We visited the Laughing Badger Gallery on the opening day of the Harry Ousey Exhibition.
There were some beautiful pieces of Harry's work on show!
To find out more about where to visit Ousey's exhibition, visit the Laughing Badger Gallery Facebook page!
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To read more about Harry Ousey, visit his website!
We are delighted to be mentioned in the December edition of Derbyshire Life alongside the array of great shops and pubs to visit in Hayfield.
Written by Mike Smith, the journey begins on Highgate Road and makes its way down through the village and just so happens to stop and have a chat with us!
Alongside Simon and Elephantstones Gallery, Harry Ousey gets a mention too!
In the publication you can also spot our print '20 Hoar' on the opening page of the article. You can view this print in our collection by visiting our collections page!
You can take home a copy of Derbyshire Life from most newsagents or visit their website!
Its that time of year again and as promised our new range of Christmas cards has arrived!!
We have a selection of cards to choose from.
Our small cards are inspired by Hayfield and its landmarks.
They feature local scenes Twenty Trees, the Shooting Cabin, the Kissing Gate, and Hayfield's skyline.
We also have a selection of large cards featuring festive things... a robin, mistletoe and a Christmas candle.
You can read all about the creatives at Elephantstones on our homepage.
You can also follow our facebook, instagram or twitter to keep up to date with what we are up to and what's new!
CHRISTMAS OFFERS!!
Make sure you visit the gallery to see our great Christmas offers on our entire range of cards.
Copenhagen... ...very cool, very flat - the biggest hill was the new footbridge over to Cristiania. Biking is big.
Level with Glasgow, the weather was perfect for sitting outside with a blanket and a beverage, the favourite Danish way to watch the world go by.
Nørrebro is where the vintage shops were to be found, north west of the centre of Copenhagen, just over the lakes. We rooted around in shops that ranged from the neatly curated to those piled impenetrably high with all the things we love. We bought lots of suitcase friendly wonders.
We saw... great art from Yoko Ono, Ragnar Kjartansson, Bruce Nauman and an amazing installation by Carsten Nicolai at the Copenhagen Contemporary to Ibrahim Mahama's powerful transformation of Nyhavn with 12x120m of jute sacks. The Copenhagen Design museum laid out the masterful restraint of great Scandinavian design.
We ate too much... we embraced new Nordic cuisine at 108 (a now permanent restaurant arising from a "pop up" at Noma), caramelised milk skin and pineapple weed... We did not make it off the waiting list to dine at the worlds best restaurant, Noma... but we did manage to enjoy traditional open sandwiches at Restaurant Schønnemann, washed down with schnapps and beer. The drinks menu gave these descriptions of the schnapps sizes: small/embarrassing ca. 2 cl. normal ca. 4 cl. large/reasonable ca. 6 cl. We went with normal. Breakfast at Atelier September, eggy dip has never been so good.
We ran... well, one of us jogged along the waterfront from the Mermaid to Cristiania Freetown, a self-proclaimed autonomous neighborhood - you are now leaving the EU.
See you next time Scandinavia, here's hoping the exchange rate is more friendly :)
We have new framed prints, new pieces of Scandinavian ephemera and new pieces of art!
And all just in time for the festive season. You're welcome! :)
Our window is full of all things new at Elephantstones. Don't forget to have a look if you're passing by.
There are still lots of exciting things to come! Keep up to date with what's happening at Elephantstones by following us on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.
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The big cheese and Sue Astles.
We visited the Buy Art Fair on the preview night and aside from Harry Ousey, we saw works by Grayson Perry, Damien Hurst and Tracey Emin (great if you have a few thousand burning a hole in your pocket :))
There is still time left to visit the fair and Harry Ousey's work. The fair runs from the 22nd to the 25th of September.
There are some truly great pieces on show so make sure you pop in if you can.
To find out more about Harry Ousey and his work go to his website!
Tickets are available on the Buy Art Fair website!
www.buyartfair.co.uk
See you there!
You can find more information about Harry Ousey and his work on his website!
www.harryousey.co.uk
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Sue Astles, who lives in Glossop, called into Elephantstones Gallery, shared the story of Harry Ousey and we immediately connected with Harry’s art. Making a space to hang these pictures is a great way to bring into the light works of such strong resonance with the landscape that surrounds Hayfield.
Harry lived at Hill farm in Hayfield from 1947 to 1950 where he walked the moors in all weathers making sketches and learnt to build dry stone walls. These walls that stretch across the landscape were the beginning of his idea for Edge Movement, a concept he explored throughout his painting life.
His assured paint handling and a freedom to simplify and indeed abstract from natural landscape motifs characterise his work.
Harry moved to Cornwall to become part of the St.Ives art scene in 1950 and was a contemporary of other notable artists of the day. Later, Harry moved to France and died in Marseilles. His wife Susie brought what work she could back to England and it remained stored in the attic of a house until discovered by their niece Sue Astles.
The works are for sale - if you’d like to purchase we’ll put you in touch with Sue.
Call in and see the original works!
To find out more about Ousey and his work go to www.harryousey.co.uk
This year Elephantstones Gallery is sponsoring Hayfield Well Dressing, this runs from the 9th of July.
Update:
Funnily enough we went on holiday and missed the whole thing! Sorry for the lack of photographs.
If you have one please send it our way!
Our best result yet in the May Queen Best Window Display category.
