Browse and buy unique pieces from these makers, designers and exhibitors during the Arts and Craft Festival.
An Alleweireldt’s collectable pieces of jewellery demand a closer look. There is always more to them than meets the eye. An combines traditional metals with more surprising materials to fantastic effect. She studied at the Royal College of Art, winning the prestigious Armourers and Braziers Prize for Innovative Work.It is this spirit of innovation that An has carried into her professional life as a jewellery designer. www.oxxjewellery.london
Lewes based designer-maker, Phoebe Sherwood, combines silver and gold with different types of wood to create timeless jewellery with a playful narrative. She began making jewellery whilst studying Art & Design at Brighton City College. After working as a trainee jewellery-maker for four years, she set out to design and craft her own original collections founding 'Phoebe Jewellery' in early 2012.
Hand crafted gifts for the home using free hand machine embroidery including; cushions, lampshades and pictures. Each piece is individually handcrafted with careful thought given to materials, effect and finish. Inspired by their love of nature, walking with their dogs, from stories and their children.
Rachelle Plassard creates elegant designs using intricate patterns which are hand forged, cast and repeated to form jewellery that is beautiful to the eye and timeless in style. Working from her home studio in London, she makes each piece using traditional craftsmanship, currently focussing on producing the pieces from her collection ‘Embellish’, a series of decorative pieces inspired by a love of the spiral, as well as graceful bespoke designs.
Rob Jones is a textiles designer practising Japanese textiles crafts using indigo and natural dyes. Rob discovered Shibori at West Dean college, and then studied in Japan under indigo guru, Bryan Whitehead. Rob’s passion is finding the new in the old, taking his work in new directions by combining techniques and inventing new forms. Rob loves colour and pattern, which he brings to light in colour saturated and complex fabrics.