The Gallery

Housed in a restored 18th Century barn, the Arts and Crafts Gallery at Waterperry Gardens near Oxford offers affordable, contemporary art and craft. We specialise in British work, including over 25 Oxfordshire-based artists, and exhibit a wide range of ceramics, glass, jewellery, wood, paintings and textiles.

Our Artist pages (see left) give visitors an overview of the work we have in our Arts and Crafts Gallery. 

Access to the Gallery from 16^th–19^th July will be for visitors to Art in Action only

Rachel Ducker Exhibition July 2009

July will see an exhibition at the Gallery of work by local artist Rachel Ducker. Rachel’s dynamic figures exude energy, their wild hair caught mid-action. Life-size figures through to tiny figures only a few centimetres high will be on display, and Rachel will be at the Gallery on Saturday 4^th July from 11am – 3pm to chat to visitors about her work.

Art in the Teashop

Exhibiting in the Teashop throughout June and July is Buckinghamshire-based artist Deborah Poole and her beautiful feltworks.

Deborah finds inspiration in nature to build up her unique images from hand-rolled felt. Movement and depth is created by the rich colours, and the texture of the fleece.

Further examples of Deborah’s work can be seen in the Gallery.

 

Gallery Newsletter

The Arts and Crafts Gallery now produces a quarterly newsletter, containing information about exhibitions and events at the Gallery. 

If you would like to receive a PDF copy via email, please send an email with the word 'newsletter' in the subject line to gallery@waterperrygardens.co.uk

Past Events 

Artweeks 2009

Six local artists took part in Artweeks at the gallery this year, exhibiting their work throughout the month of May. A diverse range of textiles by Ann Brooks and Laura Sollis, sculpture by Tom Stogdon, digital prints by Mary Thorp, glasswork by Elaine Newson and jewellery by Sally Spencer was featured, and the artists were on hand on selected days throughout the month to talk about their work.

Featured Artist - Zoe Preston

Featured artist Zoe Preston spent the day at the Gallery on Saturday 4th April demonstrating some of her painting techniques and talking to visitors about her work. Zoe's watercolour exhibition remains on display in the Teashop throughout May.

Zoe will be teaching a Painting Flowers watercolour workshop at Waterperry on 14th May.

Featured Artist - Lucy Jade Sylvester

Exhibiting her work throughout January was Oxfordshire-based Jeweller and Silversmith Lucy Jade Sylvester . 

The intricate structures of insects and natural objects form the basis of Lucy’s jewellery. This gives her work a unique fascination, encouraging the wearer to develop a new appreciation of objects not normally considered to be beautiful.

Lucy spent the day at the Gallery on Saturday 3^rd January demonstrating and talking to visitors about her work.

Selected pieces of Lucy's work remain on display in the Gallery.

Featured Artist - Christopher Townsend

Local sculptor Christopher Townsend was our Featured Artist throughout the month of October. We exhibited a wide range of his indoor and outdoor sculpture, from his striking metal Trees to his energetic horse-shoe nail figures. A selection of Christopher's work, including 'The Wychwood' remains on display in the Gallery.

Raku Firing Demonstration

On Saturday 23^rd August, three members of John Hine pottery, well known for their characterful sculptures of hares, spent the day outside the gallery showing visitors how the unique Raku firing process works.

Sculptures are fired in the kiln and then submerged in wood chip while still white-hot. This causes the distinctive crackled glaze, making every piece unique. John Hine’s hares are a regular feature in the Gallery.

Featured Artist - Gemma Wheeler

Local Silversmith and Jeweller Gemma Wheeler was the second in a series of Featured Artists to exhibit at the Gallery at Waterperry. On Saturday 5th July Gemma set up her studio in the Gallery and demonstrated some of her working techniques to visitors. She showed the process of making a pair of her Curved Wire earrings, and talked about various techniques she uses to make the work on display including etching, printing and twisting silver.

Also on display was a selection of Gemma's silverware, some of which also incorporates surface textures derived from etching. She creates unique pieces, ranging from hand-raised bowls, trinket boxes, and Jam Sticks etched with hand-written jam recipes.

Artweeks Exhibition

It was a lively day at the Gallery on Saturday 3rd May, when visitors had the opportunity to chat to the four artists exhibiting their work here throughout Artweeks.

Valerie Petts and Ann Brooks demonstrated their working methods, while Sally Spencer and Noriko MacFarlane were on-hand to talk about their specialisms.

This was the first time for a number of years that the gallery has taken part in Artweeks, and it will now be a regular feature in the calendar.

Featured Artist Exhibition

Daren Greenhow also spent a day at the Gallery at the beginning of April to mark the start of an exhibition of his work.

The work on show ranged from smaller pieces such as his Wall Lizard inside the Gallery, to his 5' tall Fish on a Bicycle, which attracted a lot of attention outside. 

Daren's work is regularly on display in the Gallery for those wanting to see new work.

Opening Times

OPEN EVERY DAY

Easter - October      10:30am - 5.30pm
November - Easter   10:30am - 5.00pm