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Explore: Made in the Middle

Celebrating the best of contemporary craft in the Midlands.
On at Hub, Sleaford until 6 July 2025.

Shop: Made in the Middle

Shop the new range from Midlands artists.

Watch: Stories of Making and Migration

Find out about Midlands-based everyday makers influenced by migration.

Visit: Made in the Middle

Hub Sleaford, 5 April – 6 July 2025.

Six brightly coloured, differently sized vases. Each vase is entirely one colour, and differently shaped. The surfaces are decorated with many sharp grooves, creating lines top to bottom.

Read: Meet the artists

See the artists exhibiting in Made in the Middle.

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Shop: Exhibition Catalogue

Made in the Middle (2025-26) Exhibition Catalogue, £10.

Alex, the leader of Smashing Metal, standing in the outdoor metalworking workshop next to the forge, with the anvil, the clamp table and the sign behind him. He is smiling and looking at the camera.

Explore: Stories of Making & Migration

Hear making stories from people who have migrated to the Midlands.

Three sculptures. They appear to include found objects made from building material. They include rough stone shapes, twisted shapes and smooth glazed forms.

Make: Exhibition activity pack

Activities to do in the exhibition and at home, inspired by Midlands artists.

A beautiful and striking red and black neckpiece made of lots of small sections reminiscent of neatly layered feathers.

Read: {Queer}+{Metals}

Explore the multiplicity of queerness in relation to metal.

A group of 6 women from varied ethnic backgrounds and ages pose in white workshop aprons, they are all smiling.

Find out more: Shelanu

Supporting migrant and refugee women.

A group of small simple items made from a smooth, hard material. Cup-like forms with decoratoins like brushes and small knobs. Some are reminiscent of shaving brushes.

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colour photograph of a gallery space interior. The words {Queer}+{Metals} is visible on a white wall. Various large images hang on the walls and work is displayed in cases.

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From the Shop

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Made in the Middle (2025-2026) Exhibition Catalogue

Made in the Middle
£10.00
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Emma-Jane Rule: Leafscape Stems

Made in the Middle
£64.00
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Natalie Cole: Buddy Vases

Made in the Middle
£30.00
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Johnny Armstrong: Constructions

Made in the Middle
£50.00
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Shelanu Nurture Collection: Sunflower Brooch

Shelanu Nurture Collection
£35.00
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We are Commoners Exhibition Catalogue

We are Commoners
£6.00
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We are Commoners Goose Badge

We are Commoners
£8.50
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Brooch Making Kit

To Make & Do
£8.00
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Shelanu Interlocking Stories Collection: Catch Ring

Shelanu Interlocking Stories
£54.00
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Shelanu Migrating Birds Collection: Swallow Earrings

Shelanu Migrating Birds
£35.00
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Radical Craft: Alternative Ways of Making Exhibition Catalogue

Catalogues
£6.00

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