Featured Artists
Artisan Crafters
Vanessa Burley
Vanessa creates one-off thrown and hand-built stoneware ceramics, drawing inspiration from natural textures found in her surroundings in the Forest of Dean and walks in The Black Mountains. She produces uniquely shaped contemporary pots, enhanced by light and colour combinations.
Her ‘Shipwreck’ pots are thrown on the wheel and then altered by adding textures. She reworks the shape on the wheel, exploring the possibilities of the clay’s characteristics—creating holes, slits, and jagged edges that give each pot its individuality.
Monique Oliver
Monique has been pouring paint professionally since early 2016 and also teaches this mesmerising technique to others. Her obsession with pattern and colour goes beyond artistic choice—it reflects a deep-seated need to explore the relationship between spontaneity and control. Each piece she creates is a reflection of her inner world, a dance between instinct and intention. For Monique, art is both a sanctuary and a lifeline. Her new range of bestselling jewellery showcases the possibilities of fluid art, crafted from her recycled paint and set in hypoallergenic stainless steel, which doesn’t tarnish or discolour—much to the delight of her customers.
Chris Champness
Chris began knitting in 2005 and quickly became captivated by the variety of yarns and patterns available. After mastering the basics, knitting became a passion, with a focus on creating new and original pieces. Rarely are any two items the same, as patterns are adjusted, colors alternated, or embellishments added.
In 2013, Chris was introduced to knitting with silver wire, opening up a new world of household decorations and jewelry design. Each wire-knitted piece is unique, as no patterns are used, ensuring originality in every creation.
Mabel Ros
Mabel Ros was born and raised in Spain, where she studied arts, design and animation and moved to the United Kingdom when she was 22. She learned English and graduated with a degree in art history and creative writing and Ros is now merging her art and writing worlds.
She tells stories with paintings and illustrates books that tell stories – occasionally, she also writes them.
Sharon Allsopp
Sharon lives in the beautiful Forest of Dean and has a deep love for nature, which serves as the inspiration for her embroidery.
Adam Stephens
Adam is a self-taught artist based in the Forest of Dean. He works with pastel pencils and features his artwork on a variety of items, including coasters, cards, keyrings, plaques, and bookmarks. His subjects typically include animals, flowers, and buildings, reflecting his love for nature. Inspired by local walks through woodlands and around lakes, his work captures the beauty of the natural world.
Vivienne Crabbe
Vivienne balances her time between her work as a part-time Intensive Care Nurse and her passion for jewellery making. She specializes in creating sterling silver chainmaille jewellery and working with silver metal clay to produce beautiful fine silver pieces. Inspired by nature and the world around her, she crafts unique designs that reflect her love for intricate detail and craftsmanship.
Dawson Pottery
Amanda Dawson is a ceramic artist specialising in rustic, nature-inspired stoneware. Using a slow, considered slab-building technique, she creates unique, small-batch vases and bowls with textured surfaces and intricate three-dimensional leaf embellishments. Each piece reflects a connection to the Forest of Dean
Monmouthshire Potters
Monmouthshire Potters is a group of hobby potters who create and sell funky, unique, and individual pottery and ceramics. They work with earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain, producing both sculptural and functional pieces at affordable prices, all reflecting their love of clay.
Ty Twt Studio
Ty Twt Studio is run by Kirsty, a jewellery maker and illustrator based in Abergavenny. Her work blends contemporary, bougie, and alternative styles, featuring bold, colorful designs with block colors and contrasting palettes. She creates polymer clay jewellery and gifts and prints her illustrations onto cards, stationery, and more.
Ingrida Surai
Ingrida Surai is a jewellery maker based in Bristol, specialising in crafting pieces from recycled or ethically sourced metals and materials, complemented by recycled packaging. Utilizing traditional silversmithing techniques, each piece is meticulously handmade from start to finish. Embracing the principles of slow fashion, her jewellery is produced in small quantities or made to order, ensuring both quality and sustainability.
Leah Roberts
Leah Roberts is an artisan based in Caldicot, Monmouthshire, specializing in crafting small decorative items for the home and garden using concrete and ceramics. Her creations, often referred to as “little concrete faces,” are handmade in Wales and add character to various spaces.
Lisa Jefferies
Lisa is an Artist creating colourful and uplifting artwork and gift ideas, specialising in modern expressive florals and landscapes. Lisa’s work is predominantly acrylic and mediums on canvas and she runs art workshops and takes on commission work as well as attending community events to showcase her work.
Pig and Pip
Pig and Pip is a handmade clothing brand based in the heart of Chepstow. All items are sewn by Hayley Miles using bright, fun fabrics that children love to wear. She is best known for her unique Welsh designs which are sold all over Wales in shops from Caernarfon to Cardiff.
Lesley Jane Jewellery
Lesley is a jewellery designer and maker based in Chepstow, specializing in creating jewellery and gifts from reclaimed copper, recycled silver, and enamel. She regularly exhibits at events throughout South Wales and beyond. Her work is often nostalgic, drawing inspiration from vintage textiles, crockery, and old book illustrations.
Joanne Walsh
Joanne specializes in crafting chainmaille jewellery and gifts, meticulously assembling each piece by hand. Utilizing numerous small aluminium rings, each is individually opened, linked with others, and closed into various chainmaille weaves. The choice of aluminium, particularly anodized aluminium, offers a diverse palette of color combinations, allowing for vibrant and personalized designs. Aluminium’s lightweight nature and resistance to tarnishing make it ideal for everyday wear. The artisan’s journey into chainmaille jewellery began over a decade ago with the purchase of a kit, sparking an enduring passion for this intricate craft.
Aurora Cacialli
Aurora produces handmade creations in cold ceramic, including decorative objects and fridge magnets. She also creates mandalas and paintings on stone, acrylic paintings on canvas, and 3D-designed mugs.
Christine Taylor
Christine creates lovely glass objects in her small studio, which she happily shares with friends and family. She also sells her work to fellow glass enthusiasts at a couple of fairs throughout the year.
Helen Carter
Helen creates jewellery using precious metals, semi-precious stones, crystals, fossils, and other natural materials. She is based at the Wye Valley Crafts cooperative shop in Abbey Mill, Tintern.
Alan flower
Alan creates nature-inspired mosaics using tiles, china, glass, and found items. Each piece is handmade, making every creation unique.
