The Private View offers guests the following unique evening!
SALT glass studios - Highly Commended Award Glass Art Prize 2013
Join SALT glass studios in partnership with Burnham farmers and producers for a unique evening celebrating the Burnhams diverse crops and seafoods fromsaffron, plums and apples to mussels which establish a network of shared imagery, substances and memories in the region.
Working closely with Burnham farmers and producers the Private View and exhibition Bounty of the Burnhams Through Glass explore a series of glass-print work investigating the revival of Norfolk Saffron by Dr Sally Francis in Burnham Norton, Nina Plumbe's unique heritage orchards Plumbe & Maufe Farm in Burnham. Overy Town and Jon Brown’s harvested mussels from Burnham Deepdale & Norton Creek.
SALT’s private view with be opened by Isabel Vasseur, Director of Art Office a pioneering organisation of the Public Art movement in the UK and use of the Arts Council's Works of Art in Public Places.
Louis Thompson- Winner British Glass Biennale & Jerwood Foundation 2012. Louis returns to SALT to offer the public demonstrations of his original and award winner glassmaking skills. www.louisthompson.com
SALT glass studios gallery are running a series of exhibitions entitled Bounty of the Burnhams Through Glass exploring a series of glass-print work celebrating the Burnham landscape’s diverse crops and food economies, from saffron, grains, fruit, sugar beet, shell fish to samphire, and this rich cultural currency which establishes a network of recurring imagery, shared substances, memories and histories within the region.
“Saffron was a ‘forgotten crop’, absent from Norfolk for almost 200 years but now thriving again.â€
Dr Sally Francis Norfolk Saffron
Norfolk Saffron grows award-winning, superlative quality, saffron at their smallholding in the Burnham Norton. Potent and flavoursome, Norfolk Saffron threads have a deep red colour and unique provenance. Excellent in sweet and savoury dishes, plus in baking too. Norfolk Saffron also launched in August 2013 the new ‘King Harry’ Orange & Saffron Liqueur inspired by a historical recipe this is delicious as a digestif, in cocktails or added to puddings and is the only fruit and saffron liqueur you'll see anywhere.
The exhibition explores Norfolk Saffron and Sally Francis and her family’s important revival of saffron in the Burnham region.
SALT draw on the role of the ‘Croker’, the saffron grower and the legacy of the women who traditional harvest and gather the saffron crop. Through a series of glass-printed vessels SALT evoke the Croker’s present within the Burnham landscape over the centuries and significantly today drawing from medieval manuscripts and contemporary accounts and imagery.
SALT also focus on the saffron ‘Stigma’, the female organ of the flower, referred to as ‘saffron threads’ which the spice derives. There are only three saffron stigmas per flower and SALT explores the stigma’s rich cultural currency as a spice through a series of glass-printed Pestle and Mortars.
“Memories of Dad and trees are huge. The orchard planting was exciting on the farm...diversification in the 1970's. Later, when I came to run the farm the orchard was that step too far but gradually I got it under my wing so to speak. The irony of my surname and plums was not lost on me and I realised the selling feature usefulness of it.! I am proud of how the orchard has evolved. Its a lovely place to work in, and I enjoy days amongst the trees.†Nina Plumbe, P&M Farm
P.M.Farming The Leith House Plum Orchard was planted by Garry Maufe between 1976 and 1978 and is now run by his daughter Nina Plumbe. The orchard has almost 3,000 plum trees with over 35 different varieties, probably the most varied dedicated plum orchard in the country. The orchard fields are overlooked by a Tumulu excavated some years ago and a chieftain was found. The plums ripen over a period of about two months from mid July with the first variety Hermans, until mid September when we finish with Coe’s Golden Drop and Anna Spath.
Drawing from unique access to the family’s Diary which documents from 1978, Garry Maufe’s personal account of the orchard’s evolution over thirty five years from recording weather, harvesting to flowering cycle, SALT navigate across generations of farmers at P.M.Farming and Leith House Plum Orchards's unique legacy in preserving some of the rarest varieties of apples, plums and pears in the UK today.
Jon is an experienced local shell-fisherman and conservationist and has harvested mussels for many years along the tidal creeks and channels of the Burnham Deepdale and Norton Creek. Jon knows the coastal and offshore waters well having spent twenty years in the shell fishing industry based in Brancaster Harbour.
Jon now runs Brantcruise and provides unique boat trips with his unique insight drawn from the last fifty years of the marshland and coastline including Scots Head Island.
SALT met Jon at our gallery when he was viewing sand cast glass mussels and oysters and we were immediately inspired by Jon’s wealth of expertise of shellfish species and Burnhams fishing communities’ cultures and legacy in the region. SALT explores through sand glass castings of seashell forms and fishing equipment associated with the living legacy of mussel harvesting associated with Burnham Deepdale and Norton creeks.
