New ‘saleroom’ for regional artists

A YORKSHIRE art gallery has set aside space for local craftspeople and artists to sell their wares.
By Andrew Robinson
Published 12th Dec 2013, 00:01 BST

Huddersfield Art Gallery’s new venture, Gallery 6: Yorkshire Makers, which launches on Saturday, will feature art and crafts from Huddersfield creators in the first show, including ceramics by Jim Robison, Jo Myerscough and Alison Campbell, leather and textiles accessories by Julia Batley of Teazle handmade, silver jewellery by John Field, decorative prints by Pauline Meade and felt accessories by Sara Rudd of BeautifulFelts.

Also new to the Art Gallery, is a range of gifts and postcards inspired by Kirklees’ own new exhibition ‘Perspectives: Aspects of the Kirklees Collection’, including items featuring LS Lowry’s painting of Huddersfield completed in 1965.

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Other locally inspired items include mugs featuring Reg Napier’s 1940 mural The Slaithwaite Moonrakers, which hangs in Huddersfield Local Studies Library, with four other paintings depicting folk tales from the Colne Valley.

Gallery 6 opens on Saturday from 10am to 4pm. Weekday openings are 10am to 5pm.

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