The Rustic Route prides itself in using reclaimed and salvaged wood for its projects. Matt designs and makes a wide range of furniture and home decor, which are uniquely finished using fractal burning. He also makes a range of smaller items which make perfect gifts for loved ones such as tea light holders and charcuterie …
Sarah is a print making jewellery designer working with aluminium, based in Yorkshire. Originally from a textile print background, she has always loved experimenting with colour, layering and mark making. Sarah prints using disperse inks or pigments onto aluminium sheet by heat transfer. Pieces are hand cut, formed and finished. She enjoys mixing and matching …
James is an artist/printmaker and he specialises in bold linocuts and screenprints. His subjects range from landscapes to wildlife to surreal compositions (featuring donkeys). Outside of his personal work, James has created commissions for people like English Heritage, The Hepworth Wakefield and Sheffield Childrens Festival.
Creating contemporary screen prints of Yorkshire landscapes, Sarah’s prints use drawings as their basis. These fine lines are transferred onto screen, ink is hand pulled and layered, utilising a high degree of accuracy and a sensitive use of colour to create the final image. Portraying traditional to contemporary subjects, each work recognises the important connections …
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Suzanne will no longer be exhibiting at the May 2026 Makers Fair. Please see below for links to her online shop and website. Suzanne is a glass artist and jeweller based in Barnard Castle. She handmakes vibrant, unique beads, lampworked flowers, and baubles—the art of shaping glass rods in a flame. …
Shona is the designer/maker behind McKinley And Moth. Living on the outskirts of York with the countryside on her doorstep, Shona’s main influence is British Wildlife from majestic stags to delicate moths and butterflies. Working predominantly in sterling silver with basic hand-tools and traditional craftsmanship, Shona produces bold and original nature inspired jewellery. Clean simple …
Leigh is a mixed media artist, she works from her home studio in Haworth, West Yorkshire. Her work is created from vintage finds, natural inclusions, paper and resin. Many of her pieces are created from vintage items from the textile heritage of Lancashire and Yorkshire alongside typecase trays, tins and wooden boxes – items that …
Inspired by mythology and fact surrounding birds and the natural world, Lucy creates sculptures and delicate automata by hand cutting paper and hand-crafting brass mechanisms. Each sculpture is displayed inside a glass bell jar with a wooden base, or encased in a glass fronted, wooden box frame, with a hand stained finish. Lucy has spent …
Adele makes jewellery, small objects and 2D multimedia landscapes. She values practical hand making skills in the creation of her work and enjoys letting the material influence and dictate how the pieces of work evolve during production. She has become increasingly interested in pattern and texture after a trip to Iceland where she found the …
Charlotte is a established ceramicist from the Yorkshire Dales, who hand-builds her individual ceramics. She uses porcelain & stoneware clays to create both functional & decorative items, which are hand-decorated using underglazes, oxides & various glazes. Charlotte’s ceramics & their decoration, echo the nature & landscape that surrounds her.