Tinsmiths

  • A Guide to Blinds

    A Guide to Blinds

    Roman Blinds or Roller Blinds? Blinds are the obvious choice for the hardest working areas of the home; kitchens, bathrooms,…

  • Plotting Prints

    Plotting Prints

    We are delighted to be showing the work of Kate Farley in our late spring exhibition and excited to be…

  • April 2013 – rhubarb, rhubarb, rhublog……

    April 2013 – rhubarb, rhubarb, rhublog……

    “The best of all merchandise coming to Samarkand was from China: especially silks, satins, musk, rubies, diamonds, pearls, and rhubarb…” …

  • Jute – really is a beaut.

    Jute – really is a beaut.

    An unsung fibre, Jute, is something that we have become increasingly aware. It is Jute’s eco credentials which are really…

  • Herefordshire Arts Week 8th – 16th September

    Herefordshire Arts Week 8th – 16th September

    Guides to this year’s Arts Week have just arrived – a very good reason to stop work for a cup…

  • Much Wenlock Olympics

    Much Wenlock Olympics

    One of our favorite Shopshire towns is Much Wenlock and on a recent visit to the town I was startled…

  • Jumbl’d Earth – Mappa Mundi-Inspired World Premiere

    Jumbl’d Earth – Mappa Mundi-Inspired World Premiere

    News of a first “voicing” of Jumbl’d Earth by Bernard Hughes in Hereford Cathedral.

  • Simple Pattern Pieces

    Simple Pattern Pieces

    When Kate isn’t greeting and helping Tinsmiths’ customers, she is sewing and, equally to our advantage, advising her colleagues on…

  • Yan Tyan Tethera

    Yan Tyan Tethera

    Shepherds of old counted their sheep using Yan (1), Tyan (2) and Tethera (3) – an ancient counting method. Today,…

  • Barber – Birmingham’s Hidden Treasure

    Barber – Birmingham’s Hidden Treasure

    One so often hears Birmingham put down for its lack of culture that it is refreshing to be able to…