Meet the Maker - Dings Insainity

Today we are meeting Emma of Dings Insainity, who will be one of the exhibitors selling her original art at Handm@de Cambridge.

"My work mainly consist of paintings, drawing, illustrations and fine art prints, although I do branch out into other forms of medium. It is quite eclectic in terms of one piece can be very reminiscent of childhood and the next can be quite the opposite, dark, meaningful. But most of all they are almost always full of colour."

"What I like most about my work is The freedom of creativity, there are very little restrictions unlike with some other crafts and to me it is something I can get completely lost in."

Emma's eclectic work is available on Etsy, Folksy and Artfire. Handmade Cambridge will be the first fair that Emma and Dings Insainity will be exhibiting at!

A Badge and a Treasury

I have made an Etsy Treasury West featuring some of our wonderful exhibitors, it expires tomorrow so catch it whilst you can! Click on the picture to visit the Treasury.

We also now have a blog badge for our exhibitors to feature on their blogs or websites to indicate that they are participating. Use the image below or the image on the right sidebar under the list of designers. Enjoy!

Meet the Maker - Snappy Sausage

Our next exhibitor interview comes from Snappy Sausage run by Abbi from Northamptonshire.

“I try to make lovely things for those who like something a little bit different, with a sense of fun, but for those who also take their style seriously. We specialize in jewellery, accessories & cards and very shortly a range of mugs, egg cups & cushions. Jewellery ranges from bracelets & necklaces made from both new & vintage trinkets to little plastic illustrated earrings. snappysausage is for the girl who likes to dress down as much as she likes to dress up!”

“I was the little girl who always had glue in her hair & permanent felt tip everywhere. I come from a pretty creative family”

The name snappysausage comes from Abbi’s pet sausage dog Lulu, who would very much like to be at Handm@de but can’t unfortunately. Maybe we will do an outdoor fair and Lulu will be able to join us!

“What I like most about my craft is the versatility, one day I will be rummaging around fairs and markets for interesting treasures to use in my jewellery, and others I will be at home making jewellery, cards or designing prints.

Abbi’s work is available to buy at several locations, including her main site www.snappysausage.co.uk . You can also find snappysausage on Etsy, Folksy, Bonbi Forest, Never Ender and the Projeto Gallery (phew, Abbi is one hard working designer!) – as well as at Handm@de Cambridge.

Applications Closed!

We are happy to say that all the tables are now booked up for the Cambridge fair!

We have a great selection of handmade products on offer and I am happy we are able to offer such variety to all the visitors to the fair.

If you missed out on a table please email us at cambridge@handmadecraftfairs.co.uk to be added to the waiting list, we'll let you know if we have any cancellations and you are next on the list.

To get involved in the fair without being a stallholder you can help us fill our goodie bags, which will be given to the first 200 visitors on the day. Also we'd love it if you could visit the fair too!

See the website and flickr group for more details on promotional items.
www.handmadecraftfairs.co.uk
www.flickr.com/groups/handmadefairs

Meet the Maker - The Lapwing Printworks

Today we are featuring Jon and Sarah of The Lapwing Printworks. The couple who are based in Norwich make very unique hand pulled prints, lino cuts, wood cuts and wood engravings.

They have also recently branched out into letterpress and so now sell stationery too.

"We've always been interested in printmaking but it was only when we moved in together that we had the space to start creating our own prints." says Jon, "We sell our work online in our Etsy and Folksy shops and our website allows us to take on commissions. "

"What we love most about our work is first glimpse of a new print when the paper is first peeled back – after several hours planning and carefully cutting the image, it's very exciting to see the first proof!" says Sarah.

"In the future we'd like to do more collaborative prints together, as well as expanding our range of letterpress stationery."

You can visit The Lapwing Printworks at Handm@de Cambridge and also you can see their work online via the links below:

www.spoonergregory.etsy.com

http://folksy.com/shops/spoonergregory

http://www.spoonergregory.plus.com/