SUSAN HALLS

Hot off the heels from an outstanding solo exhibition at the Ruthin Craft Centre last year, we eagerly commissioned Susan Halls to create a new collection of her celebrated hand built ceramic cats for The Shop Floor Project.

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Almost life-size, these hand-built sculptures are a celebration of the material as much as the subject. The way Susan Halls animates through clay is extraordinary, and the painterly glazes of the different fur patterns have the same delicious energy as the tactile hand-built nature of the clay.

A primitive, animalistic energy bursts from Halls’ work, and there is an ongoing search, within the making and use of the material, to explore animal behaviour.

“My work has always sought the form and feeling rather than the mere appearance of things. I’m trying to create a sculpture which traps a kind of animal truth.”

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KOSUKE AJIRO

A collection of new paintings by Japanese artist Kosuke Ajiro

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STORIES, MYTHS & LEGENDS

Inspired by the ancient craft of pargetting, a type of lime plaster decoration applied to the outside of houses in medieval England. The decoration often depicted local folklore such as the legendary figures of Tom Hickathrift and the Wisbech Giant.

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THE NIGHT FOREST

The Night Forest is a collection of new paintings by Denise Allan, featuring woodland animals, birds and flowers.

These exquisite paintings on board are painted to resemble the inlay of shells, marble and polished gemstones used in a technique called pietra dura that was made popular throughout Renaissance Italy.

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THE SEED GATHERER

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CATCHING THE EYE

These beautiful plates and platters by Carlo Briscoe are reminiscent of peering into a doll’s house, keep looking and see what delights you can find.

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ARTISTS' CUSHIONS

We have worked with our textile printers in Staffordshire to create a collection of beautiful cushions, all piped and backed in fabric which is carefully dyed to match the artwork

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PAPER CUTS

New designs have been added to Sarah Battle's very popular cushions. Featuring her paper-cut collages and printed onto organic cotton that has a beautiful satin warp to give it a slight feeling of silk. The expert textile printing means the colours and textures are as detailed as the original collages.

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ARTIST PRINTS

Explore our significant collection of signed, limited edition prints by contemporary artists made exclusively for The Shop Floor Project to museum archival standards.

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FRAMED WITH LOVE

If you choose to have your print framed, you can be assured of the highest quality delivered right to your door. Our skilled framers in England use wood which comes from forests that are managed to strict environmental, social, and economic standards by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

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BOOK OF HOURS

In these new works, Kosuke Ajiro has created a contemporary Book of Hours, in which he documents and celebrates the fictitious events in the daily lives of his imagined characters; myths, stories, births and marriages, the weather, festivals and mysterious messages are all recorded within these works.

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COMMISSION A WORK OF ART

Did you know about our very popular commissioning process?

If you see an object that you would like, but it has sold out, we can commission a similar piece for you.

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