A SOMERSET artist is celebrating rural crafts and trades in her latest exhibition.
Kate Lynch is known for her paintings and drawings that are accompanied by stories she collects, that document rural life.
She is working on a new collection set to be displayed at the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury.
In this latest project she is celebrating people who practise old crafts and trades using ancient skills that have hardly changed in centuries.
There are paintings and drawings of hedgelayers, dry stone wallers, thatchers, blacksmiths, farriers, basket makers, glass blowers and many more.
As well as painting and drawing these artisans at work, Kate is collecting the stories they share.
Kate said: “In this digital age, these craftspeople all continue to work with their hands, using the same tools as their ancestors and old knowledge passed down through the generations.”
The exhibition of Kate's latest collection - THE OLD CRAFT in Somerset - will take place in spring 2022.
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