Permanent and Extended Exhibitions

Briarwood Gallery, Tunstead Milton

Dave Butcher has a gallery in Tunstead Milton with around 140 framed photographs and 400 unframed photos on display. For location see contact page. Please telephone or email before you visit to confirm that photographs of interest are in stock to meet your requirements.

High Peak Artists' and Craft Workers' Association

The Gallery in the Gardens, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton.

This is a purpose built new exhibition space in the main Pavilion Gardens building for the 39 members of High Peak Artists Association and is provided by High Peak Borough Council. It is adjacent to the new Tourist Information Centre and shop.

It is a replacement for the Pump Room exhibition, which ran for about 12 years in Buxton Crescent.

There are framed and unframed black and white photographs by Dave Butcher, big and small, as well as posters for sale. The Gallery is open every day of the year except Christmas Day. If you would like to come and meet me or have a chat I include the days when I will be on duty in the Gallery (roughly three times a month) in my Events calendar.
My books are on sale in the main Pavilion Gardens shop.

For those of you that knew the Pump Room in Buxton, it is being redeveloped as part of the Crescent Spa Hotel project and will be the first part to be renovated and converted into a tea room.

Forthcoming Exhibitions and Events 2011 & 2012

Framed and unframed Dave Butcher black and white photographs and posters, Lake Light, Peak Light and High Light books, as well as courses, will be on sale at each of the events listed below:

Focus on Imaging

This is the largest annual photographic show in Europe. We have been invited back for the 5th time in 7 years onto the Ilford Photo/Harman Technology stand in Hall 9. I will be selling books at a very special low price and talking about our landscape photography and darkroom printing courses, oh and talking about the Ilford Photo products that I use too.

Sunday 4th to Wednesday 7th March 2012, Birmingham NEC

Peak District Artisans (previously called Peak District Products)

Spring Showcase: Designer Art and Craft at Haddon Hall, Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th March 2012 (stately home on the A6 between Bakewell and Matlock). 36 local professional artists and crafts workers with the highest quality original work available to buy on the day.

Great Dome Art Fair:  The 5th Annual show of the local professional artisan group Peak District Artisans. Most of the 70-odd members will be exhibiting in the Buxton Dome.

Preview Friday 20th evening, main show days Saturday 21st to Sunday 22nd July 2012. Free admission, 10am to 4.30pm. This is the last weekend of the Buxton Opera Festival and GDAF is one of the main Buxton Fringe events.

Living Crafts

Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, Thursday 10th to Sunday 13th May 2012, 10am to 5pm.

Over 200 top quality exhibitors.

Craft in Focus

RHS Wisley, near Woking/Guildford in Surrey, Thursday 22nd to Monday 26th November 2012; TBC.

Artist and Designer's Fairs

Buxton Pavilion Gardens Octagon, 10am to 4.30pm, free admission. A small local show with up to 50 local artists and designers. We will have a good selection of fine art photographs, posters, books and courses.

Saturday 30th June to Sunday 1st July 2012

Saturday 15th to Sunday 16th September 2012

Saturday 3rd to Sunday 4th November 2012

Great Peak District Fair

This is the biggest fair that we do in the Buxton Pavilion gardens, it's a mixture of art, craft and farmers market, as well a beer festival.

Saturday 13th to Sunday 14th October 2012

International Craft & Hobby Fairs (ICHF)

Friday 5th to Monday 7th May 2012, Penshurst Place, Weald of Kent Craft Show, near Tonbridge in Kent

Friday 24th to Monday 27th August 2012, Stonor Park, Chiltern Craft Show, near Henley on Thames

Friday 7th to Sunday 9th September 2012, Penshurst Place, Weald of Kent Craft Show, near Tonbridge in Kent

Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th October 2012, Glasgow SECC, Crafts for Christmas

Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th November 2012, Birmingham NEC, Crafts for Christmas

Organisations

Design Factory

I am a Designer/Maker with the East Midlands organisation Design Factory, based in Sleaford, Lincolnshire.

Peak District Artisans (used to be called Peak District Products)

I am a member of PDA. This is an association of over 70 professional artists, jewellers, furniture makers and craftspeople who live and work in the Peak District.

High Peak Artists' and Craft Workers' Association

An association of 39 artists and craft workers, of which I am a member, that is run as a workers co-operative. We are based in Buxton in Derbyshire and have our own permanent exhibition space; Gallery in the Gardens in Buxton Pavilion Gardens.

