2016
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History of Blue Knob Ceramic Studio
The initial vision for an art studio had long been part of Blue Knob Hall Gallery’s business plan.
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The Artist’s Choice 2016
This annual exhibition allows artists and artisans to contribute any artwork, sculpture or images that they choose to exhibit without the constrictions of a theme to work to. The Opening night for The Artists Choice will be held on Friday 18th November from 6:30pm, with guest musician Andy Walker. Matchbox Magic – FundraiserA novel idea…
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“Hearth & Home – The art of the domestic”
With the season turning and thoughts of spring, we are celebrating the hearth and home, and the domestic. Some of the artists who have contributed work have taken domestic paraphernalia out of the cupboards, drawers and washing baskets to hang them in space and shed a new light on these unassuming, practical items. Notably Pauline…
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2016 – Previous Workshops
Encaustic workshop with Mo Godbeer August 28th – 29th 20169.30am – 4:00pm In this class you will learn about the history of encaustic, studio safety and how to prepare your own encaustic medium and paints. Mo will go through board preparation, fusing, how to create smooth and textured surfaces, and layering to achieve amazing effects…
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“Microcosm/Microcosm”
The macro and the micro have landed at Blue Knob Hall Gallery with a bang. Not the big bang, but the interpretations by the artists of their world, the universe and everything in it. I’m not sure we have seen anything in this gallery that speaks to us in a way that Rebekah Seriah Webster’s…
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The Fibre Show 2016 – “Feeling for Fibre”
The first fibre exhibition held at Blue Knob Hall Gallery in 2005 was called ‘Feeling for Fibre’, where “Twenty-five weavers, quilters, felt-makers and sculptors address costume, custom and comfort” (archives quote). The aim was to showcase the innovative, creative and functional forms that felt making and fibre were becoming. It has become an annual event…
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“A Sense of Place”
The new exhibition at Blue Knob Hall Gallery is titled ‘A Sense of Place’. Through landscape, history, families, stories, creation myths and the icons we make and build, we create a strong ‘sense of place’ which develops through time and is dependent on human engagement for its existence. It can also be an intangible feeling a…
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“First Pots off the Block” Ceramic Exhibition 2016
The Blue Knob Ceramic Studio had its inaugural exhibition in 2016.
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The Mud Trail Studio visit 2016
Blue Knob Ceramic Studio students and potters had a fabulous day out on Sunday 20th 2016 visiting studio potteries on the Mud Trail over at the Coast.
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”Earth, Air, Fire and Water”
Blue Knob Hall Gallery’s first exhibition for 2016 is a celebration of all the elements that go into the making of a piece of pottery, with the first exhibition for 2016 titled ‘Earth, Air, Fire & Water’. The crucible of the kiln can bring forth the unknown, when we place a precious form into the kiln;…