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Create a fine silver creature shaped by the wild heart of Bodmin Moor. Beast of a pendant Long before jewellery was made for adornment, it was made for meaning. Across ancient landscapes, people carried small objects of metal, bone, and stone to protect, empower, and remind them of who they were. Cornwall’s moorland is steeped in mystery and magic - a place where myths linger like mist over the tors. This workshop invites you to step into that tradition and discover creativit

Get ready to get crafty and create your very own bumble bee garden sculpture out of willow - it's going to bee great fun! Bumblebee willow garden ornament you will make Join Jasmine Fassenfelt for this willow sculpture workshop where you’ll learn how to create your own beautiful bumble bee sculpture to take home with you and decorate the home or garden. Key details Date : Saturday 14th March Time: 10 am - 5 pm with break for lunch Venue: Bodmin Gallery Creative Studio, 61 For

We have recently had new work in from local artist, Laura Workman. Laura is a self-taught artist living in North Cornwall. Most of the work that we have from Laura is from her Clouds Collection. This framed original features Wenford Dries, a large derelict Grade 2 listed building that was a china clay drying factory near St Breward in Cornwall. It now attracts graffiti artists. Wenford Dries - Framed original Clouds 10 Unframed original Clouds 6 unframed original Clouds a

One of our local artists, Elizabeth-Jane Grose is creating a spectacular installation in the Soldiers Chapel in St Petrocs Church for the Flamm Festival being held in Bodmin on the 28th February and 1st March 2026. We highly recommend that you stop by St Petroc's Church to see this unique and powerfully evocative artwork. Working out of a resurrected wagon house on a 6-acre holding overlooking the Camel Estuary in North Cornwall, Elizabeth-Jane is an artist embedded in her s

We are very excited to have some new pieces from Matthew Patrick, a woodturner whose fabulous work we have had in the Gallery for some time. Matthew uses various techniques including  Shou Sugi Ban, carving, texturing and colouring and now he has added bleaching to his work and we have our first piece. Bleached cherry hollowform with carving View from the top showing the carving detail around the neck Bleaching involves the repeated application of a combination of chemicals

We have some gorgeous new items in from metalsmith Rebecca Walklett. Rebecca has a studio space at Potager Garden ( www.potagergarden.org ) near Constantine. Rebecca works with materials such as copper, gilding metal & pewter, trying new techniques and patinas while perfecting old ones. She makes jewellery, bowls, boxes and vessels. These two small tippy bowls are made in dark patina copper and gilding metal . Gilding metal is an alloy of copper and bronze and has a beautif

We have work from some excellent printmakers in the Gallery and we are delighted to welcome Karen Howse. Based in North Cornwall, she calls herself an "artist-wanderer practicing walking, drawing and printmaking". She is interested in noticing the patterns that connect our minds with our local wild, drawing people together through place-based projects. She has a BA in Textiles from Winchester School of Art and an MA in Fine Art, from Falmouth University. Karen has been an art

New work in the Gallery from Thomas Hjelm

We are delighted to welcome another local artist, Barabara McMillan. Barbara McMillan Barbara trained at Bath Academy of Art and subsequently taught art in schools and adult centres.  She moved to Cornwall from Surrey in 1998 and had a studio gallery in Golant near Fowey and now lives in Lostwithiel. Her travels to Mexico, Guatemala and Singapore inspired her flamboyant series of flower and foliage subjects. We have four of this fabulous colourful collection in the Gallery,

Monique We are delighted to welcome jewellery maker, Monique Jeffrey Jones to the Gallery and have a selection of pieces from her Hawks Tor, Orb and Moorland collections, affordably priced from £40 - £120. Monique draws inspiration from the ancient rock formations found on Bodmin Moor. Her jewellery echoes its large granite boulders and outcrops of stones, their asymmetrical forms and toppling shapes. Working in sterling silver, she combines polished surfaces with oxidised

Book quickly as we have only 3 places left on our Brush Lettering Calligraphy workshop ! Key Details Date and Time : Sunday 1st Feb - 10.30 - 12.30 Venue : Creative Studio at Bodmin Gallery, 61 Fore Street, Bodmin PL31 2JB Cost : £40 (direct with Gallery) or £44.04 on Eventbrite including ticketing fee Age : 16 plus Please note that the venue has stairs All materials and light refreshments provided Email on gallery@bodmincreativestudio.co.uk or come into the Gallery to book

We are inviting artists, professional and amateurs  to take part in Bodmin, Squared , an open exhibition at Bodmin Gallery & Creative Studio  during FLAMM Festival weekend . This contemporary art festival will run over Saturday 28th Feb - Sunday 1st March 2026 https://flamm.creativekernow.org.uk/ We are keen to participate and give more creative people an opportunity to get involved. So, Bodmin Squared is conceived to present work in an open exhibition in the Gallery from a f

We have a lot of news to share with you as 2026 is going to be a full-on year. Running workshops at the Gallery in the Creative Studio is something that we started at the end of 2025 and we are putting a lot on the calendar for 2026. The first that we want to share is something very close to our hearts and that is an inspiring mentorship programme designed for makers, artists and creatives who want to turn their hobby into a thriving business. Creative studio space at the Gal

Our first week has been an incredible hit. We are so proud of the response.