Fifty-six artists and makers in Putney and Southfields are opening their front doors this weekend and next.
There are 40 stops on the two neighbourhood trails, from a sculpture garden on Charlwood Road to a working pottery in a Southfields family home, established in 1963. Our guide below maps every one of them.
Both trails are open on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October, then Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October, from 11am to 6pm. The art school and 5 Keswick Road open on the Sundays only, and four stops open on just one of the two weekends.
Putney and Southfields are two of four trails in this year’s Wandsworth Artists Open House. The others cover Furzedown and Tooting, and Balham, Battersea and Wandsworth, with 63 stops across all four.
That makes it a smaller event than last year, when more than 200 artists showed in almost 100 venues across the borough. This year the borough-wide event lost its funding, and Putney School of Art and Design stepped in to run a smaller version on paper maps, paying the costs that artists’ reduced fees do not cover.
1Putney 1Helen Ridgway, Janet White and Zelide Edge
24 Hotham Road, SW15 1QB
Handmade ceramics from three makers: pieces for everyday use, decorative work and sculpture.
Both weekends
2Putney 2Matt Shaw
25 Charlwood Road, SW15 1QA
A garden full of sculpture in stone, ceramic, wood and mixed media, “old, new and yet to be made”.
Both weekends
3Putney 3Robert Forsyth
12 Crown Court, Lacy Road, SW15 1NS
Photographs from trips across Scotland, in a flat beside the Jolly Gardeners pub.
Both weekends
4Putney 4 · Step-freeLaura Parker
BobCat Gallery, upstairs at Putney Exchange, Putney High Street, SW15 1TW
Mysteries, a solo show at the BobCat Gallery, from older work to a recent series of abstracts.
Both weekends
5Putney 5Charles Penny
19b Clarendon Drive, SW15 1BG
Paintings, drawings and cards.
Both weekends
6Putney 6Nigel B Murray
Putney Methodist Church, Gwendolen Avenue, SW15 5ES
Paintings, drawings and prints: landscapes, seascapes, park and beach scenes.
First weekend only: 3 and 4 Oct
7Putney 7 · Step-freeHeather Graham, Yvonne Guerrier, Jenny Seddon and Julie Sullock
Putney Arts Theatre, Ravenna Road, SW15 6AW
Etchings and screen prints from four printmakers, at prices the leaflet calls affordable.
Both weekends
8aPutney 8aPutney School of Art and Design
Main Campus, Oxford Road, SW15 2LQ
Local artists and makers, practical workshops from 1pm to 4pm that children can join, and the school café, open 11am to 3pm. Open 11am to 4pm.
Sundays only: 4 and 11 Oct, 11am to 4pm
- 8bPutney 8b
Putney School of Art and Design
3D Campus, Bentley House, 4a Disraeli Road, SW15 2DS
More than 20 ceramics and pottery stalls, and tours of the school’s new membership studio. Open 11am to 4pm.
Sundays only: 4 and 11 Oct, 11am to 4pm
9Putney 9 · Step-freeJane Theophilus
6 Rockland Road, SW15 2LN
Just off Oxford Road, two minutes from the art school and five from East Putney station. No steps at the door.
Both weekends
10Putney 10Gordon Glyn-Jones
Flat 2, 13 Oakhill Road, SW15 2QJ
Surreal landscapes and wild creatures with human traits, made to wake up the viewer’s childhood imagination.
Both weekends
11Putney 11Sim Hock Neoh
64 Schubert Road, SW15 2QS
A large collection of oil and watercolour paintings of Putney, central London and local scenes.
Both weekends
12Putney 12Daphne Duthie
47 Schubert Road, SW15 2QT
Handmade ceramics inspired by the Scottish Highlands: coffee cups, tealight holders and jewellery.
Both weekends
13Putney 13Ricky Leaver and Tammy Mackay
5 Keswick Road, SW15 2HL
Fine art landscape photography, with drawings and prints of animals and birds.
Sundays only: 4 and 11 Oct, 11am to 4pm
14Putney 14Ann Hawksley
50 Coalecroft Road, SW15 6LP
Oil paintings, mostly still lifes of food and French façades.
Both weekends
15Putney 15 · Step-freeSally Scott, Christine Savage and Gilbert Whyman
The Cottage, Cambalt Road, SW15 6EW
Paintings in oils and pastels and original prints; jewellery set with unusual cuts of precious and semi-precious stones; sculpture in clay, welded steel, terracotta and recycled materials.
Both weekends
16Putney 16Yuan Wang
113 Cortis Road, SW15 3AH
Oil paintings, drawings, ceramics, sculpture and prints.
Both weekends
17Putney 17Lucy Corr
Flat 29, Heath Royal, 20 Putney Heath Lane, SW15 3LD
Of Air: mobiles and stabiles, kinetic sculptures made from sustainable and recycled materials.
Both weekends
18Putney 18Sara Audu
39 Sarah House, 78 Arabella Drive, SW15 5LN
Paintings, mixed-media sculpture and glass, by a British-Nigerian artist.
Both weekends
1Southfields 1Simon Occleshaw and Alexandra Vanotti
6 Valonia Gardens, SW18 1PY
Linocuts and etchings from Triangle Print Studio, alongside photography.
First weekend only: 3 and 4 Oct
2Southfields 2Jenifer Hollingdale
20 Jephtha Road, SW18 1QH
Screen-printed and stitched textiles made with vintage fabrics and found objects: cushions, quilts and art in boxes.
Both weekends
3Southfields 3Fiona Moore and Cathy Stoddart
18 Cromer Villas Road, SW18 1PN
Cotton quilts, bright and modern, machine pieced and quilted.
