The Gallery

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    Giles Gallery is an award winning arts & crafts gallery situated in the heart of its community. Exhibiting & promoting local creative talent, Giles Gallery offers original arts & crafts, gifts & cards, bespoke framing, art supplies, experienced advice & creative workshops.

    With solo and group exhibitions booked and planned as far as 2020, the calendar promises to be a varied and exciting one! Regularly, artists and crafts persons from outside the gallery come to offer classes and workshops. Calligraphy, floristry, wire work and stained glass, to list but a few of the skills on offer to learn and try. Details of upcoming exhibitions & courses can be found here.

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  Hand build Ceramics Courses
  
  Giles Gallery
  
  Old Methodist Chapel, Cowbridge Road, Pontyclun CF72 9EG
  

  feb(feb 25)7:00 pmapr(apr 28)9:00 pmHand build Ceramics CoursesMonth Long Event (february) Giles Gallery, Old Methodist Chapel, Cowbridge Road, Pontyclun CF72 9EG

  

  Event Details

  These hand building courses are for people who want to know more about making with clay. If you are an absolute beginner

  more

  Event Details

  These hand building courses are for people who want to know more about making with clay. If you are an absolute beginner or if you have some experience and want to improve your skills, this is the place for you.

  Every session includes a short demonstration of a new skill, including coiling, slab building, pinch pots, using coloured slips, surface decoration, sculpting and glazing. But most of the session is about making with the clay at your own pace, making what you want to make.

  The maximum number on each course is 10, so you will have lots of support from me, in a relaxed and positive atmosphere. I take clay very seriously, it’s my passion, but I want you to have fun and enjoy yourselves!

  All the materials, tools and firing are included, but if you want to bring your own tools, or a particular clay that you like using, that’s fine too.

  Book early to guarantee your place.

  

  Course Dates

  25/02/2020 19:00 to 21:00

  5 or 10 week course, taking place every Tuesday evening for 2 hours

  5 week

  5 week short handbuilding course

  £120 for 5 weeks

  10 week

  Full 10 week handbuilding pottery course

  £230 for 10 weeks

  Time

  Month Long Event (february)

  Location

  Giles Gallery

  Old Methodist Chapel, Cowbridge Road, Pontyclun CF72 9EG

  Organizer

  

  Rachel Bray Ceramicsracheljibray@outlook.com

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  Hand build Ceramics Courses
  
  Giles Gallery
  
  Old Methodist Chapel, Cowbridge Road, Pontyclun CF72 9EG
  

  feb(feb 25)7:00 pmapr(apr 28)9:00 pmHand build Ceramics CoursesMonth Long Event (february) Giles Gallery, Old Methodist Chapel, Cowbridge Road, Pontyclun CF72 9EG

  

  Event Details

  These hand building courses are for people who want to know more about making with clay. If you are an absolute beginner

  more

  Event Details

  These hand building courses are for people who want to know more about making with clay. If you are an absolute beginner or if you have some experience and want to improve your skills, this is the place for you.

  Every session includes a short demonstration of a new skill, including coiling, slab building, pinch pots, using coloured slips, surface decoration, sculpting and glazing. But most of the session is about making with the clay at your own pace, making what you want to make.

  The maximum number on each course is 10, so you will have lots of support from me, in a relaxed and positive atmosphere. I take clay very seriously, it’s my passion, but I want you to have fun and enjoy yourselves!

  All the materials, tools and firing are included, but if you want to bring your own tools, or a particular clay that you like using, that’s fine too.

  Book early to guarantee your place.

