Visit Seafolk, Par
A working jewellery studio and curated gallery in Par, Cornwall, between Fowey and Charlestown.
Seafolk is home to my contemporary jewellery and metalwork, alongside an ever-changing programme of work by invited Cornish artists and makers. Guest artists and makers arrive every Friday from 12pm.
Eclectic, atmospheric and a little unexpected, Seafolk is deliberately different from a conventional gallery. Alongside paintings, ceramics, print, textiles and contemporary craft, you’ll find the Talking Wall — an evolving collection of artists’ sketches, found objects, curiosities, tools and ephemera, offering a glimpse into the things that spark ideas and feed the creative process.
At the heart of Seafolk is a working studio, where I create my jewellery and metalwork by hand in copper, brass and nickel silver.
Come in, have a browse, discover something unexpected, see where the jewellery is made — and perhaps find a piece you’ll want to take home.
Opening hours:
Wednesday · 12–4pm
Thursday · 12–4pm
Friday · 12–4pm (later for special events)
Saturday · 10am–5pm
Sunday & Monday · Closed
Visits outside regular opening hours can also be arranged by appointment.
SEAFOLK
Jewellery · Studio · Gallery
10D Eastcliffe Road
Par
Cornwall PL24 2AH
Resident Maker at Seafolk
BELINDA LATIMER
RESIDENT MAKER · SEAFOLK
Jeweller and metalsmith Belinda Latimer is the resident maker at Seafolk, creating her work in the metal studio at the back of the gallery.
Belinda’s jewellery is inspired by the Cornish coast, landscape and folklore, working predominantly in copper, brass and nickel silver. Each piece is individually made using traditional metalworking techniques including embossing, etching, piercing, stamping and patination.
Alongside her jewellery, you’ll find Belinda’s larger metalwork and Fragments of What Remains pieces, as well as a changing selection of her paintings and prints.
The studio is very much part of Seafolk — so when you visit, you’ll often find Belinda at the bench, with new pieces and ideas taking shape.
Discover Belinda Latimer’s jewellery, metalwork, paintings and prints at Seafolk throughout the year.
FEATURED MAKER
OLIVIA CLIFTON-BLIGH
PRINT & SCULPTURE
2-8 OCTOBER
Olivia Clifton-Bligh is a printmaker and sculptor whose work explores people, plants and place. Her observations of Cornwall’s shorelines, meadows, waterways and woodland begin in her sketchbooks and become hand-burnished linocuts and woodcuts.
Plant medicine, country lore and oral history run through her work, bringing stories of the natural world into her prints and sculpture. See Olivia’s work at Seafolk from 2–8 October.
Opening evening: Friday 2 October, 5.30–7.30pm. Come and meet Olivia and spend time with her work.
NEXT FEATURED MAKER
CATHERINE LUCKTAYLOR
CERAMICS
Catherine Lucktaylor is a British/Ghanaian ceramic artist based in West Cornwall, specialising in hand-built, Raku-fired ceramics. She embraces the slow, meditative process of making by hand, using traditional pinching and coiling techniques to shape each piece.
Raku firing brings an element of unpredictability to her work, creating distinctive crackled and smoke-marked surfaces. In this Japanese firing process, pieces are removed from the kiln while glowing red hot, smoked in sawdust, then cleaned to reveal the colours and textures of the glazed surface.
Her popular Wild Cornwall pots, featured on Rick Stein’s Cornwall, capture the untamed beauty of the Cornish landscape, taking inspiration from its vibrant hedgerows.
Her Ocean Moon pots explore the movement of waves under the pull of the moon, while her new collection of Raku sculptures, Water Spirits and Mermaids, draws on ritual, mythology and symbolism.
