Kooroon Gallery’s March exhibition brings together work in metal, paper and textiles by three very different professional artists. Open 11 till 4 Friday 6th and 10 till 4 Saturday 7th March, there are also two workshops to take part in.
Sharon Dickinson as Archives Crafts is an “artist in metal” designing and creating unique, individual silver jewellery and metalwork in English pewter and aluminium. Wherever possible she re-cycles, re-uses and re-purposes materials working in silver and pewter, but also aluminium, copper, vintage tins, and even rusty old finds! Stained glass and mirror glass also have a special place in her work and alongside the jewellery and pewter plaques, she is known for her unique mirrors and sun catchers. She creates nature inspired and fantastical character based work which both adorn and form the basis of her pieces.
Vanessa Stone brings rarely seen work, brand new to Kooroon in the form of painted paper collages. They are created with the aim of capturing the essence of the English landscape. Through subtle tones and textures these pieces depict wide woods and vistas, but also smaller moments like seeing the blue sky through beech leaves on a spring day.
Jane Millum works are PollyWhistle to create little people and the tall tales they tell her. For this exhibition, she has captured a rag-bag band of rag-tag characters and created the PollyWhistle’s Portable Pop-up Carnival. Headlining the Emotional Wee Folk and Ticking Carnies there are also some very Feral Fairies desperate to escape plus a Penny Museum of Mystery.
PollyWhistle Feral Fairy Paper Puppet Workshop
Friday 6th March 11am to 1pm. £15. Create your very own articulated fairy to capture and keep. Using prints of vintage photos and images, inks, pens, paper, glue and maybe even some sparkle, you’ll choose, cut and colour to make a wild little creature of your very own. All materials provided. 2 hour class £15
Super Sparkly Mosaic Pendant with Sharon Dickinson
Saturday 7th March 1-3 pm All materials provided from the artists personal stash of vintage crystals, components glass millefiori glitters mica powders and more. The pendants will be finished by setting your chosen components in a fast setting clear resin. You will have a beautiful and unique necklace to take home on the day. 2 hr class £20.
Exhibition and workshops at The Old Sorting House, 25 High Street, Bottesford NG13 0AA. Workshop bookings via glendagibson@live.com, Glenda Gibson or Kooroon Gallery in FaceBook