  

  Course Dates

  25/02/2020 19:00 to 21:00

  5 or 10 week course, taking place every Tuesday evening for 2 hours

  5 week

  5 week short handbuilding course

  £120 for 5 weeks

  10 week

  Full 10 week handbuilding pottery course

  £230 for 10 weeks

  Time

  Month Long Event (february)

  Location

  Giles Gallery

  Old Methodist Chapel, Cowbridge Road, Pontyclun CF72 9EG

  Organizer

  

  Rachel Bray Ceramicsracheljibray@outlook.com

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  Hand build Ceramics Courses
  
  Giles Gallery
  
  Old Methodist Chapel, Cowbridge Road, Pontyclun CF72 9EG
  

  feb(feb 25)7:00 pmapr(apr 28)9:00 pmHand build Ceramics CoursesMonth Long Event (february) Giles Gallery, Old Methodist Chapel, Cowbridge Road, Pontyclun CF72 9EG

  

  Event Details

  These hand building courses are for people who want to know more about making with clay. If you are an absolute beginner

  more

  Event Details

  These hand building courses are for people who want to know more about making with clay. If you are an absolute beginner or if you have some experience and want to improve your skills, this is the place for you.

  Every session includes a short demonstration of a new skill, including coiling, slab building, pinch pots, using coloured slips, surface decoration, sculpting and glazing. But most of the session is about making with the clay at your own pace, making what you want to make.

  The maximum number on each course is 10, so you will have lots of support from me, in a relaxed and positive atmosphere. I take clay very seriously, it’s my passion, but I want you to have fun and enjoy yourselves!

  All the materials, tools and firing are included, but if you want to bring your own tools, or a particular clay that you like using, that’s fine too.

  Book early to guarantee your place.

  

  Course Dates

  25/02/2020 19:00 to 21:00

  5 or 10 week course, taking place every Tuesday evening for 2 hours

  5 week

  5 week short handbuilding course

  £120 for 5 weeks

  10 week

  Full 10 week handbuilding pottery course

  £230 for 10 weeks

  Time

  Month Long Event (february)

  Location

  Giles Gallery

  Old Methodist Chapel, Cowbridge Road, Pontyclun CF72 9EG

  Organizer

  

  Rachel Bray Ceramicsracheljibray@outlook.com

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Featured Works

• Giles Gallery is proud to be the official representative and print supplier of, Rhondda artist, Elwyn Thomas.

  Elwyn’s work is, almost exclusively, themed around the Rhondda Valleys, often the Rhondda Fach and the areas in which he was born and raised.

  Elwyn is known by many as an art teacher from his time working at schools such as Ferndale Grammar and later Ferndale Comprehensive. After retiring in 1987, Elwyn took up painting full-time and continues to enjoy acclaim and success.

  Giles Gallery is currently developing an online portfolio of a wide range of Elwyn’s work, including sketches, etchings and previously unseen works. The site will provide collectors and fans with the opportunity to purchase prints directly. Until then we have put together a small selection of works currently available as 12×8 inch prints (mounted for 16×12 inch frames) which cost £42 (excluding postage). To purchase, please contact the gallery.

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• Elwyn Thomas

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Blaenllechau in the rain
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Wattstown III
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Blaenllechau in the sun
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Maerdy Pit Head
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: The Church at Llanwono
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Still Life 1
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Gaffers Row
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Back Lane Chat
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Pontygwaith, Llewellyn Street
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Wattstown, Winter
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Untitled 1
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Llanwonno Church, Autumn
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Sketch of Llanwonno Church
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Treherbert, Mountain and Town
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Ferndale Road
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Llanwonno Road, Pontygwaith
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Colliery 1
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Courting Couple
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Ferndale with Blaenllechau on the mountain on the right
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Colliery 2
Medium: Giclée Print

Artist: Elwyn Thomas
Title: Chapel Row
Medium: Giclée Print

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  • beth@gilesgallery.com
  • 01443 228638
  • Old Methodist Chapel, Cowbridge Rd, Pontyclun, CF72 9EG

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  Mon: Closed	Fri: 10.00am-5.00pm
  Tue: 10.00am-5.00pm	Sat: 10.00am-5.00pm
  Weds: 10.00am-8.30pm

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