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Meet gentle soul and artist Lucy Pendrick18th June 2019Lucy Pendrick was a child that dreamt amongst the leaves and ached to feed her bare warm toes in cool mud. Nature was her ever-generous treasure chest, gifting her sweet finds of nibbled nuts... -
Claire Louise Mather - Contemporary Artist9th June 2019Claire Louise Mather is a Yorkshire based contemporary artist who creates stitched drawings and threaded paintings. Claire's work focuses on exploring the transformative nature of exhausted materials through ascribing them a new status. Old maps and...
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Meet our BCTF Best Newcomer winner - Faye Hall7th June 2019It was fabulous to see the usual high standard of work at BCTF; this is our favourite Trade Show and pretty much on our doorstep. There was a nice mix of newcomer and established...
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Corinne Young - Textile artist3rd June 2019Corinne is a textile artist who creates embroidered 3D artwork using handmade linen paper and vintage fabrics. Corinne's work is inspired by the flowers and insects she studies in her garden, antique botanical books and...
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Meet Beth Pegler1st June 2019Beth Pegler is a mum of four living and working from her home in Sheffield. Beth started making her textile jewellery when her youngest child was about a year old and she knew that she...
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Angie Hughes - textile artist31st May 2019Angie Hughes is an artist and tutor from Ledbury in the beautiful county of Herefordshire. Her work is largely influenced by the natural world particularly plant forms. Studying City & Guilds Embroidery in the 90s taught...
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FIBRE - Textile Exhibition at Heart Gallery25th May 2019Hebden Bridge has a Fustian Cutters Knife in St George’s Square that is a tribute to the history of our local trade. The fast flowing, soft water Pennine streams were ideal for the production...
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Meet Artist and Printmaker Rachel Thornton18th March 2019Rachel Thornton lives and works in the rural North Yorkshire town of High Bentham. She graduated from a Fine Arts Degree in 2013 where she was awarded with a First. During her studies she exhibited...
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Meet Artist Demelsa Haughton15th March 2019Demelsa Haughton is a painter of whimsical and magical imagery. From the bright setting of a tiny ladybird village (complete with corner shop) to the gloomy darkness of a forest filled with gnarly trees that...
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Meet Artist and Designer Ruth Holly5th March 2019Ruth Holly is an artist, designer and creator of Ruth Holly, an independent brand offering a unique collection of lifestyle products. Ruth specialises in sourcing, and developing unique photographic finds into beautiful designs for everyday...
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Meet Jeweller Vanessa Miller20th February 2019Vanessa Miller graduated from Birmingham's prestigious School of Jewellery (BCU) with Distinction in Jewellery and Silversmithing (HND) in 2016. She is now based in Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter Vanessa is an Artist in Residence at...
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Meet Jewellery Katharine Yelland5th February 2019Katharine Yelland designs and hand-makes her collections of silver and gold jewellery from her home studio in the North Yorkshire countryside. She has been designing and making jewellery for about twenty five years and...
