Tywi Valley Open Studios
27th July - 4th August 2024
1. DIETER & PHILIPPA RÄDER - BOOKBINDING
2. JUSTINE & ALAN BURGESS - WOOD
3. ANDREW DOUGLAS-FORBES - PAINTING
4. MARTIN DUFFY - SCULPTURE
5. ANGELA FARQUHARSON – SCULPTURE
6. DEBORAH SHAH-SMITH – TEXTILES
7. JANE REARDON SMITH - PAINTING
8. VIV KERSEY – DRAWING & PRINTMAKING
9. JANE EVANS - TEXTILES
10. GABRIEL HUMMERSTONE – SCULPTURE
11. SUSAN REAH – PAINTING
12. GORICA BULCOCK – PAINTING
13. ELAINE JONES – MIXED MEDIA
14. DUNCAN MACDONALD JOHNSON - PAINTING
15. CAROLE SPACKMAN - CERAMICS
16. CLAIRE SPENCER – DRAWING & PRINTMAKING
17. JACOB BUCKLAND – PAINTING
18. JONATHAN GARRARD - WOOD
19. JOHN MAYO – PAINTING
20. CERYS REES – PAINTING
21. ANDREW EVANS – PAINTING
22. JON DUDLEY - PAINTING
23. LE’FOOK – MIXED MEDIA
24. IRENE FUNNELL – GLASS
25. BRON JONES – PAINTING
26. VIVIENNE ALBISTON – CERAMICS
27. DAVID HARLAND – METAL
28. IRENE LAW – CERAMICS
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Welcome to Tywi Valley Open Studios ...........
Deborah Shah-Smith
Textiles
I design and make unique handbags, accessories and homewares using Welsh tweed from my small studio in the foothills of the Cambrian Mountains surrounded by the glorious Welsh landscape.
Pure wool Welsh tweed is a wonderful fabric; it is a sustainable material which is naturally water and stain resistant and hard-wearing. I collect vintage Welsh tweed as skirt lengths and unwanted clothing, drawn to their colours, textures and history and give the fabrics a new lease of life by up-cycling them to create one-of-a-kind items. Working with wool brings me closer to my beautiful surroundings and its agricultural heritage.
I aim to create in a sustainable way; I source local materials where possible, i.e. lavender grown near Swansea, Welsh wood buttons carved in mid-Wales. My studio is powered by renewable electricity. Visitors to the studio will be able to explore the processes of turning raw fleece into yarn and then fabric.
Studio address:
Cwm Einon Fawr
Pumpsaint
Carmarthenshire
Tel: 07535801051
Email: mopanibeans@gmail.com
Website: www.mopanibeans.co.uk
Directions to studio
From Llandeilo take A40 north, then B4302 and turn left at T junction onto A482.
Pass two farms and take first left immediately after the second farm. Follow road pass Ffrwdfal House then take the next right. At the top of the hill turn left and then take the track signed as a dead end and a bridleway to the left of the weatherboard house. Continue on this track keeping left.
Opening times:
July 2025
Saturday 26th
Sunday 27th
Monday 28th
Tuesday 29th
Wednesday 30th
Thursday 31st
August 2025
Friday 1st
Saturday 2nd
Sunday 3rd
10am - 4pm
10am - 4pm
10am - 4pm
10am - 4pm CLOSED
10am - 4pm
10am - 4pm
10am - 4pm
10am - 4pm
Workshops:
Weaving - take part in a collaborative project to weave a cushion cover in Welsh wool available daily when the studio is open. (All equipment provided for FREE)