by Kathleen Murphy | 20 Jul, 2022 | Designers & Makers, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Tinsmiths Exhibitions & Events
For Tinsmiths’ regulars you may already recognise the name, Carole Glover. Carole’s superbly decorated slipware pottery is a regular feature at Tinsmiths; her diminutive, hand-built wrens literally ‘fly’ out as soon as a new delivery arrives....
by Kathleen Murphy | 14 Jul, 2022 | Designers & Makers, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Tinsmiths Exhibitions & Events
For many, July marks life easing to a slower Summer pace. Not so at Tinsmiths as this year preparations are in full swing for our Autumn exhibition. This, our first exhibition since 2019, will coincide with Herefordshire’s annual arts trail, h.Art. A regular September...
by Kathleen Murphy | 7 Mar, 2019 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Tinsmiths Exhibitions & Events
Who hasn’t picked a pebble up whilst strolling the coast of Britain? They look especially inviting lying covered in the shallow water of a rock pool, the wetness showing colour that pales when the salty surface dries. There is something about walking along a...
by Kathleen Murphy | 4 Mar, 2019 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Tinsmiths Exhibitions & Events
To begin our 2019 exhibition programme we welcome artist-printmaker and illustrator Angie Lewin and potter Mark de la Torre to Tinsmiths for our Spring Exhibition. This is their first joint exhibition; both have shown here in the past and their work has a particular...
by Kathleen Murphy | 29 May, 2018 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Tinsmiths Exhibitions & Events
Today I had my passport photograph taken. I sat in a booth and followed a disembodied voice instructing me to adjust my seat, take care to neither smile or frown and look straight ahead. I waited a few moments for the results. I didn’t recognise the person in the...
by Kathleen Murphy | 30 Jun, 2017 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Tinsmiths Exhibitions & Events
Exactly two hundred years ago, Philip Clissett was born in Birtsmorton, Worcestershire, into a family of chairmakers. He was to become, arguably, the best known of all English rural chairmakers because of his association with the Arts & Crafts Movement. He was...
