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Petra Reynolds – New pots at Wobage Gallery

Friday, December 18th, 2015

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This Saturday 19th December is the last chance before Christmas to choose from a selection of fabulous hand-made work from the Wobage Gallery, from pots and kitchen-wood to baskets, jewellery and textiles. Returning from a break from pot-making, Petra has a fantastic selection of her slab-built domestic ware, fresh and hot from the wood-salt kiln. Snap ‘em up, they are going fast!

Open 10am – 5pm Wobage Makers Gallery, Upton Bishop, Ross-on-Wye. HR9 7QP. Tel. 01989 780495.

(The gallery is then closed in January and February, re-opening in March. During winter closure please ring for an appointment if you would like to look around the gallery.)

 

 

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Wild Wicker courses at Wobage

Thursday, March 5th, 2015

2014-06-25 20.53.04Basketmaker Clyde Hoare will be running regular introductory courses in basket weaving throughtout the year. These are day-long courses that introduce a basic understanding of basket making from its history to its place in the modern world. You will get to craft your own basket using green and dried willow, red and yellow dog wood and other seasonal materials. Clyde will guide you through the different stages of the basket and you will have a lovely handmade basket at the end of the day

The course costs £50 per person. This includes all materials, tea, coffee and homemade cake. To find out about a full range of courses, forthcoming dates and to make a booking, please contact Clyde on 07866138436 or Clyde@wildwicker.com

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Basketmaker joins studios

Thursday, March 5th, 2015

clydebasketWe are delighted to welcome basketmaker Clyde Jefferson to the Wobage studios. Working in the upstairs of the Farm granary, Clyde works alone creating a range of traditional baskets, handmade from a wide variety of natural hedgerow materials.  All materials are sourced from renewable and sustainably managed hedgerows.  They include willows of many types, dogwood, privet, holly, spindle tree and many others.

Clyde is inspired by the colours of nature, and by the geometric patterns he creates as he weaves and crafts a myriad of shapes and sizes from big log baskets, laundry baskets and plant containers to fruit bowls, gift hampers, shopping baskets, sewing baskets and wastepaper bins.

By reviving this ancient craft, he has realised the relevant application of natural, renewable materials and its place in a modern lifestyle, from replacing plastic shopping baskets to providing a living fence to surround your garden.

Baskets can be made to your specifications – if you can think it, Clyde can make it!

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Summer 2015

Wednesday, January 28th, 2015

jugscanopy14.webJeremy and Patia are taking sabbatical from summer teaching this year, 2015, so there will be no intensive courses forthcoming this season. Many of you have contacted us, and we are very sorry to disappoint. If you would like to keep in touch and hear about future courses when they are made live on the website, please subscribe to our online newsletter. In the meantime, we hope that everyone has a fantastic year, and keep on mudslinging!

Wobage Christmas Exhibition

Wednesday, November 27th, 2013

Please join us at Wobage for fresh coffee and mince pies for our Chrismas Exhibition. We’re open Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10am – 5pm. Enjoy a break from the busy high-streets, a quiet shopping experience for quality hand-made. For further information, please visit our Wobage Gallery website.

Plant pot demo’

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Adam Keeling heads the production team of plant-pot makers at the world renowned Whichford Pottery in Warwickshire. An audience of 24 packed into the Wobage throwing studio earlier this month; it included evening class students and UWIC Ceramics undergraduates as well as the Wobage crew. All of us greatly enjoyed Adam’s large-ware demonstration, where he threw a number of huge pots, several of them in multi-parts. The ease with which he handled substantial amounts of clay was awesome and captivating. He spoke confidently about technique, answering questions mid-process and discussing his life and work at Whichford. Thank you Adam and to all that helped make for such a successful and educational event. Many thanks to J.P.Kavanagh who has very generously donated the images on this post.

Wobage Christmas exhibition 2011

Monday, November 21st, 2011
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The Wobage makers warmly invite you to our Christmas Exhibition. Please join us for a browse and a home-made mince pie and fresh cup of coffee or tea. The pies are warm and delicious! On display is a range of new work from all of the makers, with plentiful gift ideas for Christmas across a range of prices. This includes a selection of fantastic pots, hot from the many Wobage kilns, including new candle-holders from the potters. Also a new delivery of pots and tiles from Andrew and Clare McGarva in Burgundy, France.

From furniture maker Ben Casson, new hors-d’oeuvres serving trays, applewood spatulas, his regular trays and laughing boxes in many combinations of native hardwood including fumed oak, ash and walnut. We have a wonderful new display of Clare Casson’s hand-dyed and embroidered indigo textiles, from large bedspreads to smaller throws.

We most look forward to seeing you at Wobage on the weekends preceeding Christmas. The gallery is open Thursday – Sunday, 10am – 5pm. If you would like to meet up with one or more of the makers themselves to discuss a particular item or to make a commission, please e-mail using the contact form of this website or phone in advance. 01989 780495.

h’Art Wobage Exhibition opens

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

H'Art_inviteThe makers at Wobage warmly welcome you to the opening of our Autumn Exhibition of pottery, wood, jewellery and sculpture, in conjunction with Herefordshire’s Art Week. Please join us on the evening of Friday 9th September, for a glass of locally produced wine, or a ‘Springherne’ sparkling perry, made from pears harvested from the Wobage orchard. Alternatively, the exhibition then continues from Saturday 10th – Sunday 18th September 10am – 5pm.

h.Art is Herefordshire’s Open Studios tenth event, giving you exclusive access to artists’ studios, workshops and special exhibitions. This year there are 103 fantastic venues spread across the whole county and borders. It is the perfect opportunity to meet the makers in relaxed surroundings, learn about their techniques and inspiration and perhaps buy an original artwork. For further information, pick up a pink brochure during your visit to Wobage, or visit the h’Art website.

Wobage Summer exhibition opens

Friday, May 27th, 2011

PatiaDavis.web'alt.2011This weekend, Saturday 28th May, the Wobage makers warmly invite you to the opening of our Summer exhibition. Celebrating Patia’s 20th anniversary at the studios, we will be exhibiting in the ‘cathedral’ barn as well as the main Makers Gallery. New pots from hot kilns, new indigo dye embroidered fabrics from Clare McGarva in France, a magnificent king-sized ripple ash double bed & a large round brown oak table by Ben Casson and new sculpture from Lucy Casson.

Please join us for coffee and cake or a glass of local award-winning ‘Springherne’ perry; made from the rare, ancient and majestic pear trees of the Wobage orchard.

The exhibition continues daily 10am – 5pm for nine days, until Sunday June 5th. We look forward to seeing you.

Summer Exhibition, Patia’s 20th year

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

square_dish_may'11The Wobage Summer Exhibition opens on Saturday 28th May and continues every day 10am –  5pm until Sunday 5th June 2011. We celebrate Patia Davis’ 20th year at Wobage with an exhibition featuring both her porcelain and slip-decorated earthenware. She has been prolifically moulding and slabbing out new flat-ware to add to her already acclaimed square dishes, large and small. The depth of surface and colour just gets more and more intriguing and beautiful.