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What’s on Winter 2013

Ruthin Craft Centre The Centre for the Applied Arts

Emmanuel Cooper

Emmanuel Cooper obe 1938–2012

A retrospective exhibition

7 December 2013 – 2 February 2014Gallery 1

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Talks, Events & WorkshopsTo book call 01824 704774. For the latest listings visit www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk

Dr Emmanuel Cooper OBE (HonDFA) 1938–2012 was a distinguished craftsman, writer, teacher and broadcaster. A potter of international standing, his work is represented in many public collections. The author of nearly thirty books, he was editor of Ceramic Review, visiting Professor at London’s Royal College of Art, and a regular broadcaster on television and radio. He was awarded an OBE in 2002 for services to art. Emmanuel’s contribution to the world of ceramics was hugely significant. This will be celebrated with a touring exhibition of his ceramics and a publication looking at his life in pots – produced by Ruthin Craft Centre in collaboration with the University of Derby.

Curated by Gregory Parsons.

Coming up this January as part of the Emmanuel Cooper exhibition:

Looking forwards from the past – ceramic practice now.

In recent years the ceramic field has been notable for potters exploring very new ways of working, frequently using other materials sometimes combined with clay. Curiously, whilst this modern investigation has been progressing, there has been an equally strong interest from potters, in revisiting old ceramic traditions such as slipware.

In ‘Looking forwards from the past’ two artists will explain their work and their very different approaches to contemporary practice.

Bethan Lloyd Worthington is one of the most creative of contemporary artists using ceramics, whose practice draws on multiple disciplines. She is a member of the group of artists who operate from a London base as ‘Studio Manifold’ undertaking an extraordinary range of creative projects. She will show examples of her work and discuss her ideas.

Doug Fitch has been described as a modern day country potter. He works within the Devonshire slipware tradition and yet tries to bring his own contemporary voice to the genre. He will discuss his work and working methods and in particular the influence of the countryside on his work.

The speakers will be introduced by potter, writer and lecturer Alex McErlain who will also discuss changes within studio pottery over the past forty years.

For further information about this event please visit our website.

Emmanuel Cooper OBE 1938–2012 A retrospective exhibition A beautifully presented book accompanies the exhibition. ISBN 978-1-905865-60-4

Call to reserve your copy. Tel: +44 (0)1824 704774

All photography: Dewi Tannatt Lloyd. Emmanuel Cooper portrait photo: Richard Smith. Image courtesy of The Arts Council of England.

Gardens Myths Magic

the work of Betty Pennell and Ronald Pennell


Ronald Pennell

Betty Pennell

Ronald Pennell

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It is often said that gardens create order from nature’s chaos. It could further be said that Myth organises the fantastic, unpredictable and unfathomable into vehicles where we can explore the full range of the human condition. Magic emerges by revealing mysterious and parallel worlds in ways that we can feel we could be part of. Through their art, Betty and Ronald Pennell delight and enchant us, taking one on an otherworldly journey through mythical and beguiling landscapes.

Tutored by John Nash and Edward Bawden at the Royal College of Art in the 1950s, Betty Pennell is a wood engraver of particular and considerable talent. Her imagery draws on the yew trees and hedging that delineate the formal gardens along the borders of Wales and England. Ronald Pennell engraves freely on hand-blown glass vessel forms, his narratives becoming an ever-changing grande chasse through imaginary tales of fantastical feats.

This exhibition celebrates the major achievement of this fifty-year creative partnership; the realisation of an outstanding garden, a truly magical place alongside a thriving and superlative creative practice. Ruthin Craft Centre is delighted to have this unique opportunity to stage and share this outstanding body of work. You are invited in to this enchanting and magical world; we hope you will enjoy many reveries...

Philip Hughes

Betty Pennell

Ronald Pennell

Betty PennellImages are courtesy of the artists.


illuminate

People have celebrated “mid-winter” festivals for thousands of years. They usually involve feasting and fires to mark the beginning of the return of the sun and longer hours of daylight occurring with the Winter Solstice and called by many names including Yule, Christmas, and Saturnalia. In all of these festivals lights are an important part of the experience.

So as we decorate our homes with lights, Illuminate celebrates this with an exciting selection of new lighting for your home. Made by talented young designers from throughout the UK, Illuminate has hand-blown glass light-shades, pendant lights and desk lamps made from a diverse range of materials – all superb pieces to light up your mid winter evenings.

