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Weathervanes
"one
of the most highly regarded vane-makers in the world"
-How
to Spend It, The Financial
Times Our studio
is a passion born from the love of the elements, well-made objects, art, architecture
and creating something with your hands (especially when welding torches are involved!).
Weathervanes are beautiful objects. Whether seen as architectural features, kinetic
artworks, sculpture, folk art, or collectible investments, the weathervane is
part of our history, having graced our skylines for over 2,000 years.
Woodfield
Farmhouse
Guy's
Estate, Tyberton
With four children, two dogs and a good collection of tools, it's hard to find
a house with suitable studio space. Our first studio (en plein air) was opened
in the summer of '95 on Martha's Vineyard (Cape Cod, Massachusetts). We transplanted
ourselves to the Southwest of England in 1997. First to a stableyard studio at
Cockington Court (Torbay), and then to a windblown studio on the high moors. We
moved in 2008 from Dartmoor to our current studio in Herefordshire. The house,
part of the Duchy of
Cornwall Estate, has a Georgain frontage which currently acts as our gallery
space. The old part of the house, at the back, could date back 600 years. Here
our studio, up a flag stone staircase, is shared with the swallows and bats in
the old granary.
Woodfield
farmhouse, it's outbuildings & paddock are being renovated and restored in
as "green" a fashion as possible. We are trying not to spray anything
on the fields or disturb the character of the house (or the bats in the attic).
It is our hope that in the future, visitor's will come to the farm as much to
pat our Tamworth pigs, Soay sheep, & try our cider as to see our weathervanes,
sign up for a class or take in a show in the gallery. |
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