Staffordshire Moorlands Peak District Antique Centre		Music and Art
Home Page About this site Antiques, Shopping and Commercial pages The Community Inns, Hotels and Accommodation Local Government Local Publications Music and Art Places of Interest Sport Weather and Web Cam Visitors Book Links  Site Index		Artists and Galleries  The Studio 1 Buttermarket Hall Leek, Staffs ST13 5HH The Studio is an Aladdin’s cave to be found in Leek’s Buttermarket Hall. It is crammed with all sorts of art & craft materials. The artist is catered for with W&N artist watercolours, Langton watercolour paper books and fabriano papers. Unison pastels are a favourite of the proprietor and many other pastel artists. The needs of Oil and Acrylic painters are also met. There is a wide range of accessories for all mediums. The card making enthusiast is well catered for, Blank cards as a starter, with peel-offs galore, Rubber stamps, embossing, craft punches, Lace, Quilling, parchment and vellum, paper pricking, Brass stencils and embellishments and many craft materials to appeal to your creative side. Scrapbooking/Memory albums and accessories. Glass paint, fabric & silk paint, ceramic paint craft paint, waxes and inks. Calligraphy, Modelling materials and moulds, Glass beads and wires, jewellery findings, Friendly plastic, the list is endless! There are also crosstitch kits, candle making, snazerro face paints, Hama beads, paint by numbers and scraperboard. And lots of books on all named crafts. As well as all these goodies, there are original paintings by local artists, including the proprietor, Sue Smith, who will gladly take commissions for your landscape painting requirements. The Studio is open on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays each week from 8.30am till 4.30pm. The Studio 1 Buttermarket Hall Leek, Staffs ST13 5HH. Sue can be contacted on 01538 398947 or email: susan@studiobmkt.fsnet.co.uk Above we have Llyn Craffant, Snowdonia. Pastel £120       On the right is Blackbrook, Gradbach. Oil £210     Above we have Autumn, Dane Valley. Pastel £150 The Studio 1 Buttermarket Hall Leek, Staffs ST13 5HH   Sue can be contacted on 01538 398947 or email: susan@studiobmkt.fsnet.co.uk   Drawing On The Past Local artist John Creber has been portraying the towns and villages of North Staffordshire in pen and ink for over twenty years. Here he has selected some of his favourite drawings of the Moorlands area for Leekonline. The Bunting, Wetley Rocks 1986 Hollow Lane, Cheddleton 1987 Upperhulme, 1989 Church Lane, Ipstones 1991 Consall Forge 1988 St. Edward Street, Leek 1985   Some work by Jackie Littlewood Jackie Littlewood is a local professional artist. Here is a selection of her work on animals in varying media. Although this current selection is specifically animals, most subject matter can be undertaken. For further information on her work or commissions please telephone 01538 381141 These original watercolours are reproduced by kind permission of the artist, Sally Richardson who also runs ‘Picture Book’ a local bookshop and gallery in the market town of Leek The Bird in Hand, Market Place Leek. Les Hetres, St. Edward Street Leek Clerks Bank with St. Edward’s Church Leek The Monument Leek The Buttermarket, Market Place Leek Art Galleries The Gallery Broad Street, Leek 01538 372961 Moorlands Arts and Antiques Centre / The David Hunt Gallery, Cross Street Mill, Leek 01538 399210 England's Gallery, Ball Haye Terrace, Leek 01538 373415 John Worthy Gallery, St Edward Street, Leek 01538 383779 Out of the Blue, Stockwell Street, Leek 01538 382896
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