Jenny Penney Artist
Jenny Penney
Local Makers Shop & Gallery
Venue: Mangerton Mill, Mangerton, Bridport DT6 3SG
HURRAY! I am now open on Saturday 14th and 21st (10 - 4 pm) and then 10 - 1.30pm on 28th
OPEN from March: Wednesday - Saturday; 10am - 4 pm
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Please check again this site before you come to be sure of no changes.
This was an entirely new venture for me in 2025. As the year progressed I welcomed a fabulous variety of new artwork and crafts to the walls with monthly guest artists and to the shelves with stained, fused and strawsilk glass adding beautiful colour and light to the shop. With a number of ceramicists here there is a wonderful span of pottery styles on offer, from Raku, stoneware and porcelain to crackle-glaze bowls and mugs and even sculpture! All the work on offer is a result of local artists making hand made items each with a complete uniqueness that with some work, can only be found here at this gallery. Added to the above this includes: metalwork, bronze, silver and anodized aluminium jewellery. In addition, two authors have produced books. The first is an historical writer set in Dorset during the 1600's and the second has produced a delicate collection of really beautiful watercolours of the Dorset Coast;
My 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 have had many favourable comments about the fabulous space and unusual and beautiful artworks for sale here. I have had a great first year here and I am looking forward to some fabulous new artwork and crafts on show in 2026.
Let me introduce you to what we have on offer.
My very first Guest Artist for 2026 is
Ali Chisholm cuts paper to create beautiful and inspirational 2 d (and some layered to relief) abstract pictures to be hung on the walls. All her artwork is original and she is inspired by French artist Henri Matisse, one of the most undisputed masters of the 20th Century. Her creativity takes many hours of patience with a knife to result in calm and well balanced pieces of art. Seeing is believing. https://realmosaics.com/
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If you are interested in purchasing any of the work on this site, or would like to visit the Local Makers Shop & Gallery, Mangerton Mill, please contact me and I will do my best to oblige.
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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 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.
Lisa Layton is a sketcher of the DORSET COAST, except she uses watercolours to sketch with. Her new book is a beautiful illustrative journey of memorable coastal locations that we all love and are wowed along Dorset's fabulous coastline.
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."
Rupert Andrews creates highly colourful and unique crazed glazed mugs and vases. He has worked on his glazes for over 30 years and they have become a collectors item for many who behold them. Importantly for the buyer, not only are they very affordable, but they are also dishwasher proof.
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, Gillian McCormick creates incredible stained glass pieces of birds and animals of the UK. She also makes very collectable fused glass birds on wood. Every piece is stunning positioned in front of light, both artificial and natural.
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. Don't miss her 4th book in the series. It is out this month - August!
JAYNE BURTON is a textile designer working from her small studio in Dorset, with a passion for fabrics both vintage and new. She is particularly interested in producing designs using Cyanotypes, Indian wooden blocks, dyes and paint to design, print and produce textiles and papers. Her main love is the natural world where she enjoys being surrounded by nature, especially sitting by the sea at dawn which inspires her textile 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.
Contemporary Aluminium Jeweller
Neolithic inspired Ceramics in Stoneware and Raku fired
ANCIENT BRONZE STYLED JEWELLERY
Caroline Parrott creates printed aluminium jewellery for one off bespoke pieces. Each piece is light and attractive and can be worn at any occasion. Her colourful creations include, earrings, necklaces bangles and even broaches.
Bill Crumbleholme is renowned for his style of contemporary stoneware which is inspired by ancient pottery; Neolithic bowls, Bronze Age urns & beakers, Iron Age & Roman jars & bowls inform the designs, with surfaces decorated by impressing tools such as combs, bones or sticks into the clay to form repeating patterns. Bill is a pyromaniac who really enjoys heating clay and glazes in many different ways to see what happens. He uses a variety of techniques each giving unique properties to the finished pots including wood-firing, raku and pit firing. Bill has a passion for ancient pottery and as a member of the Ancient Wessex Network, undertakes experimental archaeology and works with museums and archaeologists exploring pre-historic techniques. He has demonstrated his skills on the BBC 2 series Digging for Britain in 2025. Bill was instrumental in the creation of this collective of potters who have grown from his class students to a group of individual artists sharing their love of ceramics, resources and knowledge. More information and an archive of Bill's work can be seen at: www.beakerfolk.co.uk
Mark Vyvyan-Penney has spent many years researching the ancient methods of Bronze Casting, well before our time!! Having perfected these arduous methods which have required him to make his own bellows, build his own crucibles and cast his own bronze, his jewellery is highly skilled and unique. Some has been based on artefacts found on bronze age sites in Dorset and around the world. He has even demonstrated his casting skills on BBC 2 Digging for Britain in 2026.
Meet The Artists
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The Puffin image is also on the back of the T, however, if you prefer it without, it is possible to order it for the same cost. Organic Cotton T's. Colours available are : (as image) Light blue, Royal blue, Grey and white. Sizes include : S, M, L and XL for £ 22 each. Please contact Jenny
The Kingfisher image is also on the back of the hoodie, however, if you prefer it without, it is possible to order it for the same cost. Organic Cotton Hoodies. Colours available are : Artic Blue (as image) and Pool blue. Sizes include : S, M, L and XL for £ 35 each. The Puffin image is also available on Light Blue. For either orders please contact Jenny.
The image of West Bay Cliffs is also central on the back of the T, however, if you prefer it without, it is possible to order it for the same cost. Organic Cotton T's. Colours available are : Pool Blue (as image), Light blue, Royal blue, Grey and white. Sizes include : S, M, L and XL for £ 22 each. Please contact Jenny
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