Yesterday, Nubby Tope and I went to spend much of the morning / luncheon time at the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair!
I successfully negotiated the first hurdle of the morning - which was resisting the temptation to get on the 'Borth Express' which happened to be leaving the station just before the train I needed to Manchester!
After a fun bus journey (there were a couple of pug's on the bus that seemed to enjoy the journey) we had a quick scamper in the wrong direction, before getting back on track and spying the signs to guide us the right way!
A wristband each later and we were in! It was jam packed with loveliness, although also jam packed with people perusing the loveliness, and rather warm in some of the rooms!
There were rather a lot of things that caught our fancy! Particular favourites were....
Nubby invested in a couple of lovely cards and we both loved her prints and also her book! (Noisy Neighbours). She also has a wonderful blog (redrutho.blogspot.com)!
Jennifer Collier 'recycled and transformed papers that would go unloved; exploring the "remaking" of household objects. She also has a fab website and some amazing work! I particularly like her cameras...
We also really liked Katie Almond's work... 'hand painted porcelain jugs, cups and cake stands inspired by nostalgia and vintage ephemera'. I've just been reading her blog which if lovely and has some great images of her work!
And finally (as I have to get up at some point!) we were also very taken with Julie Haslam who makes 'innovative home textiles inspired by an old family recipe book' ! They were great - we were particularly taken with the 'Rock buns' a family favourite as Tippity Nippett showed in a previous post!
There were many more exhibitors work that we really liked - I might add some more later!
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