The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair

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Matthew Hilton

One of Britain’s foremost furniture designers for the last 20 years, Matthew Hilton established his own manufacturing business in 2007 in a bid to control the manufacturing and marketing of his designs more closely. With a small, focused design studio, an
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Ambrose Burne

Britain is famous the world over for its tradition of craftsmanship. Over the last couple of centuries, this nation has become well known for its fine furniture makers, silversmiths and wonderful pottery. Sadly, however (and as is the case all over the
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Eribe

Eribè is a Scottish knitwear design house, founded in 1986 by Rosemary Eribè, and situated on the Scottish borders in Galashiels. 'House' is the operative word here - as the flower-filled hilltop premises in which Eribè's loyal team design, knit and export to over 17 countries - seems more like a well tended but chaotic family home (complete with three resident cats) than a multinational manufacturing business. Welcome
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Simon Hasan

In recent years there has been an emergence of young designers from UK art schools turning their attention to some long neglected and very traditional English craft skills. Simon Hasan left The Royal College of Art and won a bursary for a creative road trip round England. Fascinated by the technique of leather flagons used in Medieval times for drinking ale, Hasan researched the process of boiling leather and today
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Max Lamb

Johnson Brothers have been producing ceramics in Stoke-on- Trent, England, for 130 years. Recently they have started working with new contemporary designers such as Max Lamb. The process of slip-casting for fine bone china begins with the creation of a three-dimensional model of the design known as a ‘master’ by a professional model-maker. From this the production mould is cast. For 1882’s new crockery Lamb is both
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Mulberry Factory The Rookery

English luxury brand Mulberry is a multinational brand sold across the world, but the mothership of production is found set into the rolling hills and fields of Somerset, at The Rookery - Mulberry's original UK factory. With the requisite Mulberry tree standing proudly on the front lawn, The Rookery is the only leather goods factory of its size in the UK.
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Shauna Richardson

Damien Hirst might pickle sharks and sheep but Shauna Richardson crochets and sculpts her life-size animals - uncanny taxidermy-like creatures. Referring to her work as 'crochetdermy' she combines themes such as objects, collecting, craft and realism, experimenting with accessibility and audiences. For the past two years Shauna has been working on creating one of the largest crochet
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Fox Brothers & Co Ltd

Established in 1772 by Thomas Fox, Fox Brothers have been supplying luxury woollen cloth to London's historic Savile Row tailors, the military and exclusive fashion designers ever since. To this day Fox Brothers continue to produce fine woollen fabrics at their site in Wellington, in the beautiful rural surroundings of Somerset in the West of England. In addition to being the
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Miranda Watkins

Pewter could easily be identified as one of the most iconic British materials. The alloy was introduced to Britain by the Romans around the second century AD and from the 15th century has had its very own comptroller in the form of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers based in the City of London. Originally forged from tin mined in Cornwall, England, pewter was the king of the tabletop both in crockery and cutlery (the
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Winchcombe Pottery

Established in 1926 on the site of a pottery dating back to the early 1800s, Winchcombe Pottery is one of the longest running studio potteries in the country and a magnet for trainee potters over the generations, many of whom have gone on to become well known in their own right. With a workshop that is open to visitors it is still making some of the finest and most practical
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Falcon Enamelware

The recognisable design of the ice white enamelware with the distinctive blue rim has been an icon of British home life since the 1920s. Keeping to the classic design London based studio Kiwi & Pom recently
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Based Upon

Based Upon was established by twin brothers Ian and Richard Abell in 2004. Now a team of 30 artists and designers, their speciality is creating large scale artworks and sculptural furniture using extraordinary surface techniques. The Abell brothers are especially renowned for their expertise with liquid metals and resins. Their belief is that the spirit of the work is narrated by the pieces that were used to make it, and
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Hellovon

Fabien Capello

Fabien Capello is a part of the ‘waste not’ design brigade, who collects Christmas trees left abandoned on streets after the festive season and transforms them into functional furniture. It is reassuring that designers such Capello are giving the kiss of life to these old skills, re-inventing and turning them lovingly into fresh, contemporary and original work. It is also highly encouraging that they are finding a
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MARK

MARK is a new furniture brand from Cornwall that was established in 2008 to champion the skilled craftsmanship of local manufacturers by pairing them with high quality contemporary design from Tomoko Azumi, Dylan Freeth, Kay + Stemmer and Sam Johnson. The Newlyn and St Ives Schools in Cornwall, which taught craft and design as well as being artists colonies, spawned a particularly identifiable style of furniture and
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1887

Weylux Scales

Still a family owned company, H Fereday & Sons is the weighing specialist behind the Weylux Queen scales – a design
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Lindsay Taylor

Lindsay Taylor is an embroiderer inspired by the plants and flora that inhabit Britain's woodland and rural landscape. It's not surprising that her studio is located at the edge of a large forest on the Isle of Wight, the perfect environment for her textile work, a place where she says "associations weave together - wild flowers, clambering plants, the dappled forest floor where the faeries of Shakespeare's Midsummer
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Ernest Wright & Son

The scissors and shears of family firm Ernest Wright & Son have been handmade in Sheffield – the birthplace of stainless steel – since 1902. A reputation for sharp business skills runs as far back as records can be found, however, when Walter Wright, who specialised in finishing scissor blades as an outworker, was known as ‘Master Scissor Putter-togetherer’. The company still
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Another Country

Another Country, set up in 2010 by the founding publisher of Wallpaper magazine Paul de Zwart, designs and makes
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1882 Ltd

1882 Ltd is producing contemporary china, with a very intriguing twist. Taking its name from its heritage: this was the year
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Laura Bacon

Mallet Antiques

David Mellor

Yorkshireman David Mellor was born and raised in Sheffield - the home of the industrial revolution and, among other things, a place with a long history of cutlery production. After training at the Sheffield College of Art and subsequently the RCA in London, Mellor made history with a knife, fork and spoon. Pride is a range of cutlery that he designed while still a student - it went into production in 1953, immediately won
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Astley Clarke

When Queen Victoria visited High Wycombe in 1877 the Buckinghamshire town was famous for making chairs. And for good reason it was, by that point, producing around
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Minimalux

Whether it’s a pen pot or an egg cup, Minimalux makes luxuries of life’s smallest details. Founded in 2009 by Mark Holmes, (who was previously founding design director of Established & Sons, one of Britain’s most successful contemporary furniture
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Sebastian Tarek

“I’m in no rush,” says Sebastian Tarek. Not today nor in fact, in general. The bespoke shoemaker, based in East London,
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Jaqueline Cullen

Jewellery designer Jaqueline Cullen's design process is somewhat unorthodox. Working with the rare Whitby jet - a prehistoric black fossil previously associated with Victorian mourning jewellery - even sourcing her raw materials involves having someone abseil down the Whitby cliffs to access the disused mines and ancient caves where it can be found. Although she doesn't do that
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Northamptonshire Shoes

Northamptonshire has been Britain’s shoemaking centre for more than 900 years: its reputation for producing quality
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Pinch

Husband and wife team Russell Pinch and Oona Bannon have been designing elegant bespoke and made-to-order handcrafted furniture from their studio in London since 2004. With a knack for creating timeless designs that are built to last, their pieces sit as
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