Curated by Gregory Parsons.

sheldon cooney / sebastian cox freshwest / nick grant & colin chetwood claire norcross / emily phillips michael ruh / piers saxby candy studio louise tucker / drws y coed by hannah wardle

Images Clockwise from top left: Claire Norcross, Nick Grant & Colin Chetwood, Freshwest, Louise Tucker, Piers Saxby Candy Studio, Sheldon Cooney, Sebastian Cox, Michael Ruh (Aimee Betts electrical cord covering), Drws y Coed by Hannah Wardle, Emily Phillips. Images are courtesy of the artists.


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Drws y Coed by Hannah Wardle

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d dWe need your help to embellish the Christmas tree in Café R!!! Come and join us at Ruthin Craft Centre this festive season for some Christmas inspired drop-in activities for all the family to enjoy. The Free drop-ins will include making beautiful hand crafted Christmas decorations with our local artists and makers.

‘Crafty Christmas Decoration’ Get into the festive spirit by joining us for seasonal craft activities! Saturday 14 December 11.00am – 3.00pm FREE no need to book

Mandy Coates Learn the techniques of basket weaving with Mandy Coates where you will create your very own Christmas decoration in willow and rush.

Chloe Needham Paper artist Chloe Needham’s workshop will combine beautiful water colour techniques and simple paper cuts to create unique Christmas ornaments and cards.

Christmas Drop-in workshop with artists Mai Thomas and Eleri Jones Saturday 21 December 11.00am – 3.00pm FREE no need to book

‘Into the light’, join us in festive fun and create your own decorative lantern to light up the courtyard and your way home.

3.30pm – Why not celebrate the festive season with us in style by helping us to decorate the Café R tree and receiving some festive treats!!!

Christmas tree and festive treats kindly sponsored by Café R.

All Children must be accompanied by an adult.

There is no need to book for these free events, but please be patient if we are busy as there will be an opportunity for all to join in.

Christmas EventsChristmas inspired drop-in activities for all the family. FREE no need to book

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Visit Ruthin Craft Centre this Christmas for exquisite jewellery,

ceramics, glass, textiles, books and much more.

Artist Studio’s

Cefyn Burgess, Artist Studio 1www.cefynburgess.co.uk

Neil Dalrymple, Artist Studio 4www.neildalrymple.com

Here at Ruthin Craft Centre we have three on-site Artist Studio’s to explore. Textiles and fabrics by Cefyn Burgess, Stoneware ceramic sculpture by Neil Dalrymple and Jewellery by Mirage Jewellery. Come and visit the studios today for some original Christmas gift ideas. Please contact the makers individually for their opening times.

Mirage Jewellery, Artist Studio 6www.mirage-jewellery.co.uk

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Silversmith Pamela Rawnsley in residence 4 – 30 November 2013 This Creative Wales Award will enable Pamela to research and produce a new body of work, in various ways.

Her current work as a silversmith has focused on a strong sense of place, connected to her immediate surroundings. She now have the opportunity to discover her visual response to a completely different environment, that of South Australia.

‘Landscape is paramount in informing my work.’

In recent years I have focused on the immediate area where I live, making close observations of the shape shifting light and weather on the Brecon Beacons, at specific times of day and year. These culminated in groups of silver vessels expressing a central stillness combined with a strong sense of movement.

I received a Creative Wales Ambassador Award in 2012 which led to an invited residency in Australia at the renowned Jam Factory, and a chance to experience other extraordinary

and strange landscapes. And now a new body of work is under way, in which the colours, textures, and flora of South Australia form the core, and my original source is seen a new.

Pamela Rawnsley 2013

Talk: Pamela Rawnsley Saturday 23 November, 2013 2.30pm – 4.00pm FREE Please call to book a place

Come and join renowned Silversmith Pamela Rawnsley who will be discussing her influences and recent works. Angela Davies in residence 5 November 2013 – 22 February 2014

Golau Lace to act as a metaphor for landscape, the work intends to transcend boundaries of craft and contemporary art practice with landscape. A sensory installation will be installed at Chirk Castle in collaboration with other creative practitioners.

Angela Davies Art Council of Wales project funded.

Sean Harris in residence Starts his residency mid January

Sean Harris’s Creative Wales Award will allow him to undertake an artistic re-discovery, a minimum period of 10 months duration, to re-engage with his studio practice in partnership with Ruthin Craft Centre, and Pyramid Atlantic Arts Centre in the States around indigenous peoples and their histories and some fascinating journeys that link back to Wales.

