MONOCHROME is a cross genre
exhibition that highlights the subtleties
of line, mark, form and texture. 

With work by twenty contemporary makers
the exhibition looks beyond colour and considers
what we would generally term the opposite: all the nuances
between the polarities of black and white. 

Below we celebrate the first
5 exhibiting makers

Hendrike Barz-Meltzer

I usually make small groups or one-off pieces
that belong to a series. They are the outcome of a
visual thinking process that involves drawing,
model-making and experimentation. In my work
I employ a variety of very different materials and processes,
such as the Japanese silk braiding technique Kumihimo
or the Korean heat-bonding technique Keum-Boo.

Mandy Cheng

My focus is on porcelain using the
Nerikomi method, to make pots with unique
ergonomic forms that are both functional
and decorative. They are designed to be graceful
and minimalist, to conjure a feeling of lightness
and a sense of movement. 
 

Dowling & Martin

Vessel forms have always been central to our work;
we like the implied relationship to the hand and to use,
and the old-as-the-vessel-itself visual metaphor to the body,
with its mouth, belly and foot. We make sculpture
in wood, carving by hand using gouges and axes,
creating imperfect geometries with repetitive marks
that are each one still unique. 

Anna Gravelle

Anna Gravelle is perhaps best known for taking
the traditional craft of tufting (usually associated
with rug making and candlewick bedspreads) and using
its potential for adding a tactile and three-dimensional character
not just to fabrics, but as a medium for realising artworks. 

Bronwen Grieves

I hand build objects in clay, some of these
are vessels, others are more sculptural. Most of the work
is made from gritty stoneware clays which enable the making of
fragile forms. The clay is rolled out into flat coils, some of which
are incised with vertical or horizontal lines before being fixed together.
This creates texture and so decoration is kept to a minimum,
usually reserved to white slip which is partially rubbed away
to reveal the texture in the body of the clay below. 

            




The official brochure to accompany this exhibition
is available to view and enjoy here

Come and see the exhibition
in the Gallery 

Book your gallery visit slot here

You are welcome to drop in to
visit us during our opening hours,
however there may be a queue if we are
at capacity – we therefore advise using our
FREE booking system to avoid queuing
and book a 1-hour timed visiting slot.

Our opening times are:
Wednesday – Saturday
11am – 4pm

A reminder too that we do offer
additional bookable ‘private visits’
for those who want to visit alone,
require further reassurance in visiting,
or are vulnerable. These are available
either side of our public opening hours
and are available for both Exhibition and
Retail shop viewings.

Contact us to arrange this for yourself,
your ‘bubble’ or group. 

Call: 01824 704774 or email:
ruthincraftcentre@denbighshireleisure.co.uk
 

Meet the Makers – Part 2 coming next

Ruthin Craft Centre 
The Centre for the Applied Arts
Park Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire LL15 1BB 
Tel: +44 (0)1824 704774

Visit our website for exhibition information 
www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk

Ruthin Craft Centre is revenue funded by Arts Council of Wales
and is part of Denbighshire Leisure Ltd,
a Denbighshire County Council owned company.

All photography courtesy of the artists