Hello – I’m Sue Lim. I opened the blue-ginger gallery in the barn six years ago and it quickly became a showcase for many talented local artists and craftspeople as well as some of the best of British talent and carefully sourced fairly traded crafts from far away.
The gallery is well worth a visit due to its location in the grounds of an old timber framed Herefordshire farmhouse which dates back to the C15th and to the diversity of quality goods on display. Within the main gallery there is also a coffee shop serving light lunches, delicious homemade cakes, and fair-trade tea and fairtrade coffee. All the food is made by me, and as much as possible I use local producers and suppliers for the ingredients. Our small vegetable garden provides salads and herbs throughout the summer.
In addition to the wide ranging and versatile selection of art and craft in the main gallery, you’ll also find handmade contemporary silver jewellery by Carol of Silverfish Designs in the Little Studio next door, and mi-frame picture framing and limited edition prints and images. The garden room is used for Summer House Artists - a showcase for a wide range of local artists and craftspeople to demonstrate and their work. Throughout the year there are special exhibitions, suppers and events at the gallery.
I hope that you will enjoy a flavour of Blue Ginger as you explore the web site, and that you will be able to visit the gallery yourself and enjoy the friendly, welcoming atmosphere and perhaps taste my famous homemade savoury muffins! If you are visiting the Malvern area you can book Bed & Breakfast at Home End Farm and explore the gallery and the beautiful surrounding countryside at your leisure.
FEATURED ARTIST
THE LANDSCAPES, LIFE and LAMBS of BRONTE WOODRUFF's WORLD 16 May - 30 June
Bronte loves the border landscapes, full of myth, legend and history. Her world is full of the wild flowers, native trees, sheep and horses in the countryside around her. She works from her garden studio at her cottage in Yatton, Herefordshire.
She tries only to use natural materials including watercolours, van Dyke crystals ( burnt walnut husk) pigments, beeswax and sea salt.
JEWELLER OF THE MONTH
Silverfish Designs, Carol James
Carol creates contemporary sterling silver jewellery from the Little Studio at blue-ginger. Her background is in archaeology and since completing a degree and masters in the subject at Southampton University she has continued to be involved in the field. When not making jewellery or attending shows she is often found in the company of the Welsh Rock-Art Organisation, searching for and recording rock art within Wales or running field schools for those who are keen to get some archaeological experience.
This passion is reflected in some of her jewellery ranges and a selection of these will be on display in blue-ginger throughout May including existing ranges based on an engraved stone from Anglesey, a portal dolmen from the Llyn Peninsular and petroglyphs from Norway. Be the first to see some of her new work inspired by sites in Wales, including the oldest rock art in the country and from Valcamonica in Northern Italy where she worked on a field school last year. The full range of these new designs will be launched during the Worcester Arts Trail at the beginning of June.
