Alchemy Textile Design
Eco-printed and cyanotype fabrics, paper and ceramics, including lampshades, framed prints, silk scarves, upcycled clothing, cushions, rugs, aprons, ceramic items, journals and jewellery.
Discipline: Textiles
Brightmore Ideas
Brightmore Ideas is the creative work of Leeds-based leather artisan Alex Brightmore. Driven by respect for the material in a throwaway culture, Alex creates original designs that give new life to what might otherwise be wasted. Supporting local businesses where possible, leather is sourced from J. Wood in Keighley and offcuts rescued through Scrap in …
Peachy Perch
Peachy Perch is the creative work of Shirley Turnbull, a Yorkshire based designer and upholsterer. She creates fabric designs and handcrafts footstools and ottomans with care, colour and character using luxurious wool fabrics sourced locally in West Yorkshire. She also likes to breath new life into preloved furniture tailoring her designs to the style and …
Rowan Bridgwood
Rowan is a textile artist based in Queensbury, Bradford. She draws inspiration from folklore, the natural world and personal experiences to create embroidered pieces full of narrative and meaning. By meticulously hand stitching onto inherited and reclaimed fabrics, Rowan breathes new life and new stories into materials steeped in history and memory. Her work has …
The Embroiderer
Working under the name ‘The Embroiderer’, Kerry is a Textile Artist making framed embroidered pictures which are handmade in her studio in Austwick. Inspired by being outdoors in wild places, her aim is to use embroidery to capture the beauty of nature in the Dales. Her delicately embroidered pictures feature a variety of wildlife including …
Ocre Natural Dye Studio
Kayleigh Davis is a textile artist, facilitator and the owner of ocre natural dye studio whose practice focuses on naturally dyed silks. Immersed in nature from a young age, her work seeks to explore the impermanence and fragility of the natural world throughout the seasons by embedding foraged and grown pigments and prints into cloth. …
Mather Makes
Joanne is a handweaver based in Formby, on the NW coast of England, where she creates unique handwoven textiles, inspired by the landscape and history of her hometown. She works on a 16 shaft table loom and a restored 100 year old countermarche floor loom in her garden studio. Joanne’s work often features double weave, …
Alison Grant
The Alison Grant collection combines the finest of yarns with traditional skills and contemporary design. With a focus on ethical and sustainable sources and working with spinners that have a long history in using the finest of fibres and spinning processes to create the softest touch, each yarn is carefully selected for colour, texture and …
Shipley College: In the Making
Final year, level 3 Art and Design students at Shipley College have explored the theme of making, drawing inspiration from British makers, their own interests, and the local environment. Their diverse creations on display at this year’s Saltaire Makers Fair include both practical and decorative ceramics, alongside screen-printed bags and hand-painted homeware. The students have also showcased their …
Jemma Marston
Jemma specialises in creating colourful embellished leather surfaces for fashion products. Her main focus is to create products that are colourful, make you smile and bring a little bit of colour into your everyday life. Jemma’s products are made by experimenting with print, embroidery and embellishment techniques to create beautiful and original accessories. The main …