Makers

Meet the Maker: Potter Peter Beard

Find out why potter Peter Beard has built up a reputation for originality and excellence in his glazed stoneware vessels
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Meet the Maker: Deborah Sears of Isis Ceramics

Enter the delicate world of Deborah Sears’ tin-glazed ceramics. Inspired by antique English Delftware, the pieces are now treasured by a new wave of collectors
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Angie Lewin on her Victorian home and career highlights

The artist and printmaker talks to H&A about her career highlights and inspiring people and places
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Behind the brand: Howard & Sons

Quality, comfort and a revolutionary construction have ensured that Howard & Sons’ furniture has stood the test of time and continues to enchant interior designers and armchair aficionados alike. Words Lydia Blundell
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Meet the maker: Sally Gilford

Fascinated and inspired by the patterns and colours produced by organisms, artist Sally Gilford creates unique screen printed textiles from her Salford studio. Photographs Jesse Wild
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Behind the brand: Craven Dunnill Jackfield

Almost a century and a half since its foundation, the tile-making factory Craven Dunnill Jackfield is still undertaking prestigious restorations, finds Janet Gleeson
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In conversation with furniture maker Gareth Neal

Gareth Neal creates stunning pieces of furniture that are not only purposeful, but works of art in their own right
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Heirlooms in the making: Greenaway Mosaics

Traditionally trained, Thomas Greenaway draws on his time in Italy to piece together pietra dura, creating artworks that will be treasured for a lifetime, and longer
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Meet the Makers that weave sustainable textiles using traditional methods

Juliet and Franki, design duo and founders of the Bristol Weaving Mill, work together to weave sustainable textiles using traditional methods
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The Letterpress Collective: the makers that keep the heritage craft of letterpress printing alive

Nick Hand is keeping the heritage craft of letterpressing alive from his traditional printing room in the heart of Bristol
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Alice Mary Lynch on how she makes her enchanting dolls

From bunnies to princesses, Alice Mary Lynch creates enchanting, unique dolls from her Somerset studio
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Silversmith Samuel Waterhouse on creating vessels inspired by antiquity

Self-taught jeweller and silversmith Samuel Waterhouse creates striking silver and gold pieces inspired by antiquity
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Meet designer and print maker Kiran Ravilious

Botanical prints with an old-fashioned edge and an accent of the tropics are the trademarks of this talented designer
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Discover Jessica Geach's hand-sewn baskets

With a passion for tactile crafts inspired by the colours in nature, Jessica Geach has created her business, Ruby Cubes, turning unbleached cotton braid into beautiful accessories and homewares
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Meet the maker that uses gold lustre to bring sparkle to her handmade ceramics

Originally trained as an illustrator, the Devon-based potter uses delicate brushwork and gold lustre to bring sparkle to her handmade decorative ceramics
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Meet the block-printer that creates elaborate designs inspired by the natural world

From her renovated 1940s bus store, artist Lou Tonkin block-prints elaborate designs inspired by the natural world
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Meet the makers that use traditional skills to craft bespoke furniture

Furniture makers Ben and Noah keep traditional skills and sustainable methods at the heart of their Bristol business
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Meet the maker that creates beautiful kitchenware and practical tools

Somerset blacksmith, axe maker and bladesmith Alex Pole shapes metal into beautiful kitchenware and practical tools. We brave the heat to step inside his Somerset forge...
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Designer Helen Ward on creating paper entomology

We chat to artist Helen Ward about how she creates beautiful paper butterflies
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Upholsterer Simion Hawtin-Smith on how he breathes new life into antique and vintage chairs

Using bold contemporary fabrics and traditional techniques, furniture upholsterer Simion Hawtin-Smith breathes new life into antique and vintage chairs
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Ceramicist Catherine Lucktaylor on Raku firing her pottery

Inspired by the rugged Cornish coastline, Catherine Lucktaylor creates beautiful ceramics that she fires in the great outdoors
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Lighting designer Naomi Paul on creating sculptural crochet lampshades

Designer Naomi Paul takes inspiration from the Japanese practice of positive and negative space to produce her mathematical crochet lampshades
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Marbler Jemma Lewis creates show-stopping artisan papers

Fascinated by the endpapers of antiquarian books, Jemma Lewis crafts unique marbled designs from her homely back-garden studio
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Paper artist Jessica Baldry takes her inspiration from vintage folk art

From her Bristol studio, Jessica Baldry hand-cuts intricate botanical paper artworks with character and colour
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