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If you’re heading to the Gallery this weekend, make sure you bring your young folk along to make their own puppet in our new shadow puppet theatre from our brilliant studio holder Zoë!

Our Gallery craft activities are always free to drop in, and suitable for all ages (child-free adults, please get stuck in too).

Come along and get creative 🔦

The Gallery, shop and Tea Room are open 10am - 4pm Tuesday to Sunday. Closed on Mondays.

More about Zoë:

Zoë Eady is a multimedia artist and maker of things. The focus of her practice is on making beautiful and engaging physical objects (glass, wood, plastics, paper) through experimentation and problem solving. She draws influence from illustration, narrative, and observational daily drawing. At the heart of her practice runs the reoccurring themes of nature, and play.

Forest Shadows invites you to create your own shadow characters and stories in this illuminated woodland theatre.

How it was made:

Zoë combines both digital and analogue processes in her creative practice. Every part of this silhouette design started life as an individual hand cut paper shape. She later translated them into laser cut wood for strength and durability.

She explains that doing everything digitally makes her work look lifeless and flat, whilst doing everything the analogue way limits the scope of what can be achieved. ‘The trick is to find a balance and use it as a tool and not a medium.’

Thank you to Catherine Morton for the loan of the overhead projector.

[Image 1 shows a whimsical shadow puppet theatre with a black and white frame featuring silhouettes of trees and woodland animals. In the centre is an illuminated circle of tracing paper with a black shadow puppet of an owl in the centre. The puppet theatre is on a large wooden table surrounded by tall cream curtains in the gallery. There is a table filled with craft equipment in the foreground. Image 2 shows a young girl holding up two black silhouette shadow puppet on sticks, depicting a crab and a dog. Image 3 shows a mother and child watching a shadow puppet show.]

#LeedsFamilies #DaysOutInLeeds #ChildFriendlyLeeds #BradfordFamilies

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ADRIFT
Sure, we go through phases where we feel a total lack of direction, a lack of purpose, simply not feeling complete. Feeling lost within our own head. Like every single door is closing in. No meaningful help to be had… Whilst we are surrounded by unconditional love from our family and friends.

Curled tightly into myself, trying to find my centre. Somewhere between crying and screaming, as I observe the world around me, is it getting increasing harder? Turn on the news, certainly seems that way for sure.

I made this piece as a way of giving those feelings a shape. Perhaps that is one of the reasons I make. To take something I cannot quite articulate, discuss, and form it into art.

Pleased with the indigo texture which I’ve achieved with this piece. A technique I’m progressing and will feature in future work. 🩵

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Thank you to all the beautiful folk who made it down to our Heritage Festival this weekend. It was great to see the whole site buzzing with activity and keen visitors of all ages.

That's a wrap on Leeds Open Studios & Heritage Open Days at the Mills for this year! Please let us know the highlight of your trip in the comments, we'd love to hear from you.

Next up - Christmas Market 🎄🎅☃️ 😬

Scroll to the bottom of the 'What's On' section on our website for dates of our upcoming major events.

[Image 1 shows three young women standing together under a green wooden clad bridge on the Mills' main hill. They are all wearing dark coloured clothing and accessories and are smiling into the camera. Image 2 is a close up of an adult guiding a child using a hand held hole punch on a card from the Mills' clocking-in trail. Image 3 three children and two adults standing at the first clocking-in trail in the Mills' main yard. The stop is made up of vintage furniture and a large metal trolley draped with calico sheets. Image 4 shows Mill Director John in a suit holding a Heritage Festival pamphlet. He is chatting to a group of visitors during his heritage tour at the entrance to the Museum & Archive Bobbin Room. Image 5 shows dyeing tutors Kayleigh and Paula wearing matching oversized aprons, posing for a photo in the Bobbin Room with brick and stone walls. Image 6 shows a young woman with pink hair and a striped jacket browsing art prints displayed on a table outside an artists' studio in the Spinning Mill.]

#HeritageFestival #LeedsEvents #LeedsOpenStudios #HeritageIsOpen #HeritageOpenDays Three young women standing together under a green wooden clad bridge on the Mills' main hill. They are all wearing dark coloured clothing and accessories and are smiling into the camera.

