by claredelatorre | 18 Apr, 2011 | Fabric & Textiles, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Shop News
Whenever possible, we look to stock and support local UK suppliers. Good ideas made locally, using home produced raw materials. Merchant and Mills offer draper’s supplies with the aim of encouraging us to get active and stitch for ourselves. Carolyn Denham, the...
by claredelatorre | 28 Mar, 2011 | In Print, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
I popped into Tilley Printing last Friday and witnessed preparations for an unusual Poetry Festival Event in the Courtyard at Tinsmiths. The Ledbury Poetry Festival, which runs from 1-10 July this year, will include Poetry Readings by Nick Alexander in Tinsmiths Alley...
by claredelatorre | 21 Mar, 2011 | In Print, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
Eight hundred invitations for our next exhibition “Tinsmiths’ Printmakers 2011” have just rolled off the press. We selected “The Liverton Fox” from work by printmaker John Richardson and set about making three engravings from a digital...
by claredelatorre | 4 Mar, 2011 | Fabric & Textiles, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Shop News
Check our website for a new fabric category – Dressmaking Fabrics. Tinsmiths has had lightweight fabrics that are suitable for clothing for some time but the arrival of some particularly inspiring linens earlier this week have galvanised us into action. We have...
by claredelatorre | 17 Jan, 2011 | Designers & Makers, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
We mentioned Emily Sutton’s printed design, Old Curiosity Shop, in an earlier posting, signing off with a promise to make a sample curtain for the Showroom in the New Year. Miracle of miracles the curtain is now hanging in the “Old” Tinsmiths and we...