CURRENT HOLDINGS
Figures, objects and records currently held by the museum.
The Dufton Hoarde
Selected Works 2026
The Weather Watcher, (detail) 2026
Rag-pulp clay with mine spoil (barytes), textile, hand-blown glass eyes, Kirkby Grey earth pigment
Ready to Rake, 2026
Rag-pulp clay with mineral spoil, coarse upland grass, handmade wooden rake, hand-blown glass eyes, St Bees earth pigment
Everything She Needed, 2026
Rag-pulp clay with lead-mine spoil, hessian, glass eyes, earth pigment, acrylic paint, found box and mixed materials
The Warden Pear, 2026
Rag-pulp clay (rag fibre, cellulose and barytes), hand-blown glass eyes, earth and natural pigments
Entries in the Same Line, 2026
Rag-pulp clay, found cabinet, enamelware, glass, hand-painted ceramic, embroidered vintage apron, naturally dyed rag, wrapping paper, acrylic paint and mixed materials
Came Back Wrong, 2026
Rag-pulp clay, lead-mine spoil and earth pigment
Pennine Woman, 2026
Rag-pulp clay with barytes from the mine spoil, silage net, wire, glass eyes, earth pigment
Lead and The Pig, 2026
Rag-pulp clay with lead-mine spoil, textile, glass eyes, earth pigment
A Bad Winter, 2026
Rag-pulp clay, barytes, earth pigment
Grey Hat with Salmon Smolt, 2026
Rag-pulp clay with barytes, twine, glass eyes, Kirkby Grey and other Cumbrian earth pigments
Perfect Day, 2026
Rag-pulp clay, lead-mine spoil, stock fencing from the site of the former smelt mill, glass eyes, earth pigment, found leisure furniture and skateboard
Hens for Pin Money (detail), 2026
Rag-pulp clay, lead-mine spoil, hand-blown glass eyes, Kirkby Grey earth pigment
Nothing to show for it, 2026
Rag-pulp clay with barytes, earth pigment
Goose on the Green, 2026
Rag-pulp clay with barytes, artificial green pigment, hand-blown glass eyes
Knitted on the Way, 2026
Rag-pulp clay with barytes, found hand-knitted textile, hand-blown glass eyes
Not My Field, 2026
Rag-pulp clay, found vintage metal horse and plough, glass eyes, earth pigment
The Cough, 2026
Rag-pulp clay, lead-mine mineral spoil, found bell, enamelware, glass eyes, textile, earth pigments
Entries in the Same Line (detail), 2026
Rag-pulp clay with barytes
The Dufton Hoarde is created and maintained by Dawn Hurton.
Artwork and text © Dawn Hurton 2026
Photography © Shannon Tofts 2026