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10/10 atmosphere at the Mills today for our Heritage Festival & Leeds Open Studios.

All the weekend's activities are taking place 10am - 4pm today and tomorrow (Sat 12th & Sun 13th), so come along and get involved! If you visited already today, come back tomorrow for 5 new pop-up artist studios in the Main Yard.

There are just a few spots left on our Heritage Tours and Accessible Family-Friendly Tours tomorrow, so head to our website to guarantee your spot.

All other activities are free to take part. See the weekend booklet online to plan your visit.

[Image 1 shows families and visitors enjoying an outdoor food and art market in the Main Yard at Sunny Bank Mills with food stalls and picnic tables. Image 2 shows visitors exploring Mel & Kim's exhibition in the atmospheric disused Spinning Mill Loft space. Paintings are displayed on walls and tables under wooden beams labelled with months of the year. Image 3 shows staff members Anna and Amy smiling to the camera in pink safety vests giving thumbs up in the Main Yard with gazebos and art stalls in the background. Image 4 shows a woman with striped bag watching a young boy use a typewriter on a wooden table against a stone wall in the Museum & Archive. Image 5 shows studio holders Kate and engaged in conversation beside a purple art display wall in the Spinning Mill Studios.]

#HeritageFestival #LeedsOpenStudios #SunnyBankMills #ArtMarket #HeritageTours #CreativeLeeds Families and visitors enjoying an outdoor food and art market in the Main Yard at Sunny Bank Mills with food stalls and picnic tables.

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Leeds Open Studios starts tomorrow! The bunting’s up, Kim & Mel’s exhibition drinks are prepped and Tom is mentally preparing to build 12 pop-up studios for our visiting artists.

Come along to the Mills for our Heritage Festival weekend, see the studios of our almost 50 resident artists, buy work from Leeds-Based artists popping up in the Main Yard, eat and drink at stalls from some of your favourite Mill businesses and much much more.

Visit the link in our bio to find out more about our family friendly trail, exhibitions and free Museum & Archive activities!

Main activities will take place 10:00 - 16:00 on Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th September.

All activities are FREE, excluding Heritage Tours which require a ticket donation towards the Museum & Archive.

See you there!

[Image 1 shows studio holders Nel and Jo arranging flowers in the bright, industrial Twisting Studios communal space with exposed brick walls and high ceilings. Image 2 shows studio holder Jenna organising cardboard boxes on shelves in her bright studio space in the Twisting Studios, with large windows and views of woodland outside. She is leaning over an empty grey plastic trestle table to reach the shelf. Image 3 shows artist Kim in a blue shirt standing by a large aluminium kitchen sink in the Spinning Mill Studios with prosecco glasses and mugs drying on the counter. Image 4 shows staff member Tom studying a detailed site plan of the Main Yard on a clipboard, showing building layouts and street names, with colourful markers indicating gazebo positions. Image 5 shows artist Nat working in a bright studio with colourful decorations. Over the photo is an orange, yellow and black graphic advertising Open Studios at Sunny Bank Mills on 12th & 13th September.]

#LeedsOpenStudios #LeedsEvents #DaysOutInLeeds #DaysOutInYorkshire #FamilyFriendlyLeeds #ArtistsStudios Studio holders Nel and Jo arranging flowers in the bright, industrial Twisting Studios communal space with exposed brick walls and high ceilings.

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On the 12th to the 13th of September it's Open Studios @sunnybankmills and around Leeds, as well as Heritage Open Days, lots will be on from the archive, trails, studios, gallery and more!

Unfortunately I won't be attending as I'm working elsewhere but make sure to visit to see the site and other studios! You can still see my studios and some of my work is on display, also details about my upcoming workshops.

#heritageopendays #sunnybankmills #openstudios #leedaopenstudios #yorkshire

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Open Studios!
Wooh!
Come And visit me and my buddies at @spinningmillstudios at @sunnybankmills for the Open Studios weekend, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September 🎨

There are three sets of artist studios, there’s us at Spinning Mill, there’s @redlanemillstudios and @the_twisting all at Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley, Leeds

We are open 10-4 both days. There’s lots to see, as it’s also the Heritage Weekend - plus there are places to eat and drink, shops, free parking, and the Gallery to visit too.

