Our Stories

During the Covid 19 pandemic period of lockdown, in 2020/21, I embarked on aradical departure from my usual work, in a project to produce four large paintingsrepresenting the Galloway Seasons:...

It's Book Festival time and many of our artists and makers have set up a pop-up, Artist's Fayre. have migrated in Wigtown to join in the festival activities. You'll find them tucked away down the...

These shadows on the wall caught my eye the other day at the shop. At first visitors often miss the intriguing bird sections of this fish design by Jay Rubenstein. When you see it moving, the bird...

A day in the life of a designer and woodworker in Scotland.  A short video of the process Pete used to create his very latest mirror designs.

Jay Rubenstein has been in the news, as part of the promotion for Spring Fling 2021. His work will be on display in the Spring Fling Pop-up event at the Ottersburn Gallery, Dumfries. Due to Covid 19...

In this video I take a Sycamore blank and turn a platter that has been heavily textured and coloured.

Liz Perry, one of our members, takes us on a tour of her studio space.  Enjoying the fast drying qualities of acrylic paints and the rich, creamy consistency of oils, her ideas sometimes progress...

Ken enjoys collaborations, particularly multimedia and multidisciplinary projects. Seascape is a film poem using a poem by London and Galloway based poet Chrys Salt which was set set to music by...

Alison Corfield is an embroiderer and mixed media textile artist working with free machine embroidery, using her sewing machine as a tool for drawing. Using a variety of different surfaces, from...