MERRY CHRISTMAS from all of us at Atelier Beside the Sea

Rachel Larkins at ABtS

We've just received some wonderful new work from the brilliant Rachel Larkins, and it's flying out of the gallery FAST, so don't delay if you'd like a piece by this highly collectible jeweller.

For over 20 years Rachel has been pursuing her passion to create automata, figurative sculptures and jewellery influenced by the intimacy and hidden stories of small scale miniatures as well as by folklore and fairy tales.

Drawn to objects which are considered precious and ephemeral - mourning jewellery holding hair, bell jars holding birds, insects and naive dolls, dioramas and ships in bottles - Rachel's work is full of myth and story. Come and discover it for yourself.

Zoe Ansari's urban foxes

What creature could be more suited to modern mythology than the urban fox or Urbana Vulpes?

Slipping through the shadows and inhabiting the twilight, printmaker Zoe Ansari finds inspiration in our wild neighbours and captures them beautifully in her hand-carved, hand-printed lino print. Each is printed onto a warm cream Kitakata Paper hand-made by the Awagami factory in Japan.

This and other works by Zoe feature in our current exhibition - FOLK. Come and see. We are open 11am - 5pm seven days a week.

ROSA Magazine - Winter 2024

We are delighted to have the latest issue of ROSA Magazine - the Review of Sussex Arts - here in the gallery.

Issue 11 contains an interview with Maggi Hambling inspired by a night time visit to a Sussex wood, cover artist Alexi Marshall, Alexandra Loske’s World of Colour is all about Gold, Pages from a Sketchbook explores the creative process of Edward Burra, and much more besides.

Issue 11 is available in the gallery now. Come get your copy and start planning some colourful, cultural days out over the dark months to come. A perfect Christmas gift for art lovers and the creatively curious alike.

Backing Black

Our latest exhibition has given us the opportunity to invite some new artists to exhibit in the gallery, and we are thrilled to have collage artist Kate Black taking part.

Kate lives and works in Malton, North Yorkshire where she creates imagery in response to objects and events inspired by social history, artefacts and artworks found in museum and gallery collections. She’s particularly drawn to British Folk Art, textiles and children’s drawings which comes through in her work.

Malton is a thriving market town, which has sheep and cattle markets each week, and is home to many horse racing stables which have inspired the horse series that features in FOLK.

MERRY CHRISTMAS from all of us here at Atelier Beside the Sea.

Pop in and see us as you make your final preparations for Christmas. We'll be here until 3pm on Christmas eve to help you get all of your last gifts ticked off your list, with a warming glass of something mulled to offer you.

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your support throughout the year, and to wish you a very merry Christmas from all of the team here at Atelier Beside the Sea - Jon, Sarah, Arthur, Victoria, Poppy & Lizzie.

Pop in and see us on Boxing Day if you are out for a seafront walk to blow away the cobwebs and walk off all that festive feasting.

If you didn't get everything that you wanted under the tree, come and treat yourself at the gallery.

And - don't forget - we are offering free shipping to UK addresses on purchases over £15* up until Boxing day.

Christmas Shop (above) and Snowglobe (below) greeting cards by The Printed Peanut. Available at ABtS.

If you see a piece online that is not yet available on our website, please drop us an email at [email protected], or call us at 01273 776159, and we will be happy to help you.

*Outsized and extremely fragile pieces are not included in the free shipping offer. Please contact us to arrange in-gallery pick up or specialist shipping.