The Byre Gallery

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

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.

01/09/2026

Discover the work of textile artist, Sarah Pooley (): free machine embroidery over collaged fabrics, in white wood frames with deep white mounts, framed with art glass.

Sarah studied Fashion and Textiles at Liverpool, before working as a knitwear designer, and then in interior design and soft furnishings. She is now a full-time artist pulling on her textile/design background and her love of the landscape in Cornwall and Scotland to create unique embroideries.

Observing the colours, patterns, and textures of the land and recording these emotions as expressive paintings is the starting point for all Sarah’s energetic embroideries.

The first layers of these textile works are the result of Sarah’s selection process, choosing fabrics that tell a story: often a snippet of a sari from a friend, or the sleeve of a velvet shirt from her sister. The fun begins here with her trusted sewing machine and free-motion embroidery, using loose expressive marks to build up layers that take the viewer on a journey over the surface of the work. The incidental distortions of the fabrics form the resulting rich textures. Combining velvets and shot-silks with matt and lustrous threads are her tools to develop dynamic layers and balance.

Don’t miss Sarah’s work showing in Home and Away in the gallery until Friday 4th September and online until the middle of October.

Gorgeous rings by our regular jewellers, , , and , showing in the gallery and online now.Inspired by nature, from Cornwa...
29/08/2026

Gorgeous rings by our regular jewellers, , , and , showing in the gallery and online now.

Inspired by nature, from Cornwall’s rugged coastline, through seaweed and sea glass, to organic forms as seen under a microscope, each of these designer-makers takes their cue from the natural world to create one-of-a-kind, elegant, and distinctive jewellery.

Incorporating striking and unusual stones, handmade sea glass ‘gems’, and unique textured surfaces, these are ethically made heirloom rings, designed to be cherished forever.

If you would like more photographs of pieces of jewellery being worn, or would like a virtual tour of the collection by WhatsApp, FaceTime, or Zoom, just drop me a DM to arrange 💌

‘Contemplation’ and ‘Summer in the Courtyard’ by , showing now in Home & Away.Sophie Harding’s work is all about simplic...
27/08/2026

‘Contemplation’ and ‘Summer in the Courtyard’ by , showing now in Home & Away.

Sophie Harding’s work is all about simplicity, harmony, and the power of colour in its ability to glow, clash, or sing. By simplifying objects and scenes, she aims to create feelings of escapism and calm with a focus on the small and simple joys in life.

Working mainly from life and from sketches, Sophie paints moments from her life: a collection of objects in the home, seasonal fruit and flowers, or a morning spent on the beach or garden.

Sophie showed with us for the first time in spring 2019 and has been a regular exhibitor ever since. Her use of colour and her seemingly effortless ability to capture both tropical gardens and still life has won her many admirers and collectors amongst our clients - I confess to being one of them.

I always enjoy heading down to her gorgeous studio in Penzance to see her and her lovely whippet, Tess, to choose pieces for our upcoming exhibitions. It is such an elegant riot of colourful temptation and it’s almost impossible to restrict myself to the number of pieces l’ve decided on.

Our usual opening hours are Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm, but if you’d like to pop in on one of our days off, please get in touch, and if I can, I’ll always be happy to open at a time to suit you.

“The moment I touched clay, especially porcelain, it was very clear that I’d finally found my right medium.”Deborah Harw...
25/08/2026

“The moment I touched clay, especially porcelain, it was very clear that I’d finally found my right medium.”

Deborah Harwood () works exclusively with hand thrown porcelain, primarily using the Neriage technique: a traditional Japanese method of layering coloured clays to form intricate patterns within the porcelain. The work has a translucent glaze on the interior and after firing the exterior of the piece is sanded and polished to create a silk like and smooth surface.

Home and Away continues in the gallery until 4th September and online until the middle of October, so there is still plenty time to enjoy it all.

Our usual opening hours are Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm, but if you’d like to pop in on one of our days off, please get in touch, and if I can, I’ll always be happy to open at a time to suit you.

Falling in love with a piece of art or craft can be instant, but sometimes it takes a bit of pondering, or some logistic...
20/08/2026

Falling in love with a piece of art or craft can be instant, but sometimes it takes a bit of pondering, or some logistics to make it yours.

This week, I’ve seen one client walk in the door and say, ‘Yes, that’s it, I’ll take it’, and buy a painting straight way; another go away and come back the following week - admittedly in a slight panic - to secure it, ‘...In case it was snapped up by someone else’; and a third, after nearly a year of admiring a piece - got in touch to say that an ideal spot on a wall had been agreed on and they could now finally make it their own. Hurrah!

I love every story behind a sale and seeing photographs of the special places found for the chosen treasure in its forever home.

Oxfordshire based Claire Howlett has three new paintings showing in our late summer exhibition, Home and Away, which are seeking their own forever homes. Each of them captures stunning vistas as experienced by Claire just a stone’s throw from the gallery. They are ’First Light - Edgecumbe’, ’Towards Kingsand’, and ’Daybreak Rame’.

Claire’s work captures the raw mood of a place: its atmospheric essence. Focusing primarily on water and light, this subject matter is translated in a non-representational way into her paintings.

Home and Away continues in the gallery for another two weeks - until 4th September - and online until the middle of October, so there is still plenty time to enjoy it all.

As the warm weather continues in Cornwall, I know the temptation to be on the beach is very high. If you’re here on holiday and can’t tear yourself away from the sea and sand, or you’d like to pop in on one of our days off (Sunday and Monday) please just get in touch, and if I can, I’ll always be happy to open at a time to suit you - and we don’t mind sandy toes!

18/08/2026

Our late summer exhibition, Home and Away, features vistas as enjoyed by Byre artists on their holidays.

Jill Hudson () uses any excuse to return to her old student stomping ground, Venice, where she had the chance to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti.

For the show, Jill has produced a collection of five frescoes entitled, ‘Venice: Set in Stone’.

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. Each piece is 15cm x 15cm

Don’t miss Jill’s work in Home and Away, which continues in the gallery until Saturday 5th September.

Our usual opening hours are Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. Or, you can browse the full exhibition on our website now.

15/08/2026

So many tempting pieces by in the gallery this summer, including these gorgeous pendants.

Monochrome coloured gemstones and Dendritic Agate - which, to me, just feels like signature Carin - set in frosted silver in various heat sculpted forms and textures.

Carin’s jewellery is inspired by her Swedish heritage, as well as the natural beauty of the landscape surrounding her home on the North Cornwall coast.

Elegant and infinitely wearable contemporary necklaces you’ll never want to take off.

‘Aquaduct’ by Heath Hearn. 60cm x 50cm, oil on panel.As an artist, Heath Hearn () is largely self-taught, having dropped...
08/08/2026

‘Aquaduct’ by Heath Hearn. 60cm x 50cm, oil on panel.

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

When he first started painting full time, he was part of a loose group of artists working in Plymouth’s historic Barbican waterfront. In 1998, he moved to Jersey where, inspired by his new surroundings, his work soon came to the attention of the island’s art collectors. 

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.

Despite the bucolic setting, the Devonport dockyard and the sprawl of Plymouth are just across the water and the mix of the industrial and rural continue to be reflected in his work.

You can join me in the gallery to see a new collection of Heath’s work in our late summer exhibition, Home and Away, until Saturday 5th September. Our usual opening hours are Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. Alternatively, you can browse the full exhibition on our website.

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