Basketry Workshops with Lois Walpole

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Basketry Workshops with Lois Walpole
Coiling and plaiting workshops with the internationally renowned maker

Join Lois Walpole at the Harley Gallery, Welbeck on 28 and 29 July and create your own coiled or plaited baskets under Lois' expert tuition.

Urban Baskets: Tradition Recycled, showing at the Harley Gallery from 20 June to 12 August, showcases over 30 works from Lois Walpole's international career. Lois crafts her brightly coloured, curiously textured structures from natural and recycled materials. Bottle tops, tin cans, plastics, all are reimagined in this playful work.

Lois only runs workshops in the UK for a few days each year, visiting from her studio in France. The Harley Gallery is delighted to announce two UK workshop dates in 2012, offering the opportunity to work with Lois on 28 and 29 July. The workshops will teach a wealth of new skills, whether you are a beginner or an expert. Tickets cost £50 per workshop and places are limited to 20 each day. Please book early to avoid disappointment by calling 01909 501 700.

Plaited basket making with recycled materials on Saturday 28th July, 10am-4pm, will use a collection of found objects to shape, build and finish your very own unique basket and include several techniques on how to do so.

Coiled Basket making with recycled and natural materials on Sunday 29th July, 10am-4pm, will be a day of doing, recycling and basket making, giving you a chance to learn coiled basket techniques - with a twist.

You will need to do some homework for these workshops and bring along a collection of recycled materials. Please visit www.harleygallery.co.uk for lots of ideas of things that you could bring along to make your own unique work.    

Travelling to The Harley? We have some lovely B&B's nearby, with country parks, caves and of course the Harley Gallery to keep the family entertained while you enjoy your workshop.  See www.visitnorthnottinghamshire.co.uk for ideas.

The Harley Gallery is on the A60 Mansfield Road. Open daily and bank holidays, 10-5 / 4.30 Sunday. Entry to the galleries and museum is FREE.

Lois Walpole Urban Baskets: Tradition Recycled is a touring exhibition from Walford Mill Crafts. Showing 20 June - 12 August at The Harley Gallery, Worksop.

Sparkle, Corgi's and Regal Portraits at The Harley Gallery

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Celebrating The Diamond Jubilee

 



Crwons and Corgi's Family Craft Workshop with Hope and Elvis



Celebrate in style this June bank holiday with special events inspired by the Diamond Jubilee at The Harley Gallery, Worksop.

Pop into the Harley Shop and find an extra special collection of top British craft. 60 Diamonds has been selected by Harley craft expert Susan, to make sure that everyone can enjoy a bit of bling for the Jubilee, whatever your budget. Starting from £20 for an amazing acrylic ring 'kit' (perfect as a present to pop in the post) - right through to beautiful handmade diamond pieces from renowned makers such as Mirri Damer or Sue Lane.

 

Looking for things to entertain your little princes and princesses over June half term? The Harley Gallery is running two family craft workshops, so come along and get making! On Wednesday 6 June you can make your own regal self-portraits with award winning portrait artist George Hardy, and on Thursday 7 June you can get all crafty with Hope and Elvis' Crowns and Corgi's workshop. Suitable for crafty kids aged 5-12 (accompanied by arty adults), the workshops cost £10 each, per child. They book up fast, so call 01909 501 700 to get your tickets.

 

Don't forget the Harley has two exhibitions showing over the Jubilee weekend, with free entry and free parking! Take a look at Beastly Machines and discover the amazing technical skills of sculptor Johnny White, who has crafted all the automata from bits of scrap metal, old bikes, springs, hydraulics and a canoe! Or pop into the Treasury Museum and discover the history of horse racing at Welbeck, with new display Runners and Riders.

 

Visit the Harley Gallery at Welbeck and enjoy sparkle and glamour fit for royalty with our 60 Diamonds craft shop collection, or book a family workshop for half term and enjoy some right regal fun with the kids.

 

The Harley Gallery is on the A60 Mansfield Road. Open daily and bank holidays, 10-5 / 4.30 Sunday. Entry to the galleries and museum is FREE.