Past Exhibitions

3D/2D Craft and Design Fair, Edinburgh Assembly Rooms 2009

Art, Craft and Design Show, Newmarket 2006

Art in the Garden, Sheffield Botanical Gardens 2007, 2008

Artist and Designer's Fairs, Buxton Pavilion Gardens 2005 - 2011

Bakewell Show 2006 - 2008

Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, London: 2005, 2006

BBC Good Homes Live, Birmingham NEC 2007

British Craft Trade Fair, BCTF, Harrogate, 2011

Buxton Museum & Art Gallery: 'Peak Light' solo exhibition 2008

Buy Art Fair, Urbis Gallery, Manchester 2009

Craft in Focus Exhibitions, 2006 - 2011:
Caversham, Wellington College Crowthorne, Fawley Court Henley, Henley Showground, Guildford, Richmond, Sevenoaks, Welwyn, RHS Wisley,

Derby Cathedral Centre Gallery, 'Peak Light' solo exhibition 2007

Derbyshire Open Arts (Darts), Briarwood, Tunstead Milton: 2006

Design Weekend, Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire 2007

Focus on Imaging Exhibition, Birmingham NEC: 2005 - 2010. 

I had my own stand in 2009, selling courses, books, fine art photographs and posters. In other years I had exhibitions of my photographs and book signings on the Arem Publishing and Harman Technology / Ilford Photo stands. (See Focus On Imaging website)

Gallery for a Weekend Peak Village, Rowsley 2007, 2008 (12 weekends over 18 months)

Grand Designs Live, Birmingham NEC 2006

Great Peak District Fair, Buxton Pavilion Gardens, 2005 - 2011

High Peak Artists' and Craft Workers' Association Exhibitions, Buxton 2005 - 2012.

International Craft and Hobby Fair 2011: Stonor Park, Glasgow SECC, Birmingham NEC

The Home and Garden Show: Chester Racecourse, 2008

Kendal Mountain Film Festival, Art and Book Fair 2006

Melbourne Festival Art Trail, 2006

Peak District Products Exhibitions 2006 - 2011:
Lyme Park, Renishaw Hall, Thornbridge Hall, Edensor (Chatsworth), The Great Dome Art Fair Buxton

Rufford Centre Gallery (near Mansfield): Design Factory 'Allure 2005' Exhibition

Spring Fair, NEC Birmingham, 2011

Surtex, New York City, USA, 2007, 2008, 2011

Syon Park Art Fair, Brentford, London, 2006

The Storey Centre, Lancaster, 'Lake Light' solo exhibition 2011

Wirksworth Festival Art Trail, 2005, 2006

Exhibition Stand Photos

The Storey Centre, Lancaster, 2011

This was a solo exhibition that ran for about 10 weeks in the Thomas Storey Room.

Surtex Licensing Trade Fair, New York 2011

This was the third time that we had our own stand at Surtex. It is a show for licensing images for printing onto surfaces and textiles.

Since it was in Manhattan in New York and is very specifically for image licensing there was no need for picture frames and stand furniture like print browsers. Jan did the show on her own to save on costs and most of the prints on display were unmounted to save on weight and bulk such that everything would fit in a large suitcase and meet airline weight limits.

We had a mixture of International Graphics Walmsley GmbH posters (4 big ones at 1 metre x 0.5 metres, all of New York), 5 hand prints and over 30 Silver Prints (printed by Ilford Lab Direct from scans of my negatives). The picture here gives you an idea of what was on display. Jan also had a few copies of each of my 3 books and 4 portfolio books of black and white photographs, arranged by subject.

Lots of interest. Lots of leads to chase.

Spring Fair Trade Show, Birminham NEC, 2011

The Spring Fair is the largest trade show for the gift industry in the UK, held in early February every year.

In 2011 we had a stand for the first time and exhibited our range of silver gelatine prints for retail and image licensing.

Surtex Licensing Trade Fair, New York 2008

In 2008, this was our second time that we had our own stand at Surtex, a show for licensing images for printing onto surfaces and textiles.

A different sort of display to the retail shows that we do in the UK. Lots of our existing licensing products on display as well as others to show the wide range of black and white photographs available.

Focus On Imaging 2007

Dave Butcher Photographs on the Ilford Photo display on the Harman Technology / Ilford Photo stand in 2007 at the Focus on Imaging show at the NEC, Birmingham. 

Dave Butcher Photography at BBC Good Homes NEC 2007

We have done a few big retail shows at the NEC. BBC Good Homes was combined with BBC Good Food and BBC Gardeners World to make a very large show.

This is our stand. As you can see it has a huge range of photographs on sale, as well as books and photography courses. I hate the pink carpet and facia panels!

Surtex Licensing Trade Fair, New York 2007

This was a new departure for us, our first trade show and our first show outside the UK. The show was Surtex, a show for licensing images for printing onto surfaces and textiles. I joined the UKTI Passport to Export scheme and received quite a bit of grant money to encourage us to do a trade show overseas and this was the one we decided to do. Without this support we would not have done it as the cost was considerable.

Jan did the show on her own to save money and took everything for the stand over with her in a large suitcase.

The photograph of Jan and the stand was kindly taken by a neighbouring exhibitor, Cindy Evert

Dave Butcher Gallery for a Weekend - Peak Village Rowsley 2007

A typical display at Peak Village Rowsley.

In 2007 and 2008 we took a retail unit for the weekend and set up a 'Gallery for a Weekend'. Lots of framed and mounted black and white photos as well as books and courses.