The Lettering Arts Trust (LAT) presents ‘By Hand – contemporary letter carving’, an exhibition showcasing some of the best examples of the carver’s art. The craft of letter carving in stone has been passed down from master to apprentice over the centuries and continues to thrive today thanks to a dedicated community of artists.

The Long Shop Museum celebrates the industrial heritage of the manufacture of steam engines and other agricultural machinery. The skills of the crafts people involved in that process were also passed down from master to apprentice making The Long Shop an ideal venue to host contemporary craft. Precision use of chisel and mallet was as important to the artisans in The Long Shop’s heyday as it is to today’s letter carvers. 

Haw Gin by Charlotte Howarth, Welsh Slate

Fragment of the dream of the rood, by Maia Gaffney Hyde. Woodkirk York stone

Beyond all this, what more is there? (section) by John Neilson, Welsh Slate