Saturday 19th December 2020
An opportunity to meet local artist Guy in conversation with John Edgeler over a convivial cup of coffee. Two sessions available at 11am and 12 midday. Minimum donation of £2.50 per head. Single household groups + bubble of up to a maximum of four individuals. Please ring 01242 602 319 or email johnedgeler@gmail.com to book
Saturday 12th December 2020 initially at 3pm
One of our Trustees at the Archive Collection, Richard Chamberlaine Brothers, earlier this year generously donated the majority of his collection of Winchcombe Pottery to the Trust. To mark the occasion we have created a video of Richard in conversation with Lead Curator John Edgeler.
The video also provides something of the history behind the formation of our Cotswolds Living pottery book imprint, our early shows involving Sid Tustin and Ray Finch and the formation of the Trust. The video lasts 30 minutes and will be followed by tea and refreshments.
Single household groups + bubble of up to four viewers are permitted. Minimum donation £7.50 per head. Please ring 01242 602 319 or email johnedgeler@gmail.com to book
Our delayed show will open to the public initially from 9am to 5pm on Wednesday 2nd December 2020
Thereafter it will be open from 11am to 5pm daily until Saturday 19th December inclusive (not Sundays)
Visits are restricted to single household groups plus those in a related bubble up to a maximum of four people
Visitors will also be welcome strictly by prior appointment after the Christmas week holidays from 28th December 2020
To book appointments (advisable if travelling) please telephone 01242 602 319 or email me at johnedgeler@gmail.com
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John Lawrence, now in his eighties and mostly retired due to health issues, has had an illustrious career as an illustrator of children’s titles, in particular for Walkers Books. I first came into contact with him some years ago when curating a 60s show here at the Archive Collection.
I was already aware of his amazing work through acquiring titles decorated by him, notably Susan Hill’s The Magic Apple Tree. I then spotted that he had produced delightful watercolours for the Cranks Cook Books beloved of the ‘brown rice brigade’ of that time.
His work is particularly appropriate for this show as it shows the direct influence of rural romanticism, notably in his engravings for John Clare’s The Shepherds Calendar. These also show great wit and charm, imbued also with the style of the early 19th century illustrator, Thomas Bewick.
Miriam Macgregor whose wood engravings and work in pochoir are for sale in our forthcoming Romantic Landscapes show trained initially at Hastings art college before moving to study at Guildford. There she encountered for the first time the engraving techniques that were to dominate her future career.
Much of her output over the years have been related to book illustration, and after a stint with Batsford she ultimately teamed up with John Randle proprietor of the Whittington Press, living locally in the village for many years. There she worked extensively as a letterpress typesetter as well as providing images for their craft produced titles.
She has been a close friend of and influenced by her fellow engraver John Lawrence, whose work also features in the exhibition. In a departure from their primary love, Miriam has also become an expert in the ancient art of pochoir.
Pochoir is an immensely labour intensive and time consuming technique, requiring the cutting of stencils for the various part of an image, each being employed for a particular colour or shade. The picture is then gradually built up using as many as eight or more different stages.
The completed image has a delightful shimmering effect, a reflection of the delicate hand stippling of paint colour through each stencil. Including in our selling displays of her work is a schematic showing the various stages of pochoir magic.
