Tag: designer makers
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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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Everyone Loves Bags!
Sue Turrill of Nuthatch Designs will be back at Design@HEART this December with her beautiful tweed bags. Here she is talking about her work: When I was a small child I would spend weeks in the summer with my two siblings staying with our Grandmother and her two sisters. That was when I really started…
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A slightly less cool way of nailing your life long ambition
This week, Paula Perrins of Wychbury Designs takes over the blog to tell us about her textiles business and her passion for stitching. When I was young I desperately wanted to be like the fashion designer Jean Muir, with red hair, black clothes and designing things for a living, I suppose I sort of nailed…
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Shopping local is good for you
As we gear up to the Christmas shopping frenzy, lets pause for a moment and step away from the big online market places.