Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm
We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.
Kettle’s Yard will be closed on Thursday 12 March.
Kettle’s Yard will be open on Good Friday (Friday 3 April) and closed on Easter Sunday (Sunday 5 April).
Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm
We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.
Kettle’s Yard will be closed on Thursday 12 March.
Kettle’s Yard will be open on Good Friday (Friday 3 April) and closed on Easter Sunday (Sunday 5 April).
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Born 1937
Born in Surbiton, Surrey, Illsley worked as an apprentice stonemason in 1950s, while attending evening classes at Kingston Art School. In the 1960s he worked at the Leach Pottery, in St Ives. In 1986 he returned to London, where he continues to work as a painter, sculptor and jewellery maker.
