Herbert Dyer (1898–1974) was an English coppersmith who worked in
Mousehole, near
Penzance
Penzance ( ; kw, Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated ...
, during the 1920s, influenced by the
Newlyn Industrial Class near Penzance,
Cornwall.
He first became interested in the art of copper work with
trench art whilst serving with the
Royal Horse Artillery in 1916. After service in France, Belgium, and Egypt he returned to
Cumbria in 1922 but had to walk south to find work. He eventually set up a workshop in Mousehole and starting by making items to suit local needs.
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20060208101652/http://oldcopper.org/newlyn.htm
*https://web.archive.org/web/20050315221549/http://www.penleehouse.org.uk/copper/dyer.htm
1898 births
1974 deaths
Arts and Crafts movement artists
Artists from Cornwall
20th-century English male artists
Royal Artillery personnel
British Army personnel of World War I
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