Harley Gallery trip (excuse any poor spellings, it's getting late and I'm sleepy)

First of all, I'd like to start by saying that my images aren't of the greatest quality as I was VERY apprehensive of whether I was genuinely allowed to take photos...Either way;

My first lot of images are of the very first place we went: the main site and were my favourite of the entire trip! 

I really enjoyed looking at these people sculptures and interpreting each individual personally! I love the simplicity and the ghost-like feel that the sculptures give off, which make me motivated to create something in the style of Curneen. I have seen some of her mission gallery work before online (tumblr) and have always admired it greatly for it's hauntingly beautiful structure! I feel as though her work couple potentially influence some of my future art.

Next up: the beautiful fine arts room.

This room was incredible! It's art was very traditional in the sense; it was very "very before" artists were able to create more creative art. It come across as though the paintings were observations (I didn't get chance to read the notes along side because the room got crowded.) I adored the architecture/interior design and the room as a whole, mainly due to the somewhat royal asthetic design over-all. 

(I also think this room was a "no photo" zone...ooooooooooooooooooooops)

The room across from this one:

I didn't get chance to take many photos because (for some stupid reason) my phone didn't save the short video I took :( )

This room had lots of illustration-styled drawings/collages/art and that really caught my eye! As I am currently contemplating going into the profession of illustration; I found this particular exhibition by Kevin Coates (who's an artist goldsmith) (*fancy*) very interesting. The following images are items created by him! 

After being there, I nipped to the gift part of the art gallery, which I found these 3 particular pieces EXTREMELY lovely and wish I'd have taken enough money to purchase them. 

The first is a lovely set of black and white face mould cups! Personally, I find these beautiful and I would really like to create my own versions of them in the near future. 

Then, there were these adorable wall hangings of what seemed to be shocked faces and extremely cute. 

And finally, this AMAZING statue that's the most wonderful colours!

Shortly after, we went onto the smaller exhibition/work spaces in the small rooms surrounding the grounds.

I promise I'm not a cutlery hoarder of any sort! 

I found these pieces to be extremely intriguing! They aren't something you see on a regular basis (well, they are but not like this) and I found them to be beautiful. I love the quirky, alternative vibe they give you and found them to be rather inspiring to "quirk" up ordinary objects!

• TEXTILES ROOM •

 

I have nothing to really say about the textiles room, other than...wow! It was full of cath kidston items, quirky little dolls, bits and bobs, random pictures and it kind of reminded me a lot like my bedroom...

FLLLLLLLLOWERS;

The flower lady's place...

Her entire work was phenomenal. Every part was so aesthetically pleasing and using flowers isn't really a concept you touch on when taking an art course. She's only recently finished her degree in London, which these books were what she's even keeping. Her portfolio was incredible and made me feel really inspired to create more floral-based, inventive and unique pieces. She was working on a dress, but was using fake flowers due to durability. It was beautiful, to say the least.

COOL GEEZER WITH THE DOG

His room was extremely messy and reminded me of a "ranch" in America. He wore a cool cowboy hat, a leather waist coat and shirt, tweed trousers and boots...he also reminded me or somebody from a wild, wild western ranch. He had some really cool things in there, but it was difficult to get photos as they were so out of reach, you just couldn't get close enough. I do recall a really brilliant drawing on a patterend fabric of two girls in a tea cup. Oh and there was a giant bee-hive model which was made from vinyl! Pretty cool work-place.

 Although I didnt get any images, a lady was working on painting some buttons in a pastel colour-schemed room! She said she did all kind of crafts and varied between styles! I liked her attitude towards keeping options open and I realllllllly loved her room. (Not that it's of any relevance, but I really want her Roberts Revival radio.) 

Over-all, the experience was very pleasant and gave me inspiration to try more and more styles within the art department! I took this final image before leaving and found it far too lovely to not post!