Thirteen of the region’s best artists and makers- with the addition of four special guests- will be exhibiting and selling their work at Witherslack Artists and Makers Group exhibition.

The annual exhibition opens in the Dean Barwick Hall at Witherslack on Saturday, September 25 and is open for three weeks every day from 10am to 5pm.

“We decided to go ahead last year and received tremendous support from our regular visitors,” said Jane Bradley, a basket maker and one of the organisers.

“After that experience, we’re confident that we can arrange this year’s exhibition to create a relaxing environment and to keep everyone, visitors and ourselves, safe.

“People were really appreciative of the opportunity to browse our exhibition last year and we’re sure we can build on that for 2021 with exciting new work from our members and some stunning ceramics, paintings and textiles from our guest makers.”

The 2021 exhibition will feature new work by 13 regular members and will also celebrate the creative skills of four guest artists: Rebecca Callis, a Kendal-based ceramicist working with porcelain, Heather Davies, a painter whose abstract work is inspired by Scottish landscapes, William Plumptre, an internationally renowned ceramicist who combines stoneware clays with Japanese decorative techniques, and Tomoko, based locally in South Lakes and inspired by the patterns and colours of the woodlands around Witherslack.