Jenny Penney Artist
Jenny Penney
Local Makers Shop & Gallery
Venue: Mangerton Mill, Mangerton, Bridport DT6 3SG
As an entirely new venture for me, the shop/gallery poses a tremendously exciting opportunity to support local artists/crafts people to exhibit their fabulous hand made items at a unique venue just outside Bridport. The aim is to create a shop/gallery with a well varied display of unusual and attractive, well made and affordable gifts made by our many local talented artists. So far this is looking promising. I opened properly on the 30th March this year and have had many favourable comments about the fabulous space and unusual and beautiful artworks for sale here.
Let me introduce you to what we have on offer.
Our Story
The ethos of the Local Makers Shop/Gallery is to support local artists within Dorset and the local area. All of our artists...... Not only are talented crafts people are able to exhibit and sell their work at the shop/gallery, but each month there is an opportunity for a Guest Artist to bring extra variety within the gallery. This means that from time to time, my Relief Sculpted Landscapes will be replaced by a completely different medium. For example this year there will be a painter from Dorchester and a quilt specialist from Weymouth, Check out the Guest Artist diary below.
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GUEST ARTIST DIARY 2025
26th April - May 30th Tara Harland Viney
Abstract painting, lino cut printing
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June Wendy Hermelin
Hand & Machine Textile Artist with mixed media - landscape pictures, books, bags and mushrooms
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July Ingrid Ellis - Textiles & Mixed media
Layered and embellished textile pictures and quilts
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August 2025 Pam Philip
An Art exhibition featuring colourful Landscape Paintings
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September 2025 Bill Crumbleholme - Master Potter Practical Tableware - bowls, mugs, vessels, ovenware pots
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ABOUT OUR CURRENT GUEST ARTIST MAY 2025
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Tara Harland Viney is an Australian artist living in Dorset. She is exhibiting her stunning lino prints but she is also known for her deeply thought provoking and abstract paintings. One of which adorns the main wall at the gallery. Her stock of mounted original hand painted lino cuts and some photographs are for sale in the browser. This is truly a great opportunity to see her beautiful work. Much of her work is inspired by well known local walks, for example Hell Lane and of course Dorset's beautiful coastline.
To see some of the artists work go to www.Tara Harland Viney.com
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Meet The Artists
Jenny Penney: You will have seen some of my work here on my site. Please come and see it "in the flesh" at Mangerton Mill (Wednesday - Saturday). You cannot get the perspective of the works until you do so!
Naya Downes works mainly in porcelain creating beautiful sculpted seed-heads and plant hangers for your garden. She also makes very slim vases and bowls imprinted with natural grasses and flower heads that she grows in her garden and fossils collected from the seashore.
Charlie Sparrow creates brilliant birds and animals out of wool from locally cared for pet sheep. She also uses recycles materials, such as wood to base or back her creatures and old jumpers to make wonderful pin cushion pigs!
Nick Jackson uses white stoneware to create the most beautiful mugs, bowls, oil drizzlers, jugs and much more. He works on the wheel and often uses a technique called Raku, an ancient Japanese firing method in his final glazing. He says "The flames and smoke react with the glaze to create amazing, unique, and unpredictable crazing patterns. The crazing itself is very random and this gives each piece its own unique character."
STMH makes use of locally felled trees to create his beautifully finished and tactile wood-turned bowls and bottles. Oak, beech and cherry are favourites woods to recreate a new and practical utility from.
John Rigby's metalwork garden structure are created with love and labour. He uses both stainless steel and mild steel to create flowers on stalks "that will rust and create a contrast in colour and texture". Each flower can then be planted in your garden, without worry about feeding or blight!
Penny Ireland is a character sculptor of wildlife. She creates a whole range of "Tableware animals" such as the : pine martin, Tawny Owl and here a Koala.
Strawsilk Art : Intensely colourful and beautifully designed glassware is made by hand by Tim Lees using natural strawsilk paper. Each piece is unique and produced in a variety of forms.
Based in Dorset, Clare Hawley is a Jeweller, designer and maker specialising in rings, earrings and necklaces. She uses traditional silversmith techniques utilising both silver and gold sheets and is inspired by the "natural beauty and ancient history of the region".
Georgia Piggott is a local author who specialises in historical mystery novels . She sets her scene in a local fictional village of Dorset during the 17th century. Georgia has now published 3 books in the series : Just Causes, A Hazardous Game and Stolen Lives with a 4th hot on the press!
Rob Teague specialises in utilising a variety of British wood materials for turning. His walnut bowl is beautifully shaped and his beach plates lined with spalted fungal decay, making it a very striking piece with its blackish irregular design.
Hilary Bradt sculpts small animal and dishes in ceramics. She uses a whole range of hand sculpting techniques, as she does here with her adorable "Time for a hair cut" sculpture of a dog.
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