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Inkylinky by Liz Samways
After several years away, Liz Samways is back at Design@HEART this year, and we can’t wait to see her new jewellery and prints. I’m a Leeds-based jeweller and printmaker, working primarily in silver and copper which is etched & engraved using techniques commonly found in printmaking. My work is inspired by the landscape, as viewed […]
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Carbon Art by Ceri Wood
Ceri is another newcomer to Design@HEART and we’re looking forward to seeing her drawings and maps. I am a Horsforth-based artist specialising in pencil-drawn bespoke maps and landscapes of the local area. I have always loved monochrome art and the striking effects that can be achieved from simple media such as pen and pencil. Pencil […]
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Goss Bag by Annie Lawson
Over the next few weeks we’ll be featuring some of our artists and craftspeople for our next fair on Saturday 9th November. First up is Annie Lawson of Goss Bag: I am a cartoonist who has progressed into ‘cartooning in wool’. My knitted phone cases are flip-top design and are sturdy, being each one knitted […]
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Applications are open for November 2019
You can now apply for a stall at our Design@HEART Fair on 9th November 2019. Apply Please make sure you read all the blurb and answer all the questions. We have a new application process this year, both in terms of rules and the tech. We’ve tested the tech and it all seems to be […]
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New Application Process
The application process for Design@HEART has changed! We hope for the better, and we hope no more complicated than before. But there will be deadlines, so it will require some forward thinking! We know that stallholders like to know well in advance what fairs they are going to be doing in November and December, so […]
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Happy New Year!
Image: Lindsay Thomas Ceramics.Go to Lindsay’s website for more information http://ltceramics.co.uk/ Events in 2019 Hi and Happy New Year to everyone! Just want to give you the heads up about fairs in 2019. Christmas Fair 2019 I’m moving the Christmas fair forward this year, to November 9th. We always used to have the fairs in […]
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For the love of wood
Gavin Edwards is another newcomer to Design@HEART, bringing his interesting and original wood work. He has had many careers, and his current one draws on all the others, as he tells us in this latest blog. Working with wood is my latest career choice, having previously worked as a Cartographer, Field Archaeologist, Archaeological Curator and […]
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Silver and Stone by Helen Drye
Back in April we featured Helen Drye on our blog, talking about her work and influences. She’s popped back to give us a bit of an update about her current work. We can’t wait to see the new collections. I started Silver and Stone Jewellery in July 2012. I did the classic, turning a hobby […]
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Heart of Glass
Sarah Wade of Garage Glass Studio is back this December with her charming fused glass products. We asked her about her making process and how she got started. My interest in fused glass developed from my interest in stained glass which I did as a hobby for a number of years. At one course I […]