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The Byre Gallery The Byre exhibits stunning works of contemporary craft and fine art by leading and emerging designer makers and artists.

Almost a year ago, I was meandering through the streets of Venice with my dear friend Lesley - celebrating her birthday ...
22/10/2026

Almost a year ago, I was meandering through the streets of Venice with my dear friend Lesley - celebrating her birthday and visiting cherished Byre exhibitor and Murano glass artist Benjamin Lintell ().

This summer, Byre artist Jill Hudson () created a collection of five Venice frescoes, titled ‘Venice: Set in Stone’.

Jill’s frescoes transport me back to days spent soaking up the Bellinis and Tintorettos and marvelling at those extraordinary colours and techniques.

Having studied at the Academia di Belle Arti in Venice, the city holds a piece of Jill’s heart, and she uses any excuse to return to her old stomping ground.

Last year, she finally had the opportunity to undertake a fresco-painting course with teacher Carey Mortimer in Sardinia.

Fresco is an ancient mural painting technique where paint is applied straight onto semi-dry lime plaster, so that the image is ‘locked in’ to the lime when it cures.

Her collection of frescoes, each measuring 15cm x 15cm, is the result of her experience on this course. A love letter to Venice, in its native language.

You can browse Jill’s frescoes online now, under the ‘Shop by Artist’ tab, or as part of our curated autumn edit.

Lucy Burley’s latest collection is the art equivalent of Vitamin D supplements.As daylight hours get ever shorter, addin...
13/10/2026

Lucy Burley’s latest collection is the art equivalent of Vitamin D supplements.

As daylight hours get ever shorter, adding a little pop of colour to your space in the form of Lucy’s elegant ceramic bottles, jugs, bowls, and vases, is the perfect pick-me-up.

Inspired by Giorgio Morandi’s still life paintings, Lucy’s vessels are harmonious in form and colour, and look wonderful as part of a collection, or on their own.

She has developed her own semi-matt earthenware glaze, smooth to the touch, to which she adds oxides and stains to obtain a wide spectrum of colours, from zingy greens through chilli red, to mandarin orange, maize yellow, and sea blue.

You can browse the full collection on our website now.

Claire Howlett’s seascapes are inspired primarily by the Cornish coastline and incorporate a vast gamut of emotion. Ther...
08/10/2026

Claire Howlett’s seascapes are inspired primarily by the Cornish coastline and incorporate a vast gamut of emotion. There are special places she returns to that feel like they hold something sacred for her, where she can breathe a little more deeply. Her paintings capture not simply what the place looks like, but what it feels like to be there. The ghosts we meet on the shores and the songs we hear on the wind. Each of her paintings carry these moments and memories.

You can browse Claire’s tranquil sea and landscapes on our website, under the ‘Shop by Artist’ tab.

If you’re short on wall space, renting and not able to drill holes in your walls, or you simply want to add a little mor...
06/10/2026

If you’re short on wall space, renting and not able to drill holes in your walls, or you simply want to add a little more visual interest to your home, consider opting for smaller framed works and ceramic pieces to turn any empty nook into its own little curated corner.

At the Byre Gallery, smaller framed works by our regular exhibitors feature in every exhibition. Not only are they an accessible entry point to buying art, they work for all manner of small spaces, from bookshelves, to console tables, kitchen countertops, chairs, and the quarter landing of your staircase.

Best of all, alternative displays mean you don’t have to commit to permanent wall arrangements. You can swap out pieces seasonally or any time you feel your space needs a breath of fresh air.

Lucy Innes-Williams’ box framed bouquets are perfect for propping up on a mantlepiece or tabletop - hand painted on poplar wood and laser-cut in Cornwall, each bunch of blooms is suspended in a deep set frame, establishing a strong focal point in any alcove.

Pieces like ‘Bright Blooms’ by Sophie Harding add a punchy pop of colour to your home, with a wide mount that allows the painting to breathe and repel visual clutter. Paired with vibrant ceramics by Lucy Burley, or the clean, elegant lines of Deborah Harwood or Kathryn Sheriff’s vessels, you can draw on the painting’s colour palette, and create a harmonious visual anchor, like a mini exhibition in your home.

You can browse a variety of smaller framed works from our Byre artists on our website, in our exhibition, ‘Home and Away’, or under the ‘Shop by Artist’ tab.

03/10/2026

Lucy’s ceramics are iconic at The Byre Gallery - I can always rely on her work to tie an exhibition together - sitting beautifully beside paintings by Heath Hearn () and Claire Howlett ().

The path to developing her distinctive style was far from linear: Lucy came to ceramics in her third career, after training as a trilingual secretary, then a stint in a theatrical agency, followed by working on production for TV. It was oil painting that reignited her love of art, and finally, a Giorgio Morandi exhibition at The Tate that inspired Lucy’s groups of colourful vessels.

Lucy’s vessels are thrown on the wheel using white earthenware clay. She has developed a semi-matt earthenware glaze, smooth to the touch, to which she adds oxides and stains to obtain a wide spectrum of colours. The interior glaze is watertight.

Lucy’s bottles and vessels look wonderful on their own or as part of a collection. Browse the full collection now via our profile.

