Exhibitors – Liverpool Arts Market

Jacky Thornton – Wooly Thoughts

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Jacky Thornton designs and makes a wide variety of hand knitted accessories and gifts, including gloves and hats of all types and colours, as well as lace scarves. She is also well known for crafting small knitted animals and famous characters such as Gandalf and Daleks, and has more recently begun creating patchwork products. These include quillows, table runners, cushion covers, babies’ play mats and mug rugs. All goods are unique and individually made by Jacky to the highest standard. Prices range from £4 for small knitted animals to £35 for large patchwork quillows.

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The Jones Boys

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The Jones Boys are a pair of twins who believe there’s nothing better in this world than a cup of tea and doing what you love. Their design ethos involves taking first hand reference and photographic records and stripping back the detail to leave powerful, strong shapes and shadows. Taking limited colour swatches from vintage posters, as well as colour swatches from the 20’s and 30’s, allows them to produce their Liverpool architectural inspired designs. Their joint venture began when they were asked to create nostalgic, old-world illustrations in 2013 in the reminiscent style of Jean Berté’s printing process. They describe Liverpool architecture as some of the best in the world and love to explore this in their work. The Jones Boys offer bold prints in the form of greetings cards and framed pieces to decorate the home with, or to give as a thoughtful gift.

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Katherine Bennetton – Markat Designs

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Katherine and Abi are a mother and daughter team with a passion for designing and making beautiful textile items. They use high quality novelty fabrics (the more animals the better, they say!) and are always on the lookout for new creations to add to their range. Katherine has been sewing for as long as she can remember, making everything from curtains to prom dresses. She began creating fun and unique textile items to sell in 2016 and decided to bite the bullet, giving up the day job to pursue her dream full time.

She now travels around the North of England attending various craft, country and food fairs with her collection. Katherine has also taken to sourcing new fabrics on her travels including materials from Peru and Spain. She joined forces with Abi in 2017, having inspired her daughter to take up sewing. Abi enjoys experimenting with new products and spends far too many hours on Pinterest, taking in the bright and bold designs.

Their products include cosmetic bags in a range of sizes, purses, bunting, tea cosies, tote bags, cushions and aprons. All items are styled on things they would (and do) own, as well as by requests from family and friends. Wherever possible, the duo personalise each product, making them unique and special for each person. They pride themselves on doing their small part as a sustainable business – making long lasting items which can be kept for years and avoiding plastic wherever possible.

Katherine and Abi operate online Etsy and Amazon Handmade shops, as well as stocking local outlets with a range of their products. However, they have always loved being able to meet their customers face to face, valuing the feedback and enthusiasm they receive and hoping to inspire other people to take up sewing. Their products are accessible to customers of all budgets, selling a large number of products under £20 with a wide price range overall.

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Stephanie Davies – Stephanie Cole Design

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Stephanie Davies has been an illustrator and maker for eight years, now specialising in a range of stationery, home accessories, wooden and rope jewellery, all designed and created in her garden studio in Manchester (when she’s not busy painting wonderfully colourful murals). The range is inspired by bright colours, shapes and her cherished time spent living in Scandinavia, admiring ‘the beautiful every day’, always keeping the environment in mind. Her price range begins at as little as £2.50, so there’s something for everyone.

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David Rycroft

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David Rycroft’s work is ever-evolving, which he describes as stronger and more engaging than when he first began his creative career. However, the references, themes and influences from his earlier pieces are noticeable. At the core of his creations is decoupage, using mixed media and recycled printed media. Often using pre-loved materials, David’s products are not vintage or second-hand, as each piece is handmade, carefully crafted and unique, making no two pieces the same. He takes inspiration from his childhood and education, creating a feeling of nostalgia.

Quality is paramount to David and he believes his work is successful due to skill, ambition and customer service. He loves to make each purchase fun and interesting, explaining his passions and inspirations and taking every response to his work as positive motivation. His prices range from £20 to £100.

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Rachael Laisney – Crafty Badger

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Rachael Laisney is a ceramic artist based in Southport. She runs a studio in Birkdale Village and loves to see the other artists at work and the creations they come up with. Her own pieces are inspired by nature and she works with stoneware clay, ensuring it is of high quality, weatherproof, food safe and microwavable. The ceramist uses various techniques including sgraffito, carving, wheel throwing and hand-building, and has recently begun combining sterling silver with ceramics and glass to make unique, quality jewellery. She also likes to experiment with different glaze combinations, contrasting them with the text and decoration on her pieces. Other than that, Rachael creates personalised and handmade pieces including mugs, plant pots, ‘mugloos’ (gnome homes) and gnome and nature related sculptures.

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Megan Hesketh – Sherbet Stitches

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Megan Hesketh and her mother hand knit and crochet an adorable range of homewares and gifts, mostly catering towards little ones. Their products include blankets, soft toys, clothing, accessories, garlands and more. These unstoppable crafters use high quality material in every piece and do it out of their love of the crochet process, rather than financial gain. Custom orders are also available, so customers can choose colours, styles and everything in between!

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Sandra Hepworth Textile Artist

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Sandra Hepworth makes bright and original stitched landscapes on recycled textiles, largely based around Liverpool’s local architecture. Her bold, black outlines make a statement against the lively patterns beneath, and no two pieces are ever the same. She has a passion for all things touchy-feely and uses every day observations as inspiration to create one-off pieces using collage, stitch, handmade felt and fabric manipulation. Sandra has also begun reproducing her work on mugs, magnets, shirts and bags, making perfect gifts and souvenirs to take home.

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Linda Towey – Zavannah

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Linda Towey designs and makes a lovely range of contemporary fashion jewellery using sterling silver, Tibetan and silver plated pieces, strung onto waxed cord, suede, and leather. Everything is created in her signature shades of grey with silver and she takes influence from feathers, leaves and spiritual signs. Linda has recently fallen in love with natural stone beads and has crafted a new range using stone and sterling silver beads, charms and tassels, which she believes to be stunning and very different to the other kinds of jewellery available. This jeweller makes what she loves and loves what she makes.

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Steve Flanagan – Chainage78

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Steve Flanagan is part of a family based team who love to use their innovation and passion for creative crafting to produce unique pieces for their clients. A collaborative approach enables them to draw upon various skills from years of general interests and hobbies. These include woodturning, woodwork, knitting, sewing, crochet, card making, french polishing & general craft.

They enjoy creating funky, unique, handcrafted items for the home, place of business or as a unique gift for someone special. As well as creating new pieces, they also revive existing items through upcycling and repurposing, making them desirable once again using recycled and new materials. Their services include upcycled/repurposed furniture and home decor, restoration and repairs of furniture, upholstery, bespoke commissions, decoupage, hand painted wooden letters, handmade bags, and crocheted items such as tea cosies, blankets, jewellery and more.

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