THE Salisbury Museum will mount the first retrospective exhibition devoted to the life and work of the influential weaver, potter, printmaker and designer John Hinchcliffe.

Focusing on Hinchcliffe’s experimentalism, his passion for colour and his immense and varied output, this comprehensive exhibition will reveal the character of the artist whilst contemplating every aspect of his work.

Exhibitions Officer, Kim van Rensburg said: "These exhibits illustrate just how Hinchcliffe's fascination with materials and surface decoration consistently challenged him, leading him to push both at the boundaries of making and use of materials."

The work on show will include woven and printed textiles, ceramics, paint and printmaking.

The exhibition will also reflect on the importance of Salisbury and the surrounding area to Hinchcliffe’s work, including his groundbreaking exhibition of majolica ceramics at Salisbury Arts Centre in 1983.

From 1991, except for a short spell in Normandy, he lived in Blandford Forum in Dorset, whilst his experimental studio was in Sixpenny Handley.