Ruthin Craft Centre is a little gem nestling in the town of Ruthin in North Wales. We are lucky it takes us only an hour and half to get there, we always have a pleasant lunch at their tea rooms and over the years we have seen some remarkable exhibitions. The Rendezvous Goldsmiths exhibition is very good. The exhibition contains work by former students and staff who were all involved with the college from 1975 to 1988, when Audrey Walker was head of department. The collection of works is as diverse and different as the artists who created them. If you can get to North Wales it is well worth the effort as there is something for everyone who has an interest in textile art. The pieces by Audrey Walker herself are stunning and it is good to see some of her drawings as well. There is some splendid work by the mosaic artist Cleo Mussi and a dazzling piece by Michael Brennand-Wood (see below). The subtlety of the pieces by James Hunting are really worth seeing, the delicacy of the stitching to suggest human heads is great. It took us about an hour and half to go round and get a good insight into the exhibition, there is also an interesting ceramic gallery showing Illustrated Ceramics, a collaboration of contemporary illustration work on modern ceramic pieces, which is also very good. All in all it really is a special collection of work by very talented people who came together at an extraordinary period in Goldsmiths' history. 
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Diana Mott-Thornton
No Thought Therefore No Fear 2013
Michael Brennand-Wood
Dream No8 The Seeker 2013
Audrey Walker Expulsion 2006
James Hunting
And There Will Your Heart Be Also
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