Farmers & Makers in North Aston – Oxfordshire Artweeks

2-25 May 2026

Artists’ Open Studios &
Pop-Up Exhibitions
across Oxfordshire.
Free to visit

2-25 May 2026

Artists’ Open Studios and Pop-Up exhibitions across Oxfordshire – free to visit

222 Farmers & Makers in North Aston

Region: Bicester – North & West

Artform: Drawing, Photography, Sculpture, Textiles

In recent years, North Aston has become closely associated with local organic food. The beef and arable farm went organic in 1992, and today is home to several small-scale food and farming enterprises, including North Aston Organics, North Aston Dairy, and the North Aston Farm Shop & Community Hub. These independent yet interconnected projects share a common aim: producing food in ways that care for both land and people, whilst strengthening the local economy and food security.

Taking inspiration from this working landscape, this exhibition brings together a small group of makers and artists—some who work on North Aston’s farms, and others who are residents or regular visitors. Across painting, basketry, textiles, photography, and illustration, the works on display offer personal responses to food, farming, and everyday life in North Aston.

Works on display include baskets woven from gleaned crop residues, ceremonial clothing marking key moments in the agricultural calendar, mixed media prints exploring hedgerows, dry point intaglio prints of vegetables, and textiles and sculptures made from plant and animal fibres, among other pieces.

As our first exhibition together, it’s a celebration of some of the creative practices that emerge in response to this landscape. Rather than a comprehensive picture, it offers one set of responses, and we hope it opens up further conversation.