Seeing Dragons in the Clouds: The Art of the Imagination brings together artists, designers and makers from a wide range of disciplines. They are linked by a joy of making and inventing.

Bob Callender is a beachcomber. Of his work Coastal Collection, he says

"[it] reflects our society both past and present, archaeology, beach combing, mind combing, the detritus produced by our society, discarded objects thrown from the land into the sea, thrown or washed from boats into the oceans...their textures, surfaces and colour attract the hand and eye, remove them from that environment and they change, taking on a stature and ambience corresponding to their past history."

Bob collects these objects then remakes them. It's the comparison between the old and found, and their refreshed counterparts that challenges the eye and mind.

Heidi Daish is also a gatherer of objects and ideas. The starting point of her work for Seeing Dragons... was a group of plastic animals that she cut apart and remade as fantastical creatures. Using photos and a computer Heidi then used them as the stimulus for making cut, layered and folded paper and other materials - strange forests and other places.

Helen Dennerley, as with the others, collects materials. Her intent is very clear - to use them in the making of sculptures such as one of her lurcher dog Molly.

"My sculptures are made from scrap metal using relics of the horse drawn days of agriculture alongside modern machinery. Some of the parts have been made by blacksmiths and used to farm the land until they are worn out. In Strathdown (where she lives), I am surrounded by life, people, plants, animals and birds all living within the cycle of the changing seasons. This combination of material and subject becomes my sculpture, breathing new life into old metal."

Lizze Farey lives in the Scottish countryside, drawin inspiration from the sky, the land and the water.

"I have a fascination with living things and natural form. I find an exhilarating freedom in the opportunity to explore undiscovered forms and a new relation to nature. There is a process that you have to go through which is chaos, and absolute concentration and an enduring belief is necessary before order and stillness can return."

Nora Fok uses monofilament thread. This experimenting and working of a simple material leads to complex forms, often delicate and sculptural.

"I'm on a journey of discovery and as yet do not know the final destination. But I'm sure that I will in the future be linking my monofilament and natural materials to make new forms..."

Her son Romilly Hills has made a valuable web site at www.norafok.com.

Peter and Linda Green are printmakers who use found materials as the source of inspiration, building up images to make complex arrangements.

Frank Hills uses clouds and sea as his starting points. No dragons to be seen, just very careful observations and meticulous research leading to paintings where the forms and colours of the natural world shine.

Chila Kumari Burman grew up on Merseyside, straddling English and Punjabi cultures, "I'm my parents' daughter. I ama working class Punjabi-Scouser", she says. Her work is exuberant and spontaneous - "I don't plan anything, it just tumbles out".