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Meet The Maker

ANDREW BELL

A retired Joiner living in Kendal, Andrew makes beautiful solid oak pieces of furniture from a supply of wood rescued from 2 oak trees that fell during a storm.

Oak Woodworking

Andy Urwin

Based in Workington, Andy uses the exciting pottery technique of Raku to create miniature cottages and churches in bright colours and individual designs.

Little Raku Houses

Antoni Szczepanski

Originally from Poland but now living in Penrith, Antoni and his father collect driftwood and shells from Cumbrian beaches to make these stunning lamps and candlesticks.

Driftwood Lamps

ARTY ANTICS

Husband and wife team, Karl and Debbie, run successful Bob Ross themed workshops in Penrith to learn the art of oil painting. Their paintings are also for sale in the shop and on our website.

Paintings

Betsy Bow Dresses - Jane Ferguson

Based in Carlisle, Jane knitted clothes for all the little girls she knew until they were too grown up and now she pairs her knitting with recycled fabrics to create gorgeous little garments.

Knitted and Liberty Fabric Dresses

Betty and Mabel - Lynne Riley

Based in Carlisle, Lynne used to run Teddy Bear Workshops creating soft mohair teddy bears and still uses beautiful fabrics to sew pouches, bags and purses that have many different uses.

Fabric Work Bags

Bowls and Bitz - Andrew Walker

Andrew creates beautifully smooth wood turned items on the lathe in his workshop and then ebonises them, or uses highlights of paint, to give them a highly professional finish.

Woodworking

Cabbage and Curtainrail

Carlisle based Michaela Corrie and her mum Lesley combined their design and sewing skills to create this successful soft furnishings business and we sell their fabric remnants, cushions and more at much reduced prices. 

Fabric and Textiles

Canvas Art By Dawn

Kitchen designer Dawn Richards produces her trademark atmospheric acrylic paintings on canvas and pen and ink drawings in her little flat, helped by her dog Ember!

Painting and Illustrations

CBJ - Chris Jackson

Chris enjoys experimenting with resin, natural wood and pyrography to create items that are never the same twice - a stark contrast to his day job producing high end whisky presentation boxes that need to be perfect every time!

Woodwork

CHRIS PEARSON ART

Penrith based Tattoo Artist Chris focusses specifically on wildlife oil painting.  We have a range of his framed vivid prints and cards available to buy in store and on our website.

Paintings and Prints

Chris Wilson at LS Design

Chris lives in Cockermouth and has built up a successful business producing laser cut designs in wood and slate as well as his ever popular 'wave' resin design on acacia wood platters, coasters and more.

Woodworking and Resin Work

Chris Yates

Chris lives outside of Cumbria but has a lot of experience making beautiful furniture and we currently have just one of his handmade stools with a woven sea grass seat.

Red Footstool

Collar and Tweed

Married couple Claire and Phil have combined their skills to create beautiful bags, wallets, dog collars and dog leads made from tweed and hand cut, hand stitched leather.

Fabric Work and Leather Work

CONNIE ROSE DESIGNS

Statement handmade jewellery by Alison Sinclair-Macsween featuring semi-precious stones or high quality Italian sourced buttons. Each design is unique and lightweight so everyone can feel comfortable wearing them.

Jewellery

COPSE OPUS

Ian Graham lives locally and is a hobbyist woodworker who enjoys making wooden items based on various influences and themes that interest him.  

Woodworking

Coy Cat Designs - Allison Richards

Alli primarily creates intricate artwork using the ancient technique of paper quilling but she also enjoys stencilling, painting and photography and uses all of her skills to produce beautiful cards and other items.

Handcrafted Paper Art and Quilling

De Kat Belts - Rob Trinder

Originally from South Africa, Rob uses some exotic leathers to create his hand dyed, hand cut and hand stitched belts, bracelets and dog collars.

Belts

EMILY LILY CLAY CREATIONS

Rachel Wilkinson is based in Keswick and makes beautiful lightweight polymer clay earrings featuring delicate water transfer designs or hand made patterns.  

Earrings

Fat Dave's Workshop

Blacksmith Dave Turner lives in High Laws, on the outskirts of Silloth, and from his workshop housed in an old Smithy he creates witty and inventive items from repurposed and upcycled scrap and junk metal.

Forged Metalwork

FELL & FLOCK PHOTOGRAPHY

Photography by Lucy Lowcock.  She loves taking photographs of typical Lake District views and livestock.

Photo Artwork

HALYNA SMIGIEL

Halyna creates stunning acrylic paintings on fabric.  She lives locally and is brand new to selling her work so we are proud to showcase her talent.

Paintings

INKING A LOT

Talented printmaker Morven Todd lives in Plumpton and creates stunning lino print designs.  These are then printed onto A5 and A6 notebooks, gift tags and cards.  There are many different designs to appeal to many different people.

Linocuts

JANE BRIERLY

Jane creates lovely hand felted items including 4-leaf clovers, to give as gifts, and pretty little wood slice magnets of local well known landscapes.  

