In Pateley Bridge, the Victorian workhouse and its outbuildings have been transformed into a series of units and studios for artists. Not many of them were open when I looked round but I met the sculptor, Joseph Hayton. He trained as a stone mason at York College and has owned his own business since 2012, producing award winning pieces in stone and bronze, many of them figurative.
Andrew Sanders and Joseph Wallace were working in the glass makers' studio. They met at college and set up studio together, producing a range of beautiful, handmade, decorative pieces: vases, bowls, bottles, glasses and paperweights. There's something about coloured glass that really pleases me so I bought a little turquoise scent bottle to add to my collection.
This is the old Workhouse building where some of the studios are. It also holds a museum of local life that looked interesting. It's only open at weekends, so I will have to go back, perhaps in the summer when there is more going on.
I always enjoy seeing craftspeople at work.
ReplyDeleteThe glasswork is so beautiful and seeing the place it is created and those who made it was interesting.
ReplyDeleteGreat to see a sculptor who is successful. I love blown glass, and our small town will soon have a glass studio with glass for sale as well as demos of the blowing technique.
ReplyDeleteI love a place like this.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work! And a fine use of an old building.
ReplyDeleteMy mother would love the glassworks.
ReplyDeleteI bet that building could tell some stories. I liked the sculptures and the glass wear. It is good to see old buildings being repurposed.
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