King Street Gallery - artists' gallery

14/10/2026

A nice video about Billy Adams Ceramics

09/10/2026

Meet the Graduate / Cwrdd â’r Graddedig
Chloe Smith Chloe 🤎

Arfid reflects a quiet, complicated relationship with the body. Where each day begins with unseen negotiations around food, comfort, and safety. Ordinary meals can carry anxiety, discomfort, and fear, making acceptance and ease feel conditional rather than natural. Yet within that struggle lives quiet strength: the courage to keep inhabiting a body that may feel unfamiliar or uncooperative, and to move forward with persistence, vulnerability, and resilience each day.

Mae Arfid yn adlewyrchu perthynas dawel, gymhleth gyda’r corff. Lle mae pob dydd yn dechrau gyda negodiadau cudd o gwmpas bwyd, cysur, a diogelwch. Gall prydau arferol gario pryder, anghysur, a ofn, gan wneud i dderbyn a rhwyddhad ymddangos yn amodol yn hytrach nag yn naturiol. Er hynny, o fewn y frwydr honno mae nerth dawel: y dewrder i barhau i fyw mewn corff a all deimlo’n anhysbys neu’n anufudd, ac i fynd ymlaen gyda dyfalbarhad, agoredrwydd, a gwydnwch bob dydd.

09/10/2026

Meet the Graduate / Cwrdd â’r Graddedig
Megan Coombs Megan 🌙

Colour is the place where our brain and the universe meet” - Paul Klee Megan Coombs is a Textile Designer based in Carmarthenshire who has always been inspired by the stained glass and architecture of Cathedrals. These spaces, rich in colour and light, became a starting point for this project. In particular how light transforms interiors through the stained glass. Some of the key places which contributed to inspiration were, Lichfield Cathedral, Bristol Cathedral and many local Churches. Initial research consisted of the observation of light’s interaction with shapes, patterns and space. The change of light throughout the day enhances the repetition of geometric and architectural forms and window structures, which are interpreted through photographic imagery. This informed a series of sketches exploring how these colours, patterns and light can be seen through yarns and structures. Knitting has been the key process to create and develop this work, allowing the experimentation of a combination of yarns, transparency and construction. Through the wide amount of knitted techniques, various samples of densities and openness were created, reflecting the contrast of solid architecture and textures to illuminated structures and windows. “I wanted to make something that was alive with light” - James Turrell Colour played a central role in conveying this message and meaning, carefully selected to the vibrancy and luminosity found within stained glass windows but also keeping in line with predicted colour trends for A/W 2027/28. Sampling and refinement led to a clear design idea. Within the line and influence of churches and cathedrals the idea of creating shawls was the best way to tie everything together. These final knitted shawls combined architectural influence but with a softness and fluidity. Designed to be worn, they interact with light, enhancing colour and patterns to evolve, echoing the atmosphere of sacred architecture. “Colour is a power which directly influences the soul. Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings” - Wassily Kandinsky

08/10/2026

Meet the Graduate / Cwrdd â’r Graddedig
Efa Mai Pennington

Efa Mai Pennington is a ceramicist based in South Wales, known for creating ceramic pieces with clean, minimalist forms. Her work focuses on simple forms and thoughtful details, creating pieces that feel both modern and carefully made. Alongside ceramics, she experiments with combining other materials, such as macramé yarn, to add texture and contrast. She is interested in how different materials work together and enjoys mixing traditional techniques with contemporary ideas. This approach allows her to create pieces that highlight the qualities of each material and how they interact. “I’m interested in how materials work together, and I enjoy combining traditional and contemporary techniques,” she says.

Mae Efa Mai Pennington yn seramegydd sy’n gweithio yn Ne Cymru, ac mae’n adnabyddus am greu darnau seramig â ffurfiau glân a minimalaidd. Mae ei gwaith yn canolbwyntio ar ffurfiau syml a manylion ystyrlon, gan greu darnau sy’n teimlo’n fodern ac wedi’u gwneud yn ofalus. Yn ogystal â seramig, mae’n arbrofi gyda chydblethu deunyddiau eraill, fel edafedd macramé, i ychwanegu gwead a gwrthgyferbyniad. Mae ganddi ddiddordeb yn y ffordd y mae deunyddiau gwahanol yn gweithio gyda’i gilydd ac mae’n mwynhau cymysgu technegau traddodiadol ag ideau cyfoes. Mae’r dull hwn yn ei galluogi i greu darnau sy’n tynnu sylw at ansawdd pob deunydd a sut maen nhw’n rhyngweithio. “Mae gen i ddiddordeb yn y ffordd y mae deunyddiau’n gweithio gyda’i gilydd, ac rwy’n mwynhau cymysgu technegau traddodiadol a chyfoes,” meddai.

08/10/2026

Meet the Graduate / Cwrdd â’r Graddedig
Hannah Taylor hannah King Street Gallery

Painting acrylic on canvas, the pressure of a fast drying medium’s emptying my mind before thoughts can settle. They’re subtle residues of permanence. A consequence of actions against the ruthlessness of time. Those thoughts: Visiting my hometown of Blaina, trapped by endless mountains looming above. The mountains I used to climb for the secret ponds and tyre swings, the feeling that you were swinging off the edge of the world.
 
The frisson of Punk: As a teenager hearing constantly we had to escape the Valleys to better opportunities and a different life. Not doomed to a factory job and council house. To become more than just a product of the Valleys. This project has led to many paintings representing the fragmented connection between myself and my hometown. Works that range from silent simplicity of grief for the place I used to cherish to busy and noisy environments where I feel trapped, a bystander in the storm.

07/10/2026

Meet the Graduate / Cwrdd â’r Graddedig
Jonas K Tew King Street Gallery

“I know how it feels, my love I’ve seen a shower turn into a flood. I know how it ends, my love I’ve seen a vulture turn into a dove In the end”—PD Liddle.
 
This body of work, titled Beginner’s Mind, explores transformation through a process of unlearning, radical openness, and renewal. In Buddhism, beginner’s mind refers to a state of approaching the world without rigid preconception. The exhibition considers what it means to remain receptive in the face of instability—to choose curiosity and sensitivity over defence, even when such openness carries risk. Openness here becomes an act of rebellion in a context where cynicism may appear safer and more rational.
 
Tew’s sculptural language originates in an inquiry into the geological formation of clay, where processes of erosion and sedimentation inform both material and conceptual approaches. While the work continues to allude to biological systems and geological forms in Wales, it increasingly operates as a site of psychological meaning. The wheel-thrown ceramic cone remains a fundamental unit within this visual vocabulary, shifting from a symbol of vulnerability and defence toward one of self- reimagination and accelerated growth. Working intuitively, Tew engages in a dialogue with materials rather than imposing fixed outcomes. For the artist, clay, metal, and organic elements are active collaborators. Traditional ceramic methods such as wheel-throwing and coil building are extended through experimental interventions, including aluminium casting into unfired clay moulds and the recontextualisation of pyrometric cones as sculptural motifs. These processes reveal stages of making typically unseen by audiences. Across sculpture and installation, forms appear armoured and pierced, yet remain in states of opening, transition, and growth. Rather than capturing resolved transformation, the work holds it in suspension—mapping a movement from containment toward expansion, and positioning openness as a deliberate and radical act.

02/10/2026

Members’ Autumn Exhibition 29 Sept – 28 Nov 2026
You are invited to the Show Opening of our Autumn Exhibition Tomorrow afternoon 2-4pm.
Be first to see the new collection of work.

30/09/2026