maker interview

Meet Kayleigh Radcliffe, maker of extraordinary, curious and quirky anthropomorphic characters in ink, paint and clay.

Tina Martin from DaisyWings is an illustrator known for her whimsical art and cards. Her cheerful colour palette, light touch and lively depictions of flowers, fairies, trees, bugs and everything in between would brighten up even the gloomiest of days. Find out what inspires her, how she started her business and what advice she would give someone starting out on their own creative adventure…

Meet embroidery artist Victoria Matthewson, who paints exquisite pieces of art with needle and thread – each one embroidered meticulously in luminous silk thread and each taking weeks or even months to stitch.

Textile artist Amanda Barnes tells us how her hand-crafted menagerie of mice and other small creatures first began, and how one of her mice got a (miniature) starring role in US TV show, Criminal Minds.

Meet potter Sejal Patel from Sejal Ceramics, the part-time pharmacy worker who makes porcelain vases, bottles and planters with dashes of metallic detailing from the pottery in her converted garage