Mother's Day

Mother's Day

With mother’s day just around the corner, have you considered doing your gift shopping in our gallery?

We have a beautiful selection of pieces all handmade in the UK. This year, spoil your mother with something truly unique and unforgettable, whether it is a print she can cherish or ceramics she will use every day.

Below are some of our suggestions, or pop into our Trinity Street shop to see our full range.

Feel free to have a browse of our website to get a better idea of what we have to offer, simply click on these links to refine your search: Ceramics, Glass, Paintings, Prints, Sculpture and Wood.

You can also order items by phoning us on 01223 324222.

Ceramics

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Chris Keenan

Cloud Bud Pot

£60

ceramic

Hilke McIntyre

Apple Cake Tile

£185

ceramic

Prints

Anita Klein

Before Sleep

linocut

£475

30cm x 40cm

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Angie Lewin

Dandelion Track II

wood engraving

16 x 12.5 cm

£185

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Carry Akroyd

Heath

serigraph

£895

Mother's Day Cards

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Greeting Cards

£2.50 each

Tamsin Arrowsmith Brown

Vessels

£17-£60

bone china

Helen Martino

Shy Dishy Lady £75

ceramic

Anita Klein

linocut

Bettys Rattle ed11

£680

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Angie Lewin

Saltmarsh, Morston

screenprint

47.5 x 30 cm

£335

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Carry Akroyd

Bounce

lithograph

40 x 30 cm

£220 framed, £110 unframed 

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Greeting Cards

£2.50 each

Rhian Malin

Frangipani Bottle

£85

ceramic

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Charlotte Jones

Shore Lines Bowls

Large: £495, Small: £60

ceramic

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Anita Klein

Resting in a Tree

linocut

£680

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Angie Lewin

The Twisted Stem

linocut

46 x 37 cm

£295

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Carry Akroyd

Wheatear

serigraph

30 x 30 cm

£280 framed, £210 unframed

If you're having difficulty choosing, our handmade gift vouchers are an excellent choice! 

Haven't found what you're looking for? We might have just the thing for you at our sister gallery, cambridge contemporary crafts on Bene't Street. Check out their gift ideas for mother's day, and don't forget to browse their online shop.

A Fine Line: The Printmakers

Our current exhibition, A Fine Line, not only showcases an exceptional collection of contemporary ceramicists curated by Katherina Klug, but also features work by three outstanding print makers.

Tracey Ashman and Sue Jones will join us on the 2nd of April for our second meet and greet.

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Sue Jones 

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Paul Edwards 

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Tracey Ashman 

Tracey Ashman

Tracey Ashman has been a printmaker for the past decade, developing a passion for the exacting and challenging processes involved in creating mono-prints, silkscreens and linocuts.

Her recent projects have been inspired by an abiding interest in textiles, a legacy from her mother who was a highly skilled dressmaker. Throughout her life, stitch has played an important role, particularly during periods of illness and recovery. She began to incorporate stitch into her printmaking in 2014, using the texture and form of stitch, both hand and machine, to create beautiful, unexpected marks.  A combination of machine stitched paper templates, machine stitched lace, dry point and chine colle evoke and explore memories from the artist’s life.

 ‘Anomaly, Series I’ is an exploration of a traumatic childhood memory: at the age of nine, Tracey underwent open-heart surgery in Papworth hospital. Her abiding memory of that period is the peaceful hours spent knitting with her mother whilst recovering. Photo stencils of hand-knitted wire and knitting needles were the starting point for developing and exploring imagery to visualize the healing aspect of stitch she experienced. This series of prints portrays the two-fold aspects of physical and emotional healing: a metaphor for growth and renewal, and a healing and mending of both mind and body.

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New Anomaly X

silkscreen & linocut

Tracey Ashman

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Anomaly IV

silkscreen & linocut

Paul Edwards

Paul Edwards creates abstract screen prints that are dynamic, colourful, fluid and vibrant. Influenced by music, the micro world and the expansiveness of the universe, his work contains gesture marks with echoes of the contours of land and sea.

The prints are produced using paper and photo stencils, building up opaque and transparent bands of colour, sometimes scraping and washing the surface to reveal concealed layers. The crisp lines and edges, flowing curves and intense primary and complementary colours capture moments of larger worlds.

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Oscillate III

silkscreen

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Paul Edwards in his studio 

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Flow VII

silkscreen

Sue Jones

Sue Jones is an artist, printmaker, tutor and consultant who is a founding organiser of the Cambridge Original Printmakers Biennale.

Her series Elements are photo lithographs, inspired by landscape and weather, and the constantly changing colour, atmosphere and seasons.  Everything is pared down to the basic elements and the simplest of marks.

Broken Threads are monotypes, evolving slowly over many months, layer by layer. Sue sees these works as diaries, working with and reacting to each piece like a painting. She particularly enjoys the never-ending pallet of mark making that monotype provides, and how these react with one another, sometimes with enormous contrast, sometimes with subtle sympathy. 

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Broken Threads XI(ed1/1)

Monotype

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Sue Jones in her studio

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Broken Threads VIII (ed1/1)

Monotype

Paul Edwards, Tracey Ashman and Sue Jones at the opening  of 'A Fine Line'. 

A Fine Line will be on display from 11th March to 2nd April 2017 at Cambridge Contemporary Art.

Tracey Ashman and Sue Jones will join us on the 2nd of April for our second meet and greet.

Click here to find out more about various printmaking techniques. 

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'A Fine Line' Opening - Day Two

Jeremy Nichols 

Today we had a pleasure of hosting two demonstrations of working with clay and porcelain by Jeremy Nichols and Katharina Klug. A small potter's wheel found it's place at the back of the gallery as well as other tools of the trade (including a credit card valued for it's sharp edges by Katharina). 

Having shown us around the gallery and explaining her curatorial choices, Katharina jumped behind the wheel to demonstrate how she approaches throwing. It was really interesting to find out about her background and inspirations behind the work. We really loved old photographs of Katharina's mother, who is also a potter. 

This was the first time we live-streamed events in the gallery on Instagram. We will definitely make it a standard practice since so many people tuned in today! The opening weekend of 'A Fine Line' was a definite success but this is just the beginning. Please see our event page for next weekend's schedule. 

Photographs by Zuza Grubecka

'A Fine Line' Opening - Day One

Chris Keenan and Katharina Klug

The first day of the exhibition is behind us, and what a day it was! With the ceramics in place and fresh flower arrangements by Willow and Wolf  we made our way for a glass of prosecco and a chat with the many artists who came for the meet and greet. 

Later in the day, Jin Eui Kim gave a talk about his practice. He described how he works with optical illusion and with a precise but minimal use of colour. Jin explained how he plays with the observer by applying gradations in colour to create depth where there is none and move or obscure the shape of each piece. 

We are continuing with the preview tomorrow. Jeremy Nichols will give a talk about his work at 2pm and Katharina Klug will be in the gallery doing a demonstration of her working practice on an actual potter's wheel at 3pm!

All events are free. See you all in the gallery!

Photographs by Zuza Grubecka

Meet the artist - Robert Greenhalf

Printmaker and a painter, Robert Greenhalf, gave a talk in the gallery this Saturday. The informal meeting was a great opportunity to find out how Robert creates his woodcuts and where he sources inspiration for his work. 

Our next exhibition 'A Fine Line' starts this Saturday 11th March. We would like to invite you to our opening weekend. You'll be able to meet the artists and see demonstrations of their working methods. For a full schedule please click here. 

We hope to see you there!

Photos by Zuza Grubecka