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Now Then Sunshine!
Jules Birkby brings her original stationery and prints to Design@HEART for the first time next month. We’re sure you’ll like her style! I’m a hand-lettering artist who creates cards and wall art from original watercolour paintings. I use hand-drawn fonts to bring quotes, phrases and slogans to life: sometimes with a Yorkshire theme, often with…
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ferox et ferus
Lucy is bringing ferox et ferus back to Design@HEART. Her colourful clothing and accessories for children were very popular last year. I started making things for my children when I struggled to find clothing that they liked on the highstreet. They wanted bright, fun clothes in colours other than just blue and pink, so I…
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Silver and Sparkle
Diana Lambert has been a stalwart of Design@HEART for many years and we’re thrilled she’ll be joining us again next month, on 9th November. I set up Silver and Sparkle in 2006. I work from my small studio in West Yorkshire, designing and making my own range of jewellery and other objects primarily, but not…
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AJC Paper Art
Anna Cook is another newcomer to Design@HEART. She makes intricate, multilayered papercuts depicting birds and animals in their natural habitat. I am a self taught paper cutter with a background in Design and Printmaking. When creating a new design I seek inspiration from contemporary surface and pattern design and combines this with a fascination for…
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Silver Moon Glass
A new artist for Design@HEART, Lucinda Dransfield works in fused and stained glass: I am a Leeds based designer maker working in fused, leaded and copper foiled stained glass from my local studio. My background in 3D Design (BA Hons) and Fine Jewellery (City & Guilds) compliments my studies and work in the various…
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Rogers Ink
Carolyn Hird-Rogers, the artist and designer behind Rogers Ink is inspired by the dramatic landscape of the Yorkshire countryside and a love of mid 20th century Scandinavian surface pattern design. The moods of the Dales and Moors are expressed in the mono-print technique used to create hand inked papers. These unique papers are cut and…
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Badgers Garden
Shoppers at Design@HEART have been enjoying Badgers Garden pickles and chutneys for the last few years, and we’re happy to tell you they’re back again this year. But did you know how they got their name? Here’s Jo to explain: We used to have a naughty dog called Badger and if ever he didn’t come…
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Amy Jade Prints
Amy Jade Prints is Amy Thompson. She’s a first-timer at Design@HEART and we’re really looking forward to welcoming her and her lovely prints. I use traditional printing methods to create fine art prints and products. These are often inspired by folklore, mythology and natural history. After graduating with a degree in Illustration and Animation from…
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Saltaire Soap
It’s a while since we’ve had a soap making at Design@HEART and so we’re really pleased to be welcoming Fiona Smith of Saltaire Soap and her environmentally friendly, skin friendly products. I began making soap more than ten years ago, because skin problems since childhood made it hard for me to use commercially-produced scented…
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Sarah Dunton
If you’ve been to Design@HEART for the last couple of years you’ll have met Sarah Dunton. Her ceramics and prints have prooved very popular. She’s back again on 9th November, so here she is talking about her work: I am a potter, printmaker, painter, illustrator and gardener. I originally trained as a fine artist at…
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