Meet the Maker: Johnny White & Amanda Wray - Sculpture
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6:00pm - 7:30pm
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Celebrate the people behind the making.
Join us for a series of relaxed Meet the Maker sessions, bringing together fascinating artists working across sculpture, furniture making, textiles, and print. Organised by Haarlem Studios and Gallery, these informal talks offer a chance to hear directly from artists about their work, ideas, and creative journeys.
Across six sessions, artists supported by Haarlem Mill will share what inspires them, how they work, and what it means to be a maker today. Expect friendly conversations, thoughtful insights, and plenty of opportunity to ask questions.
Free to attend, with tea and coffee provided
The talks take place in the atmospheric Gothic Warehouse at Cromford Mill.
Johnny White & Amanda Wray - Sculpture
About Johnny White
Having enjoyed making unusual bicycles and playing with Meccano as a child Johnny went into mechanical engineering as an apprentice when he left school. He later changed course and studied art, completing a ceramics degree at Cardiff. He started making kinetic sculptures in the 1980s and has been a freelance sculptor since 1988. His sculptures are usually humorous, often interactive and sometimes quite large. He has exhibited widely both in the UK and around Europe. His work is included in several public collections across Europe and his public art pieces are sited across the UK.
About Amanda Wray
Amanda’s figurative style is meaningful, accessible and often tongue in cheek, and she skilfully models clay in a lifelike manner with an added playful twist.
She also works in mosaic and stone and she has made public artworks for outside Carlisle Castle, a number of parks in Sheffield and a 2m high head sculpture with a mosaic interior seat for two people for Fieldhead Hospital in Wakefield, and has recently enjoyed working on sketchy animations and digital prints.
