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Court Cupboard Craft Gallery is open every day 10.30 - 4.00 pm. (winter).
Treat yourself to tea or coffee and cake by the log fire with spectacular views of Skirrid just across the meadows, and enjoy the varied art works on display. 
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Our new exhibition showcases the very interesting work of Caroline Rees surface designer, and ceramics by Olwen Thomas
Caroline Rees is a surface designer who has been designing and cutting stencils for many years - first for printed textiles, then for architectural sandblasted glass and currently for paper. She loves simple, bold and graphic imagery and is inspired by naive art, Scandinavian textiles, her Welsh heritage and the beautiful Gower landscape where she lives, all mixed up with a love of illustration and design.
Although Caroline gained recognition for her distinctive architectural glass, undertaking large scale commissions for public and private spaces and meeting the Queen with her work in 2011, it is the hands on, simple and traditional technique of paper cutting which she currently finds most gratifying.
Although Caroline gained recognition for her distinctive architectural glass, undertaking large scale commissions for public and private spaces and meeting the Queen with her work in 2011, it is the hands on, simple and traditional technique of paper cutting which she currently finds most gratifying.
Olwen Thomas Ceramics
I make contemporary porcelain ceramics inspired by my Welsh identity and iconic Welsh blankets. My ‘Hen Wlad Fy Mamau’ range references the colourful patterns of these beautiful textiles; they also celebrate the role of women in our history and the tradition of collecting ceramics to adorn dressers.
I create the vessels by hand which makes each piece unique. The patterns are made with pigmented liquid clay on to a plaster slab, then porcelain is poured over it. Thus, the pattern becomes integrated into the clay. Once firmed up enough, the decorated porcelain clay is lifted off, and the shapes are then cut out and folded, like a blanket, to form the vessels.
I work from my studio outside Carmarthen and welcome visitors by arrangement.
I make contemporary porcelain ceramics inspired by my Welsh identity and iconic Welsh blankets. My ‘Hen Wlad Fy Mamau’ range references the colourful patterns of these beautiful textiles; they also celebrate the role of women in our history and the tradition of collecting ceramics to adorn dressers.
I create the vessels by hand which makes each piece unique. The patterns are made with pigmented liquid clay on to a plaster slab, then porcelain is poured over it. Thus, the pattern becomes integrated into the clay. Once firmed up enough, the decorated porcelain clay is lifted off, and the shapes are then cut out and folded, like a blanket, to form the vessels.
I work from my studio outside Carmarthen and welcome visitors by arrangement.
