Exhibitions
We have a programme of regular exhibitions from Easter to Christmas showcasing the best of work by artists from around the British Isles.
Contact us directly if you would like to find out more about an exhibition Guest Artist or purchase one of their pieces.
Christmas Exhibition
11th November 2024 - January 2025
Looking forward to finishing this year of exhibitions with our Christmas Exhibition to celebrate the festive season with the following very talented group of makers.
Jane Littlefield work consists of stained glass panels that have multi – layered, painted glass images that are inspired by the Peak District, its nature, history and folklore.
Alongside will be Demelza Whitley, her ceramic sculptures form narratives and she is inspired by many things from overheard snippets of conversations to myths and legends.
Along with Jane and Demelza we are also pleased to be showing the work again of Rowan MacGregor , Rowan is inspired by her love of the British countryside and nature and this is reflected in her work.
New to exhibiting us is a local maker, Karen Parker . Karen has an eye for referencing natural effects in her work resulting in beautiful organically inspired contemporary jewellery
We look forward to welcoming you to the gallery and hope you will join us for a glass of mulled wine during the Winter Festival weekend, 30th November and 1st December.
We will also be welcoming you with a glass of mulled wine on the weekend of the 7th and 8th December.
Do join us!
Merry Christmas to you all and a Happy New Year.
Autumn Exhibition
2nd September - 10th November 2024
As we welcome back this gentle season with its misty mornings and mellowness we are delighted to be exhibiting the work of three artists whose work will be making strong statements in The Hay Makers.
Gwladys Evans whose ceramic animal sculptures aims to portray for the viewer the strength and beauty of the animal. Her beautiful Hare sculptures bringing magic and mysticism into the gallery
Alongside will be Jenny Gracie whose baskets remind us of the sustainable and beautiful way of working seasonally with natural and native materials.
Known as a ‘big ware’ potter Mark Griffiths’ stunning pottery has been fired in a wood and gas kiln using glazes made from materials found locally, wood ashes and quarry dust, often over slips dug from stream banks, and a local pool.
We look forward to welcoming you to the gallery .
Summer Exhibition
1st July - 1st September 2024
We have an interesting array of artists for this Summer exhibition, hoping you will visit the gallery come rain but hopefully in sunshine !
We are delighted to be exhibiting the work of Jane Bevan, her work aims to embrace and celebrate the natural world for the unexpected beauty of the detail and all the tiny irregularities.
Alongside will be Kim Donaldson with ceramics that have a retro feel about the stylised floral patterns.
Also another of our regular visiting artists, Rachel Brown as a self-confessed doodler and mark maker, loves incorporating the textural qualities of graphite, both in pencil and powder form on her silver jewellery.
Jeweller Anne Morgan specialism is to use a technique called reticulation, and her creations proudly show off their origins through workshop experimentation.
Finally printmaker, Layla Khani, experiencing the dual scenes of a childhood raised in Tehran with its ever present glorious past made out of blue domes and red clay bricks, and an electric modern city full of lights and skyscrapers had a great impact on her art which expanded the frame of every picture that she creates.
We look forward to welcoming you to the gallery.
Festival Exhibition
5th May - 30th June 2024
Well here we are again, it is the Hay Festival season and let’s hope we will start getting some decent weather!
We have a full list of visiting artists for this exhibition where we will be showing a wide range of work by some fabulous artists.
We are over the moon that Nancy Sutcliffe, a former Hay Maker, will be returning to exhibit her amazing engraved glass for this exhibition.
Alongside will be Harriet Love with stained glass, Rebecca Halstead with silver jewellery, ceramics by Peter Wills, Willow baskets by Alisha Davidson and a regular exhibitor with us, Zsuzsi Morrison with her exquisite enamel jewellery.
Finally we are exhibiting work by the KitchenWobage team of Ben Casson, Lynn Hodgson and Molly Hodgson Casson with a splendid array of work in wood ranging from domestic to intricately carved mirror frames.