For up and coming talks and events please visit our website for further details.

The Creative Wales Ambassador Award is funded by the Art Council of Wales.

Artists in residence

Pamela Rawnsley

Sean Harris

Angela Davies

9 December 2013 – 7 February 2014 Studio 5 Lost in art is a project aimed at people aged 50+ with dementia, along with their family members and carers. Each week, participants visit the galleries at Ruthin Craft Centre where they view and respond to exhibitions; working alongside artist Sian Hughes they produce artwork with the gallery acting as starting point and inspiration

The aim of the project is to explore the role of the visual arts in addressing issues which can affect people with dementia, including social isolation, confidence, communication and quality of life and wellbeing

Children from Ysgol Gellifor have worked alongside the Lost in art group to make a collaborative artwork, during one session. The group were able to share their creative ideas with the children, thereby raising awareness of dementia and how it effects people in their community.

The project is led by Denbighshire County Council’s Community Arts Service in partnership with Ruthin Craft Centre. The project is funded by the Arts Council of Wales and Denbighshire County Council.

We would like to invite you to view the work and meet the participants at a special exhibition event in Studio 5 at Ruthin Craft Centre.

Monday 9 December 1.00pm – 3.00pm Studio 5 Ruthin Craft Centre

Lost in art

An exhibition to celebrate artwork created by the Lost in art group

‘Surface Pattern and Glaze Decoration’ Talk and Demonstration with David and Margaret Frith Sunday 15 December 11.00am – 3.00pm FREE please book in advance to avoid disappointment

David and Margaret have been making beautiful pots together for fifty years: Their pots are firmly located in the contemporary but express the legacy of diverse traditions. Having mastered the thrown form and firing of seductive reduction glazes they developed wax resist to facilitate the layering of glazes with painted motif and slip trailing to give depth and resonance to the apparently effortless surface decoration.

Following on the previous demonstration ‘Throwing in Harmony’ and as requested, David and Margaret Frith will return to give another demonstration which will explore the techniques and methods of glazing and surface pattern including carving, fluting and paddle work.

‘50 years of Brookhouse Pottery’ by Pete Telfer Culture Colony Film, 3.30pm – 4.30pm

Following on from this summer’s major exhibition a new film will be shown at the end of the demo to celebrate David and Margaret Frith’s life, practice and Brookhouse Pottery.


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With three galleries showing the best in national and international contemporary applied art, on-site makers studios, café and retail gallery – visit Ruthin Craft Centre.

Ruthin Craft CentreThe Centre for the Applied ArtsPark Road, RuthinDenbighshire LL15 1BBTel: +44 (0)1824 704774

Visit our website for exhibition information www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk

Café R RestaurantVisit Café R Restaurant with its courtyard terrace for seasonal homemade fayre, morning and afternoon snacks and a lunch menu. If you’re planning a group visit, why not reserve a table? To book call 01824 703571.

Opening Times Open daily from 10.00am – 5.30pm. Admission free. Free on-site parking.

Retail GalleryOffering contemporary work for sale from some of the country’s leading makers. Browse and purchase from a broad selection of jewellery, ceramics, glass, metalwork, textiles, books, stationery and unique gifts.

Collectorplan, the Arts Council of Wales’ interest free credit scheme, is available on most purchases in the gallery.

Visiting information

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SOME OF OUR PUBLICATIONS

We stock a wide selection of books and catalogues in our retail gallery including many titles published exclusively by RCC.

View our full listing at www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk

Available from the Retail Gallery Ruthin Craft Centre or by mail-order. Postage and packaging costs will apply. Please call or email for details.

Call +44 (0)1824 704774 or email: [email protected]

Walter Keeler

108 pages, full colour 240x297mm

Hardback was: £25 Special Offer price: £20

Softback was: £19 Special Offer price: £15

Michael Casson


Softback was: £20 Special Offer price: £15

Studio: Ceramicists and their studios

48 pages, black & white 276x275mm

Softback was: £12 Special Offer price: £9.50

Ruth Duckworth Duckworth at Ninety


Softback was: £12 Special Offer price: £9.50

The following publications all feature essays by Emmanuel Cooper

The Studio publication features the work and studio space of Emmanuel Cooper

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