Spotlight on the seller - Bob Haslam Photography

Bob Haslam Photography

Bob Haslam is a landscape photographer

living in Leeds.  

He primarily takes

pictures in Yorkshire where he grew up,

finding an endless source of inspiration

here.

He attempts to convey in his work

a timelessness and a feeling of solitude.

Spotlight on the seller - Contemporary Enamels by Shelley Lodge

Shelley Lodge graduated from Huddersfield University in 2012 with a first class honours degree in Art and Design. 

During her degree she specialised in enamelling and now makes a wide range of contemporary enamelled items including, jewellery (pendants, cuffs, earrings, bracelets, brooches) as well as wall art, miniature abstract landscapes, accessories and decorations. 

The enamelling process involves fusing glass to copper in a kiln at around 900 degrees; due to the nature of this process, all items are unique, as well as 100% handcrafted. Although the art of enamelling is thousands of years old, Shelley aims to be innovative in her approach to enamelling, creating contemporary pieces. 

Her overall intention is to create usable or wearable, unique pieces of abstract art, through the media of enamelling. Shelley’s work can be seen at Fabrication, The Light Shopping Centre Leeds as well as at art trails, artisan fairs and art markets throughout the region.

Spotlight on the seller - The Seasonal Larder

The Seasonal Larder

grow local - preserve local - think global

We produce handmade preserves inspired by and made from  local  &  seasonal  fruits,  vegetables,  flowers  and herbs, Our range varies throughout the year but includes: 

Cordials & Syrups

Jellies & Jams

Relishes

Fruit Sauces

Fruit Ketchups & Savoury Sauces

Dried Fruits

The  main  ingredients  for  all  our  products  are  always grown within 50 miles of our base in LS25. We get our fruit,  vegetables,  herbs  &  flowers  from  a  mix  of commercial growers, wild food and swapping with people who have grown more in their garden or allotment than they can use.

We take this approach because we believe that with the increasing  pressures  on  food  production  around the world, it just makes sense to use as much as possible of the  fantastic  and  varied  produce  that  grows all  around us.

hello@seasonal-larder.co.uk

07415 630160

Spotlight on the seller - Glass By Lydia Haines

Seller of the Week

Glass By Lydia Haines

I am a Leeds-based kiln-formed glass artist. Much of my work is about life, energy and movement. I am passionate about life, about living it to the full. I want my audience to engage my work in the same way - to indulge their senses, to feel, touch, delight and be stimulated.

I am fascinated by the effects of light on the hues and tones of the world around me and I love to transpose the vigor found in nature into my work. Using glass as an artistic medium allows me to work with light, manipulating its reflection, refraction and transmission through texture and form.

My Symphony series is a collection of original wall art pieces and 3D objets. I transpose the rhythm of the changing seasons and light on the enchanting Yorkshire landscape – the hills and dales, moorland, rivers and shorelines – into the rhythms and patterns within my work. I work with glass as painters would with paints. I hand cut, juxtapose and layer fine strips of glass to build up texture and create depth as painters would with paints on canvas. The collage is then kiln-fired to create a symphony of light, colour and texture.

I work to private and corporate commissions, offering a broad selection of visually arresting fused glass panels, wall art pieces, objet d’art and designer jewellery.  

Lydia Haines

Unit 16 Patrick Studios,

St Mary’s Lane, LS9 7EH

Designs@vitrumglassdesigns.com

www.vitrumglassdesigns.com

07949 148 175

Spotlight on the Seller: Happy Flower Art

My work is abstract and inspired by my surroundings, colour and basic pattern. I source these through meditative and visionary techniques as well as patterns seen in nature. I also use free form, almost subconscious methods. These processes produce unique pieces with a personal outlook and are often expressive of a certain energy/feeling. It is a result of my background in the Biological Sciences and Psychology as well as observations on life and how many things in nature mirror/represent the human ‘condition’. Hopefully the viewer can relate to and maybe create their own narrative around the piece relating to their own experience.

My artistic influences are visionary artists such as Bruce Rimell, modernists such as Brice Marden, and Frank Stella, Abstract Expressionists such as Mark Rothko and Op Artists such as Bridget Riley.  Also Outsider Artists such as David Shrigley.

I use acrylic paint and small brushes and/or marker pens on paper or canvas to create colourful, detailed images on A2 or smaller size but I do use other media as and when it is appropriate.

Most of my art originates from ideas from my little brain but I'm happy to work with clients on a commission basis to produce something that reflects their personality and needs too - it's always exciting to collaborate!

w:      www.happyflowerart.co.uk

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.