As so joyfully depicted in this painting The Cottage Garden, by Sevenoaks artist Anna Clement.

 

We're also loving a new range of equally exuberant colourful dresses, tops and trousers, from Hastings' based Gabrielle Parker. Pop in to try on!

 

And we do have a few clothing reductions on offer, including winter jumpers, pyjamas and velvet dressing gowns.

 

Upcoming events:

 

Saturday 18 April 2.30pm - 4pm

Drinks with our artists & makers

Always a really lovely, busy, buzzy, informal event; do join us for chats and complimentary drinks

 

Monday 4 May 11am - 3pm

Ticehurst is THE place to be, with The Bell's Cuckoo Fair and our Taste of Ticehurst event in the square

 

Saturday 16th May 11am

TALK: Fiona Fouracre, Casting Artist

Beginning at 11am, Fiona will cast your little finger in a shooter cup, leaving them to set while she talks to us about her fascinating and varied career.

A model maker since 1995, Fiona has worked on a wide range of projects, from the musical Starlight Express - regularly making the helmets, which took a right old bashing - through to adverts for cereal eg making ramps of coco pops for the milk to flow down attractively for the cameras.

She started her own business in 1998, offering castings in bronze and silver. Baby feet were the most popular!

Fiona also did hand casts for the Hard Rock Café, including of Duran Duran and Lionel Richie. She sold this business in 2013 to move to Botswana for 8 years, where she used the time to write a short novel.

The talk will be followed by the unveiling of the castings, with Q&A.

  

Saturday 27 June 11.30am

TALK: Judith Westrup, Printmaker

Judith Westrup is a printmaker who works in the medium of linocut. Before encountering printmaking, she worked as a Speech & Language Therapist. Judith's art is deeply rooted in the history of her local landscapes, from the rolling chalk Downlands to ancient trees and trackways. She is also a keen mudlark, a recorder of Ancient Trees and hedgelayer. Judith lives with her family in Kent, where she prints and teaches in her kitchen studio.

Join us for this 20 min talk with complimentary drinks, to find out more about Judith's journey, inspiration and techniques.
Followed by Q&A.

 

I hope you all had a gorgeous Easter weekend and wish you a happy sunny week.