Felt Magnets

JERRY HUNT

Jerry creates stunning resin and wood furniture at his home near Wigton and we often have burr elm and resin adjustable stools available in store.

Resin Furniture

Jo's Little People

Jo Moscrop, based in Carlisle, has been creating her miniature polyclay people and animals for many years and they are just as popular as ever.

Clay Little People

KAY DARBYSHIRE

Kay is based in Greystoke, near Penrith, but thoroughly enjoys getting out into the Cumbrian countryside and taking photos of the stunning scenery.  These photos are then printed onto recycled paper to give them their distinctive look.

Framed Lake District Scenes

KEN MILLS PHOTOGRAPHY

Ken loves to take photos of the beautiful landscapes surrounding his Penrith base.  They are printed in a modern contemporary style ready for framing.

Photography Artwork

KEVIN ROWLEY

Kevin lives locally and, now retired from selling antiques, he finds enjoyment in completing these large and beautiful paint by numbers canvases.

Paintings

Lakes and Fells

Liam and Lucy Barrett juggle a busy family life with a successful business selling furniture and home furnishings featuring their own urban and rural inspired fabrics. They also run popular upholstery workshops.

Upholstery and Fabrics

LJMC Handmade

Scottish born Lesley Crichton, now living in Carlisle, creates all kinds of sewn items from handbags to lampshades (often featuring tartan!) and runs popular workshops sharing the benefit of her experience.

Sewn Fabric Girts

LOVE YOU DOTS

Dawn creates beautiful hand painted ceramic coasters, stone tea light holders and wooden items.  She finds the process of dot painting and experimenting with colour very enjoyable and has devoted more time to it since retiring a few years ago.

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Matt Monohand

Matthew Mawson enjoys photography, digital drawing, preserving antique or vintage prints and upcycling furniture.  You can find examples of all these skills in the shop..

Artwork and Upcycling

Moo Drew Art

Maisy Drew produces lino prints, mounted prints, mugs and handmade recyclable cards based on her original watercolour paintings of garden or water birds.

Bird Artwork

NADINE SUTTERBY ART

Penrith based Nadine loves to produce drawings of wildlife and has a wide range of gifts and homewares featuring prints of her original drawings.

Pencil and Pastel creations

Once Scene

Carlisle based Lesley Gargett produces handmade cards and framed art using pebbles and wood she has collected on fell walks over the years.  She adds buttons, sequins and beads to create her interpretation of many well known Cumbrian landscapes.

Pebble and Button Cards of the Lake District

On The Couch Cumbria

Judi Egerton is a talented upholsterer based in Appleby. She upcycles chairs and footstools and has recently taken up the ancient art of caning to repair damaged seating that would otherwise be unusable.

Upholstered Chair

PAUL HAYES

A selection of mounted prints of Paul's beautifully detailed original pencil drawings.  His eclectic taste means you are likely to find images ranging from wildlife to the complete abstract. 

Illustrations

Paul Whittaker

Local resident Paul paints birds, animals and Cumbrian landscapes in acrylic or watercolour.  We sell prints of his beautiful work in different sizes and formats.

Painted Badger

PAULINE S

Pauline enjoys crochet and knitting but this is the first time she has ventured into selling her work.  She creates gorgeous and lifelike little crochet houseplants that you don't need to remember to water!

Knitted and Crochet Flowers

PINK MOON MANDALA

Beautiful painted candle holders and pebbles by Geraldine Ash. Geraldine runs workshops to teach this dot mandala style of painting and creates personalised memory stones for passed pets.

Mandala Stones

Pretty Poly Designs

Abigail Stroud lives in Wigton and produces handmade lightweight polyclay earrings in all different shapes, colours and designs.  She also turns her hand to a bit of sewing, sometimes with the help of her mum!

Sewn fabric art and Jewellery

SAM MARTIN ART

Sam Martin is based in Pooley Bridge and produces vibrant and colourful paintings on canvas, wood and paper as well as useful homewares.  Her beautiful creations are inspired by stunning views of the Lake District.

Artwork and Prints

STEPHEN PETERS FINE ART

Stephen loves taking photos of nature and the great outdoors and uses these photos as a base to create digital brush stroke painted images.

Prints and Canvases

Tequila Sunrise Designs

When Emma Allsopp moved from Scotland to Penrith, she slightly adapted her handmade cards to feature 'The Woolly Sheep Adventures' rather than tartan and Westies.  Her own Westie, Tequila Sunrise who inspired the company name, quite rightly remained as the logo.

Handmade Cards

The Shoreline Studio

Em Whiteford loves being in the great outdoors and this is often apparent in her gouache or watercolour paintings, lino prints, clay trinkets and stunning silver jewellery.  

Artwork and Linocuts

Those Windermere Beads

Zoë Normington lives and works in Penrith and has a young family to look after but finds making brightly coloured beaded bracelets, earrings and necklaces very therapeutic amidst a very busy life.

Bead Jewellery
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