New in at The Ropewalk

Fabric Necklaces

I've just made a delivery to The Ropewalk in Barton upon Humber so they would have new stock in time for the post lockdown reopening. There are lots of lovely things, apart from a whole lot of colourful fabric necklaces, including some wooden domino brooches...

Wooden Domino Brooches

and resin button brooches, both of which are new to The Ropewalk...

Resin Button Brooches

Some of these knitted tree brooches could even be Christmas trees...

Knitted Tree Brooches

and there's some bird brooches... 

Button Bird Brooches

and some button brooches...

Button Brooches

not to mention People & Places brooches...

People & Places Brooches

and coin brooches...

Coin Brooch

 

and if you need something to carry it all home in there are even some bike bags...

Bike Bags

Of course there are lots of other artists and makers represented at The Ropewalk so if you can, make a beeline for their Craft Shop and do a spot of Christmas shopping!

The Ropewalk Craft Shop re-opens at 10am on Wednesday 2 December 2020.

The Potential of Pattern - Sunny Bank Mills

 

Jenny Haynes - Modern Times Quilt

The Potential of Pattern exhibition is on in the Gallery at Sunny Bank Mills until Christmas 2020 which hopefully means you will get a chance to see it when the current lockdown ends.

Frances Priest - Gathering Place - Grammar of Ornament - India ii

Pattern: the underlying arrangement used to organise a surface or structure in a consistent, regular manner. This can be by the repetition of a shape, form, colour, rule or sequence. Exploring this theme, the artists and makers in this exhibition all uniquely reference pattern in their work, whether through process, inspiration or form.

Above and below are my top pics from the exhibition.  Here are examples of surface pattern design from Millie Rothera...

Millie Rothera - Digitally Printed Cottons

Next, ceramics from Charlotte Morrison (I'm a big fan and have a few pieces of her work)...

Charlotte Morrison - Jug

and print from Russell Hughes...

Russell Hughes - Language of Addiction 1 Series (part)

 Furniture from Nick James...

Nick James - Bespoke Furniture

Textile design from Vanessa Plews...

Vanessa Plews - Hand drawn design detail

Weave from Carol Penney...

Caron Penney - Twelve Avenues

and Jacqueline James...

Jacqueline James - Hand Woven Rug

and another quilt from Jenny Haynes...

Jenny Haynes - Paper Round

 

I think Jenny Haynes' Modern Times quilt was the star of the show!

Sunny Bank Mills has plenty of car parking, cafes and of course the Gallery which includes a shop. It's well worth a visit!

 

Random Weave Baskets With Ruth Waller at the Harley Gallery

Ruth Waller's Random Weave Baskets

Before the recent lockdown, I was lucky enough to attend a workshop at the Harley Gallery in Welbeck and yes, it was in person and not on Zoom.  It was being taken by talented artist, Ruth Waller who was sporting a rather fab reversible skirt she'd made (sorry no pics!). We were making random weave baskets.  These were something I'd only recently come across and was looking to find out how to make when this course popped up on my radar.  Luckily I got one of the last places available.

Socially Distanced Workstations

Everything was very socially distanced and everyone was wearing masks - there was plenty of hand sanitiser and it all felt very safe.  All equipment needed was provided.

Equipment Provided

Ruth explained how to make the baskets and we all got started by making the form around which our basket would be woven...

Next it was time to weave the cane.  Here I go...

And here's my finished item...

My Finished Basket

 

When I got home, I added some decorative stitching round the hole...

Decorative stitching added

I need to try making a few more to improve my technique but I really enjoyed the afternoon and it was great to get out and chat to people at a real live workshop (at a distance and wearing masks because we want everyone to be safe).  Ruth was very helpful and full of tips to help us improve.

Edwina Bridgeman Artwork

The education room where the workshop was held had this great mixed media artwork on the wall by Edwina Bridgeman which I really liked.

It was a fab afternoon - thanks Ruth!