Gallery favourite, ceramicist KathrynSherriff, creator of By the Line Pottery, recently sent over a brand new collection...
17/09/2026

Gallery favourite, ceramicist Kathryn
Sherriff, creator of By the Line Pottery, recently sent over a brand new collection of her gorgeous mugs and pourers. They’re a little ‘in the gallery’ exclusive - and I
wouldn’t delay - I’ve already been eyeing them with desire.

Drop in at the gallery on one of our upcoming open days - Tuesday 22nd, Thursday 24th, or Saturday 26th September, 11am-5pm - to take one (or two) of Kathryn’s colourful delights home with you.

Kathryn produces simple wheel-thrown porcelain shapes, which are canvases for experimentation with pattern and colour, applied with inlay, sgraffito, and papercut stencil techniques.

Working from her studio by the by the railway line in Carshalton, South London, (hence “By the Line”), she produces limited batches of work, influenced by her training in graphic design, illustration, and teaching children with complex needs and neurodisability, as well as a lifelong enthusiasm for bold, classic design, and modernism.

After throwing, turning, and decorating, each piece is bisque fired, glazed, and high fired in an electric kiln. Unglazed exterior surfaces are diamond polished for a silky feel that accentuates the tactile designs and feels pleasing to handle and use every day.

New work by Byre Gallery regular exhibitor, Philip Lyons ().Philip was born in Ipplepen, Devon, in 1955. He studied art ...
15/09/2026

New work by Byre Gallery regular exhibitor, Philip Lyons ().

Philip was born in Ipplepen, Devon, in 1955. He studied art at Torquay, and then gained a Fine Art degree at Bristol College of Art and Design in 1978. Upon graduating, he worked for Phillips Fine Art Auctioneers in London, and then Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery. He trained in Art Psychotherapy at Goldsmiths College, London, before moving to Cornwall in 1989, where he continued painting, exhibiting, and working as an Art Psychotherapist for the NHS. In 2013, he moved to Falmouth and began to paint full time.

Each of Philip’s paintings feature strong accent colours to anchor the composition. He often uses a grid structure to start a painting, which sometimes remains visible, and other times is hidden in the background. He pays close attention to the surface of the paintings to create areas that have a sense of history, telling a story of place.

You can browse his full collection in ‘Home & Away’ online now, or in the gallery on Tuesday 22nd, Thursday 24th, and Saturday 26th September, 11am-5pm.

‘Zellige’ by Lucy Innes Williams (). Acryla gouache, watercolour, and pencil on laser-cut poplar wood, 28cm x 21cm (fram...
10/09/2026

‘Zellige’ by Lucy Innes Williams (). Acryla gouache, watercolour, and pencil on laser-cut poplar wood, 28cm x 21cm (framed).

Each of Lucy’s four paintings for our late summer show, Home & Away, is a love letter to Marrakech, painted with the hot heat, cool blues, terracottas, and vibrant greens of city gardens in mind.⁠

The painting is named after the mosaic tile-work that features heavily in Moroccan architecture. Made from individually chiseled geometric tiles set into a plaster base, this form of Islamic art ornaments walls, ceilings, fountains, floors, pools, and tables.

While the gallery is closed from now until Tuesday 22nd September, you can find more of Lucy’s vibrant creations, along with the full summer exhibition, online now.

Cirrus Glass Roundel by Benjamin Lintell (). Hand-blown glass on a metal stand, diameter 46cm.This series of work was in...
08/09/2026

Cirrus Glass Roundel by Benjamin Lintell (). Hand-blown glass on a metal stand, diameter 46cm.

This series of work was inspired by the patterns created by cirrus clouds in the upper atmosphere. These patterns are natural brushstrokes in the sky, created by plumes of dry air quickly ascending into the upper atmosphere. They carry small amounts of water vapour that quickly condenses into tiny crystals that form these fascinating patterns.

These glass plates use the inertia and centripetal forces exerted inside of the glass to warp and twist the detailed line work below the surface, just as the air paints the sky with ice crystals. The final form holds the tension and energy created as the plate is spun into an elegant and beautiful sheet of glass.

You can browse more of Benjamin’s elegant glass art on our website.

Heath Hearn () was born in Chesterfield, near Sheffield, and grew up amongst the red brick houses of an urbanised postin...
03/09/2026

Heath Hearn () was born in Chesterfield, near Sheffield, and grew up amongst the red brick houses of an urbanised postindustrial environment, nestled amid the rolling landscape of Yorkshire: a dichotomy that has been apparent in his work ever since he started painting.

Heath Hearn is largely self-taught, having dropped out of Australia’s Perth College of Art and Design where he studied between 1983-1984.

After eight years living in Jersey, he returned to the UK in 2006 and since then has lived and worked on the beautiful grounds of the Edgcumbe Country Estate on the Rame Peninsula in south east Cornwall, where his studio is a building converted from a 1930s tea house.

Heath says, “For many years I have lived and worked in Cornwall and like a lot of Cornish-based painters, I am an outsider looking in. All Celtic communities retain a certain character of independence and after living here for a while, you realise that Kernow really does belong to the Cornish. Living as an outsider can give rise to a type of solitary diffidence, not only from being alien to Cornwall’s traditions and way of life, but also from its dark and rugged landscape. It is a landscape that evokes timelessness and takes the mind from itself, leaving only the moment. It is little wonder that for nearly a hundred years artists have relocated here.”

Don’t miss Heath’s work in our late summer exhibition, Home and Away, which continues in the gallery until Friday 4th September, or browse the full exhibition on our website.

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