 

Beastly Machines is a touring exhibition from 20:21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe

 



Ptolemy Mann: The Architecture of Cloth, Colour and Space

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Ptolemy Mann: The Architecture of Cloth, Colour and Space



Circle 2, 2011



22 August - 18 October

Are you a colourful character? Visit The Harley Gallery, Worksop, from 22 August to 18 October, and see Ptolemy Mann's new solo exhibition, The Architecture of Cloth, Colour and Space and surround yourself with sumptuous textiles and elegant design, drenched in the gorgeous gem-rich colours that Ptolemy has become renowned for.

For the first time, The Architecture of Cloth, Colour and Space brings together the broad and unusual range of Ptolemy's work. Experimenting with colour to make vivid, luxurious textiles, used by designers and makers, as well as stand alone wall art, Ptolemy has also used these skills to work with architects - using the built environment as a new canvas for her vibrant palette.

A superstar weaver, Ptolemy creates glorious fabrics on her upright Dobby loom using specially dyed fibres. Ptolemy Mann works across the spectrum of her field and beyond, applying her woven and colour designs to carpets and printed textiles, as well as collaborating with artists of different kinds, most notably a ceramicist, a hat maker and a fashion designer, to produce distinctive pieces that work on their own terms.

“Colour is a deeply emotive subject. For most of us it is also highly personal, we each have a unique response to colour that we develop individually through experience and association”
Ptolemy Mann

Ptolemy has translated her intimate work for interiors to vast architectural facades with great success. She has been working with architects as a colour consultant - notably on hospital buildings - you might recognise her work from Kings Mill Hospital, Mansfield. These projects use Ptolemy's specialist knowledge of the emotional effects of colour to create spaces and places which are uplifting, soothing and invigorating by turn.

Visit The Harley Gallery from 22 August - 18 October and see Ptolemy Mann's vibrant works and indulge yourself in striking colour and sumptuous textiles.

The Harley Gallery is on the A60 between Mansfield and Worksop, is free to enter and also has free parking.

Ptolemy Mann: The Architecture of Cloth, Colour and Space is a touring exhibition from Ruthin Craft Centre, The Centre for Applied Craft.

Runners and Riders - New horse racing exhibition opens at The Harley Gallery

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Runners and Riders - New horse racing exhibition opens at The Harley Gallery

5 May 2012 - February 2014

 

Love the races? 5 May 2012 is a great day for horse racing fans. It's the start of the classics, with the 2000 Guineas race at Newmarket, plus it's Doncaster Racecourse's fabulous flat race meeting. 5 May is also the opening of a new historical horse racing exhibition at The Harley Gallery, Welbeck. 

Runners and Riders: The Rise of Modern Horse Racing will show objects and paintings to tell the story of how the Cavendish-Bentinck family at Welbeck helped change the face of horse racing, to become the sport we know today.

The 4th Duke of Portland firmly established the Cavendish-Bentinck's relationship with Newmarket, building the Portland Stand at the course. His younger son, Lord George Bentinck encouraged reforms to better regulate horse racing, earning him the nickname 'Lord Paramount of the Turf' at Newmarket. His horses won the 2000 Guineas twice - with Grey Momus winning in 1838 and Crucifix in 1840. Visit the exhibition to see paintings of these horses by leading equestrian artists, and the spectacular 'St George and the Dragon' trophy commissioned for Grey Momus. 

The 6th Duke of Portland also won the 2000 Guineas in 1888, with Ayrshire. Ayrshire was one of the 6th Duke's most successful horses. In one season alone Memoir, Ayrshire, Donovan and Semolina won over £93,000 - over £8 million today. Ayrshire's hoof is on show in the exhibition, with many other curious objects and artifacts, including a wheel from the first ever horse box. The horse box was invented by Welbeck's very own Lord George Bentinck. He realised that the horses would race better if they were transported to the race, and started to use a van to move them - helping his horse Elis to win the 1836 St Leger at Doncaster.

If you fancy a flutter with horse racing history, visit Runners and Riders: The Rise of Modern Horse Racing at The Harley Gallery, Welbeck, from 5 May to 2014.

Exhibition curator Patricia Connor will be giving a talk at The Harley Gallery on 19 May at 2pm. Discover stories of horseracing, skulduggery, victory, loss and philanthropy. Tickets cost £10 / £8 concessions, booking essential. Call 01909 501 700.

The Harley Gallery is on the A60 between Mansfield and Worksop, is free to enter and also has free parking.

The exhibition will be touring to the National Horse Racing Museum, Newmarket and will be the first exhibition in their newly refurbished H.L.F. funded building.