About

Biography

Guy Royle’s jewellery inhabits a space between the definitions of Art and Craft; mingling influences from both, yet never so far as becoming exclusively one or the other. Brooches are paintings in metal, necklaces are sculptures for the human form, while the tones, shades and textures of raw materials are his palette. This combination of elements brings a timeless and natural quality to his work. What is more, Guy’s jewellery is graceful for its functionality; whatever beauty stems from his work, has derived, and is inseparable from its intent to be worn.

Using the simplest of tools and methods, he works mainly with sheet silver, which is cut, bent, beaten and formed. This metal work compliments his use of natural pebbles and semi-precious stones, which are ground, shaped and drilled into beads.

Since the nineteen-eighties Guy has made a name as a jeweller, however his varied practice includes printing, painting and weaving. Except for his time at Morley College of Art, Guy is largely self-taught. Perhaps more valuable than any formal education, 25 years as an assistant to the artist Breon O’Casey’s has proved of deeper and more longstanding influence.

Gallery List

Gallery Nine
9B Margarets Buildings
Bath BA7 2LP
01225 319197
info@gallerynine.co.uk
www.gallerynine.co.uk
Godfrey & Watt
25 St. Hilda's Road
Harrogate HG2 8JX
07702 801379
mail@godfreyandwatt.co.uk
www.godfreyandwatt.co.uk
Mobilia Gallery
358 Huron Avenue
Cambridge MA 02138
USA
+1 617 876 2109
mobiliaart@verizon.net
www.mobilia-gallery.com
New Ashgate Gallery
Wagon Yard
Farnham
Surrey GU9 7PS
01252 713208
gallery@newashgate.org.uk
www.newashgate.org.uk
New Craftsman
24 Fore Street
St. Ives
Cornwall TR26 1HE
01736 795652
info@newcraftsmanstives.com
www.newcraftsmanstives.com
Primavera
10 King's Parade
Cambridge CB2 1SJ
01223 357708
info@primaverauk.com
www.primaverauk.com
The Scottish Gallery
16 Dundas Street
Edinburgh EH3 6HZ
0131 558 1200
mail@scottish-gallery.co.uk
www.scottish-gallery.co.uk
Stoneman Gallery
56 Chapel Street
Penzance
Cornwall TR18 4AE
01736 351 555
linda@stonemangraphics.co.uk
www.stonemanpublications.co.uk
Yew Tree Gallery
Keigwin Farmhouse
Nr. Morvah
Pendeen
Penzance
Cornwall TR19 7TS
01736 78625
gilly@yewtreegallery.com
www.yewtreegallery.com
New Brewery Arts
Brewery Court
Cirencester
Gloucestershire GL7 1JH
01285 657181
admin@newbreweryarts.org.uk
www.newbreweryarts.org.uk

Exhibition List

1990 < Salthouse Gallery, St Ives >

1991 < Black Swan Gallery, Somerset >

1993 < Primavera, Cambridge >  < City Art Gallery, Leeds >

1994 < St James Gallery, Bath >  < Craft Centre and Foyer Gallery, Manchester >

1995 < New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey >

1996 < Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate >

1998 < Yew Tree Gallery, Stroud >

1999 < Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Leeds >  < Yew Tree Gallery, Stroud >

2000 < Jam, Eaton Applied Arts, Windsor >  < Brewery Arts, Cirencester >

2001 < Bartley Dray Gallery, London >  < Bircham Gallery, Norfolk >

2002 < Lynne Strover Gallery, Cambridge >

2003 < Primavera, Cambridge >  < Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall >

2004 < Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Leeds >  < Sandpiper Gallery, Cornwall >

2005 < Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate >  < Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge MA, USA >

2006 < New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey >

2007 < Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate >

2008 < Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall >  < Eaton Applied Arts, Windsor >  < Gallery Nine, Bath >

2009 < Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Leeds >  < Primavera, Cambridge >  < The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh >  < Stoneman Gallery, Cornwall >

2010 < Stoneman Gallery, Cornwall >  < Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall >

2011 < New Craftsman Gallery, Cornwall >  < Gallery Nine, Bath >