David Rycroft: I Love Upcycle
David uses themes that formed his childhood and education to inspire a mixture of nostalgia and reverence from the viewers of his work – a piece of print or graphic or discarded form provides the...
View ArticleDay one at the Winter Arts Market ’15 – Sat 5 Dec
Thanks to everyone who came along on Saturday to kick off the biggest arts and design market in the region! With over 200 artists, designers and makers selling work our wonderful venue was bursting at...
View ArticleColette Alexander: Luisco Chocolate
Colette Alexander of Luisco Chocolate hand makes and hand paints Belgian chocolates that are beautiful to look at as well as delicious to eat. Self taught, she makes a range of products including...
View ArticleEleanor Galley
Eleanor Galley hand draws all her work using just a black fineliner and paper. Her designs, all incredibly detailed, are available as prints, posters, and even T-shirts and jumpers.
View ArticleSilvana Briers: Jewellery by Silvana
Silvana Briers creates handcrafted jewellery from copper, sterling silver and brass that’s often quirky and always unique. She also makes pewter jewellery and dinky animal ornaments which have proved...
View ArticleKate Patterson
Kate Patterson is a recent graduate who uses a combination of pencil and digital colouring to create intricate, creative illustrations. Inspired by different cultures, history and fabric design she...
View ArticleHAYBENO
HAYBENO is a creative duo from Liverpool that reclaims the mundane and makes something amazing out of it. Too many trees are getting the chop – Hayley and Mark turn them into something you can treasure...
View ArticleBecs and Morgan HardyGriffith: DyfalDonc
DyfalDonc create quirky, colourful and fun items with a twist using English and Welsh text. Their designs are created in their studio before being used to create accessories, homewares, greeting cards...
View ArticleCharlotte Hicks
Charlotte Hicks graduated from The Manchester School of Art in 2015 with a degree in Illustration. Her illustrations are inspired by the natural world and focus on landscapes, botanics and British...
View ArticleSamantha Whittingham: Fantastic Crafty Fox
Samantha Whittingham started Fantastic Crafty Fox earlier this year after 10 years of experience in sewing. She creates handmade bags, makeup bags, clutches and gifts such as pom poms from leather,...
View ArticleMartyn Overs
Martyn studied Fine Art at Walsall, Leeds and Birmingham Schools of Art. For the past 10 years he has worked as an Artist in Education, helping both children and adults bring practical solutions to...
View ArticleKirsty McMahon: Diamond in the Sky
All Diamond in the Sky jewellery is handcrafted and can be custom-made to suit individual customers. They also have a brand new sterling silver collection and a range of healing gemstones.
View ArticleSquidges
Squidges are passionate about using local ingredients were possible and ingredients of the finest quality. As well as selling freshly baked goods (cookies, tiffin, brownies, cookie pops, s’mores),...
View ArticleBird House Press
Bird House Press creates unique illustrated products with a good quantity of whimsical humour mixed in. The range is constantly growing and changing – I get excited by new ideas and want to try them...
View ArticleOak and Atlas
Oak & Atlas was founded early 2015, they create handmade gifts, art and homeware all inspired by travel, animals and the world around us! Their main creation is Bookart, folding book pages to...
View ArticleMightyPop
Sarah McCue of MightyPop’s work is very bright and colourful. Selling enamel pins, accessories and prints inspired by fun imagery and pop culture. The pieces are very affordable and the perfect size...
View ArticleDebbie Mansour – Quoteacard
Debbie Mansour takes her own photographs, both original and vintage and makes them into cards. She then teams them up with literary quotations to humorous effect. Being a former teacher she was...
View ArticleAli Barker Art
Ali Barker’s work explores visual representations of music and sound in colour, inspired by sound-colour synaesthesia. When Ali listens to music, each note of the musical scale is perceived as a...
View ArticleSonraclay
Sonraclay is an ever expanding collection of colourful, smiley faced ceramic pieces, called Whimsicals, which are inspired by British, Japanese and Scandinavian mid century potters. All unique...
View ArticleVespertine Cosmos
Vespertine Cosmos is a small boutique, selling contemporary hand-crafted jewellery and accessories by Hannah Ng. Hannah takes inspiration from all trends around the world, incorporating a wide range of...
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