Artists of two very different stripes have combined their talents to present a joint exhibition of work, which opens to the public today at the Kaleidoscope Foundation's Elliot Gallery in Devonshire.

Dr. Charles Zuill is showing 22 mixed media works, while David Mitchell is exhibiting fine furniture which he has designed.

Defining his half of the show as "a variety of things which are all stylistically similar", Dr. Zuill says: "Most of my work is extremely experimental. I try things to see what will happen."

Indeed, as he reveals some of the processes involved in creating his pieces, "seeing what will happen" is emphatically borne out.

For example, on the surface of some work he has allowed crystals to grow, while others have been created through a combination of materials: gouache and clay, different oils and glue, and even magnetite which he separated and collected from the sands of Michigan beaches and then combined with an acrylic mixture that was applied to plywood with a powerful magnet to create a piece called 'Anenome'.

Three works began with original paintings, which were then digitally enlarged, and then repainted. Still others began with oil-based enamels to which water drops were applied, ultimately creating the effect of an eroded surface.

For Mr. Mitchell, who has returned to his "roots" as a fine furniture maker after a period as curator of the Bermuda National Gallery, he is showing contemporary items which he has designed and made, including a chest crafted from Bermuda cedar and wenge wood from Cameroon — a very dark, almost black, wood which he says "seems to be my 'signature' wood now".

It has been eight years since Mr. Mitchell last exhibited his finely crafted woodwork, and he admits he is "excited" to be doing what he truly enjoys.

"This is like a reintroduction of myself as a furniture designer as I haven't shown a piece of furniture since 2000," he says.

The untitled exhibition continues through June 30. For further information see the Bermuda Calendar.