WE ARE CURRENTLY SHOWING A CHANGING EXHIBITION OF GALLERY ARTISTS

LAST EXHIBITION ~ CRAFT CODE ~ 011 ~ NEW WAYS OF MAKING ~ 11TH SEPTEMBER ~ 30TH OCTOBER 2011 ~ GARY ALLSON AND ISMINI SAMANIDOU ~ WOOD, PAPER, WEAVING ~ KATIE BUNNELL ~ CERAMICS ~ TAVS JØRGENSEN ~ GLASS ~ DRUMMOND MASTERTON ~ METALWORK ~ VIEW IMAGES OF WORK FROM THE SHOW ~ DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE ~ DOWNLOAD HI RES IMAGES ~ WATCH VIDEO OF EXHIBITION


Photograph: Tobi Carver/St Ives Times & Echo

NEWS A new short film about the gallery has just been completed during the Craft Code show. Click here to watch the video. Produced by eiafilms.co.uk

Two works by Drummond Masterton have been purchased from the Gallery by the Crafts Council. For images click here to see Terraincup and Star Tesselation Dish_ST14

THE GALLERY The Wills Lane Gallery in St. Ives, Cornwall brings a breath of the West End to the South West. Artists and designers of national and international significance are exhibited alongside new talent. Click the medium to view the artists: paintings, drawings, watercolours, prints, photography, sculpture, metalwork, ceramics, glass, weaving, jewellery.

The gallery's exhibition changes as works are sold and new works come in, and from time to time there are solo exhibitions. Artists selected by the gallery who have received national recognition include Ismini Samanidou, whose textiles won a place in the Jerwood Contemporary Makers 2009.

Petronilla Silver, former Director of the Contemporary Art Society, London, runs the gallery and mounts exhibitions by her chosen artists. For years an influential figure in the London art world and a respected expert on collecting, she advised museums and major corporations on their acquisition policy, She is now available to advise private individuals on art collecting. Click here to watch a video of the gallery.