Little Salkeld WatermillWorking Mill, Tearoom, Breadmaking Courses, Bakery, Millshop, GalleryOpening TimesMill,Tearoom & Millshop open daily 10:30am to 5pm You can have a great DAY OUT here and from here - Long Meg Stone Circle is just up the road, and you can walk along the River Eden past the mysterious Lacey Caves and on to Dale Raven and Kirkoswald. We are 7 miles from the M6 J40, 2 miles from Langwathby Station on the scenic Settle-Carlisle railway line, and on the C2C coast to coast cycle route too. See Visiting and Exhibitions for details of tours and special exhibitions. The Watermill, Little Salkeld, Penrith, Cumbria. CA10 1NN
Phone: 01768 881523  Exhibition Programme 2013
EXHIBITION PROGRAMME FOR 2013On Now : Sophie Martin : Sheep & Wool
Sophie Martin is a freelance illustrator specialising in quick pen and watercolour pictures drawn on location. She collaborated with Nick and Ana to produce the book "A Day in the Life of The Watermill" back in 2009, and has recently returned to see Ana's flock of Suffolk Sheep again. Ana uses the wool to make knitwear using natural dyes...see this link to her page
Throughout October and November... Also on sale featuring sheep and some other Watermill creatures painted and drawn by Sophie are - mini books, placemats, and cards - all perfect for Christmas or Birthdays ! And here are some of Sophie's subjects :
***************************************************************** Just finished - but still here - contact Nick if you'd like to see the pictures or the associated anthology...:
Over the last three years poet Alan Daltrey and artist Nick Jones have collaborated together on themes inspired by Cumbria’s Eden Valley, producing anthologies of poetry and images. “Along the Settle and Carlisle" came first in 2010, followed by "Bridges of Eden" in 2011, and, this year, they are working on the theme of sacred places along the Eden. Their work to date is now on show in the Tearoom at Little Salkeld Watermill, with the title “Genius Loki”.  Nick says “ My prints are inspired by the Loki Stone in Kirkby Stephen Church. Alan showed me this remarkable fragment which dates back to the 8th or 9th century. Apparently it was part of an early Christian cross, perhaps a bit like the Gosforth cross in West Cumbria, which famously has the Christian story on one face and the Norse gods on the other – a remarkable example of religious toleration by the Viking invaders who overran Cumbria, and recognised the need to respect and work with local people. I have taken the basic geometric elements of the simple, relief image and, using a mix of collage, mono-printing, photography and drawing, I have literally re-organised Loki in a number of different ways to produce these pictures. They are part of an ongoing series featuring release, dissolution, and re-creation. Loki was notorious for being able to change gender, appearance and style, and speaks eloquently to us at this time of change and uncertainty about the future.”
Previous Exhibition new work from Kittie Jones, again inspired by birds living around the mill.... here are some pictures of the exhibition :
and here is the first Kittie Jones Teatowel ....on sale at the mill or direct from Kittie via the contact form on her website...
More on her website at www.kittiejones.com
The Loki Stone in St Stephens Church Kirkby Stephen Photo by Alan Daltrey Alan has written several poems developing these themes, including this one: The Loki Stone, Kirkby Stephen – by Alan Daltrey A sharp jawed, triangular head and beard, rams horn ears, twist pained mouth, bound arms, trapped above the wrist, with hands caught and hanging limp, legs stocked and chained, feet forced to the right, creative energy downcast, crestfallen. Loki, the shape shifter curtailed, his mischief making mocked, his imagining sheathed, the foster brother of Norse God Odin, his nether half, like Milton’s Satan full of guile, suggestion, envy pricked. But look, his head, though sliced above the temple, trepanned by the edge of stone, is joined again along the top, as if the carver felt the spirit had measures more, not to be confined to vertical space. The Viking demi god in stone, Loki, the Joker and inventor, irritator of the orthodox, magician, song maker on the other side, depicted chained but branching out in unencrypted thought. Perhaps the artist, like the carvers of misericords, recognised a censored spirit. They hid their oak Green men, beasts and breasts beneath a slab for sleepy bottoms, he wrapped his view of things over the top and out of sight. Alan Daltrey lives near Armathwaite in the Eden Valley, and was drawn to Cumbria by his love of the Romantic poets. He taught English at Keswick School, in the shadow of Southey's house, Greta Hall. His poetry is inspired by people and places, and what goes on between them. Nick Jones lives at The Watermill at Little Salkeld in the Eden Valley, a traditional mill producing stoneground flours, with a famous tearoom next door. He has been painting and drawing for years and is now exploring the delights of the monoprint.  The Exhibition is on show throughout September, and, on Thursday 20th September, at 7pm, at Little Salkeld Watermill, Alan will be reading his poems and Nick will be talking about his pictures and showing how they were made. This event is free but booking is essential by phone 01768 881523 or by email to organicflour@aol.com. For more information contact Nick Jones on 01768 881047 or email njbj@aol.com, or check the website www.organicmill.co.uk |
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