Beyond Four Walls: Bringing Storytelling Into the Garden
Our gardens, terraces and courtyards can tell stories too. Discover how bespoke hand-carved tiles can transform an outdoor wall into a piece of art created especially for its surroundings.
The Language of Clay - When Stories Find Their Way Home
Every commission begins with a story, a memory, a place, a few treasured words or a moment someone wants to hold onto. Through listening, carving and clay, those stories slowly become something tangible: a piece made by hand, created to become part of a home and the life lived within it.
Featured in DRIFT Journal - When Someone Else Tells Your Story
Sometimes it takes someone else telling your story to remind you why it began. When DRIFT Journal stepped inside the world of Alchemy Tiles, they explored not only the centuries-old craft behind my work, but the memories, conversations and human stories that find their way into every piece I create.
CORNWALL LIVING • September 2022
We’re delighted to welcome back one of Cornwall’s most skilled artisans, and to take a peek at the new magic she’s been weaving over the last year.
CORNWALL LIVING • September 2021
An ancient art form brought to life in the hands of talented artist, Mel Chambers.
Alchemy Tiles brings back to life the thousand-year-old craft of inlay tiles, with each one individually carved with inspiring poetry, quotes and images by Mel’s own hand.
CORNWALL LIVING • Autumn 2020
In a time of great uncertainty, many small businesses have struggled to survive, but being ever the optimist and always finding a silver lining in every cloud, local Cornish artist, Mel Chambers, of Alchemy Tiles, has used the time afforded by the current pandemic wisely, to develop her work to even greater heights.