We look forward to welcoming you to the gallery.
Easter Exhibition
3rd April - May 14th 2024
We are delighted to start our 2024 round of exhibitions by celebrating this exciting season of the year, as nature starts to unfurl, with the wonderful work of Bethan Jones, Janine Partington, Ken Gilbert, Lucy Jade Sylvester and Veronica Smith.
Janine’s enamel pictures, Lucy’s silver jewellery and Veronica’s stained glass all use nature as their subject’s and it is inspiring to see how these artists with their varying medium have captured the wonder of the natural world.
Bethan’s ceramics with their calm and restful colours and Ken’s beautifully crafted shaker boxes and turned lidded pots both honour this season.
We hope you have a wonderful Easter and look forward to seeing you in The Hay Makers.
Christmas Exhibition
November 13th - January 2024
We do hope that you will be able to join us at The Hay Makers gallery to celebrate the season with a glass of mulled wine on the weekends of 25th and 26th November and 9th and 10th December. On show will be our exciting Christmas exhibition displaying the work of five Makers.
Printmaker Roger Harris is exhibiting with us for the first time with his beautifully detailed mezzotints.
Also new to the gallery is Richard Wilson, a member of the Craft Potters Association.
We have a lovely collection of his colourful functional slipware from mugs to large jugs in the exhibition.
Jane Littlefield specialises in traditional glass painting to create beautiful detailed small panels and architectural commissions.
Ginny Le Bailey is a local jeweller and makes colourful, contemporary iridescent earrings and necklaces using dichroic glass.
Finally, Rowan MacGregor makes delicate pieces from copper and wire. Rowan says " Each piece I make is unique I want them to look like buried treasure "
We look forward to welcoming you to this very special and festive exhibition.
The Hay Makers would also like to take the opportunity to thank all our customers for supporting us and the artists who have exhibited with us over the year.
We look forward to introducing a new programme of exhibitions for 2024.
Until then we wish you a very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.
Autumn Exhibition
September 11th - November 12th 2023
Our Autumn exhibition showcases the wonderful work of five Makers, four of which have not exhibited with us before.
Printmaker Hester Cox returns to us exhibiting her gentle prints reflecting a quiet immersion into the natural world.
Jeremy James with his ceramic sculpture’s is ‘interested in the power of objects..what they can make us feel and remember’
Sarah Kinnersley’s endeavours with her sterling silver jewellery to tune into our own song and with her Skylark Jewellery to help whoever is wearing it to sing theirs...
Annabet Wyndham uses silver and vitreous enamelling techniques to produce striking , uncomplicated jewellery.
We look forward to welcoming you to this very special exhibition.
Summer Exhibition
10th July - September 10th 2023
We are delighted during this Summer season to be exhibiting the work of four wonderful, imaginative artists.
Printmaker, Polly Dixon’s work allows you dream and enter another world full of endless possibilities with animals who wear crowns.
Paul Young’s ceramic sculpture’s also takes you into a world full of fantastical creatures, which includes a crow called Cheryl.
Xuella Arnold makes her quirky unique jewellery using sterling silver and her inspiration comes from folk lore and tales from the countryside.
Where else to sit and dream of these magical other worlds than in the garden with Claudia Petley and Paul Shepherds metal sculptures simplistically evoking the beautiful creatures in our very real natural world.
We look forward to welcoming you to this very magical exhibition.
Festival Exhibition
15th May - July 9th 2023
Welcome to our Festival exhibition where we are excited to be exhibiting the work of new artists to us at The Hay Makers.
Daniella Wilson Dunne usually works only to commission so we are fortunate to have a selection of her original beautiful stained glass.
Printmaker Carry Akroyd is well known for her rural landscape imagery often highlighting the birdlife of the UK.
Kim Donaldson is a potter with great skills as a decorator. She specialises in tin glazed earthenware.