Both weekends
4Southfields 4Alice Morgan
24 Cromer Villas Road, SW18 1PN
Etchings and linoprints of everyday subjects, in strong lines.
Both weekends
5Southfields 5Angela Reddin, Christelle Escoffier, Stephanie Marinosci and Emma Toumi
164A Sutherland Grove, SW18 5QN
Four artists showing paintings, jewellery and ceramics.
Both weekends
6Southfields 6Slavica Struthers-Kennedy
51 Melrose Road, SW18 1LX
One-off jewellery in sterling silver and anodised aluminium.
Both weekends
7Southfields 7Charles Brooking
29 Camborne Road, SW18 4BH
Drawing and painting, from an artist who began decades ago.
Both weekends
8Southfields 8Stuart Brown and Olga Brown
19 Smeaton Road, SW18 5JJ
Unaltered photographs of buildings, trees and water that read as abstracts; figurative and abstract art and London cityscapes.
Both weekends
9Southfields 9Maryse M Dupin
148 Balvernie Grove, SW18 5RW
Paintings, prints and photographs.
First weekend only: 3 and 4 Oct
10Southfields 10Ilke Usluca and Tracey English-Polch
8 Pulborough Road, SW18 5UQ
Textile accessories made from deadstock fabric and hand-drawn prints, and illustration made from hand-coloured papers.
Both weekends
11Southfields 11Eliza Kearsley
21a Pulborough Road, SW18 5UN
A student artist studying for a degree at Central Saint Martins.
Both weekends
12Southfields 12Elzbieta Smolenska
1 Arcadian Place, SW18 5JF
A home gallery of photographs, prints and objects collected from around the world.
Both weekends
13Southfields 13Tony Gant
14 Combemartin Road, SW18 5PR
A working pottery in a family home, going since 1963. Tony was a student of the late Gwylym Thomas.
Both weekends
14Southfields 14Dina Edita K and Chris Payne
203 Wimbledon Park Road, SW18 5RH
Line paintings and pet portraits, with quirky but practical stoneware pottery.
Both weekends
15Southfields 15Ben Gibbon
11 Elborough Street, SW18 5DP
Functional pottery made at home: lots of breakfast bowls and coffee cups.
Second weekend only: 10 and 11 Oct
16Southfields 16 · Step-freeNatalie Bird
31 Elborough Street, SW18 5DP
A landscape artist represented by galleries around the country.
Both weekends
17Southfields 17Alice Sebastian
33 Elsenham Street, SW18 5NU
Paintings of people, colourful landscapes and still lifes, about memory and familiarity.
Both weekends
18Southfields 18Roger Whiteman and Paulene Cattle
10 King Charles Walk, SW19 6JA
Drawings from life, alongside prints and abstract textile landscapes.
Both weekends
19Southfields 19Paula Sacks
67 Albert Drive, SW19 6LB
Everyday ceramics in colours drawn from a Brazilian background and years living in Asia.
Both weekends
20Southfields 20Sarah Donlan
153 Elsenham Street, SW18 5NZ
Drawing, painting and illustration of landscapes, flowers and figures, with original paintings and cards.
Both weekends
21Southfields 21Mary Newstead
150 Elborough Street, SW18 5DL
Affordable handmade studio ceramics, every piece a one-off.
Both weekends
22Southfields 22Gabriela Larios
25 Mill Court, 432 Merton Road, SW18 5AE
Playful, folk-inspired art about stories, nature and childhood memories, by a Salvadoran artist and illustrator.
Both weekends
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Where to start
In Putney, Matt Shaw’s garden at 25 Charlwood Road holds what his listing calls “sculptures old, new and yet to be made”, in stone, ceramic, wood and mixed media. At the Putney Arts Theatre on Ravenna Road, four printmakers are showing etchings and screen prints. One of them, Yvonne Guerrier, showed at the theatre last year too, with a broken arm.
Robert Forsyth’s photographs of Scotland hang in a flat on Lacy Road that his listing places just beside the Jolly Gardeners pub. Up on Putney Heath Lane, Lucy Corr is showing mobiles and stabiles, kinetic sculptures made from recycled materials.
In Southfields, Tony Gant’s working pottery, in a family home at 14 Combemartin Road, dates from 1963. He was a student of the late Gwylym Thomas. On Cromer Villas Road, Fiona Moore and Cathy Stoddart are showing bright cotton quilts at number 18, and Alice Morgan has etchings and linoprints a few doors along at number 24. Ben Gibbon’s breakfast bowls and coffee cups are at 11 Elborough Street, on the second weekend only.
The art school opens its two Putney sites on the Sundays, 11am to 4pm. Its Main Campus on Oxford Road runs practical workshops from 1pm to 4pm that children can join, and the school café is open from 11am to 3pm. At its 3D Campus on Disraeli Road there are more than 20 ceramics and pottery stalls and tours of a new membership studio.
The organisers said in August that they hoped to return in 2027. Whether they can depends on funding.
Before you go
When: Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October, and Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October, 11am to 6pm. The art school’s hours are 11am to 4pm.
Different days: first weekend only: Putney Methodist Church (Putney 6), 6 Valonia Gardens and 148 Balvernie Grove (Southfields 1 and 9). Second weekend only: 11 Elborough Street (Southfields 15). Sundays only: the art school (Putney 8a and 8b) and 5 Keswick Road (Putney 13).
Access: the organisers’ advice is to “contact the artists for further information. Most venues will have front doorsteps as they are home studios.” Five stops are marked step-free in the guide.
Paper maps: all four trail maps can be downloaded from the Artists Open House website.
