Rachel Coleman Designs

Info:  Since childhood I have surrounded myself with animals and formed stories around their antics. Over the last ten years I have rescued many rabbits and guinea pigs, each a character with a story to tell. At the moment I have a managerie of pets, which are a constant source of inspiration and often feature in my work.

My love of the seaside developed from my interest in childhood memories. I moved a few months ago to be nearer to the seaside, and from this the textile pieces developed. This collection explores piers, fairgrounds, seagulls, all the things that take us back to childhood holidays and long hot summer days.

re:create

Info:  Can offer experienced workshop leaders in many art disciplines, music, drama, pottery, as well as inventive and imaginative workshops which combine the arts. The workshops are an ideal way to deliver many areas of the curriculum. We can offer support to the school arts coordinators and have experience in delivering Art Week programmes.

If you think recycling means a load of rubbish made into more rubbish, think again. I began re:create with a passion for recycling and it has never gone away. There are so many amazing things to do with other people's leftovers. Join me to discover just a few. It being Mother's Day bring your Mum, or, Mums ask your children to treat you.

Roy Youdale - Basketmaker

Info:  I started working as a professional basketmaker in 1994. I have demonstrated at the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury, and at the RHS Gardens at Wisley on several occasions. I work almost entirely to commission and have a stand at a couple of craft fairs a year.

Apart from standard orders for the normal range of domestic baskets, I have made a range of unusual items such as a set of winnowing fans for a schools project run by the Somerset Rural Life Museum; a basket for the 2009 Kensington Gardens production of “Peter Pan”; the motorbike panniers for the “Hairy Bakers” series on BBC 2; a set of “medieval” baskets for the film “Nottingham”; a range of different sized willow plates for a local pizzeria; a costume hamper for Glyndebourne; a large plant support for the RHS Education Department stand at the Chelsea Flower Show 1999; and coffins, both for children and adults.

I also make various sizes of plant supports and have made different kinds of baskets for garden use and undertake repair and restoration work.

I have a particular interest in using a variety of natural willow colours in my work, and have planted 1,800 sets on two allotments near my home in Bristol. There are over 30 different varieties represented and I am experimenting to see which varieties work best for basketmaking.

Sandblast

Info:  Is an arts and human rights charity. It works with the Saharawi people, who are refugees in the harsh Algerian desert or live oppressed in their own homeland of Western Sahara, Africa's last colony. Our mission is to enable the Saharawis to tell their own story, promote their own culture and earn a living through the arts. We seek to inform, inspire and engage and build links with the Saharawi people.

Sylvan Skills

Info:  Willow hurdles, living willow structures, plant trainers, domes, screens, arches and Christmas stars -- beautiful designs, hand crafted and made to order.

One to two day willow workshops on making hurdles, plant trainers, living willow structures and more -- ideal for special needs schools / groups.

Ruth Thompson -- willow artist and craft worker, in Hexham, Northumberland, UK -- trained with the coppice association in the 1990's and began by making hazel hurdles. Since then she has developed her business, working with willow using local biomass willow from Earth Balance and basket willow from her own willow plots. She is a member of a local basket makers group.

Sylvantutch

Info:  Approach the art and craftsmanship involved in the design and manufacture of rustic woodland furniture with a fresh and innovative style. Juxtaposing expert workmanship and artistic flair, we combine modern designs with traditional rustic furniture, making concepts to accentuate the charm of the old with the vibrant appeal of the individual contemporary touch.