I’ve got paintings for sale, and will be here ready to say hello and show you where I work!

#openstudios #leedsart #leedsopenstudios #painting #artist

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Visit the link in our bio now to see the full programme for 12th & 13th September, including a free family trail, the chance to discover work from over 50 local artists and makers in our studios and Main Yard, Heritage Tours and much more!

We can’t wait to see you there.

Open 10am - 4pm. FREE ENTRY.

[Reel shows Arts Director Anna in different parts of the site to advertise open studios at the Mills. In many of the clips, she is standing next to artists inside their studios, who are smiling and waving to the camera.]

#LeedsOpenStudios #LeedsEvents #DaysOutInLeeds #DaysOutInYorkshire #FamilyFriendlyLeeds

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Apparently we've been none stop for a whole week and we haven't even had a chance to recap on our Still Life session! Here's a few little bits from the day. Thank you as always to everyone for coming through, it was a pleasure to host you and your creativity. As ever, an absolute honour to have the incredible @oscarsfloristry come in and do such an amazing arrangement for us to work from, honestly blown away but how brilliant it was.

Obviously a cheeky little shout out to the lovely @silvergreyfoliage for the healthiest looking flowers we've ever seen and taking the time to pop in and chat, always a joy.

If you missed out this time, make sure to keep an eye out for future events or sign up to our mailing list to get updates straight to your inbox.

#razetattoostudio #oscarsfloristry #silvergreyfoliage #stilllife #stilllifeart

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Who's excited to see some art in this yard? Our Open Studios & Heritage Festival weekend is now less than 5 weeks away and we've selected the artists for our pop-up spaces!

Get the 12th & 13th September in your diary to meet some of the 48 studio holders who call the Mills their creative home, alongside these great folk setting up in the Main Yard as part of Leeds Open Studios;

@marjuryefurlanart
@menacing_ginger
@timgomersallart
@rebeccacarrart
@amandaburton_wiremoon
@ellie_hawkes_designs
@churchofthehollowspider
@toni.m.rutherford
@turning_brown
@iona_prints
@samsmediums
@alice_croft_art
@brutalistandco
@caro_pratt_studio
@opulenceandthebeetle
@dsd__photo
@mollypukes
@kapas.kala

We'll also be joined by some of our on-site small businesses, bringing food & drink stalls, music and more!

Visit the Open Studios/Heritage Festival pages on our website to keep up to date with the programme, featuring Heritage Tours, exhibitions and activities for all ages.

[Image 1 shows visitors walking through and sitting in the Main Yard at Sunny Bank Mills on a sunny day. There are strings of colourful bunting overhead and a stone and red brick built building at the far side of the yard. Image 2 shows a group of adults and children gathered around a wooden table engaged in a hands-on craft activity in the Mills' brightly lit Weaving Shed workshop space. Image 3 shows a wooden shelving unit displaying various art supplies and traditionally painted signs in artist Mike's studio in Red Lane Mill Studios. A pair of visitors are walking through the space. Image 4 shows a group of people gathered on the main hill at Sunny Bank Mills between old stone buildings under a green wooden bridge during a heritage tour. Image 5 shows studio Holder Zoe chatting to a visitor in front of her eclectic studio space in the Spinning Mill, decorated with laser cut wooden objects and decorations. Other studios and visitors are visible further along the central corridor of the studios.]

#LeedsOpenStudios #OpenStudios #DaysOutInLeeds #LeedsFamilies #BradfordFamilies #SunnyBankMills #PopUpStudios #ArtistStudios visitors walking through and sitting in the Main Yard at Sunny Bank Mills on a sunny day. There are strings of colourful bunting overhead and a stone and red brick built building at the far side of the yard.

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Thank you to everyone who came to our Still Life event, it was amazing! Thank you again to Oscar's Floristry for such a great collaboration, it was a pleasure.

#razetattoostudio #oscarsfloristry #stilllife #stilllifeart #stilllifeflowers

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Had a fab time at this year's Threads Festival. I was so enthralled i forgot to take pics of all the incredible artists. Unbelievable skill.

Thanks @beforemytimeshop for being my buddy today.

Last pic is of my new art supplies i found in the Scrap Shop.

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