ARTS and crafts fans throughout Craven will be able to take a peek at creativity in action when dozens of artists again throw open the doors to their studios on the first two weekends in June.
Workspaces of all shapes and sizes throughout the area can be visited by the public as part of the Gargrave-based North Yorkshire Open Studios (NYOS) initiative.
Among the creative talents on show will be the varied work of potters and painters, jewellery-makers, textile artists and printmakers.
Artists and craftspeople in Craven taking part include, in Carleton, printmaker Bridget Tempest, ceramicist Anna Lambert, painters David Thomas, Chris Murray and Jacquie Denby, and fashion designer Joan Murray.
In Thornton-in-Craven, the carving techniques used by Fiona Bowley to create her stone Swaledale Sheep sculptures will be on show, while in a nearby garden studio there are 'artist books' by Annwyn Dean and Elizabeth Shorrock.
The influence of Yorkshire’s inspirational landscape can be seen in the work of sculptors Mark Butler, of Grassington. and Sarah Smith, of Clapham, while also featured are the mixed media works of artist Hannah Chesterman, jewellery designs by Jill James, and the work of painters Alyson Telfer of Sough, Susan Calverley Parker of Austwick, and Frank Gordon of Giggleswick.
Craft works featured include ceramics by Rachel Blondel, of Clapham and Grassington's Emmeline Butler, embroidered designs which reveal stories by Kirsty Mason of Cononley, expressive textiles by Skipton's Jaki Bogg, and etched wood pieces by Rachel Thornton.
Watercolours by Phil Fraser, of Grassington, landscapes by Katharine Holmes Malham, and microcosmic artworks by Annie Farrer of Clapham also feature.
And landscape-inspired prints will be found at the Horton-in-Ribblesdale studio of Hester Cox.
All the studios and workshops featured are open on Saturday, June 3, Sunday, June 4, Saturday, June 10 and Sunday, June 11, 10.30am-5.30pm on each of the four days.
The annually-run NYOS is the biggest 'selected artist' open studio event in the country, and regularly attracts more than 20,000 visitors across the county each year.
It is run by by Chrysalis Arts, an arts development organisation based in Gargrave, with backing from Arts Council England. Further details of the event can be found at: www.nyos.org.uk
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