Shed Space Exhibition

Workshop, sanctuary, studio: sheds are all things to all people. From Walt Disney to Philip Pullman, Charles Dickens to William Blake, artists have used sheds as a space to create their finest work. ShedSpace celebrates the role of the humble garden shed in the creative industries, past and present.

Artists and architectural designers Jeni Burnell and Patrick Stimpson will create a full-size shed in the gallery, with help from Oxford Brookes students and clients of the national homelessness charity Crisis.

The shed will become a ‘making space’, a place for workshops in basket making, knitting, card design, jewellery making, architectural model making or woodcarving. The exhibition will be ever-changing, with new examples of craftsmanship displayed alongside the stories of how they were made.