
Contemporary Art, Furniture & Craft Gallery
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Our new website will be ready very soon but please continue to use this one for now.
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Sladers Yard is a private art gallery dedicated to exhibiting and selling contemporary British art, handmade furniture designed by Petter Southall and designer craft by leading artists, designers and makers. Sladers Yard presents a high quality changing programme of selling exhibitions throughout the year. We sell work directly from the artist so customers know when they buy from us that the artwork is genuine and that the money they spend supports and provides a living for some of the most talented artists and makers working today. Between exhibitions we represent artists, often holding their artworks in stock and available to buy from this website, and where appropriate taking commissions for bespoke pieces. Please see individual artist pages for more information or contact the gallery on gallery@sladersyard.co.uk
SHOWING NOW:

The Life that Springs
Aquatint, carborundum, deep etching, linocut and woodcut prints by
Anita Klein RE
Fred Cuming RA
Martyn Brewster ARE
Merlyn Chesterman RE
Sally McLaren RE
ceramics by Yo Thom
25 March – 13 May 2023
This time of year alerts us to celebrate the life that springs all around us. We invite you to lift your heart with an exhibition of joyous colourful works of art made by some of the most brilliant print-makers working today. Prints of human life, the landscape and the sea resonate alongside the subtle irresistible ceramics of Yo Thom and Petter Southall’s lyrical furniture.
If you would like an invitation to the opening on 25 March, please let us know on gallery@sladersyard.co.uk. Please follow the links above to view work. It will appear online as soon as it is ready to be viewed and bought.
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COMING NEXT:
Philip Sutton RA solo show of paintings, works on paper and ceramics
20 May – 8 July 2023
If you would like a notification when Philip Sutton’s work becomes available to view online and an invitation to the opening on 20 May, please let us know on gallery@sladersyard.co.uk.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS:
Petter Southall furniture, Pod and Wave
Petter Southall’s handmade furniture and garden features are available to view at the gallery and on this website. Commissions are welcome for existing or new designs. Some furniture is the garden features are available to buy now from the gallery.

Petter Southall Treble Zero Chair and Small Screen Desk in solid oak, steam bent curves.[/caption]
View Petter Southall’s garden furniture

The gallery’s changing exhibitions are accompanied by an ongoing and continuously renewed exhibitions of craft and accessories including ceramics, sculpture, glassware, leather and textiles by leading British designer craftspeople. Please see the individual designers and maker’s pages. Housed in an historic Georgian rope warehouse, with pillared galleries and flower-filled courtyard, Sladers Yard is five minutes walk from the beach and harbour in West Bay, Dorset. Don’t forget to reserve a table/takeaway at our acclaimed Café/restaurant.
CAFÉ SLADERS
Open for outdoor table service in our lovely yard and for Takeaway. We are delighted to offer all kinds of delicious treats. See our Menus. Phone 01308 459511 or email to reserve a table.

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Regular and varied live evening events with dinners are on hold at the present time. The venue is also usually available for catered private parties, weddings and celebrations. Evening events are limited to artists and literary talks for the moment.
What the press say…
‘Visit this wonderful place.’ Financial Times HTSI 2012 Read more…
‘Sladers Yard in Bridport, a gallery increasingly celebrated for its spirited showing of contemporary British art, furniture and craft…’ Andrew Lambirth, The Spectator 2014
‘This artist-owned gallery, situated in an 18th century warehouse near the harbour, has become a focal point for the county’s creatives since it opened in 2006.’ FT 2011
‘An idyllic gallery in West Bay… Everything looks exciting in the sunlight that floods in, especially [Petter Southall’s] pieces whose generous curves seem to have come straight out of the boat yard.’ Paul Atterbury (Antiques Roadshow) in BBC Homes & Antiques ‘Antiques of the Future’
‘Bridport and West Bay, the place that probably set the whole Dorset art-scene off back in the Noughties… The place that has set the pace here is Sladers Yard. Their series of immaculately curated solo shows by the region’s leading artists and crafts people are held almost all the year round, and complemented by regular top-notch jazz concerts, poetry events and a terrific restaurant.’ Nicholas Usherwood, Galleries Magazine July 2015

CAFÉ SLADERS has won eight Gold Awards from Taste of the West.
‘There is a growing and loyal following for Sladers’ inventive, exciting and uplifting presentation of exceptional art and craft in a space that is in tune with, and celebrates, its environment.’ Coast magazine 2015

