New additions to our summer collection…

Rachel Ricketts – Lazarus – bronze, butterfly wings & glass dome

Maggie Johnson – Heligan – wool embroidery

Amanda Caines – Necklaces – hand stitched & bound with silver and brass

Still time to catch our Mixed Summer Show ‘Hedgerows & Gardens’ running until 18th August.

Upstairs at THE ART SHOP find paintings, drawings and a collection of exquisite wool embroideries by Maggie Johnson inspired by Elizabethan and Jacobean miniatures.

At the CHAPEL are display cases of jewellery, ceramics and textiles including a new collection of stitched, silver and shed antler jewellery by Amanda & Matt Caines, and mythical mixed media sculptures by Rachel Ricketts.

Extraordinary Jewellery Collections

We believe jewellery should be extraordinarily made and insouciantly compliment its wearer. Our makers are masters of their materials with a spirited spin. Choose a hand-made piece to wear from jewellers who play with acrylic, porcelain and precious metals.

Mizuki Takahashi’s enamel jewellery are etched in black scraffito and hung on long pendants to create an elegant understatement.

Marlene McKibbin’s bangles and earrings are made from clear acrylic and infused with colour that catch light and reflect it on its wearer.

Uncomplicated and satisfying, Syann van Niftrik’s organic shapes in beaten silver draw freely from the environment in an intuitive and elemental way.

 

 

Find something special…

Wrappings, papers, badges & ribbons. Collections of Royal Academy & Artist handmade cards.

 

 

Ribbons!

Brass & Copper Kaweco Liliput fountain pens with leather pouch. J.Herbin cartridge tins (in 20 colours) & a William Brown ‘Getting to know you‘ card.

One-off SIlver jewellery pieces by Syann van Niftrik, John Derian postcards & just glimpsed below handmade earthenware ceramics by Clementina van der Walt.

The Winter Show: Tanja Malo

Tanja Malo ‘Liberty Bracelets’ Tana Lawn, 1930’s glass buttons & hemp. £17 each

Tanja Malo ‘Indigo Bracelets‘ Overdyed Liberty, Kimono, silk threads & hemp. £17 each

Tanja Malo ‘Kimono Bracelets’ Bound Japanese fabrics & hemp. £22 each

Tanja Malo ‘Old Key Necklace’, ‘Looking Glass Necklace’, ‘Kimono Lens Necklace’ 1920’s lens, 1960’s chain, Japanese cotton & paper box. £45, £55, £65

Tanja Malo ‘Looking Glass Necklace’ & ‘Kimono Bracelet’ 1920’s lens, 1960’s chain & paper box, bound Japanese fabrics & hemp. £55, £22

Tanja Malo ‘Liberty Bracelet’ Tana Lawn, fabric button & hemp. £17

We are so thrilled to have work by new maker, Tanja Malo.

Tanja studied jewellery in Japan, was brought up in rural Sweden with roots in Finnish Lapland. She uses found kimono prints, hemp, nettle and raw silk from Nepalese and Laotian mountain farms, handmade silver from Sweden, both old and new Liberty of London fabric… exquisite!

‘I started collecting fabrics when I first moved to Japan in the late 90’s, and continued during many journeys throughout the Far East in the ten years that followed. The gathering and learning about materials from the people who produced and worked with them everyday led to ideas of how to use the smallest piece of fabric, threads on factory floors, and make it into something beautiful and valuable. In the process, my form of jewellery making was found: preserving what might have otherwise been lost.

These pieces are made out of these found kimono prints, odd pieces from small antique stores in border towns, hemp, nettle and raw silk from Nepalese and Laotian mountain farms, handmade silver from Sweden, both old and new Liberty of London fabric. 

Click Here to see more from The Winter Show.

New jewellery by Syann van Niftrik

Silk Route Necklace. Silver, red silk with polyester core for strength £ 392

Just arrived… stunning new collection by Syann van Niftrik.

Born in South Africa, Syann originally trained as a ceramic designer. She moved to the Netherlands setting up her first jewellery studio in 1971.  A visiting lecturer on the BA Jewellery course at Central St. Martin’s, London, she also mentors students.

‘My early years were passed in Africa with unmistakable rhythms, textures and hues. I breathed it in deeply winding it freely into my northern birth right. My work draws freely from my environment without being representational. This together with a need to make a piece that sits on and moves comfortably with the body is what I seek to do.’

A roomful of new Kumar Saraff paintings…

Kumar Saraff – Mountain – oil on canvas 91 x 122cm

Kumar Saraff – Mountains Studies – watercolours 13 x 17cm

Come and see a roomful of glorious local landscapes by Kumar Saraff. Kumar studied painting at the Royal Academy Schools, where he won several awards and prizes, including the David Murray travel scholarship for landscape painting and a silver medal for excellence in painting.

You can also see new displays by some of our regular artists. Stunning new handmade, hand stitched jewellery by Amanda Caines, watercolours by Steve Brockett and slip-decorated earthenware by Dylan Bowen.

A few more Christmas delights…

Christmas Wreath made by The Art Shop, destined for the dining room at The Angel Hotel, Abergavenny

A few more Christmas delights from our winter show ‘Where the Wonderful Happens’…

Cut Branch Dish by Wally Keeler

Sneaky glimpse of Alexis Snell’s Peep Show – tiny tin trapeze artists in miniature bottles

Embroidered Dress by Jessie Chorley

Hewn Rings (Terracotta, Pyrite & Malachite) by Jade Mellor

Hand Painted Screen by Cornelia O’Donovan RCA

Cornelia O’Donovan’s screen has arrived. This is not just a four panelled decorative screen, but a painting like a Medieval fresco of foliage, flowers and many little putti – so exquisite.

See more of her screen below.

Silver gilded glass vase by Alice Cescatti

Slipware platter by Dylan Bowen

 

Showcasing New Jewellery

Amanda Caines  – Fine melted aluminium, amethyst chip and brass ring  £135

Alongside our current exhibition we have a small supporting show of innovative, distinctive, very wearable, one-off jewellery pieces by Amanda Caines and Syann van Niftrik.

Visit their individual  artist‘s page to see more examples of work and read more below for a few selected pieces being worn…

St. Valentine’s

On this day express your love for each other…

Why not choose from our unique selections of hand-printed cards and wrappings that you can embellish and colour yourself – good enough to frame. Lots of small, precious, carefully selected gift ideas.