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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.
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Enjoy Easter at The Harley Gallery
[Right: Helen Lang, LOVE print, Love Letters display]
Visit The Harley Gallery near Worksop this Easter for your last chance to see three eggciting displays.
Looking forward to your Easter lunch? Visit Dinner for a Duke and find out about food and dining at Welbeck Abbey, for both the aristocracy and their servants. There's plenty to whet your appetite, from elaborate silverware to a beer dispenser, and centuries old recipes - including one for curry!
Learn about lovely lettering with our eggstra special show Signs for Sounds. See work made in traditional ways, with stone cutting and calligraphy, alongside work made with new technologies. Use our touch screen to re-shape digital poetry, watch a film all about graffiti and find out about font design. Inspired? Visit our creative space with the kids and have a go at our typetastic activities.
The Harley Shop's special collection, Love Letters, is a great chance to take home some arty alphabets. Browse lovely, hand made things for you and your home, from £13 onwards.
Plus, if you're looking for some springtime family treats, bring the kids along to our nature themed workshops on 3, 10 and 11 April. Have a go at felt making and pigment painting, or try your hand at making a book (to fill with your own lettering designs!).
Relax and enjoy Easter with The Harley Gallery. Dinner with a Duke, Signs for Sounds and Love Letters are on show until 9 April.
The Harley Gallery is on the A60 between Mansfield and Worksop, is free to enter and also has free parking. Closed Easter Sunday.
PRESS RELEASE Baskets, Badgers and Bandicoots at The Harley Gallery20 June - 12 August 2012[right] Basket by Lois Walpole
Visit the Harley Gallery, Worksop, this summer to enjoy a double whammy of craft exhibitions. From 20 June to 12 August, the Gallery will be filled with Susan O'Byrne's Menagerie of quirky animals, and Lois Walpole's beautiful baskets made from unusual materials. Susan O'Byrne's ceramic creatures are migrating to the Harley Gallery this summer, after being on show in France and Germany. The animals are made from delicate paper clay, built up layer by layer to create whimsical, loveable sculptures. Inspired by Victorian menageries, medieval bestiaries and childhood collections of toy animals, Susan presents her animals boxed, labelled and mounted, ready to examine. With amazing attention to detail, this is a great exhibition for any animal lover - visit and see a huge variety of birds and animals, from a Pygmy Platypus to a Rabbit Eared Bandicoot. Lois Walpole's baskets are sure to surprise you. Basketry is a craft that is over 10,000 years old - you may be familiar with handmade baskets woven from grasses, reeds or rushes. Lois crafts her brightly coloured, curiously textured structures from natural and recycled materials. The exhibition shows over 30 pieces from Lois' international career. Bottle tops, tin cans, plastics, all are reimagined in her playful work. Visit the Harley Gallery from 20 June - 12 August and enjoy a summer full of baskets, badgers and unabashed relaxation. The Harley Gallery is on the A60 between Mansfield and Worksop, is free to enter and also has free parking. Lois Walpole - Urban Baskets: Tradition Recycled is touring from Walford Mill Crafts.
