Gill Tennant-Eyles | Rebecca Buck

The Albany Gallery is one of the UK’s most established and respected galleries. Collectors keep an eye on them because they have a great track-record for showing new treasures.

South Wales Potters is one of the largest groups of professional and hobby potters, ceramicists and collectors in the UK. Members are based all over southern Wales, England and some abroad. They are involved in putting together Europe’s premier ceramics event, the International Ceramics Festival held every 2 years at Aberystwyth University.

The Albany’s Summer Show is always fresh and wonderful. They have an excellent variety of 2D Art set off beautifully by ceramics they have selected from South Wales Potters. The staff at the Albany Gallery are lovely- very knowledgeable about the work they show, friendly and very approachable.

Mary Watkins.

Mary Watkins.

Jug by Sheila Herring

Rachel Padley Pots.

Rebecca Buck, Half A Century VII, 42 x 27 x 23 cm.

Sue Carr.

Jason Braham

Bird by Jane Blair, Pots by Pam Brooker.

Rebecca Buck, Up Is Down VI, 31cm L x 25cm H x 17cm D.

Olwen Thomas.

Patricia Kelly

Mary Cousins

Jane Blair.

Olwen Thomas.

Jane Malvisi

The Private View was very
full and bustling but there are still some gorgeous pieces to buy.

Albany have set the ceramics to compliment the paintings and it looks marvellous. The Gallery is an intimate and home-like space making it very easy to imagine the Art-work in your own home.

Albany Gallery have set the ceramics to compliment the paintings and it looks marvellous. The Gallery is an intimate and home-like space making it very easy to imagine the Art-work in the rooms of your own home.

Thanks to Daniel Buck for the Photographs.

This was an event we will definatly repeat. The group spent the day together exchanging ideas with re-freshing frankness, we had a lovely pot-luck lunch in the glorious sun-shine, and a lot of work got done! It was great to have a variety of materials. The Studio space worked well despite having the big commission in the middle of it so we will look into other group days we could have here.

Cameraman and Photographer Stephen Foote brought all sorts of fascinating contraptions, lights, screens and cameras and spent a lot of time with each person to get the shots they really wanted. He is a wonderful teacher so we all learned a lot. We are wondering if the next one could be a Workshop showing how to get quality pictures using house-hold kit like angle-poise lamps and grease-proof paper. Let me know if you would want to come to that.

These are my favourites;