Exhibitions & Events

I will be hosting an open studio for three dates in June, as part of Sussex Craft Week – 11am – 5pm:

  • Saturday 20thCalender for June 2026 showing open dates 20th, 27th & 28th June
  • (closed Sunday 21st)
  • Saturday 27th
  • Sunday 28th

I will be joined by fabulous guest makers and artists:
Ali Stringell – Designer-maker
Jo Watters Powlowski – Abstract Artist
Kathryn Browne – Craniosacral Therapy
Marija Bichan – Ceramicist 
Patrick of Sussex – Foraged Baskets 
Penny Sanderson – Botanical Artist 
Rachel Galbraith/Monjoli Goods – Leather Worker
The Old Cottage Framing – Bespoke Framers 

There will be refreshments available in the garden.

Find out more here or follow my instagram posts to see updates and follow preparation for the show   @elainebolt. See also the programme of events page on the Sussex Craft Week website.

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I’m delighted to be exhibiting at the beautiful Gallery 57 in Arundel this June for their show ‘Display and Function’ including makers working with wood, metal, textile, clay and plant materials, for either display or functional purposes.

Opening 6th June

Elaine Bolt in her Ceramic Studio (photography by Alun Callender)

Craft Safari - Thurs 25 June

During Sussex Craft Week, my studio will be part of a Studio Safari – a chance to visit three rural open studios on a guided tour organised by the people behind The Makers Directory

The tour takes in three makers’ studios: sculptor Will Spankie, the jewellery workshop at Pruden and Smith and my studio on Ditchling Common 

Book your place on this exclusive tour with The Makers Directory

Elaine Sheppard Bolt lantern vessel at Flow Gallery

Flow Gallery London

A selection of my vessels and wall pieces are available at the beautiful Flow Gallery in London.

Visit their website to see the pieces available and visit the gallery space

Velarde Gallery, Devon

A selection of my vessels are available at the Velarde Gallery in Kingsbridge, Devon. My work is currently on show as part of a mixed exhibition featuring original prints but which also features some wonderful 3D artists.

Visit their website to see the pieces available – they are also available to buy via Artsy or you can visit the gallery space.

