A HIDDEN gem in Ross-on-Wye is hosting three new artists as well as its artisan crafts usually on sale at the gallery.

Livinloom Home, located in the large basement of 18 Gloucester Road, has a new exciting exhibition entitled Bloom, featuring works by local artists who have been inspired by the recent spring weather and the local landscape.

Livinloom Home has been a Devitt family run shop since 2007. Starting out as an antiques and interiors shop, Gaby Devitt later introduced her handwoven textiles to the shop and ceramicist Karen Tacey joined in sometime after.

Together they have developed the shop into a progressive, exciting business with a focus on environmentally conscious products and supports others by providing them with an outlet to showcase and sell their work.

The shop is often described by customers as a ‘treasure chest’, when they enter a warm and cosy environment often filled with fresh garden blooms.

The rooms are subtly scented with natural hand poured essential oil candles, adorned with hand carved wooden wonders, joyful hand felted animals and landscape inspired hand printed art, nature inspired silver jewellery among the many items.

These carefully curated works enhance what is Gaby and Karen’s own collection of handwoven textiles and hand thrown ceramics.

It is also an outlet for Gaby’s handweaving workshops.

Local people can be forgiven for not knowing about this shop, or passing it by, not realising the wonders that lie within.

Whilst hidden underneath an imposing tower of offices, the resident artists often hear the words, ‘We never knew you were here’.

Three local artists are now joining the team and using the venue to showcase their brand-new work especially created for the Bloom exhibition.

Lisa Dear, a mixed media painter produces nature inspired 2D artwork by spraying thinned oils, often onto wood panels, building multiple layers and textures.

The inspiration for Lisa’s work comes from the sensory world of plants, the natural landscape and the changing seasons.

Sarah Delahoy, printmaker produces stunning linocut, collagraph and drypoint prints more notably motivated by her interest in the natural world with a focus on birds, forest animals, fauna and flora but also her sometimes idiosyncratic designs inspired by everyday objects.

Another artist Sadie Copus focuses on glass lampwork and specialises in handmade beads and contemporary jewellery.

She creates her work of art by using traditional techniques and melts and shapes glass around metal mandrels, layering colours and creating unique designs. Sadie has a long-standing love of colour, and this is clearly reflected in every piece she makes.

The Bloom Exhibition is running every day between 10.30am and 4.30pm until Sunday May 9.

After that the shop will return to its normal open days of Thursday to Saturday where its artisan pieces bring new energy to everyday life and where every piece tells a story: handwoven cushions full of character, bespoke footstools made with care, and ceramics that bring beauty as well as purpose.