Serigraphs & blankets

Pendleton blanket 'robes' modelled by Dion Tapahe, Erin Tapahe & Sunni Begay.© image by Eugene Tapahe photography

Keep warm with a beautiful Pendleton blanket

Pendleton Woollen Mills weave the legends and symbols of North America into beautiful blankets. Pendletons have become traditional honouring gifts for Native peoples. Blankets robes and shawls are given to acknowledge rights of passage such as births, coming of age, graduations, marriage, major milestones and accomplishments. They are worn for ceremonies, celebrations, feast days and used daily in the home.

These stunning

blankets

are exceptional quality and wonderfully warm. They are quite simply the best possible gift to give and receive - a gift to treasure for life.

Serigraphs from the Pacific Northwest

Our

winter exhibition

showcases Pacific Northwest coast ‘formline’ serigraphs from Tlingit artist Preston Singletary and Coast Salish printmakers Peter and Araquin Boome. Formline is a distinctive style of art common to the Indigenous nations of the Pacific Northwest coast and Alaska. The word 'formline' is an English translation of a more complex and nuanced term in the Haida language.

Examples of formline art in traditional cultures are totem poles, bentwood boxes, feast dishes, spindle whorls, rattles, masks, canoes and canoe paddles. These items would usually be carved from aromatic red cedar wood and painted with natural pigments.

The imagery in this exhibition represents stylised animals, birds, fish and humans. Transformation is a common theme in which the human is represented within an animal form. Such transformation is associated with ceremonial songs, dances and storytelling.

"TINNÁA" copper form (detail) by Preston Singletary.

Christmas shopping

Find unique and beautiful jewellery and magical Zuni fetish carvings both online and in the gallery, with new additions being posted daily from now until Christmas. Visit the website to see what's new and follow our instagram feed for inspiration.All orders are sent by Special Delivery which is usually guaranteed for next day arrival. However, due to intermittent postal strikes orders may take an extra day or two.

Opening times

Our usual gallery hours are 10am - 5pm Tuesday - Friday and 10am - 4pm on Saturday. Next month our opening hours will be extended to 5.30pm on weekdays until Christmas. In addition, I am happy to offer viewings by appointment outside of our usual gallery hours.Warm wishes,Jo xx