Spotlight on the Seller- UrbanFox

At UrbanFox we believe that nature should be a large part of everybodies lives. Our prints are designed to bring an essence of the outdoors into your urban surroundings.

People are naturally inclined to surround themselves with natural objects, concisely or otherwise and natural materials, textures, colours and imagery are always on trend in home wares. We like to put an emphasis on the inspiration we draw from natural things but we also like to add edgy colours and imagery with different textures and finishes to create something very unique for our special and unique customers. All our handmade and hand screen-printed items are made with love and care, time and effort.

At UrbanFox we design, print and create all items by hand. We create a whole range of home wares, printed and woven fabrics. We specialise in beautiful decorative cushions, to add a touch of colour and uniqueness to any home, chair or bed.

We also take on commissions and custom orders; get in touch for more information. ‘My greatest inspiration comes from designing and making for customers, I work to create an atmosphere for the customer and an item that they are proud to own. Animals and nature inspire most of my work, looking at old anatomical drawings and diagrams tend to be the base of my concepts. It’s amazing to see a whole project through from initial sketches to finished products, whether it’s a small printed cushion or a re-furbished chair and its good seeing the customer enjoy their unique product.’

Spotlight on the seller - JEMS

Back in 2003, I dreamed about becoming  a furniture designer.  I began a furniture/product design degree in 2005 with high hopes... however , it was not to be. Throughout my life jewellery design has always been in the background of daily routine,  and it slowly dawned on me, “Ey, I'm all right at this!”

 After this epiphany, and many pro and con lists, I enrolled for the Metalwork& Jewellery degree at Sheffield Hallam in 2008, and life took a massive silver fork in the road.

After graduating in 2012 and a month visiting Thailand, I started on the rocky road of self employment. In the beginning there were me, my saw, many broken blades and some scrap metal, but as time marched on things started to happen and I was looking more and more like a jewellery designer, and so I set up JEMS. 

My inspiration is a combination of memories, rituals of British life, and a love of my county; Yorkshire. JEMS jewellery and precious objects are tools that enable the act of reminiscing on the life gone by, as well as lovely objects to treasure.

The Seaside Memories collection is a group of precious metal jewellery and objects that is inspired by childhood trips to the coast, and the junk I would bring back simply for memories sake. Every day I look at photos or hold the many pebbles scatted around the house and remember.

The act of reminiscing is such a personal thing, and to remember the days gone by helps me develop my future, it seems to be a bit of an ironic Escher puzzle, which I love. To be so attached to an object simply for memory’s sake is something truly human and to be able to design and make for clients is an honour.

JEMS is a jewellery design business that will always provide you with the human experience... as well as a proper cup of tea and a biscuit.