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A place of Landscape and the Elements. Where natural materials and those that work them are shown. A project by Jonathan Reed and Graeme Black.

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Max Bainbridge | Corpus, 2026
Wake This Land | Thorns Gallery
Until 18 October, by appointment

Max Bainbridge’s sculptures look beneath the physical surface of the tree to reveal nature’s fragility during a time of crisis, reflecting on our collective psychology in the face of our own mortality. His interventions into fallen sections of beech tree, are singular attempts to uncover what these arboreal bodies tell us about ourselves and the future of our natural world.

Featuring: Max Bainbridge, Helen Carnac, Ken Eastman, David Gates, Nicola Tassie.

‘Wake this Land’ engages directly with our complex and shifting relationship to place through material, inviting an imaginative and tactile response. Through their divergent perspectives and disciplines, from clay to wood, metal and textiles, the artists’ experimental investigations explore new and evolving notions of the land that surrounds us. Possessing a unique visual language, the works on view reflect the entanglement of nature and the human, with both traces and echoes of land use and lives lived. The exhibition presents narratives of journeys and encounters, rural environments and seasonal change exploring both our collective experience of the natural world, human presence and the artists’ intimate reflections on identity, home and belonging.

For further information about the exhibition, the artists or their works, please contact:
jacquelinemoore07@icloud.com

To visit the gallery by appointment, please contact:
Info@thorns.gallery

#maxbainbridge #wakethisland #thornsgallerysemerwater by @jonathan_reed_yorkshire

‘Wake This Land’ | Thorns Gallery
Exhibition continues until 18 October

Featuring: Max Bainbridge, Helen Carnac, Ken Eastman, David Gates, Nicola Tassie.

‘Wake this Land’ engages directly with our complex and shifting relationship to place through material, inviting an imaginative and tactile response. Through their divergent perspectives and disciplines, from clay to wood, metal and mixed materials the artists’ experimental investigations explore new and evolving notions of the land that surrounds us.

In 2025, Jonathan Reed and Graeme Black opened Thorns Gallery in Raydale in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. Sitting above Lake Semerwater, it is that rarest of things – a gallery space sitting alone and truly immersed in a wild and beautiful landscape. Constructed on the original footprint of and largely from the salvaged remains of an existing cattle shed, made redundant by the end of intensive dairy farming in the area, the project is Jonathan’s response to the
challenge of designing and building in a national park. Working within the limits of strict developmental controls he has created new structures that fully respect the local agricultural vernacular. The buildings do this handsomely and the result is a distinctly contemporary space of great quality within structures that at first glance appear untouched. The gallery shows the works of artists and makers who are inspired by the landscape and work with natural materials in all their forms.

For information about the exhibition, artists and their works, please contact: jacquelinemoore07@icloud.com

To visit the gallery by appointment only, please contact:
info@thorns.gallery

#wakethisland #thornsgallery #yorkshiredales by @jonathan_reed_yorkshire

Ken Eastman | Wake This Land | Thorns Gallery
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, 2023
White stoneware, painted with coloured slips & oxides

For Ken Eastman working through the medium of ceramics, he can be both builder and painter. Lines, surfaces and shapes give meaning and voice to mute clay, the material energised through his intuitive and intimate approach to slab building. The interplay of light, colour and space give structure and form to his vessels, resembling topographical sections through an imagined landscape. There is an intriguing tension between stasis and movement, provocation and quiet
reflection.

‘Wake this Land’ continues @thorns.gallery until 18 October 2026, by appointment
Featuring: Max Bainbridge, Helen Carnac, Ken Eastman, David Gates, Nicola Tassie.

The exhibition engages directly with our complex and shifting relationship to place through material, inviting an imaginative and tactile response. Through their divergent perspectives and disciplines, from clay to wood, metal and textiles, the artists’ experimental investigations explore new and evolving notions of the land that surrounds us. Possessing a unique visual language, the works on view reflect the entanglement of nature and the human, with both traces and
echoes of land use and lives lived. The exhibition presents narratives of journeys and encounters, rural environments and seasonal change exploring both our collective experience of the natural world, human presence and the artists’ intimate reflections on identity, shelter, home and belonging.

For further information about the artists or available works, please contact: jacquelinemoore07@icloud.com

To arrange a viewing, contact: info@thorns.gallery

#wakethisland #thornsgallery #yorkshiredales by @jonathan_reed_yorkshire

‘Wake this Land’ | Thorns Gallery
Featuring: Max Bainbridge, Helen Carnac, Ken Eastman, David Gates, Nicola Tassie.
Open until 18 October, by appointment.

Huge thank you to all the artists and to my most generous collaborators, @graemeblack72 and @jonathan_reed_yorkshire

‘Wake this Land’ engages directly with our complex and shifting relationship to place through material, inviting an imaginative and tactile response. Through their divergent perspectives and disciplines, from clay to wood, metal and mixed materials, the artists’ experimental investigations explore new and evolving notions of the land that surrounds us. Possessing a unique visual language, the works on view reflect the entanglement of nature and the human, with both traces and echoes of land use and lives lived. The exhibition presents narratives of journeys and
encounters, rural environments and seasonal change.

#thornsgallery #yorkshiredales #wakethisland by @jonathan_reed_yorkshire

5am mid summer light in the valley. Part of a shoot I made this summer, was a great location and brief. More to show when it’s released. XO by @jonathan_reed_yorkshire

Beautiful photos by Owen Gale of dawn breaking in Raydale where, in a fold of land above lake Semerwater, we live and where Thorns Gallery is situated. Today we open the doors to a show of objects curated by Jacqueline Reddy Moore. Her focus is on the works of makers who have responded to both the particular nature of the land around us and also to the human interventions that have given it its particular shape, texture and form. “Wake this Land” ……a perfect Manifesto for Now ….come see if you can it’s going to be a lovely day ! by @jonathan_reed_yorkshire

Eucalyptus……the last day today of Graeme’s show at Thorns Gallery of his intensely colourful studies of the trunks of the majestic Eucalyptus trees that line the streets of Prince Albert in the Karoo. Trees that have been burnt, disfigured by both nature and man and that wear those marks with a determination to survive and flourish in the harshest of conditions. We are there from 11-5 pm…drop by if you are in the area. by @jonathan_reed_yorkshire

THORNS Gallery is open Saturday 15th August 11-5pm. No appointment is required.Come see the EUCALYPTUS exhibition @graemeblack72 which closes on Friday 28th August. by @jonathan_reed_yorkshire

Thorns Gallery will be open this week on SATURDAY 8th August 11am - 5pm.The Graeme Black exhibition Eucalyptus ends Friday 28th August @thorns.gallery by @jonathan_reed_yorkshire

All change at Thorns Gallery this week to open the doors tomorrow for Graeme’s show of paintings of South African Eucalyptus trees …. They look as amazing in the space as the trees themselves do lining the streets of Prince Albert in the Karoo ! Come see us before we cut the last of the long grass ….. by @jonathan_reed_yorkshire

GRAEME BLACK
EUCALYPTUS

1st - 28th August 2026
Thorns Gallery

PRIVATE VIEW:
Saturday 1st August, 11am - 5pm

Exhibition catalogue link in bio.

If you would like to attend either the private view or book an appointment please email info@thorns.gallery

#thornsgallery #graemeblack #art #oilpainting #yorkshireexhibition by @jonathan_reed_yorkshire

Bosc Kitchen is open!!! Thursday 23rd July - Saturday 25th July 10am - 4pm on Hawes High street. Come try Jules delicious baking !!! by @jonathan_reed_yorkshire