We love paper!
Where do
you produce your work? Does your working environment form part of the
inspiration for your art?
We recently gave up a great studio
space in Leeds under the eves of an old working men’s social club. Now you will
find us beavering away in our homes, we are slowly turning our homes into giant
workspaces! We love interiors and display so our environment reflects our inspiration
from colour, simplicity and pattern
Is your
art your main job? How did you get started?
Charley got started as a little girl
drawing and Sarah with a pair of scissors, twenty ish years later we are
collaborating on design and illustration having met in Salts Mill, where we
have both worked for almost a decade. Now Charley is awaiting her first baby
and Sarah is off to bake some cakes!
What
work will you be exhibiting at the Saltaire Festival Makers’ Fair Special?
Paper design products and stationery.
Prints, Cards, Gift Tags, Gift Wrap, Gift Boxes, Notebooks, Party Supplies,
Mobiles and Paper Diamonds(better than a real diamond!)
Do you
work in any other mediums besides the work you will be exhibiting at the
Makers’ Fair Special?
We are suckers for a new idea so we
are always experimenting with textiles, printing, photography and collage.
Where
else can we see and buy your work?
The lovely new Radstudio down the
road! The Bowery in Headingley, Chirpy in Chapel Allerton, The Ju Ju shop in Leeds,
The Green House in Idle where we have an up-coming pop up shop! We sell online
too.
Tell us
about your most exciting or memorable commission?
Designing the signage for the shiny
new Brown Sugar Vintage! So exciting to see our work on the front of a real
life shop! We got to dress the windows, with waves and diamonds of course, and
design all the branded material for the shop. Some lovely invitations and
clothes tags!
What was
it about the Saltaire Festival Makers’ Fair Special that made you want to apply
to exhibit?
Saltaire is where we live and work,
we love it here and love being involved and supporting something local and
creative.
Have you
participated or visited the Saltaire Festival Makers’ Fair Special before?
Fresh from university a couple of
years ago we had a great day doing the September Makers’ Fair, two years later
we have developed and honed our simple and humorous ideas. It feels like doing
it for the first time all over again! We always love visiting the fair, some of
our favorites include the lovely Sun Light on Closed Lids, Death By Tea and
Butterscotch and Beesting!
What is
unique about it and how does it differ from other events?
It’s local and it supports great
creative folk. Simple.
Could
you leave us with one more interesting fact about yourself or your work?
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