‘This splendid gallery… Its unreconstructed corn-scented timber interior makes an elegant setting…’ The Week
‘Simple and beautiful’ Mary Miers, Country Life



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Thanks for your message. I have added you to our mailing list and will be in touch shortly via that. Best wishes, Anna
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We have enjoyed our visits over the years to the Gallery and the Cafe but have now changed our e-mail address and think we may be missing out
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Hi Valerie, thanks for sending us your new email address. I have added you to our mailing list and will make sure you don’t miss out! All best wishes, Anna
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Hello Sladers Yard Gallery,
Do you have work of Richard Batterham available? I am specialy interested in bowls.
Warm regards from the Netherlands,
Marlieke
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Dear Marlieke, Thank you for your enquiry. I have replied to you direct by email. All best wishes, Anna
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Hi, you don’t seem to have a contact email for enquiries, please get in touch
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Although ‘Shapeshifter’ by Daisy Cook is shown on your Instagram page I cannot see it in the illustrations of her work on your website. Is it still available?
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So sorry Jeremy! I have added it in and will email you direct. Many thanks, Anna
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Dear Anna and Petter,
Hope all well with you. Looks like you have lots of exciting events going on at the moment.
Just to let you know that I am running a workshop ‘Turner and the Elements’ here in Wiltshire this Saturday and wondered if you would be interested in the workshop because it links to your exhibition. It may be be too late due to advertising. etc
I’ll try to attach the poster but not sure if it will work!
If you would like more information about it do let me know.
With Kind Regards,
Helen
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Thanks Helen,
This looks great. You might like to contact Bridport Museum who are co-ordinating Turner in Bridport. The leaflet is already printed unfortunately. Best of luck with the course!
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I have signed up how do I book the event on the 20th June with Jeremy Gardiner please
Brigitte Scott- Florek
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Hi Brigitte, Please can you call us on 01308 459511 and pay by card over the phone. Many thanks.
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Thank you for a super light lunch today. Esp the service given by the two young staff members present. Mike loved his ‘special’ chocolate drink.
The mosey round the gallery was the usual pleasure.
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Have visited three years ago and am looking forward to seeing what will be on show this autumn.
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Last Saturday was very special. My favourite violin duo, Retorica, performing at Slader’s Yard, another favourite, coinciding with fantastic exhibition of works by Frances Hatch. What a Hat Trick! Thank you.
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It was marvellous, wasn’t it. And so great that you were able to be there too Joanna.
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Thank you for a quite fabulous lunch today with an inspiring hour and a half of jazz from the Ian Smith Trio and Vimala Rowe. I particularly appreciated Ian’s personal memories of Harold Pinter and learnt more about him than I ever hoped to know. Lunch was delicious and the welcome genuine. Thank you to all and to the Bridport Literary Festival.
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Thank you for your comment. We were proud to host such a special and high-quality event. Ian Smith and Vimala will be back at Sladers early summer next year!
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Superb exhibition of Philip Sutton’s work in a loverly setting with an excellent lunch. What more could you ask?
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Thanks. You can come again!
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Pls send info on Pfilip Sutton exhibition Thank yuo
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Wonderful gallery, excellent show and welcome tea! My post …
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3 of us visited last Monday on our way from a dance weekend in Torquay and were very impressed with Petter’s furniture and also the artwork. The soup was great and I brought some delicious homemade Apple cake home with me.
I will treat myself to a mirror or something as I have just moved to a new modern house near the sea. I will definitely pay you a visit in Spring if possible.
Thankyou for your hospitality.
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Thanks so much. We’ll look forward to seeing you again in the Spring! All best wishes from all at Sladers
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Your drop-down list of artists goes off the bottom of my screen, otherwise I think that it is a nice site with interesting artists.
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Thanks for your comment and praise for the website. I am sorry you have had trouble seeing all the artists in the drop-down list. If you cannot scroll with any kind of wheel or scrolling device, you should be able to rest your cursor on Artists and move down with the arrow keys. WordPress websites should fit all kinds of screens so I am interested to know if this isn’t the case on your screen. Thanks, Anna
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Ian Smith Trio superb on Sunday, accessible poetry and creamy jazz. More of the same. Well done! Do you have contact details for them?
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So glad you enjoyed it! I’m happy to pass on praise and good comments if you would like to send them to us at the gallery. Best wishes, Anna
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Visited Sladers Yard recently. Petter Southall”s furniture absolutely amazing – the design and craftmanship. Seen nothing so inspiring since the John Makepeace exhibition.
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Thanks so much for your encouraging message.
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