Nadege Honey makes her quirky unique pieces using polymer clay and sterling silver.
Cornelius van Dop and Angela Soulier have exhibited with us beforehand we are delighted to welcome them back. Cornelius is a skilled metalsmith making finely detailed lidded boxes and individual jewellery pieces. Angela often incorporates found objects in her work combined with silver.
We look forward to welcoming you to this stunning exhibition.
Easter Exhibition
3rd April - May 14th 2023
Welcome to our first exhibition of 2023 where we are delighted to be exhibiting the work of Charlotte Baxter and Daniel Boyle.
Both Charlotte’s and Daniel’s work evoke the gentle colours of this beautiful season.
We hope you have a lovely Easter.
Christmas
Exhibition
14th November - January 2023
Well here are again, Christmas time !
Seasons greetings to you all.
We do hope you will pop along to say hello and see our current Exhibition. Along with work by The Hay Makers, we have a wonderful selection of work by artists we enjoy exhibiting permanently with us as well as our visiting artists for this exhibition.
We pride ourselves on having a range of affordable and unique craftwork by artists who value the integrity of beautifully made objects.
Joining us for this Christmas exhibition is Amanda Ray with her raku jewellery. Amanda is a regular visiting artist with us with her unique style of Art Deco inspired designed jewellery.
We are also delighted to welcome back Alice Shepherd and her elegantly crafted ceramics inspired by her passion for animals and nature.
Over the years Penny Warren has been a familiar and regular artist with us in The Hay Makers. Her beautiful colourful, patterned, anodised aluminium jewellery is enough to brighten any gloomy winter day.
We welcome two new artists to The Hay makers, Rebecca Fierek’s and her delightful ceramic bird decorations also Nicola Lillie, a contestant in the first series of ‘All the Glitters’, with her thoughtfully made keepsake jewellery.
We wish all our customers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Once again we would like to extend a huge thank you for all your support for our small business and the work of people trying to make a living in crafts.
Autumn Exhibition
3rd October - 13th November 2022
In our Autumn exhibition, we are delighted to be showing for the first time the work of Jess Bugler. Apt at a time when we start to hunker down indoors that her body of work is entitled ‘Enclosure’. Her work includes prints and sculptures and explores the experience of containment and enclosure.
Also new to us as a visiting artist is Karen Williams of Adrift Pottery. Karen makes pieces to be used daily to eat and drink from.
She takes inspiration directly from nature and the stunning wild landscape and coast of Pembrokeshire.
We are happy to be showing the work of Charlie High and Stewart Roberts who have exhibited with us regularly over the years.
Charlie’s silver jewellery is a favourite with us as she is inspired by nature, either as the texture of natural objects or the patterns found in the natural world .
Stewart’s ‘junkies’ give a new life to junk condemned to the rubbish tip. Amazing that such discarded objects can be metamorphosed into a characterful bird or fish or boat or whatever Stewart ‘sees’ in the object.
We hope you will take the opportunity to visit us sometime throughout this exhibition and delight in the uniqueness of our visiting artists work.
Festival Exhibition
25th April - 19th June 2022
In our Festival exhibition, if you thought moths were dull come to see Julia Manning’s dramatic and colourful prints of her lockdown project.
More of the natural world is represented in Tamsin Abbott’s stained glass, recently featured in Country file which showed where her sources of inspiration come from in the Herefordshire countryside.
From Somerset partners, Elizabeth Raeburn and Rodney Lawrence share a chapel and studio near Glastonbury. Elizabeth’s rare form of raku shows her mastery of the sophisticated firing techniques.
Rodney’s playful and humorous ceramics each tell a story on a whole range of plates, vases and bowls, in addition to his practical domestic ware.
Zsuzsi’s Morrison’s jewellery can be regarded as modern day talismans using enamelling techniques to achieve jewel like qualities.
Emma Kate Ochom’s unusual concept of slate covered sketch books with coptic bindings using her commitment to producing work with minimal environmental impact.
