Join us on Saturday 13 May at Gainsborough’s House as we celebrate the birth of Thomas Gainsborough. With free entry to the House, guided tours on the hour every hour from 11.0am-3.00pm, a chance for children to dress up in 18th century costume and craft activities for children, Garlanding Gainsborough is a great day out...
We are delighted to announce that artist Julian Perry will give a gallery talk of his exhibition Julian Perry: County of Elms on Sunday 28 May at 2.00pm. Join us for a fascinating tour of his work; hear about what inspires him as an artist, his creative practice and his exciting plans for the future....
Photo etching with Emma Buckmaster This method of photo etching allows you to transfer a prepared image, photographic or otherwise, onto an etching plate and to then work into it using traditional etching methods, if you choose. The course will take you through the whole process from preparing the image to etching and printing the...
Gainsborough's House Print Workshop members exhibit their work at their annual exhibition held at St Peter's, Market Hill, Sudbury.
Original Fine Art prints, created by our talented Gainsborough's House printmakers, will be on sale at St Peter's, Market Hill, Sudbury. Come along to see the amazing range of work produced by our members and to purchase your own original piece of art. Opening Reception Saturday 3 June 12-2pm
This course provides a sound introduction to wood engraving and is most suitable for those with some drawing experience. There is no need to have prior knowledge of printmaking. First look at specialist tools, consider mark making and how to create tones, then make a tonal sampler before engraving on to wood and printing. Every...
The market town of Sudbury in Suffolk has a surprising history. Regarded today as Great Britain’s most important centre for silk manufacture, Sudbury produces nearly 95 per cent of the nation’s woven silk textiles from its three working mills: Vanners Silk Weavers, Stephen Walters & Sons and Gainsborough Silks. Dating back to the late 1700s,...
This exhibition in our Lift Gallery, displays a group of three pastel drawings and can be attributed with some certainty to the talented draughtswoman Lady Helena Rawdon, née Perceval (1717–46). They were originally presented en suite with a rare image of a female pastellist at work, possibly depicting Lady Helena herself. Accompanying the portrait of...
Join us on Monday 19 June, 6-8pm to celebrate the launch of Noël Riley's latest book The Accomplished Lady: A History of Genteel Pursuits 1660 - 1860. Noël Riley is a writer and lecturer on the decorative arts, and a consultant at Sotherby's Institute of Art, London.
An illustrated author’s talk and book signing. We are delighted to host an evening with Sudbury born author Liz Trenow. Liz, whose books feature in the New York Times Best Sellers list, will talk about how she has returned to her family’s silk weaving roots for her latest novel, The Silk Weaver. The book is...
Friday 23 and 3o June 2017 Explore the work of the artist, designer, conservationist, and socialist William Morris, whose ideas laid the foundations for the Arts & Crafts Movement and revolutionised the appearance of Victorian crafts and the home. A man of prodigious talents and energy, Morris urged his contemporaries to “Have nothing in your...
Friday 23 and 3o June 2017 Explore the work of the artist, designer, conservationist, and socialist William Morris, whose ideas laid the foundations for the Arts & Crafts Movement and revolutionised the appearance of Victorian crafts and the home. A man of prodigious talents and energy, Morris urged his contemporaries to “Have nothing in your...
