Szonja Gibarti

Szonja is a curious weaver with a passion for discovering the endless possibilities of colours and patterns to enhance creative thinking and bring joy to people’s lives. Szonja has synaesthesia, which means she associates colours and patterns with sound, therefore most of her inspiration comes from music. She intuitively create patterns and colour palettes in response to different genres this way discovering new shapes, patterns and interesting, unusual combinations which she weaves into a soft and tactile fabric to bring joy for its wearer.

Georgie Tym

Georgie Tym's Leather goods aims to share the love of making through the creation of bespoke and personalised leather accessories alongside our leather courses and DIY making kits. Hands of Tym designs are routed in function and a minimal style, seeking to answer a daily need through beautiful products. Using top grade sustainable vegetable tanned leather, traditional skills and locally sourced components, every product is crafted by hand in our Oxfordshire workshop to ensure a product which will last a lifetime.

Judy Caplin

These pieces by Judy Caplin are crafted using the raku method, a dynamic process where red-hot ceramics are

immersed in combustibles like wood shavings in a metal bin, creating metallic effects and vivid colours due to

oxygen removal. Raku firing produces intense colours unmatched by other methods, requiring precise handling

due to the extreme heat and critical timing for the 'reduction' phase, which influences the final look. Variables like

combustible material type and cooling timing are crucial; mishaps may cause cracks, but successful outcomes

yield stunning metallic surfaces and vibrant colours.

Catherine Cullen

Catherine Cullen is a leatherworker inspired by British and Irish landscapes, heritage arts & crafts and equestrian equipment. The ethos is to create high quality home & accessories and canine goods. Each item is unique, crafted by hand using traditional saddlery techniques, the process is slow and made to order. Once a product is safely at home with its new owner, if looked after it will last the test of time.

Lisa Dear

Lisa Dear's baskets are deeply rooted in her love for the British countryside and commitment to respecting the planet. Using various willow materials sourced from a family-run farm and her coppice work in Sussex, she combines traditional techniques with contemporary design. Her mindful creative process results in useful, tactile vessels that connect natural, renewable materials with human beings.

Rachel Evans

Rachel Evans embarked on her backpack-making journey in 2020, drawing inspiration from a gang of feral children from her row of houses in the wooded Churnet Valley. These children, spending countless hours playing among the trees and streams, would bring her natural treasures like sticks, bark, and dandelion stems for weaving. To celebrate each of their birthdays, Rachel crafted small backpacks as gifts, designed to aid their gathering adventures.

Evolving this concept, she later tailored the design to suit adults. The adult backpack, crafted from willow grown in the Staffordshire Moorlands, was cut by Rachel in January 2023. The willow was dried prior to use and woven in winter 2024, embodying the traditional creel design typically used for fishing baskets, but with a stylish adaptation for comfortable back wear, secured with adjustable English leather straps. Rachel's backpacks are distinguished by their unique lids and fastenings, which vary based on the natural materials available to her at the time. One such backpack features a pebble fastening, sourced from Ogmore beach in Wales, while another utilises a curly hazel fastening, showcasing her commitment to incorporating elements of the natural world into her work.

Alvaro Picardo

Alvaro Picardo finds immense joy in breathing new life into forgotten pieces, creating works that are greater than the sum of their parts. His discovery of old lampshades opened up a vast world of creative opportunity. For Picardo, the transformation achieved with a fresh coat of paint and a bit of time is truly remarkable. He finds great reward in expressing himself visually, particularly through adding value to objects that are often overlooked. This process not only revitalises these items but also showcases Picardo's ability to see potential where others might see none.

Lottie Tarpey

With years of experience in the fashion industry and a deep passion for fabric manipulation and pattern cutting, draws the core inspirations for Lottie Tarpey from her fascination with unique colour combinations and a keen interest in modern silhouettes. She has a particular appreciation for the textures that emerge from layers of colour. Her collection is thoughtfully constructed in colour stories, allowing the pieces to be collected as sets or mixed according to individual aesthetic preferences. This approach enables a personal connection between the collection and the wearer, reflecting Lottie's commitment to versatility and personal expression in design.

Victoria Gilles Fernandez

Victoria Gilles Fernandez has crafted a piece that is intricately inlaid with stained clay and meticulously finished with glaze and underglaze details, ensuring it is glazed inside to hold water effectively. This piece is a part of her latest series, "The Cosmic Dancer," which is centred around the theme of reconnection with nature and rituals. It represents a mental journey through textures and patterns reminiscent of the night before a significant day, a time filled with potential, opportunity, chaos, and beauty.

All of Victoria's work is deeply inspired by her Latin American heritage, the landscapes, and the natural world. Each creation aims to convey a fragment of her culture and her vision of the world, bringing joy and vibrancy to any space it occupies.

Elli Carr

Elli Carr, a sculptor with a foundation in drawing and sculpture, earned a Post Graduate Degree at The City and Guilds School of Art. Shifting from figurative clay and bronze casting, Elli returned to clay, focusing on direct engagement and firing. Employing hand-building techniques like coiling and pinching, Elli aims to fuse sculptural aesthetics with functionality, creating pieces that are both beautiful and useful.

Elli likes to make work that showcases the clay's once soft and pliable nature, akin to a material. For the Wave Bowl, she aimed to create the sensation that it had been crafted from a material like velvet, capturing the way light falls on its folds. This approach is evident next to her creations in the catalogue, where the unique texture and dynamism of her pieces are highlighted.

Robert Hunter

This series of artworks by Robert Hunter originated from his journey to Sanna Bay, nestled within the Ardnamurchan peninsula, marking the westernmost point of mainland UK. Captivated by its pristine white beaches, serene blue waters, and tranquil ambiance, the landscape deeply inspired him. Hunter sought to capture the essence of this land by incorporating its very elements into his work. Utilising granite for its textural qualities, he juxtaposed it against smooth finishes throughout the collection, aiming to encapsulate the diverse beauty of the landscape across each piece.

Amada Rayners

Amanda's inspiration for her weaving comes from the wonderful colours she grows and harvest and as the willow dries the colours change and mellow, every variety has its own subtle qualities. She loves to combine this with driftwood she finds on the beach and from the shapes of branches fallen in the woods. Some of her favourite techniques you see here are fitching where 2 strands of willow are woven alternately as a single band in the middle of a basket- this looks simple but takes practise and skill to get it right and it’s lovely to take the rods around again to create a chain-link effect.