The story of our Christmas 2020 film
It’s been a tough year, but through it all a community of makers across the UK have kept going – stitching, turning, moulding, carving, painting, knitting, sculpting, printing, fusing, forging and crafting to bring the joy to Christmas 2020.
We wanted to celebrate them all with a film that shows the love, care, passion and craftsmanship that goes into every handmade present.
With Covid restrictions in place that wasn’t easy. Not to be defeated by a pandemic, we put a call-out to all our makers, asking for their help… and the films started to come rolling in. Each time a new one arrived, we felt a surge of delight and pride in our incredible community and we became determined to squeeze as many as possibly into the final cut. The last scene is a collection of all those many hands, coming together to make this Christmas even more special.
So here’s to the makers making Christmas!
We hope you love it as much as we do. Watch it here…
You can also watch it on YouTube here – https://youtu.be/SghcDWseD-I
And on Vimeo here – https://vimeo.com/480852162
Music: Buying Presents by Borrtex
All the makers featured in the film
Thank you to everyone who helped us make this movie – find them all here and please show them your love by visiting them on Folksy!
Starring in order of appearance…
Knitted Christmas rabbit ornament
Made by Dina from Candyfleece – https://folksy.com/shops/Candyfleece
Little ceramic wren box
Made by Bev Seth from Seth Ceramics – https://folksy.com/shops/SethCeramics
‘Cosy Woodland Cabin’ original linocut print
Made by Carrie from Rose and Hen – https://folksy.com/shops/RoseandHen
Wheel-thrown mug
Made by Kate from Kate Cooke Ceramics – https://folksy.com/shops/KateCookeCeramics
Eco silver jewellery
Made by Sarah from Sarah and the Wolf – https://folksy.com/shops/SarahandtheWolf
Hand-woven merino scarf
Made by Nell from Hem: Handwoven – https://folksy.com/shops/HemHandwoven
Hand-painted acorns
Made by Annie from Annie Stothert Art https://folksy.com/shops/AnnieStothertArt
Silver Earrings
Made by Nikki from Magic in the Grass – https://folksy.com/shops/Magicinthegrass
Gingerbread House tree decoration
Made by Teresa from Shirley Rainbow – https://folksy.com/shops/ShirleyRainbow
Robin Hood’s Bay two-colour original linocut print
by James Green – https://folksy.com/shops/jamesgreenprintworks
Marbled Resin Earrings
Made by Dania from Whylder Mills – https://folksy.com/shops/WhylderMills
Crocheted Letterbox Flowers
Made by Alison from Sakarma Handmade – https://folksy.com/shops/SakarmaHandmade
Also featuring the enormously talented hands of…
Cat King Ceramics – https://folksy.com/shops/catkingceramics
Clare Gets Crafty – https://folksy.com/shops/claregetscrafty
Drama Llama – https://folksy.com/shops/TheDramaLlama
Fran Barnett Jewellery – https://folksy.com/shops/FranMade
Glass and Light Studio – https://folksy.com/shops/katsglass
Handmade Retro Jewellery – https://folksy.com/shops/Fallon1986
Lorna Gilbert – https://folksy.com/shops/thepottingstudio
Makes Scents Candles – https://folksy.com/shops/MakesScentsStudio
Mansefield Art and Crafts – https://folksy.com/shops/MansefieldArtandCrafts
Marion Miller Jewellery – https://folksy.com/shops/MarionMillerJewellery
Monica Gabb – https://folksy.com/shops/MonicaGabb
Melissa Montague from Ivy925 – https://folksy.com/shops/Ivy925
Orgill Originals – https://folksy.com/shops/orgilloriginals
Rosy Moon – https://folksy.com/shops/RosyMoonUK
Ruth Markwell – https://folksy.com/shops/RuthMarkwell
Peak Pet Services – https://folksy.com/shops/PeakPetServices
Sew Taylor Made Designs – https://folksy.com/shops/Sewtaylormadedesigns
Silver Nutmeg – https://folksy.com/shops/SilverNutmeg
SilverHares – https://folksy.com/shops/Silverhares
The Paper Kaleidoscope – https://folksy.com/shops/ThePaperKaleidoscope
The White Picket Fence Workshop – https://folksy.com/shops/thewhitepicketfenceworkshop
Victoria Williams Jewellery – https://folksy.com/shops/victoriawilliams
A huge HUGE thank you to each and every one of you – and to everyone who chooses to buy handmade this year.
