Makers Market From Home

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Midday Makers

Our regular Midday Makers interviews on the MakersMarketFromHome IGTV channel showcase the talents of the creative folk in the MMFH community.

Every weekday at 12 noon we chat with a maker to find out about their business, the skills they use and their creative background. Read more about each featured maker and watch their live chats via the posts below…

  • Julie Hollis from Made on Cloud 9
    Cloud 9 is the name of Julie’s gallery in Dumfries and is the place that has inspired her beautiful jewellery collection. Julie says: “As an artist…
  • Printmaker Mel Wickham
    Find out more about Bristol-based lino printer Melanie in our midday makers chat…
  • Sue Quinby from Squiggly Sue Designs
    MMFH Ambassador Alice chatted to Derbyshire-based artist Sue Quinby who told us how she uses pen and ink and watercolours to create playful designs…
  • Illustrator Ellie Good
    Illustrator Ellie Good uses her colourful geometric illustrations to make sustainable goods, with the aim of bringing smiles to people’s faces and keeping the planet happy.
  • Alex Peberdy from The Art of Sparkle
    During Alex’s midday makers chat with MMFH Ambassador Lydia we discovered how she creates stunning bespoke resin pieces…
  • Sharon from African Affair Bags
    Find out how Sharon makes unique and colourful accessories during her #MiddayMakers chat with Alice…
  • Lucy Glombek from Inside Lulu’s Mews
    We learnt how Lucy creates amazing abstract pour art paintings using acrylic paint and alcohol inks…
  • Simon from Koala Chess Art
    Artist Simon has been turning his designs into cool tees and hoodies for about four years…
  • Caron from What Caron Made
    Caron little handmade business is called What Caron Made, making jewellery with beads… the smaller the better!
  • Mel from Mel Langton Art
    Mel is Lincoln based freelance artist and her work encompasses both digitally created pieces and traditional paintings…
  • Penny from Penny Varley Ceramics
    Back in the 1980’s Penny threw her first pot on a manual potters wheel, it was one of the most difficult things she had ever tried to do…
  • Beverley from BevArt Designs
    Beverley’s passion is most definitely to make, create and inspire, absolutely loving to use colour ๐Ÿ™‚
  • Joy from JoyCliftonUK
    Joy is a visual artist, who captures the fluidity of the ocean realm focusing on the movement of water the abstraction of light and the sea creatures that inhabit this realm ๐Ÿ™‚
  • Andrea from Dandylion Design
    Andrea tells us all about her journey into the creative life of a jewellery designer ๐Ÿ™‚
  • Joanna from Mrs Marvellous
    From the age of 4 Joanna was making dolls clothes and bits for her dolls house. Hear how her creative journey developed in our chat…
  • Hannah Lush Life London
    Hannah from Lush Life London
    During our MiddayMakers chat with Hannah we found out how she started her indie biz and and uni life…
  • Anna from One Mans Trash
    Anna from @onemastrashuk is passionate about sustainable jewellery design…
  • Jai from Earth Goddess Jewellery
    We were joined by Jai at our Midday Makers chat, finding out all about how she came into the world of jewellery from a very different life…
  • Louise from Louby Lou’s Luxuries
    We caught up with Louise from Louby Lou’s Luxuries to find out how she got into working with wax…
  • Becci Davies from Shore Fired Pottery
    During our MiddayMakers chat with Becci we found out how she transitioned from a career in hospitality to pottery…
  • Jo and Rob from Ginger and Tweed
    We were joined by Jo and Rob during our Midday Makers chat to find out how they combined their skills to create a unique upholstery business…
  • Roma Crookes from Unique Sonder
    We caught up with Roma to chat about how she transitioned from medical microbiology to vibrant jewellery design…
  • Heather Hanshaw from Loch Ness Leather
    Find out how second-generation leathersmith Heather first got into crafting with leather…
  • Sapphire from Sapphire Frills
    Discover how Sapphire’s career in fashion led her develop her passion project of vibrant jewellery making…
  • Jane Charles from Small Stitches 6
    Find out how Jane’s background in fashion led her to develop her creative textiles business…
  • Paulomi Debnath from Handmade by Tinni
    Have a watch of our lively chat with Paulomi frrom Handmade by Tinni to find out how she got into making sustainable and colourful cotton jewellery…
  • Pippa Hicks from Pipsty Puffin Art
    Our ambassador Lydia chatted with Pippa from Pipsy Puffin Art to find out how she got into painting and turned her hobby into a business…
  • Ian Driver from Kura Woodworks
    Learn how Ian’s love of wood began – and how making animal puzzles and wooden toys became his business…
  • Rachel’s Soaps at FirstLightMakersMarket
    We chatted live with Rachel as part of #FirstLightMakersMarket where we took over the First Light Festival instagram account and learnt more about how she makes her natural skincare products…
  • Helen Thrower Jewellery at FirstLightMakersMarket
    We spoke with Rachel Thrower during our #FirstLightMakersMarket IG takeover for First Light Festival 2020 and took a tour of her studio…
  • First Light Festival Midday Makers Takeover
    As part of First Light Festival 2020 we did an Instagram takeover on and hosted a FirstLightMakersMarket! Watch interviews with three local makers…
  • Kay Lilian Designs at FirstLightMakersMarket
    We interviewed Kay Lillian Designs as part of our Instagram takeover to host the #FirstLightMakersMarket for First Light Festival 2020. Enjoy!
  • Charlotte from Charlotte Miller Ceramics
    Discover how Charlotte Miller got into making ceramic budgies and guinea pigs…
  • Lani Scholtz from Sincerely Africa
    Watch Lani’s Midday Makers chat with Alice O’Connell to find out how she began printing textiles…
  • Katy from Katy Wilkinson Jewellery
    We chatted with Katy from Kew Jewellery to find out how she went from her day-job in marketing to working as jewellery designer full-time…
  • Sarah from Sarah Trotter Art
    Lydia chatted with Sarah Trotter to find out how she got into painting and about her background in surface pattern design…
  • Felicity Knights from Annie Honey Stitches
    Learn more about free motion embroidery with Felicity from Annie Honey Stitches…
  • Hannah from Sandpaper Kisses / Hannah Weeks Illustration
    Join Suffolk-based illustrator Hannah Weeks as she chats about her two creative businesses…
  • Hassina Khan from Sea Green Glass Art
    We chatted with Hassina to learn how she got into stained glass art and what it is about the process that she enjoys…
  • Andrea from Andrea Wright Designs
    Find out how Andrea’s background in fine art printmaking has influenced her tactile jewellery designs…
  • Gemma from Quirk Botanicals
    Discover how Gemma escaped the corporate world to create her vegan, cruelty-free, natural beauty business…
  • Sam Self from Self Made
    Read more about how Sam got into making sugar skull jewellery and developed her business ‘Self Made’.
  • Alice Oโ€™Connell from Wool & Water / Wool & Whiskers
    We caught up with Alice from Wool & Whiskers to find out about her business, her knitwear design background and life as a TV actress…
  • Lydia from Lydia Miriam Design
    Find out more about MMFH ambassador Lydia Miriam and her ethical tagua jewellery business.
  • Andy Greenacre from Unruly Print
    Learn more about artist and printmaker Andy from Unruly Print

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