Arts or crafts in Monmouthshire
Look through our wide range of artists for that favourite image to either reflect your homeland or as a unique memento of your holiday. Maintaining traditional crafts and sourcing local and recycled materials, our eclectic collection of makers have much to offer you in your search for that unique item.
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Tess Cooling Calligraphy
Monmouth
Tess sees the importance and beauty of words and, combined with her love of art, making words beautiful seemed a natural progression.
Louise Gains Contemporary Art
The River Wye offers me endless inspiration - Nature's knitting is how I describe the wild plant growth found in this beautiful landscape.
Gavenny Graphics
Abergavenny
Though self-taught I believe that my approach has been largely influenced by my interest in the work of three Welsh painters: Kyffin Williams, John Blockley and John Knapp-Fisher.
Annette Yates
Abergavenny
silver jewellery that's distinctive, individual and hand made here in Monmouthshire
Lynn Kirsten Clarke
St Arvans, Chepstow
Lynn has been designing and making silver jewellery since moving to the Wye Valley, taking inspiration from her surroundings.
Julie Turner Ceramics
Monmouth
I have been influenced by traditional Creamware and historical Silverware since graduating in Ceramics from UWE, Bristol.
Chris Goodgame (Metalworks)
Border Bears
Cross Ash, Abergavenny
Graig Fach Farm is a small grassland farm in the foothills of the Black Mountains and is home to a flock of coloured sheep, kept especially for their fine fleeces.
Peter & Rosemary Williams
Monmouth
Successful designers Peter and Rosemary Williams draw inspiration for their work from the beautiful surroundings, natural and human forms.
Monmouthshire Stone
Abergavenny
Maria makes tea-light and candle holders out of stone from her family's own Monmouthshire quarry (delph).
Julia Green
Leatherwise
Lower Cwmtwrch
We have been making leather goods for about 16 years, and source our leather from all sorts of places including recycling off cuts from the furniture and car industry.
Richard Meyrick Guitars
Kemeys Commander, Usk
Handmade guitars, ukuleles and folk instruments using sustainable and reclaimed timbers, wherever possible.
Yew Turn
Abergavenny
Ralph and Elke have worked with wood for over 16 years, mainly woodturning and pyrography.
Jan Woodhouse
Monmouth
Jan makes lampshades, cushions, bedding, blinds and curtains, which are tailored to her client's requirements to complement their existing interior designs.
Berry Bach
Nr Abergavenny
After many years of working in London teaching hospitals Gill and Andy decided that they needed a complete change of lifestyle and decided to buy a small farm in Wales.
Nothing Nasty
Monmouth
Nothing Nasty skincare is lovingly handmade in Monmouthshire for people who want the quality and freshness of homemade products, but who haven't the time to make them themselves!
Byrgwm Products
Georgie Meadows
Frances Meredith
Chepstow
I create my art using a wide variety of textiles and thread, using appliqué techniques to build up layers of texture and colour.
Louise Lovell Jewellery
The Hendre
My influences and inspiration come from my love of gardening, bright flower combinations and the colours we see all around in nature.
Feathertree
Wye Valley Woodturning
Monmouth
I was inspired to take up woodturning by a late close friend who was a master carpenter and woodworker.
Wentwood Timber Centre
Llanvaches, Caldicot
Wentwood Timber Centre stocks and supplies native species of sawn hardwoods to the general wood finishing and building trades.
Wainfield Pottery
Gwehelog, Nr Usk
I make functional, decorative hand-thrown stoneware pots from a small ceramic studio near Usk.
Nora Lewis
Raglan
Nora has had a passion for painting and sketching from an early age but in more recent years has discovered her love of oils; a medium in which she is self taught.
G J KilBride
Abergavenny
Wendy KilBride's silk weaving and vestment making workshop has been located in Wales since 1983.
Angela Palmer
Brockweir, Chepstow
I create sculptures of figures from my studio in the Wye Valley near Tintern.