We hope you will take the opportunity to visit us sometime throughout this exhibition and we are looking forward to seeing those of you who we see once a year with the return of the live Hay Literary festival.
Late Summer
Exhibition
15th August - 2nd October 2022
As we approach the end the season we are holding on to those last summer days and evenings in our late Summer exhibition.
We are delighted to invite back Rachel Brown to exhibit with us in The Hay Makers. Rachel’s enamel jewellery using monochromatic mark making with a splash of red or gold is a big favourite of ours .
We welcome three new visiting artists for this exhibition;
Jana Gilfillan’s pottery with its gentle colours help to make us mindful of our daily rituals whether they are shared or solitary, and to help us find joy in those everyday experiences.
Jane Littlefield’s fun and playful stained glass panels feature images reminding us of the natural world and folklore associated with the natural landscape.
Continuing with this theme, Lucy Spink’s jewellery is beautifully handcrafted and textured which speaks of the details of our natural environment and the deeply rooted human connection to landscape.
Do visit us to capture the last rays of summer .
Summer
Exhibition
20th June - 14th August 2022
In our Summer exhibition we are aiming to reflect this wonderful season in the work of our three visiting artists.
Beca Beeby’s jewellery is inspired by the small detail in plants and insects found in abundance at this time of year. Bees who are hard at work are the inspiration behind her Wild Honeycomb collection.
Sue Dunne’s exquisite ceramics gives permanence to the beautiful but transient flowers, leaves and twigs, not only this summer season but also those of the Spring and Autumn.
Andrew Waddington is exhibiting a collection of birds as watercolour paintings in colours vibrant and fresh. Each a beautiful study of a bird in its natural habitat.
‘Over the Moon’ Exhibition
12th April - 6th June 2021
This exhibition was originally conceived to be shown at Christmas but due to Covid 19 restrictions we had to postpone it. We are now delighted to be able to present it as our first exhibition of 2021 instead. We are ‘Over the Moon’ to be out of lockdown and opening the gallery once again.
Christmas Exhibition
1st November - January 2022
In our Christmas exhibition we have a wide range of work in the gallery, all of which would make unique gifts; handmade, individual crafts, a far cry from the mass produced ‘stuff’ this poor beleaguered planet needs to get away from.
We have work by ourselves and our visiting artists. Shelagh Popham with her calm and thoughtful paintings of our beautiful natural world. Sarah Packington whose funky, colourful acrylic jewellery will brighten up even the dullest of days. Carol Moreton’s clay jewellery with soothing colours and shapes. Pauline Zelinski ceramics featuring warm colours and geometric patterns . Do click the link below to find out more about these artists.
Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and thanking you for all your support of our cooperative of designer makers over this past year.
Autumn Exhibition
30th August - 31st October 2021
We hope you have had a lovely summer and an opportunity to enjoy some sunshine. With a change in the season we are delighted to present our Autumn exhibition showcasing work in the rich and earthy colours of this beautiful season.
In this exhibition we have invited back artists who have exhibited with us in the past, such as Bethan Jones, Frances Carlile and Demelza Whitley.We are also delighted to be showing work by Kyra Mihailovic and Alice Keeler.
Summer Exhibition
7th June - 29th August 2021
We are so pleased to be back on track with our schedule of exhibitions showing alongside us the work of various visiting artists from across the UK.
In this exhibition we have invited back artists who have exhibited with us in the past and it is with pleasure that we introduce with a splash this exhibition.
‘Over the Moon’ Exhibition
12th April - 6th June 2021
This exhibition was originally conceived to be shown at Christmas but due to Covid 19 restrictions we had to postpone it. We are now delighted to be able to present it as our first exhibition of 2021 instead. We are ‘Over the Moon’ to be out of lockdown and opening the gallery once again.
Autumn 2020
We are happy to present work by selected artists exhibiting for our Autumn show.