Steve Hughes is an Industrial Designer, Maker and Artist. First and foremost, he is an empathic designer and creative thinker. His work ranges from the innovative and ergonomically efficient Artist Pencil range, through beautifully crafted console tables, to contemporary bud vases with the theme of ‘minimal blooms, maximum impact’. “We live in a lovely part …
Frances Arnold (UK. b. 1987) creates abstract screenprints inspired by rural landscapes and urban architecture. Her minimalist prints playfully alter perception, shifting the eye between illusions of space and the material reality of ink and paper. Geometric lines combine with textures and colour to convey an image in flux. She studied Fine Art at Newcastle …
Hazel Atkinson has been a jewellery designer for 40 years. After studying embroidery and textile design at Loughborough Art College, she became more interested in wire, stones and metal, and moved from soft textiles, to jewellery making. She is well known throughout the Country for her bright coloured jewellery made from hand decorated, and dyed …
Through experimentation in her workshop Jo discovered her love of texture and movement that are the constant detail in her jewellery collections. Inspiration and jewellery style derives from petal and leaf patterns in nature that create natural repeated forms and beautiful intricate detail. Through her jewellery design and making processes Jo aims to create layers …
Jo Bull is a jewellery designer and lapidarist. One of her signature designs is jewellery incorporating milk sea glass from the North East of England. Unlike most translucent sea glass which beachcombers find while on our beaches, milk sea glass is opaque in colour. It washes up in wonderful smooth white and pastel colours. Each …
Jane Frost Jewellery is born out of curiosity, wonder and above all, passion. Jane creates precious contemporary jewellery that is well made, unique and imaginative, with great care and attention to detail. Inspiration is drawn from an eclectic range of sources such as historic buildings with captivating narratives and the structure of rolling waves. Through …
Klara Repas is a Leeds-based gingerbread artist of Hungarian origin. She obtained a master’s degree in chemical engineering at the University of Pannonia in Hungary and a Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration at the New York Botanical Garden. Her gingerbread creations are artistically recognized by the Hungarian Heritage House in Budapest. Klara is deeply …
Laura Baxter handcrafts silver and gold jewellery inspired by botanical forms and unusual gemstones. Her work is well known for its graphic and stylised interpretations of plants. The intention of her work is to create wearable pieces of nature. Her work is informed by a love of gardening, horticultural tools, botanical illustrations, plants and flowers. …
Kate Lovery works in porcelain clay to create her unique, limited edition jewellery collection. Working in her North Yorkshire studio, each piece is crafted by hand – from colouring clay and hand polishing each shape to decorating with metallic lustres and making every earring hook. Inspiration comes from both the natural environment and a love …
Saltaire based artist and craftswoman Jayne Tunnicliffe is a lifelong animal lover. Alongside her work as an actress (Happy Valley, Coronation Street, Phoenix Nights) and pop artist, she started making tartan patchwork hares back in 2015 and launched Crafted Creatures. Since then she has added deer, foxes, mice, badgers, sheep, squirrels, bears and even the …