Unthank Supper Clubwill create and offer guests an array of unique culinary dishes inspired by the Burnham crops and shellfish explored in the Bounty of the Burnhams exhibition.
Unthank Supper Club is using their quirky approach to beautiful local simple ingredients found in the Bounty of the Burnhams. Utilising the rich produce of apples, saffron, plums, barley, quince, blackberries,eggs, sugar, wheat and rape seed all found within in this fertile area. Hand held dishes will circulate throughout the evening of this Food Art History event. Preparations of picking and preserving for this event began in August. Arrive hungry!
Spiced game on a stick
Mussels with saffron aioli and sourdough
Saffron barley risotto
Hot deep fried apples with spiced saffron batter, plum ice cream and blackberry syrup
Quince marshmallow
Unthank Supper Clubare a creative husband and wife team. Yusuf a professional chef and Clarissa a designer, events organiser and very good cook. Unthank Supper Club run regular supper clubs in Norfolk, Suffolk, Devon and London.
Gin Garden'sdrinks are a heady mix of autumnal fruits, spices and foraged berries and hips and they will be adding aromatic waters of quince and ginger, tinctures of spice, hawthorn and rosehip together with home-made syrups and cordials to create truly memorable drinks to stir the senses.
Gin Gardenhost gin experiences which educate, entertain and stimulate the senses! Working with local distilleries, complementing the botanicals of their gin and liqueurs with local herbs, fruits and flowers,Gin Garden collect ingredients from local artisan producers and small businesses to make each of their drinks unique to the area they are created!
Garrett and Garrett will explore collecting sensory- memories from the exhibition!
Garrett and Garrett are awardees of numerous British film festivals including HELD and FilmPoem Festival. Garrett and Garrett are a brother and sister videography team based in London with a passion for filming the visual arts, creative processes, promotional videos, animations and events, illustrating their clients’ character with concise content and artistic imagery.
Tickets are for one person to attend SALT glass studio’s exhibition Privative View on the 30th November 2013.
This unique ticket includes free glass-print demonstrations and a 'Bounty' glass art piece by SALT, a selection of unique culinary dishes by Unthank Supper Club and access to Gin Garden’s unique drinks and cocktails paying Bar.
Ticket Delivery
Tickets will be delivered by secure e-mail to the purchaser or advised recipient with a ticket number. Simply print the ticket out on A4 paper and present the ticket on the evening. Please note: You must enter contact details on purchase and ensure that you print out your tickets to gain access to the Exhibition Opening. Tickets are non refundable.
Filming
As part of the Bounty of the Burnhams Through Glass Exhibition Private View, Garret and Garret - an independent. film company will be filming to collect guests experiences of the senses and memories.
SALT glass studios - Highly Commended Award - Glass Art Prize 2013!
SALT's Courses and Open Studio offers all the family a great range of glass and printmaking courses to create an original glass piece or gift!
Courses include Printmaking onto Glass, Kiln Fusing-Embossing to Glass Blowing and Sand Casting Courses and taught by artists Max Lamb (RCA) and Dr Fiona Wilkes (Slade).
Open studios includes free demonstrations and Gallery of new artwork collections!
Truly inspirational, I have enjoyed every single second, I would highly recommend that anyone considering a glass –print course look at what you offer in terms of value for money, unleasing creativity, patience and fabulous tuition. Oh and great cups of tea!!†(Cherly Addington)
‘Brilliant course, highly recommended, lovely people and beautiful location!’ (Louis Inchley, July 2013)
‘Fabulous fun, great experience’ (Baldwin Family, July 2013)
‘Fab, love it!‘ (E. Browning, Festival Director, Artsweeks Oxfordshire)
“A big thank-you for sharing your skills and your beautiful space. It was so good to learn how to print on glass and I would really like to continue to work with it and develop my skills†(Dr P Lane, July 2013)
‘Well organised, good instruction, very friendly, really enjoyed the experience’ (Norfolk Deaf Children Society)
‘Excellent course, very enjoyable. A very hands on course and highly recommended experience' (Dan Gorman, Charity Manager, August 2013)
“We thought the course was very good and the children had a great experience thank you’ (Read Family, August 2013)
‘Breathing life into glass is awesome’ ( Kirsten Dyhr-Mikkelsen, Consulant, Tim Harris Sound Enineer, July 2013)
‘Working with molten glass was amazing the heat made it have its own life!’ (Ms Murphy, Science Editor, August 2013)
‘We all had a great time, thanks so much!’ (Otter Family, July 2013)
