Ian McKay - Gallery Craft Maker

Ian Mckay set up his workshop in Bath in 1991 and has been making toys and automata ever since. For Sladers Yard he has made distinctive driftwood sculptures with sailing boats which make patterns with their sails as they move or fishing boats with coloured masts and moving lighthouses. Ian has exhibited throughout Britain, France and Germany. His work is in the London Aquarium and the Arima Toy Museum, Japan, amongst other private collections.

Ian McKay

Trained as a ceramicist, he has also been a silversmith, a blacksmith, furniture designer, a maker of wood engraving blocks, drummer, technician, teacher, and gardener. He sees toy-making to be the sum of all these experiences -- working in wood, brass rod, and paint.

Ian McKay's automata are available at Sladers Yard.

Sladers Yard
Contemporary British Art, Furniture & Craft
West Bay, Bridport, Dorset DT6 4EL
Licensed Cafe Open Every Day 10 – 5pm
Gallery Open: Tues – Sat 10 – 5pm, Sunday & Bank Holidays 12 – 5pm
w: http://www.sladersyard.co.uk
e: gallery@sladersyard.co.uk
T: 01308 459511

Petter Southall's showroom with Philosophy - Julian Bailey, Derek Nice and Petter Southall - West Bay - Beatitudes featuring Cheryl Campbell - Miranda Creswell's paintings and drawings - West Bay - Beatitudes by David Inshaw - Alfred Stockham, Miranda Creswell and Petter Southall - Out to Sea - Bailey Nice and Southall - The Need to Dream - Vanessa Gardiner - Tim Nicholson - Sladers Yard Christmas Show - Robin Rae - Petter Bjorn Southall - A New Lease of Life - Angels and Demons Christopher Row - Alex Lowery - Akiko Hirai - Andrea Stemmer - Andrew George - Asaf Tolkovsky - Gerry Dudgeon - Goldfinger Jewellery - Ian McKay - Kate Lynch - Linda Bloomfield - Lindean Mill Glass - Makeba Lewis - Margo Selby - Matt Fothergill - MissPrint - Nawal Gebreel - Peter Swanson - Petter Southall - Svend Bayer - Tim Nicholson - Wallace Sewell