Harley Gallery
The Harley Gallery
Welbeck
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
S80 3LW
England
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Telephone
01909 501700
Discover inspiring art and craft at The Harley Gallery, with top quality contemporary exhibitions and a glimpse of the Welbeck Estate’s Portland Collections in our historical displays.
Drop in and relax in our tranquil surroundings, with free entry and free parking. Have fun with the kids in our ‘Creative Space’, browse and learn about art, or come to one of our exciting events.
Treat yourself in the Harley Gallery Craft Shop, which stocks an impressive range of top British makers, or indulge with the Limehouse Café’s delicious menu. Don’t forget to visit The Welbeck Farm Shop next door!
Venue Type:
Gallery, Museum
The treasury gallery is the only venue displaying the private Portland Collection. Displays are rotated annually and include silverware, miniature painting, porcelain, textiles, jewellery and illustrated books.
Collection details
Decorative and Applied Art, Design, Fine Art, Photography
Key artists and exhibits
- A changing programme of five exhibition per year including contemporary craft, fine art and photography
The Bodging Project
The exhibition will tell the tale of 10 furniture designers and what happened when they went to the woods.
In a series of workshops, The Bodging Project took top furniture designers to work in the woods and to go back-to-basics with traditional ‘bodging’ techniques - which use green, unseasoned wood and low tech tools.
The 10 designers will each show 3 pieces of their work:
‘Before the bodge’ – a manufactured piece of furniture
‘At the bodge’ a piece made by hand in the woods, using green wood techniques
‘After the bodge’, made when the designers returned to their normal practice. As Chris Eckersley explained; ‘although we’d moved out of the woods and into the factory, we’d somehow retained the ‘bodge’ way of thinking’.
Work made by The Bodging Project’s Lloyd Loom Elves will also be on show. Creeping into the Lloyd Loom factory in Spalding, Lincolnshire one weekend, a group of designers were able to play with Lloyd Loom’s iconic twisted paper materials, creating new exciting designs and trying different, unusual techniques.
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
FREE
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Adam Frew: Drawings and Pots
Work will include pieces made following a short residency on the Welbeck Estate, home of The Harley Gallery. Nestled in the North Nottinghamshire countryside, the rolling hills, woodlands and artisan production of Welbeck have provided a special source of inspiration for Adam Frew’s work.
Adam Frew is known for his sumptuous pots, rich with glossy glazes, luscious colours and expressive marks. This exhibition not only shows his large scale, beautiful ceramics and domestic ware but also the drawings which inform them. Enjoy a glimpse into the artist’s process and see how a softly sketched drawing of the local landscape is translated into the inky cobalt marks on Adam’s pots.
Suitable for
- Any age
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Making and Drawing
Kyra Cane is a leading ceramicist based in the Harley Studios, Welbeck. Her beautiful works are inspired by her observations of landscapes and weather patterns. They range from large thrown pieces to small intimate pots, with surfaces decorated with marks and subtle textures.
In 2012, Kyra published a new book titled Making and Drawing, which illustrates how artists’ and makers’ two dimensional sketches inform their finished three dimensional works. Featuring a broad range of creative practice, the book presents the drawings which are made behind-the-scenes; the secret doodles, notes, plans or marks which are all vital in developing a thought process and a finished work.
Suitable for
- Any age
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Hands-on Holidays
Bring the children along for our Bodging Project inspired Hands-on Holiday workshops, perfect for crafty kids aged 3-11. Stay for 5 minutes or the full session! Places are limited and reservations can be made. Children must be accompanied at all times. A small charge for materials may apply.
Suitable for
- 0-4
- 5-6
- 7-10
- 11-13
When
11am-12pm
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Hands-on Holidays
Bring the children along for our Bodging Project inspired Hands-on Holiday workshops, perfect for crafty kids aged 3-11. Stay for 5 minutes or the full session! Places are limited and reservations can be made. Children must be accompanied at all times. A small charge for materials may apply.
Suitable for
- 0-4
- 5-6
- 7-10
- 11-13
When
12-1pm
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