Selected past exhibitions & events

May 2026 – Ceramic Art London
May 2026 – Affordable Art Fair ‘Ceramics Unbound’
Nov 2025 – Autumn exhibition, The New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham;
Feb 2025 – Velarde Gallery, Devon
Apr 2024 – Botanicals, Cambridge Contemporary Art
Nov 2023 – MADE London
Nov 2023 – Art in Clay, Farnham
Sept 2023 – Gallery East, Suffolk
Mar 2023 – Collect with The New Craftsmen, London
Oct 2022 – The Nature of Things, with Susan Ashworth, Atelier Beside the Sea, Brighton
Oct 2022 – Exhibition at Cambridge Contemporary Art
Sept 2022 – Showcase at Flow Gallery, London
Apr 2022 – ‘Charcoal : Paper : Clay’, Lingwood Samuel Art, Godalming
Nov 2021 – Christmas show, The Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds
Oct 2021 – ‘Find/Make’ Gallery 57, Arundel
June 2021 – ‘Gaze’ Gallery 57, Arundel
Dec 2020 – ‘A Natural Christmas’ Gallery Top
Aug 2020 – ‘People and Places’ Gallery East
Mar 2020 – ‘Journey into Landscape’ Bircham Gallery
July 2019 – ‘River Trees’ Installation at Fresh Air Sculpture Show;
‘From Where I’m Standing’ Craft at the Fresh Air Sculpture Show
Jan 2019 – The Hepworth Wakefield gallery shop
Feb 2019 – The Selki, joint exhibition with Imogen Di Sapia – Lokal+ Helskinki
Sept 2018 – Figure and Form – Lingwood Samuel Art, Godalming, Surrey
Sept 2018 – Relic at Bluecoat Display Centre – Liverpool
April 2018 – Making Ground at Unit Twelve Gallery, Staffordshire
May 2018 – ‘A Contour, A Curve – The Lie of the Land’, at Gallery 57 Arundel
Dec 2017 – Spoonful at Flow Gallery, London
Nov 2017 – Vessel at Moore Gallery
Sept 2017 – Marks in a Landscape at Lingwood Samuel, Godalming
Sept 2017 – Chalk Flint Clay Shore at Gallery 57, Arundel
March 2017 – Making Ground Exhibition at Studio Fusion Gallery, London
Feb 2017 – Making Ground Residency at Fabrica Gallery, Brighton
Jan 2017 – ‘Black and White’ – at Gallery 57 Arundel
Nov 2016 – Christmas Show – GalleryTop, Matlock, Derbyshire
Sept 2016 – ‘Spoon’ – Unit Twelve Gallery, Stafford
Aug 2016 – ‘Dissolution & Revolution’ at Romsey Abbey/Rum’s Eg Gallery
Sept 2016 – Make Lewes festival, Lewes
June 2016 – Contemporary Craft Festival, Bovey Tracey, Devon – Attended as a Demonstrator
April 2016 – ‘Marshes’ – Artichoke Gallery, Ticehurst, East Sussex
April 2016 – ‘Dungeness’ – Rye Art Gallery, East Sussex
Jan 2016 –  ‘Still Life’ – Snug Gallery, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire
Nov  2016 – ‘Box of Delights’, Lingwood Samuel Art, Godalming, Surrey
Oct 2015 – ‘The Language of Objects‘, Unit Twelve, Stafford
Oct 22nd – 25th 2015 – Made London, One Marylebone, London
Sept 2015 – Brighton Art Fair – Awarded ‘Best in Show’ for my work by sponsors Oh Comely Magazine
April 2015 – ‘A Little Madness’ spring exhibition, Lingwood Samuel, Godalming
Nov 2014 – MADE Brighton, The Design and Craft Fair, The Dome, Brighton
Oct 2014 – MADE London, The Design and Craft Fair, One Marylebone, London
Oct 2014 – Teabowls: Form Fuction Expression, Oxford Ceramics Gallery
Jun 2014 – Hothouse 4: New Ashgate Selects, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
Jun 2014 – Contemporary Craft Festival, Bovey Tracey
Apr 2014 – Newcomers Exhibition, Bircham Gallery, Norfolk
Feb 2014 – Contemporary Makers, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
Jan 2014 – Designer Crafts 2014, Society of Designer Craftsmen, Mall Gallery
Nov 2013 – Handmade in Britain – New Graduate Showcase, Chelsea Town Hall, London
Nov 2013 – Art in Clay, Farnham Maltings, Hampshire
Jun 2013 – Earth and Fire International Ceramic Festival, Rufford Abbey
Jan 2013 – The Graduate Show, Bevere Gallery, Worcestershire
Dec 2012 – Jan 2013 – New Directions in Contemporary Crafts – Mottisfont, Hampshire
Nov 2012 – Jan 2013 – Objects of Desire, Degree Art, London
Nov 2012 – New Contemporaries 2012 – Fairfields Arts Centre, Basingstoke
Aug 2012 – MAde, MA Show, James Hockey Gallery, UCA Farnham, Surrey
Jun 2012 – New Designers 2012 Exhibition – Business Design Centre, London
Apr 2012 – Rising Stars of 2012 Exhibition – New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
Nov 2011 – Mar 2012 – From This Earth Exhibition – Guildford House Gallery, Guildford, Surrey
Sep 2011 – International Ceramic Art Symposium, ISCAEE, Tokyo University of the Arts – Tokyo, Japan
Apr – May 2011 – Rising Stars of 2011 Exhibition – New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
Nov 2010 – London Potters Members Exhibition – Awarded Judges Commendation by Wendy Hoare

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