Museums

Twelve artists come together at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery and Abington Park Museum, open until Sunday 9 November 2025 as part of Northampton and Rutland Open Studios.

The exhibition showcases ceramics, sculpture, paintings, glass, woodwork, printmaking, papercut illustrations, drawing, felted art and mixed media.

Featured artist Jack Astbury is a Professional Woodturner and Fine Furniture maker based in Northamptonshire.

His focus focuses on finding the best local foraged wood that has fallen due to natural circumstances and is within walking distance from his house. Each piece aims to balance the unique properties of each piece while allowing the forms to flow in natural ways.

Jack’s work blends the use of traditional crafts and Heritage tools with modern craftsman techniques. The aim of each piece is show how unique wood can be used. Each piece is finished with a homemade, food safe finish which is a blend of local Beeswax, boiled Linseed oil and the Essence of Lemon.