The Art of Sidney H. Sime, Master of Fantasy
2024-12-21 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-22 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-27 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-28 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-29 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-02 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-03 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-04 11:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) and 1 more date | Heath Robinson Museum, 50 West End Lane, Pinner, HA5 1AE, United Kingdom
Sidney Sime was a painter, illustrator and caricaturist. He was born in 1865 in Manchester to a poor family. He worked in the coal mines as a boy, then for a linen draper and a baker, before taking up sign writing and entering Liverpool school of art.
He moved to London to work for Pick-Me-Up and other magazines, making both theatrical caricatures and sinisterly humorous drawings. His work, although influenced by Aubrey Beardsley and Japanese prints, was truly original.
In 1898 he inherited a house and money from his uncle, an Edinburgh solicitor. He moved to Scotland to occupy his new property and to paint. However, he soon felt isolated, sold the house in Scotland and moved to Crown Cottage in Worplesdon, Surrey.
In 1904 Sime first met Lord Dunsany, who both enjoyed the company of this eccentric artist and greatly admired his work. They shared a fascination with imaginary worlds and fantastical tales. Dunsany chose Sime to illustrate his first book, The Gods of Pegana, a poetic fantasy, and was delighted with the result. Their collaboration continued until the 1930s.
In 1909 he formed a friendship with Lord Howard de Walden who employed him to make set and costume designs for his theatrical productions. Another member of their circle was the composer Joseph Holbrooke, for whose operas Sime also made designs.
After the Great War Sime devoted much of his time to rendering his fantasies in large oil paintings, a number of which are shown here. rhymes and stories. See watercolour, ink, and collage artworks in person – as well as early drafts, sketches and ideas shown alongside text from Michael Rosen’s books.
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Heath Robinson Museum - Christmas Trail
2024-12-22 11:00 - 15:00 | Heath Robinson Museum, 50 West End Lane, Pinner, HA5 1AE, United Kingdom
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Remixology: The Art of Ketna Patel
2025-01-09 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-10 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-11 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-12 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-16 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-17 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-18 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-19 11:00 - 16:00 and 9 more dates | Heath Robinson Museum, 50 West End Lane, Pinner, HA5 1AE, United Kingdom
‘Often referred to as Asia’s answer to Andy Warhol, Ketna Patel is a highly prolific British-Indian mixed media Artist.
Her Art is colourful, global, multi cultural and brimming with energy, wit and valuable insights into our everyday world.’
Having lived in Kenya, U.K, Singapore and India, she has been widely acclaimed for converting her Global insights into a compelling visual vocabulary that has injected a fresh counter expression to the predominantly western dominated narrative of world art. Using different cultures and historical events, she juxtaposes mythological characters, Gods, political icons and the common man on the same canvas. There is a fresh romance between the old and the new, breaking through stringent cultural, political, and class boundaries that have dominated the world for centuries.
Her collaborations have ranged from Bollywood’s IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) and Hollywood’s Director Spike Lee to corporate giants like TATA, SONY & KIEHLS. In 2011, Tata Motors (India) commissioned her to convert one of their ‘Nano’ Cars into a work of Art, which she did using Italian glass mosaic by SICIS. Ketna’s artwork has been licensed to fashion companies, carpet houses, furniture makers, book, and album covers, and regularly been donated for fund raising initiatives from UNICEF, Elephant Parade & AWARE and more.
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Coffee & Craft - Everyday Alchemy
2025-01-27 12:30 - 14:30 | The Verden Event Rooms, Upstairs at West House, Pinner Memorial Park, Pinner, HA5 1AE, United Kingdom
Step into the vibrant world of paper collage with guest artist Ketna Patel, where you’ll bring art to life by layering and arranging materials in this dynamic, hands-on workshop.
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Join us for Coffee & Craft on Monday, January 27th 2025, from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm!

Dive into the colourful world of paper collage in this engaging, hands-on workshop! Create expressive art that comes alive through layering and arranging materials such as photographs, printed tissue, newspaper, magazine cutouts, and more. We invite you to experiment with selection and composition, creating your own links and stories and transforming an everyday object with collage to create a unique and personalised artwork. Although all materials will be supplied, please feel free to bring your own printed papers, copies of photos, embellishments such as buttons, bindis etc and even a small 3D everyday object for you to use as your canvas (eg wooden spoon, plates, flower pots, whatever you fancy).

Let’s turn the everyday into something extraordinary together!
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Cuppa With A Copper
2025-01-29 14:00 - 15:00 | Cafe Amici, 53 Bridge Street, Pinner, HA5 3HR, United Kingdom

Harrow Gateway Table Top Sale
2025-02-01 09:30 - 12:30 | Gateway House, North Harrow Car Park, Pinner Road, Middlesex, HA2 7TA, United Kingdom
