The Picture Shop and Gallery in Newport is a browser's paradise, with a wealth of beautiful pieces to linger over in the gallery, including original prints plus a selection of artwork in a range of mediums, including pottery, and textiles. Nestled in the pretty town of Newport, near Telford, It is the ideal place to choose a beautiful unique gift, or card and also offers a bespoke framing service, to allow you to properly showcase your artwork.
The Picture Shop and Gallery is a treasure trove of beautiful, unusual and unique artwork, which offers a haven to art lovers, and customers looking for some special items for their homes or to give as a gift. Maggie Hollinshead owns the gallery, and is herself a textile artist, who regularly showcases her pieces in her beautiful 16th Century gallery in Newport, along with work from some of Britain's most talented designers and makers of lovely contemporary crafts and applied arts.
She travels the country, spending time visiting artists and makers, seeking out work she would like to exhibit in the gallery and running workshops, which include one-day classes in tiara making, and textile jewellery, to longer, more involved courses, such as creative embroidery, to help people expand on their interests. The gallery features a rolling programme of solo exhibitions, often by local artists, and a continuous showcase of contemporary arts and crafts, by makers such as Ted Bruce, Bridget Davies, Jenny Colquitt, Clare Webster and Abbott and Ellwood. Paintings will be in wide range of mediums, from oil to acrylics, watercolours and mixed media, and in many styles, from abstract to representational and landscape - the quality of the piece is what determines its inclusion in the gallery exhibit, not subject or style.
Entry is free, and everything in the gallery is for sale. Maggie is continually adding to the contemporary arts and crafts on show, as there is so much talent in this country, and the gallery can only show a small selection of the work at any one time. It really is the place to find something totally different and away from the norm - so ideal for that special gift, or as a treat for yourself or your home. There's an extensive range of ceramics and studio pottery, whether your taste is rustic or brightly decorated, textile scarves and cushions - some knitted, others decorated with gorgeous embroidery, screen-printed linen aprons and tea towels (which are almost too nice to use!), hand-woven baskets, made to last and really lovely unusual jewellery, from brooches to earrings and necklaces, as well as cufflinks, designed with quirky dogs, cats or people, or perhaps, delicate swifts and pheasants. And if you are finding it too difficult to make a decision on behalf of someone else - there's always a gift voucher.
Likewise, the selection of cards at the gallery is also unusual and unique, featuring artwork designed by artists and makers, and many of them blank, to allow you to use them for different occasions. There's also children's age cards, and special birthday cards, again very different from the norm. The gallery sells a number of original prints, too, which you can then choose to frame, if you wish, in the Picture Shop. This offers a truly bespoke service, recognising the fact that no two pieces of art are ever the same, and each needs its own individual finish to fully complete the work. Whatever you wish to frame, and whatever the size, you can choose from a wide range of frame mouldings and mounts, with expert advice from the staff as to what would best suit your piece of art, and they can also arrange delivery once complete, if you live in the local vicinity.
Opening hours of the shop and gallery are Thursday 10am until noon, and Friday and Saturday 10am until 4pm, but Maggie is happy to arrange other times by appointment. For details on the workshops that Maggie runs, please contact her on 01952 813316 (Gallery) or 01785 811031 (Studio).
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The Picture Shop and Gallery in Newport, Shropshire - Bespoke Framing, Contemporary Applied Arts and Crafts.
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