Ship Shape 2023
Bettina Langlois2023-05-16T14:35:34+01:00Ship Shape
Saturday 4 February – Saturday 18 March
“From ship + shapen, later shortened to shape. The word is of nautical origin, based on the obligation of a sailor to keep […]
Crafts for Christmas 2022
Bettina Langlois2023-01-24T14:17:28+00:00Selling exhibition of work by Bristol artists
Saturday 19 November – Saturday 17 December
The world of craft is full of fun, something that is particularly well represented at The Stradling Collection.
In this spirit, we are […]
Sitting Pretty 2022
Bettina Langlois2023-04-26T15:58:17+01:00Exhibition of chairs
15 October – 12 November 2022
Curated by Tanya Martin
“…chairs are anthropomorphic. They look like us with feet, legs, seat, […]
My Family and Other Objects 2022
Bettina Langlois2023-09-15T13:57:48+01:0010 September – 8 October 2022
My Family and Other Objects is a project by our Learning Programme inspired by A Lifelong Passion for Design: Ken Stradling at 100, which tells the story of […]
An Ambush of Tigers 2022
Bettina Langlois2023-04-26T15:59:50+01:006 August – 3 September 2022
— Window display —
The collective noun for a gathering of tigers is a strike or ambush of tigers.
2022 to […]
Museum of Spoons 2022
Bettina Langlois2023-04-26T16:00:12+01:009-30 July 2022
— Window display —
While we are temporarily closed, we bring you a selection from the dazzling spoon collection of Matt Benton, a Bristol-based artist and collector.
Matt collects spoons from all over the […]
A lifelong passion for design
Bettina Langlois2023-04-24T13:30:07+01:00Ken Stradling at 100
12 February – 25 June 2022
This exhibition was the first time we told the full story of Ken Stradling’s extraordinary life through […]
Don’t Miss ‘Making Joy: Fire and Ice’
Oliver Kent2021-06-15T19:07:05+01:00Celebrating Bristol’s long history of making beautiful glass we are shining a spotlight on this exciting world of ‘fire and ice’. The Ken Stradling Collection at 48 Park Row, Bristol are using […]
Form and Function: Geoffrey Whiting’s Teapots
Oliver Kent2021-06-14T16:44:30+01:00Geoffrey Whiting’s teapots are the forms for which he remains best known, having achieved a design that is at once highly functional, but also good to look at as a piece of working […]
Geoffrey Whiting: a potter and a painter
Oliver Kent2022-02-09T13:29:10+00:00Geoffrey Whiting had an important parallel activity as a watercolour painter, but this is a lesser known area of his art. His great knowledge of the natural world underpinned all his creativity. It […]