift. Later returned to the artist after the death of Mr. Poole in 2021. Now in the collection of the artist's brother, Martin Poole.
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Four decorative jars with candleholders on top, supplied with coloured tea-lights. They contained abstract shapes covered with pink glitter, with painted hearts on the outside. Shown at: R T Home / Retail Therapy, North Laine, Brighton. Two were donated to a Brighton charity shop after Retail Therapy changed hands in 2016.
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Four candlejars, each with a redbrick house, trees and snow. Shown at: R T Home / Retail Therapy, North Laine, Brighton. One sold.
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Six candlejars containing miniature yachts at sea, in purple, pink, blue, orange, yellow and green. Each candleholder was painted like a lifebelt, with 'Brighton' lettered on the side. Four shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton (from Wednesday March 11 2015), with two held in reserve. Two sold by April 2015, replaced by the reserve pair. All sold thereafter.
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A painted wooden pencil box with night and flowers motifs.
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Two small treasure chest shaped boxes, bought as plain wooden items and painted with winter-themed designs: two snowmen with a shooting star, standing stones at winter solstice. Shown at: R T Home / Retail Therapy, North Laine, Brighton (Note: R T Home changed back to its former name of Retail Therapy some time in 2015). Snowman design sold. Winter Solstice placed on the selling website Etsy, under the Retrographix trading name (Autumn 2016) and sold to Ms. Kim Svetich-Will, Monterey, California, USA (November 2016).
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Two small heart-shaped boxes, bought as plain wooden items and painted with Summer and Solstice lettering and images. The hinges were soon replaced by linen thread for a more organic feel. Shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton. Both sold.
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Two hexagonal boxes, bought as plain wooden items and painted with summer-themed designs: ice creams and the seaside on Brighton Cool, woodland with butterflies on A Rainbow of Butterflies. Shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton. Brighton Cool sold. A Rainbow of Butterflies later shown at: The Café Gallery, Southwark, London (2016).
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A painted wooden pencil box with tree and waterfall motifs.
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Seven candlejars with Christmas or wintry snow themes. Four feature snowmen, three have a Stonehenge-like landmark. One of these is larger, at a slightly higher price. Shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton. All except the large Stonehenge design sold.
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Six candlejars with late summer or autumnal themes, three of each. Three have a real wheat sheaf and cornflowers, with a paper British bird as if in flight. The other three are similar to last year's Autumn Tree Candlejars. Shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton. Several sold, exact details unknown.
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Four candlejars containing miniature yachts at sea, in red, blue, yellow and green. Each candleholder was painted like a lifebelt, with 'Brighton' lettered on the side. Shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton. All sold.
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Four candlejars containing miniature stone monuments, two of castles, two of Stonehenge-like landmarks. They also have external stonework for extra depth, either of mountains or standing stones. Shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton. Both Stonehenge versions sold. One of the castle versions sold at the Brunswick Festival, Hove, to a girl called Michelle (Sunday August 20 2017).
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Six candlejars containing miniature trees, each with a butterfly and three flowers made from watercolour paper. Shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton. Three sold.
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Four miniature canvases on display easels, featuring mottos and hearts for Valentine's Day. Two shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton (2014). The remaining two placed on the selling website Etsy, under the Retrographix trading name (January-February 2014, October 2015 - February 2016).
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Four candlejars containing paper trees, deciduous, with leaves in autumn colours. Shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton.
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Six candlejars containing paper trees. Four have trees painted gold, two have evergreen trees with snow. Shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton. Three sold.
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Miniature canvases on display easels with gold painted backgrounds, featuring Christmas images and captions: Happy Christmas, Season's Greetings, Happy Cracking Christmas!, Angels Like Christmas. Shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton. Placed on the selling website Etsy, under the Retrographix trading name (2016, 2017, 2018).
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Miniature canvases on display easels, featuring mottos for Mother's Day, Birthday and Get Well Soon wishes. Two of each variant image or style made at a time. Shown in various numbers or combinations at: Arts Junky, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton (Saturday March 30 2013). R T Home, North Laine, Brighton (from May 2013). Three sold. One Birthday easel given as a gift to Arwen Matthews (June 30 2013). Two placed on the selling website Etsy, under the Retrographix trading name (late 2013). One Get Well Soon easel sold to Mr. Greg Walls, Campbell, California, USA (January 2014). Both Mother's Day easels placed on Etsy (March 2014), with one sold to Ms. Sharifah Sekalala, Coventry, UK. Another batch of four made for the Brunswick Festival, Hove (Sunday August 18 2013), with local and topical slogans. No to Fracking and Brighton is so Bracing both sold at this event.
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Four candlejars containing paper trees, two deciduous, two palm trees. Shown at: the Brunswick Festival, Hove (Sunday August 18 2013), with both deciduous candlejars sold. The palm tree candlejars were also shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton. One sold.
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Four decorative jars with candleholders on top, supplied with coloured tea-lights - two small, two larger. They contained heart-themed interiors cut from iridescent red and pink plastic sheeting. Shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton. All sold.
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Four miniature canvases on display easels, featuring mottos and hearts for Valentine's Day. Shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton (2013). Two sold. The remaining two placed on the selling website Etsy, under the Retrographix trading name (late 2013). One sold to Mr. Greg Walls, Campbell, California, USA (January 2014).
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Four decorative jars with candleholders on top, supplied with coloured tea-lights - two small, two larger. They contained dried stalks of wheat in a wooden base, with cornflowers in two. Shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton. One sold. Littlehampton Open 2013, Harvest theme. One given as a birthday gift to Arwen Matthews, June 2014.
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Five decorative jars with candleholders on top, supplied with coloured tea-lights - three small, two larger. Three contained pine cones rimmed with translucent green holly, cut from plastic. The other two featured ice crystals made from wood, layered with acrylic paint. Shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton (2012). Two sold. One given as a gift to a friend (2013). Remaining two shown at: R T Home, North Laine, Brighton (2013). One sold.
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