Meet: Martina of Sparrow Primitives How long have you been making your work and how did it all begin? I have been making things ever since I can remember. My parents are both creative people. My mother used to do the most beautiful embroidery and would buy high street children’s clothes for me and embroider […]
Meet: Suzanne Lake of Made From The Heart How long have you been making your work and how did it all begin? I started about 8 years ago when my eldest child was about 1. I was thinking of trying to contribute to our family financially and to earn my own money. I went on […]
Meet: Victoria of Little Wren Pottery How long have you been making your work and how did it all begin? I’ve been making pots for about two years now, which I know makes me very ‘young’ for a potter I still get things wrong every now and then but its a learning process! It all […]
Meet: Louise of Slugs and Snails How long have you been making your work and how did it all begin? I have been crafting since I was a child and I have always had some sort of craft on the go. I like trying new crafts / artforms and have dabbled in sewing, wet felting, […]
Meet: Penny Spooner Ceramics How long have you been making your work and how did it all begin? I have been making work to sell now for 3 years. It all started when I signed up with a friend for a term to study ceramics at night classes in our local college about 9 years […]
Meet: Tracy Smith of Cinnamon Jewellery How long have you been making your work and how did it all begin? I’ve been making jewellery for seven years now. It began when I was browsing eBay one day, saw lots of handmade earrings and thought “I could do that”. I really had no idea how to […]
Meet: Emma Verner of The Cotton Potter How long have you been making your work and how did it all begin? As a child of the seventies, a lot of my time was spent making things – as shown on Blue Peter and picking up dressmaking skills from my mother who made nearly all my […]
Meet: Andrea Brewster of Driftwood Boatbuilders How long have you been making your work and how did it all begin? I have been making my boats for 2 years now. It all started after I collected some driftwood pieces on a beach in Skiathos. I managed to bring them home in my suitcase with the […]
Meet: Wendy Jeavons of Red Brick Glass How long have you been making your work and how did it all begin? I gained a 1st class honours degree in Glass and Architectural Glass from Edinburgh College of Art in 2000. I then set up my studio with support from the Crafts Council’s Setting Up Scheme. […]
Meet: Caroline Green Pottery How long have you been making your work and how did it all begin? I have always been a ‘maker’ and always want to learn another craft. I started making pots in 2000 when I moved house and enrolled on a fine art course at my local college. After a visit […]
Meet: Caroline Cummings of Little Paper Gallery How long have you been making your work and how did it all begin? I’ve always loved drawing and wanted to work in some kind of creative role. I studied retail design at college which led me to work as a graphic designer, mostly in London, for roughly […]
Meet: Helen Clark of Ivy Dean Designs How long have you been making your work and how did it all begin? I’ve been crafting in one form and another since I was a child so quite a long time! My maternal Grandma – Ivy Dean, was a serial “maker” she knitted, crocheted, sewed and baked […]