Glass2Di4
Monmouth
I started working with glass to complement my hectic career and found it fascinating and stimulating.
Marion Meek Jewellery
Newcastle, Monmouth
My love of jewellery and the desire to create beautiful and individual pieces were the impetus to start making jewellery and tiaras.
Jan Thompson
Sian Thomas Stained Glass
Llantilio Crossenny
The effects of light falling through coloured glass has always been a source of fascination to Sian and this has been the inspiration to work in the medium of stained glass.
Vivien Bowman
Chepstow
Vivien is a water colourist; she was born in Lancashire and her early influences in painting and drawing were the rocks of the Pennines.
Joseph J Field
Newcastle, Monmouth
My work reflect my interests in Biblical theology, poetry and the landscape culture, history and economy of rural north Monmouthshire.
Jo Booth
Andrea Davis Jewellery
Penallt, Monmouth
All of my jewellery is designed and handmade from a variety of beautiful beads, predominantly glass and crystal and is complemented by a selection of silver components.
River of Silver
Brockweir, Chepstow
I am fortunate enough to have a garden workshop in the Wye Valley which provides a tranquil and inspirational setting.
Alchemy Glass
Osbaston, Monmouth
Susie's jewellery is made from dichroic glass, developed for optical instruments in NASA programmes.
Yule Organic Sheepskins
Monmouth
Our Golden Lamb Rugs are lovingly produced from our own lambs, raised in a natural system in the beautiful Monmouthshire landscape.
Riverside Pottery & Gallery
Sioni Rhys Handweavers
Pandy
Colour, pattern and texture are firm features of Sioni Rhys Handweavers' textiles.
Riverside Pottery and Gallery
Chepstow
My career started in Gloucester College of Art, 1965-1967, and I worked as a Graphic Designer until 2001.
Robert Jones Limited Edition Prints
Abergavenny
Monmouthshire has always been an inspirational county for me.
Townsend Designs
Llanellen
We design and produce bespoke garden planters and items of outdoor furniture which are made using traditional joinery methods techniques and skills which are fast dying out.
Pat Yallup
Monmouth
International artist, Pat Yallup, now works from her own studio gallery in the Wye Valley, intuitively bringing her imagination and emotions to life on canvas.
Petals of the Valley Ltd
Newcastle, Monmouth
Dried aromatics and their derivatives, sustainably grown and produced in Monmouthshire, using traditional techniques.
Absolute Metal
Usk
Terry Mould is a talented metals artist and mechanical engineer whose formidable robots have appeared in television contests like Robot Wars and Mechcanibals.
Rachel Spaven
Raglan
Rachel settled in Monmouthshire in May 2004 and found that her love of the natural world was satisfied by the inspirational Welsh countryside.
Richard Corbett
Monmouth
I moved to Monmouth in 2005 to become a full time artist, drawn by the beautiful landscape and the location.
Anna Tucker
Caroline Downey
Cwmyoy, Abergavenny
Caroline Downey is an award-winning artist who works at her hillside home in the Black Mountains of Wales.
Susie Vaughan
Usk
I collect materials for my baskets on daily walks in the Welsh countryside - a constant inspiration.
Fiona Cran Jewellery
Monmouth
I became a jewellery designer, following three years of study at The Birmingham School of Jewellery, having spent over a decade working as a chef in the Midlands.
Isabel Mitchell
Monmouth
I have lived in Monmouth for 12 years and my workshop overlooks the beautiful rolling hills of the Wye Valley and where I spend my time creating abstract kiln fired glass sculptures.
Tracey-Anne Sitch
Monkswood, Usk
Tracey-Anne Sitch is an artist with a passion for wildlife, who has painted natural history subjects for as long as she can remember.
Farberglass
Tregagle, Penallt, Monmouth
Cathy Farber has been working with glass since she moved to South Wales in 2002.
Kwong Kuen Shan
Abergavenny
Kwong Kuen Shan is a Chinese brush painter originally from Hong Kong who made her home in Monmouthshire many years ago.
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