Meet The Maker – Yasemin Wigglesworth

Yasemin Wigglesworth – papercut artist

Yasemin is a papercut artist based in Gloucestershire and hand cuts all her own original designs from paper using a surgeon’s scalpel.  Each piece is complete, cut from a single sheet of paper. Nature, The Arts & Crafts Movement, Iznik ceramic designs and East Asian woodblock prints and tapestries are her main sources of inspiration.

Thumbelina

Yasemin regularly exhibits work in a few galleries across the UK and has recently started to have some of her designs published as greeting cards. Heart Gallery has worked with Yasemin before but the fairytale theme for our current exhibition ‘May All Your Dreams Come True’ really excited Yasemin and the pieces she has created for us are stunning.

Alice in Wonderland

MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE

Alison, Lisa, Julia and Heather having fun on the toadstools!

So Sunday was the launch of one of our most exciting exhibitions in 6 years, May All Your Dreams Come True, inspired by fairytales and folklore. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves dressing up as characters from Alice in Wonderland, eating mini fairy cakes made for us by Truly Scrumptious, listening to magical stories in the garden told by nationally acclaimed storyteller Ursula Holden Gill and chatting to customers about the amazing work we are currently showcasing. Here is a little glimpse at our day:

Toadstools kindly lent to us by The Old Treehouse, Market Street, Hebden Bridge

Fairycakes made by Rachel at Truly Scrumptious, Todmorden

Bunting made from pages from old children’s’ books by Mandy, Alison and Julia

Fairy Wish Tree-borrowed from The Old Treehouse and trimmed by Mandy

Lisa and Julia

Ursula storytelling in the garden

Mixed media artist Gillian Lee Smith with her ‘dreamy’ original paintings on display

Alix Swan with her beautiful daughter Effie and her stunning work in Heart Gallery

Josephine Gomersall with her collection of wall pieces and mini sculptures

Fairy Wish Tree sign

A lovely wish written on one of our birdies

Sad wish that made us cry

Happy wish that made us smile!

Fun with feet!

Ursula keeping the little ones entertained all day

Children enjoying the Fairy Wish Tree

Customers enjoying the day – Andy Pointon’s tea towel of Hebden Bridge always popular

Drink me!

There’s no place like home!

My Queen of Hearts hat was made by Heart Gallery’s resident artist Heather Wilson

We were all stars