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Here is another great opportunity to learn the traditional craft of willow weaving as you create your own Catalan tension tray. Jasmine Fassenfelt will lead you step by step and keep it fun . The last workshop Jasmine led here was making bumblebee garden ornaments and here are attendees showing off what they made https://youtu.be/tcqM-lQmoWQ In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore working with natural sustainably grown willow, practice key weaving techniques, and craft at

Large multi colour 1 We are always thrilled when we welcome another artist into the Gallery and we are especially happy when that artist is just embarking on their creative j ourney. So when local bodywork therapiist, Hannah, came into the Gallery to show us her drawings we were excited to work with her. Her incredible geometric drawings , using just pen and alcohol marker, are all unique and intricately crafted. They have not been created using a computer, they are all han

We are always excited to get new artwork in from our artists and we have some really interesting new paintings from Nickie Carlyon. Hide and Seek - acryic on canvas The spirit bears in this series of paintings started from a series of works Nickie produced about her mother's early childhood on Vancouver Island.  She discovered after she completed the work that these bears only exist in northern British Columbia in Canada. They are brown bears that have a recessive gene (lik

We are delighted to have some artwork in from Annie Ovenden. Annie is perhaps best known for her tree studies and paintings depicting the rural landscape of inland Cornwall where she lives and works. We have two of Annie's tree studies - one of a beech tree up by the Bodmin Beacon and the other of a clearing in the New Forest. Both clearly show how Annie has perfected reflecting both the beauty and energy of trees and our natural landscape. Beech On the Beacon - Oil on bo

Key details Date: Saturday 4th April Time: 10 am - 1 pm Venue: Bodmin Gallery Creative Studio, 61 Fore Street, Bodmin, PL31 2JB Fee: £37.50 if booked directly with gallery or £41.34 if booked through Eventbrite Suitable for beginners and refreshers All tools and materials provided Hot drinks and nibbles provided Age: 18 plus (16 -18 welcome with accompanying adult) Note - Must be able to navigate stairs Eventbrite link:   https://www.eventbrite.com/e/watercolour-flowers-wit

Key details Date: Saturday 9th May Time: 10 am - 3 pm Venue: Bodmin Gallery Creative Studio, 61 Fore Street, Bodmin, PL31 2JB Fee: £85 if booked directly with gallery or £92.80 if booked through Eventbrite Suitable for beginners or more advanced All tools and materials provided 30 minute lunch break - Hot drinks and nibbles provided - bring own lunch or buy in town Age: 18 plus (16 -18 welcome with accompanying adult) Note - Must be able to navigate stairs Eventbrite link:  .

Key details Date: Saturday 28th March Time: 10.30 am - 1.30 pm Venue: Bodmin Gallery Creative Studio, 61 Fore Street, Bodmin, PL31 2JB Fee: £40 if booked directly with gallery or £44.04 if booked through Eventbrite Suitable for beginners or more advanced felters All tools and materials provided 30 minute lunch break - Hot drinks and nibbles provided - bring own lunch or buy in town Age: 18 plus (16 -18 welcome with accompanying adult) Note - Must be able to navigate stairs Ev

We have some stunning new pieces from Alistair Willshaw. Based in Foxhole near St Austell, Alistair is both painter and potter. His work is rooted in the meeting point between restraint and ruggedness—where the pared-back elegance of Japanese aesthetics encounters the raw, weathered spirit of Cornwall’s Clay Country. These large stoneware vases are very on trend and are a popular choice for creating statement pieces, perfect for displaying pampas grass and branches. Buncheong

We are delighted to have four new pieces from Philip Lyons, who has been with us in the Gallery since we first opened. South Coastal Town - 40 x 120cm Philip uses subtle colours and strong pattern in his compositions – locking them together to make a firm structure. He pays attention to the surface of the paintings to create areas that have a sense of history (telling a story).  There are accents of strong colour to anchor the composition.   Philip looks for modest, everyday

Join Artist-wanderer Karen Howse for a gentle morning of drawing in dialogue with stones. Key details Date : Saturday 11th April Time: 10.30 am - 1 pm Venue: Bodmin Gallery Creative Studio, 61 Fore Street, Bodmin, PL31 2JB Fee: £35 if booked direct with gallery or £38.72 if booked through Eventbrite Suitable for beginners or more advanced All materials provided including Drawing with Stones guide leaflet Hot drinks and nibbles provided Age: 18 plus (16 -18 welcome with accomp

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