Harley Gallery

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

Website

http://www.harleygallery.co.uk/event.php?pg_id=3&ev_id=604

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

Website

http://www.harleygallery.co.uk

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

Website

http://www.harleygallery.co.uk

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

Website

http://www.harleygallery.co.uk/event.php?pg_id=115

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

Website

http://www.harleygallery.co.uk/event.php?pg_id=115

The Harley Gallery at Welbeck is delighted to announce a double bill of portraiture exhibitions by award-winning regional artists, showing 21 August to 3 November 2013.
Work by award-winning artists George Hardy and Yelena Popova, described as ‘one of the best young painters working in Britain right now’ by Time Out, will be on show.
These exhibitions will explore expectations of portraiture. Despite their common theme at first glance, the two bodies of work are totally disparate. In Face to Face, Hardy’s large scale, densely worked portraits boldly gaze out at the viewer, defiant and confident. As described in Country Life, ‘The scale and precision of the result is slightly intimidating, but the skill involved is quite extraordinary.’

On closer inspection, these hyper realistic images are revealed as tightly packed scribbles; marks made unceremoniously in Biro on paper.
‘Biro pens are cheap, everywhere and often seen as a throw away object. I love the magical simplicity of a large, detailed and almost photo realistic artwork being made using a Biro on paper.’
George Hardy
In contrast, Popova’s exhibition, The Portrait Gallery, fills the gallery walls with an installation of paintings. Translucent washes of paint on linen create abstract forms which are inspired by historical portraiture, sometimes containing a glimpse of their subject with a trace of detail or hint of drapery.
‘Popova’s paintings combine graphic pattern and unpredictable shapes with a delicacy of touch and thin gradients of pale colour ‘
Lupe Nùñez-Fernández, Saatchi Gallery
These ghostly paintings are inspired by historical portraits, including some of those in Welbeck’s own Portland Collections.
Hardy’s exhibition is also inspired by the gallery’s locality, featuring images of members of the local community which present a carefully crafted celebration of the region.
Discover two very different faces of portraiture at The Harley Gallery, Welbeck from 21 August to 3 November 2013. The Harley Gallery is on the A60 between Mansfield and Worksop, 10 minutes from the A1 and M1. Free entry and free parking. Visit www.harleygallery.co.uk for further information.

Suitable for

• Any age

Website

http://www.harleygallery.co.uk/event.php?pg_id=3