Andean Fair Trade Craft Shop

Info:  Ecuador is a country steeped in history and culture with influences from Pre-Colombian, colonial, and Afro-Caribbean sources that have produced a unique blend of visual and and textile crafting not found elsewhere in the world.

From 2000 BC to nowadays, Andean crafting techniques have not changed, passing from one generation to another. The reason for the survival of this crafting tradition is due to the great importance of textiles, crafting and art in the Andean culture.

We have large range of hand-made Andean crafts all fair-traded in the Ecuadorian Mountains.

Anne Honeyman - Textile Artist & Embroidery Designer

Info:  As a textile artist, I revel in the infinite creative possibilities of my chosen medium. Although I specialise in free machine embroidery, I draw on a wide range of techniques to realise my ideas. These include papermaking, felting, hand embroidery, dyeing and metalwork. My work is varied and constantly evolving, but recurring themes emerge – especially the natural environment and man’s impact upon it through the ages. As well as wall-hung art, I make 3D decorative and functional objects such as bowls, bags and jewellery. I also design projects for magazines, helping to bring contemporary embroidery to a wider audience.

Anthony Roussel - Sculptural Jewellery

Info:  Believes that good design and responsible supply chains go hand in hand, just as good business and ethics are possible. He can trace the origin of the source of all the woods he works with, which is of utmost importance in an increasingly ethical and eco conscious market. They are naturally dyed using water filtration systems, and also coloured using milk based paints. All the precious metals that are incorporated into Roussel’s designs have been sourced from suppliers that mine legitimately.

A light-weight, strong and robust material, wood offers the maximum possibilities in terms of construction and wearability. Patiently bonding very thin layers of birch, maple, ash, sycamore and walnut, Roussel is able to create astonishingly beautiful forms. This humble material is then lasered sealing the edges of the wood and releasing the natural oils while removing any possibility of splinters. The milk based paints applied to the material are completely natural, odourless and non allergic.

Art Shades - Stitched Paper Lampshades by Sarah Walker

Info:  All the lampshades you will see here are individually designed and handcrafted by Sarah Walker in her studio at the foot of the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire. The distinctive lampshades are created from renewable plant-fibre paper, which is stitched and hand cut. The shades can be customised to suit you. The shades can be sent worldwide or purchased as a complete table lamp in the UK and US.

Bacchia

Info:  Is an eco-ethnic-ethical store with authentic traditional, natural, organic and fair trade handmade products from all over the world. Bacchia was created by a small group of people who were born and raised in Athens. Soon our love and respect for nature led us to the wondrous mountain of the Centaurs, Pelion, where, along with developing Bacchia, we cultivate herbs by using biodynamic methods.

After twenty years of experience and study of ancient cultures and ethnobotany, we created this unique site where you can find carefully selected goods of the highest quality, combining the natural and traditional ways of ethnic cultures with the social and ecological awakening of our era. An eco-ethnical market follows green policies based on ethos and strong moral values, supports fair trade and considers natural, organic, fair trade goods which highlight the local, traditional and unique features of every place of our planet.

Bits and Bobs

Info:  Is a social enterprise that aims to create employment for people with disabilities in a reuse business and related environmentally friendly ventures. It remains the cheapest place to source a wide range of materials and is accessible to the whole community. You will always find a friendly face to serve you and share our enthusiasm for creative activity which minimises waste.

Bits and Bobs is a reuse project that makes unwanted arts and crafts supplies available to their members, with the hope that we will give them a new lease of life. Unwanted wool and ribbon may find a new home in a nursery class and off-cuts of card and foam may be magically transformed into masks from around the world! We are a low cost resource for many community groups, teachers, playleaders, families and students.

Blue Moon

Info:  Fair trade, ethnic clothing and crafts -- Nomads, Namaste, Gringo, Pachamama, Gossypium, Siesta, Shared Earth, Patchouli Fair.

Visit Blue Moon in the picturesque market town of Diss. Find us on St. Nicholas Street, opposite Weaver's Wine Bar. Nearby is Cobb's Yard and Norfolk House Yard, where you will find other interesting speciality shops and a delightful vegetarian cafe 'Amandines'.

Carole Beavis - Wildwood Products

Info:  Lives and works in Derbyshire, planting living willow sculptures and structures in the winter, and making wildwood chairs, tables and baskets in the summer. Never happier than when outside in the beautiful woodlands around her home, she has created a range of chairs and tables which allow us to bring a little of that magic home. Most of the pieces are made from locally, sustainably sourced wood, driftwood rescued from the sea and found objects.

Consuelo Radclyffe

Info:  I make three dimensional sculptures using clay, wire, paper and disregarded materials. My work expresses a mixture of my own memories, with provocative tales embebbed in childhood memories. I engage narratives from cultural traditions, including my country of birth Brazil, exploring nostalgia and joyful play times mixed with sibling rivalry and childhood insecurities. The expressions on the faces are essential to demonstrate the psychological state of mind of being a child, inviting the viewers to contemplate the interior world of the subject.

creative charlie - art & craft for kids

Info:  All of our art and craft projects have been designed by Kerri Sellens, an artist with over 10 years experience of running art workshops for children in schools, galleries and museums. Each project contains everything you need to complete a variety of fun and stimulating artistic activities with your child. Easy to follow instruction sheets, along with all of the necessary art equipment, are included. All project content has been carefully sourced to provide child-friendly and age-appropriate materials.

We think kids should be able to use recyclable, renewable, ethical products from an early age. As such, Creative Charlie is developing products with our environment in mind. All of the paper and card used throughout is recycled and, where possible, contents and packaging are reusable rather than disposable. By using these materials, Creative Charlie provides an exciting way to introduce environmental issues to young children.

Designed for 3 to 6 year olds, the art and craft projects are an opportunity for adult and child to engage together in creative and green play.