THE Mediaeval Hall at St. David's Cathedral is currently providing an appropriately grand setting for the high quality work of some of West Wales' artists and craftspeople.
The walls are hung with pictures by West Williamston artist Susan Sands, and hand-weaving by Riitta Sinkkonen-Davies from Freystrop.
"As we hold the exhibition each year," says Susan, "we realise how well our work complements one another's. We rarely work together, but colours and shapes in my prints and paintings always echo something in Riitta's beautiful woven hangings."
Both artists draw inspiration from the Welsh landscape, though their work is seen far beyond the Welsh borders.
Riitta has had commissions to weave cloth for displays in museums like the York Jorvik Viking Centre. This has to be historically accurate, which suits her traditional approach -she even grows some of her flax in her garden which she takes through all the well-tried processes.
This year she was chosen to weave the cloth for the rochet or white tunic under the cope for Rowan Williams' inauguration as Archbishop of Canterbury.
Susan Sands' landscapes and still life work have taken on a new colour and vibrancy since her recent travels in India.
Working in watercolour and acrylic, she is also a printmaker, using the press in her studio to produce her etchings, woodcuts and linocuts. In March, her show 'Out of India' was almost a sell-out at London's Barbican Centre.
This exhibition is a chance to see a wider range of potter Neil Richardson's raku-fired ceramics, a selection of which is usually on show with the Pembrokeshire Craftsmen's Circle.
Sian Davies has shown and demonstrated her basket-making at the National Botanic Garden of Wales. Tradition again plays a strong part in this craft and Sian has grown some of her own willow, both to make sure she has a few coloured varieties to enliven the classic shapes of her work, as well as to have the particularly strong wands she needs for shopping basket handles.
Whether it is a plant pot holder, or for shopping or laundry, one can always find a use for one of Sian's baskets, and her display is a sell-out every year.
Mick Wall, the wood-turner in the group, began as a musical instrument maker and turned his lovely bowls and plates as a relaxation from this exacting task.
The simple designs show off the grain and colour of the wood though he does sometimes use a stamped border, inspired by decoration on a funeral urn found on a fourth century Saxon site where he was working, demonstrating pole lathe turning one summer. Mick combines his wood turning with outdoor pursuits instruction and canoe and paddle making.
Natural forms are also the starting point for Sara Lloyd-Morris' innovative jewellery. The seashore provides many of the shapes she uses in her richly patinated brooches and pins to which she has recently been adding delicate seed pearls.
A fossil-hunting trip to Lyme Regis has led to the creation of a range of rings with tiny ammonites nestling in them. Sara offers a variety of original gold and silver rings and, like all the artists in the show, is willing to undertake commissions.
Sadly this year may be the last exhibition by the group in the Cathedral Hall as redevelopment plans by the cathedral authorities mean that the wonderful space for showing work will no longer be available.
Both this group and the Pembrokeshire Craftsmen's Circle are looking for a new home. The exhibition is open from 10 am to 5.30 pm, except Sundays, until August 29, when it closes at 4 pm. Admission 25p for adults with children free.