Barn Owl by Helen Arthur
Buttercup Bangle and Earrings by Angela Thoo
Silver and Ebony Box by David Morton
Needle Felted Bear by Olwen Veevers
Dorset Button Pendants by Ann Booth
Sea Horses by Gill Perkins
Flowers from the cutting garden by Rhona Makillop
Hand Spun Yarn by Sarah Stacey
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How do you describe your Gallery?:
A new community craft centre with a wonderful display of high quality handmade arts and crafts on show. A welcoming place to meet, craft, chat and learn new skills with plenty of good tea, coffee and cake.
Do you specialise in any particular artform or craft?:
A broad range of arts and crafts.
What's important to you when you choose whose work to exhibit and sell?:
All work must be original and entirely hand crafted showing a high level of skill. We look for a broad range of work in a variety of mediums.
What's coming up this year?:
We opened our doors as a community craft centre and gallery on 23rd March 2024 with an opening event together with our inaugural exhibition of Wedding Dresses.
We have three thriving clubs meeting at the Craft Centre, our weekly Sewing Club and Craft Club and monthly Men’s Craft Group. An Art Club will be starting in the Autumn. Please see our website for details.
We have a talented group of tutors offering a wide range of craft workshop day courses as well as courses run over longer periods giving students the opportunity to learn more advanced skills. Our website has full details of all our courses, these include, Silversmithing, Soft Furnishing, Flower to Vase, Scrapbooking, Printing, Spinning, Sea Glass Jewellery, Painted Birdhouses, Dorset Buttons, Japanese Temari Balls, English Paper Patchwork, and many more.
Your notable exhibitions in the last few years:
Our Wedding Dress exhibition focussed on how and why the designs were chosen, how they were made and interesting personal stories. We had a wonderful collection of dresses, photographs, and fascinating stories, from many eras, which our visitors thoroughly enjoyed. There was wonderful amount of community engagement, both with the willingness to share such precious clothes and memories and the enjoyment seeing them brought to our visitors.
Our current exhibition is ‘Quilts’, we have a wide range of handcrafted quilts and beautifully quilted items generously loaned by their creators for all to see. The exhibition will run from August until the end of September.
We will be holding a Christmas exhibition – details and dates to be confirmed soon.
Our ever popular Ewyas Harold Scarecrow Trail will be taking place over Spring Bank Holiday in 2025.
Who are the Artists you show on a regular basis:
We have a wide range of crafts on show in the gallery made by our Exhibitor members, who include:
David Morton – Silversmith and jeweller, specialising in silver and ebony boxes and jewellery
Ann Booth – Textile artist, handmade buttons, passementerie, Japanese Tamari balls, needle and wet felt and free machine embroidery
Rhona Mackillop – Multi-media artist and florist
Sarah Stacey – Spinner, artisan wool dyer and knitwear
Gill Perkins – Photographer
Olwen Veevers – Needle felted animals and plants
Angela Thoo – Metalworker and jeweller
Wendy Gunn – Spinner and artisan knitwear
Marion Butler – Handknitted scarves and knitwear
Helen Arthur – Printmaker, lino prints of wildlife, etchings of landscapes
Amanda Huntley – Llama wool products, hand spun and hand woven rugs, cushions and bags
Jude Rogers – Artist, landscapes and portraiture
Rebecca Millikin – Ceramics
Fiona Witcher – Textiles
Ruth Gibbins – Upcycled Textiles
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