Tea and Cakes

Today we are serving tea and homemade cakes to welcome our new exhibition "Billy Lloyd and friends". Join us anytime until 7pm today - Tuesday 23rd May, for a slice of date and walnut, lemon drizzle, marmalade loaf, coffee and walnut, chocolate brownies, biscuits or a gingerbread cupcake,,,,,,,, Herb teas, PG Tips and Berkshire Elderflower cordial are also on the menu.

Tender by William Kroll

We have just received the first Denim jackets from Tender.

These have been designed by William Kroll and hand indigo dyed by Woad-Inc, the only remaining woad dyers in Britain. The jackets are traditionally styled and suitable for men or women. The brass buttons are cast in Devon and each jacket is finished by William to ensure quality.

There is much more information about the jackets, and indigo dyes, on the Tender website - www.madebytender.com

We will also stock an indigo dye t-shirt from Tender, hopefully these will be with us this afternoon.

Jacket - small, medium and large £400

T-shirt -

Billy Lloyd and friends.

Our new exhibition showcases the work of talented young ceramic artist Billy Lloyd, along with a section of English crafts people he has worked with or admires.

Billy works from the studio of established ceramicist Julian Stair in south London where he designs and personally produces his collection. A range of mugs gently taper to the rim and come as a set of three which stack in decreasing sizes, or a single large or tall version. Billy has recently added matching jugs and a set of three bowls. The porcelain is naturally off-white, carrying minute flecks and imperfections inherent in the clay, along with the grooves made as he hand throws each piece on the wheel.

Billy's friends include Carina Ciscato, Magie Hollingworth, Nic Webb, Robin Wood, Ikuko Iwamoto and Nicola Tassie.

Join us for tea and homemade cakes on Tuesday 25th May to welcome this new collection and to watch Billy at work throwing pots in the entrance to Few and Far.

New glass

We have just unpacked our new glassware from French makers La Rochere. There are sturdy red wine goblets, tall glasses for drinking Anisette, little lidded dishes for serving food and four sizes of carafe. The goblets start at £4.80 each and the carafes from £6.85 to £34.00. All are perfect for dining outdoors or in.

Thonet furniture

The sun is shining on Few and Far, especially on the Thonet table and chairs in the window.
We have the S43 chair, designed by Mart Stam and available in more than a dozen colours. The tubular steel frame gives the chair a comfortable flex, making it suitable as a desk or dining chair.
The B109 folding table is a fantastic space saver. It folds in half, but can still be used as a narrow desk or console table. With a simple twist of the top you have a dining table to seat four. Again, this is available in a range of colours and wood stains.
Call us for more information about these pieces.

Indigo Collection

Welcome to our new blog.

We have just finished our new displays in the shop, focusing on Indigo, the colour and the dye. We have clothes from India and Italy, vintage French linen, Sandalo toiletries from Ortigia and beautiful handmade paper.

This shirt is designed by Chinar Farooqui and made by hand in India. It is part of the Injiri collection and uses traditional Indigo dyed fabric, hand quilting and tiny shell buttons.