Open Studios in Brampton Bryan & Buckton
What is the Collective?
Brampton Bryan Collective is a group of artists, craftspeople, makers and creatives who rent converted barn studios/spaces from the Harley Estate in Brampton Bryan and Buckton. Find out more about us all below!
We have open days throughout the year where you can visit our studios, see what we all do, have lovely conversations, buy directly from our small businesses and support the local economy. We try to coincide with events at Aardvark Books or in the village so that you can really make a day of it.
Quite a few of us run workshops, including jewellery making, pottery, modern calligraphy, brush lettering, drawing, watercolour painting and letterpress printing. Coming to our open days is a great way to get a taste for the creative skills you could learn.
Scroll down to find out more about us and how to visit.
Open studio dates for 2025
Here are our upcoming dates for your diary:
- Sunday 25th May (coinciding with Aardvark Spring Bank Holiday Brocante): visit Alice Draws The Line (artist), Isatu Hyde (handmade pottery and ceramics), Mostly Flat (letterpress), Hayley Hutton Handwoven Textiles (handwoven homeware) and Jude Piper Glass Art (fused glass). We're open from 10am to 3pm. A map of where we all are is coming soon.
- Sunday 3rd August (Scarecrow Sunday)
- Sunday 7th December (Christmas Fair at Aardvark)
Opening hours are 10am to 3pm.
Please note: not all studios will be open on each date. If you're interested in visiting someone in particular, please do check that they'll be open before making a trip. We create an open studio map a few weeks before each event so you can print it out ready for your tour of all the studios open that day.
Who We Are
Alice Draws the Line
Alice is an artist and illustrator with a particular interest in hand lettering and botanical illustration. She runs workshops from her studio in the village. Alice sells cards and products from her studio and online and exhibits paintings at The Artists’ Gallery, Bromfield, Ludlow.
Felicity Warbrick
Drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture.
Felicity usually only takes part in the Christmas open studio.
Hayley Hutton Handwoven Textiles
Hayley hand weaves her textiles using manual floor looms, and creates throws, cushions, lampshades and accessories. Her studio has a small shop area and she is offering weaving workshops from summer 2025.
Isatu Hyde
Working mainly on the potter's wheel, Isatu makes work that is intended for or rooted in use. Her inspirations draw heavily on pre-industrial craft from around the world. She currently works with both stoneware and earthenware clay bodies, firing in electric, gas and wood kilns.
Jude Piper Glass Art
Jude is a fused glass artist who trained more than a decade ago in the art of glass fusion. Jude takes her inspiration from the beautiful Herefordshire and Shropshire countryside to create unique pieces to decorate your home.
Mary Stephens Ceramics
Mary's work is mainly wheel thrown porcelain domestic ware, and objects of contemplation. Visits by appointment only, or on open days.
Melissa Hunt Jewellery
Jewellery collections, commissions, reconstructions, repairs. Maker of small metal pieces, some of which are automated. Tutor, and author of StoneSetting for Jewellery Makers.
Mostly Flat
Letterpress printing by hand with wood and metal type on vintage machines. Dulcie produces short run letterpress cards, prints, books and ephemera. Commissions welcomed. She runs workshops in the summer months.
Visiting
Opening times
On open studio days we're open from 10am to 3pm.
Accessibility
Some studios have level access, and some have a step or stairs. Please get in touch with individual studios to check any accessibility requirements you may have.
Refreshments and parking
There is a café at the wonderful Aardvark Books in Brampton Bryan. Aardvark have free parking, and when they're running events there's parking in the field opposite. On Scarecrow Sunday free off road parking is included with your Scarecrow Sunday ticket (check the events page for more details beforehand) and there's food and drink in the marquees and the Parish Hall.
There's plenty of free parking at Lower Buckton Barns.
News
You can follow Brampton Bryan Collective on Instagram and Facebook.
How to find us
Brampton Bryan is between Knighton and Leintwardine on the A4113. Most of the studios are clustered around the centre of the village, with a few a short walk down a lane. There are several studios at Lower Buckton Barns in Buckton, which is 1.4 miles away (about a 6 min drive or a 30 min walk).
Make sure you've downloaded the open studios map for each event (see the top of the page) to see who is open and where they are.
Getting to Brampton Bryan
What3Words for Aardvark Books: ///connected.tastier.luxury
Postcode: SY7 0DH
Getting to Buckton
What3Words for Lower Buckton Barns: ///propelled.delighted.contain
Postcode: SY7 0JU