Icon Gallery, Bath

Haydn’s illuminated artworks and finely worked mirrors can be viewed at his showcase exhibition at his new gallery in Bath -
Icon Gallery, 3 St James’ Street, Bath, BA1 2TW, telephone 01225 424300.

The gallery is located in the former Quest Gallery space and is open Tuesday to Saturday from May 21st 2011.

Artists exhibiting:

Haydn Sheppard - illuminated marble and crafted stone

mud hut company - handmade ceramic tiles

Jane Day - sculptural smokefired ceramics

Roy Palma - glass relief and authentic reproductions

Jem Hobbs - carving and sculpture

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The appreciation of beauty, whether man-made or natural, can transfix us and leave us with a sense of awe and wonder and the ability to create beauty is one of God's greatest gifts to man.

I am eternally captivated by stone and when working with it I am drawn into a journey of stillness. There is the desire to acquiesce with the very nature of the stone and when there is a mutual surrender secrets reveal themselves.

Experience has taught me the unforgivingness of the material when worked with an attitude or precept of reaching our destination before its time - and time is always on its side!

Our history reflects this endurance and our co-existence. It has provided the opportunity to make real our dreams and my work looks to explore the depths of this relationship with our Mother Earth and record keepers.

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“I’ve been working with some of these materials day-in, day-out for nearly thirty years and you’ve just opened my eyes to them in a completely new way.”

Phil Wright,
The Bristol Marble Company