ARTISAN MADE UK
2027 DATE
Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th March
SKIPTON AUCTION MART BD23 1UD
SAT 10AM-4PM SUN 9AM-4PM

ARTISANMADEUK
2025/2026
EXHIBITOR
DIRECTORY

CERAMICS
ELLUL CERAMICS
Lisa of Ellul Ceramics creates hand built ceramic vessels, forms and botanical wall art from her studio in the beautiful Peak District. Her love of nature and fascination with the beautiful natural structures, textures and imagery found in rock formations, plants and seed pods inspires her ceramics. Each piece is totally unique.

JEWELLERY
FACTORY FLOOR JEWELS
Returning For 2027
Factory Floor Jewels is handmade in designer Kate’s Liverpool studio, telling the story of her fascination with the engineering and marine history of the city.
Influenced by her engineer father, she uses an eclectic mix of materials, including recycled silver, steel, brass, copper and some repurposed items.
Collections offer a timeless look, clean lines and classic silhouettes that never go out of style and are always conversation starters and make the perfect gifts.

TEXTILES
FELTED YARNS
Katy at Felted Yarns creates artwork and clothing using the finest Merino wool and Tussah Silk. She uses wet felting techniques to make unique fabrics and products. Her clothing is vibrant, soft and luxurious. She specialises in making scarves, cowls, kits and bowls. Her designs are inspired by the Yorkshire countryside, coast and seasons. Katy regularly exhibits and shows at events across the North of England. She is a member of the International Feltmakers Association.

JEWELLERY
FI MEHRA DESIGNS
Returning For 2027
Fi has been obsessed with everything jewellery, ever since she took her first evening class at the age of 16. Other than sat in front of her work bench, Fi’s happy place is buying gemstones. She designs a lot of her pieces around the stones. Fi absolutely loves what she does, and it gives her great pleasure knowing that others enjoy wearing her work as much as she enjoys making it.

MIXED MEDIA
FIONA GRIMSHAW ART
New For 2027
Fiona Grimshaw is a mixed media artist whose abstract and semiabstract landscapes and seascapes are rooted in her memories rather than representation. Working with layered acrylics, textures, and intuitive mark-making, she creates compositions that explore atmosphere and emotion. With a background in graphic design spanning over three decades, she now finds full expression on canvas, inviting viewers into contemplative, immersive worlds shaped by colour, materiality, and the essence of nature.

SCULPTURE
FRAILLOOP
Gavin Darby up-cycles scrap steel, old tools, just about anything steel, to create a range of
sculptures for inside and out. Animals, butterfies, flowers and the occasional tree are created from
the metal brought to Gavin's studio.

ART
ELLWOOD PARKER
Louise Ellwood Parker is a painter of creatures. From her studio in the small village of Silverdale, Louise specialises in painting birds and mammals of the UK. She captures the unique features and
personalities of each species often with humour.
Original artworks often painted on reclaimed materials are transformed into a range of paper-based stationery. Her current range of products includes, greeting cards, prints, notelets, notebooks, wooden brooches, bookmarks, badges and magnets.

HOMEWARE
FANTASY CANDLES
Returning For 2027
Based near Aberystwyth, multi award winning Fantasy Candles has been making pure beeswax
candles for over 20 years. We make a large range of pure beeswax candles in natural and coloured
beeswax. Currently, we have a range of over 100 candles including traditional dipped candles,
functional pillar candles and decorative candles. Beeswax is a by product of honey production and
is a naturally scented, slow burning wax which cleans the air as it burns.

HOMEWARE
FERN STUDIO
Beth Fairchild, a self-taught concrete casting artist from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, explores the interplay between texture and form in her work. Through age-old techniques, she transforms raw concrete into captivating pieces that blend industrial aesthetics with artistic expression. Beth’s creations reflect her passion for sustainability, waste reduction, and using recycled materials whenever possible while inviting viewers to appreciate the beauty inherent in and boldness of concrete as a medium.

ART
FINE ART BY SHAUN
Shaun is a UK based artist, as a pet owner and lover of wildlife it is a natural progression to capture the character, beauty, and personality of the natural world. Working mainly in graphite HB pencil, taking time building up the layers and tones, using quality acid free Italian papers to ensure the detail of each commission is captured. Each piece varies in time taken, the larger works can take around 50-60 hours to complete.

ART
FONTED
Fonted travel across the UK photographing public signage on hotels, pubs, shops and iconic buildings.
As a result they have generated a vast archive of beautiful letters in a variety of typographic styles, ranging from vintage and weathered to sleek and contemporary.
The letters are then used to create fine art prints and greeting cards. On the reverse of each piece, a certificate indicates the location of each letter and the building it originates from.

JEWELLERY
FRANCESSA LOBB JEWELLERY
With an eye for intricate detail and curiosity for pre
owned items, Francesca’s work focuses on how an
object evokes personal comfort through recognition
and familiarity. Inspired by everyday objects that
often go unnoticed, from matchsticks to hook-and
eye fastenings, Francesca creates handcrafted
contemporary jewellery and personal possessions,
some of which are wearable and others merely
companions to our everyday lives.
