How would you describe your Gallery?:

Fine contemporary crafts, handmade here at Wobage Farm Craft Workshops. See beautiful work and meet the artists that make it. Wobage Farm, nestled in the South Herefordshire hills, was converted to craft workshops and exhibition space by renowned potters Mick and Sheila Casson in the late 1970s. Today we are eight craftspeople, each with our unique techniques and inspirations.

Do you specialise in any particular artform or craft?:

Pottery: wood-fired salt-glazed stoneware, slip-decorated earthenware and porcelain | Local timber kitchenware and wood-carving | Home-grown willow basketry | Gold, silver and precious stone jewellery | Watercolour painting, prints and cards

What's important to you when you choose whose work to exhibit and sell?:

All of the work available in our Makers Gallery is hand-made right here at Wobage Farm Craft Workshops. Each artist has their studio space in our converted barns and we all run our gallery together. Pots are fired in hand-built kilns, willow grows at the bottom of the ancient Perry Orchard and timber travels only a few miles from wind-fallen trees to the wood workshops.

What's coming up this year?:

We are open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10am - 5pm, March - Christmas. | We will be taking part in FarOpen this July - the Forest and Rivers Open Studios Arts Trail. And, of course, Herefordshire Art Week in early September. During the arts trails, we serve refreshing drinks and homemade cake under the shade of our courtyard canopy and chat all things craft with our lovely visitors! | Pottery and willow weaving courses run through the year, taught by potters Jeremy Steward, Patia Davis and Isabelle Proffit and basketmaker Clyde Hoare. | We look forward to our Christmas Exhibition, ringing in the season with live music, mulled wine and homemade mince pies!

Your notable exhibitions in the last few years:

In 2025, we hosted a wonderful print exhibition during the Forest and Rivers Arts Trail. Printmaker Roy Hubbard and poet Andrew Morrison populated our Threshing Barn exhibition space with exquisite works, inspired by their bird sightings and thoughtful appreciation of the natural world. During their Exhibtion Opening Event we were all enchanted by Andrew's poetry reading. | In celebration of Jeremy and Petra Steward's 30th year potting at Wobage, last h'Art Week saw our Threshing Barn filled with very special pots from their recent firings. Jeremy wheel-throws and alters his pots, creating rich textures and characterful forms; Petra slab builds her pots, adding her evocative, observational line-drawn decoration when the clay is leather-hard. Salt-firing the pots together in their Phoenix wood-kiln yeilds subtly different results every time, informing the next steps of their creative practices and making every pot a unique individual. It was a pleasure to welcome so many people to Jeremy and Petra's exhibition, and to enjoy the live music at their Exhibition Opening in such good company. | Live music, mulled wine and toasty homemade mince pies were enjoyed by all at our Solstice Celebration, our gallery's last day open before Christmas last year. Our Makers Gallery was bustling and jolly, festively adorned with holly and ivy, showcasing stunning collections of new pottery, willow weaving, woodcarving, watercolour paintings and jewellery. | If you'd like to hear about our upcoming events first, please sign up for our emails on the Wobage website.

Who are the Artists you show on a regular basis:

Clair Hodgson ~ gold, silver and semi-precious stone jewellery and watercolour painting | Petra Steward ~ wood-fired salt-glazed stoneware pottery | Ben Casson ~ local timber furniture and kitchenware | Patia Davis ~ slip-decorated earthenware and porcelain pottery | Jeremy Steward ~ wood-fired salt-glazed stoneware pottery | Lynn Hodgson ~ local timber wood-carving | Clyde Hoare ~ Wobage-grown willow weaving | Isabelle Proffitt ~ salt-glazed porcelain and stoneware pottery | Isabelle joined our workshops last year, and this will be her second time exhibiting her beautiful pottery with us in the Makers Gallery for h'Art week | Find our more about Wobage on our website, we hope to see you soon!

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