I am a designer/maker based in Faversham and Medway.
My work involves the use of recycled paper, plastic and textiles combined with digital imagery. I am currently working on a range of accessories made from recycled plastic bags.

Location: Faversham | Medway
Contact: sian.ffrangcon@btinternet.com

Dark Horse creates unique jewellery & accessories that are handcrafted from the finest leather & textiles. Offering an irreverent take on the quintessentially British lifestyle & its eccentricities, each piece combines traditional techniques with fashion-forward styling….. Gorgeous colourways, heavy embellishment and attention to detail all typify these saddlery-inspired statement pieces.

Location: Faversham
Website: www.darkhorseornament.co.uk
Contact: info@darkhorseornament.co.uk

I have just completed a Ba (hons) in Fine art at The University of Creative Arts, Canterbury. My practice tends to develop greatly around textile based processes, however I also do a lot of printing.

The piece shown in the photo is from a series of needle felted pieces I made, depicting images from photos that have great sentimental value to me. The image is preserved in something much stronger that the paper of the original photograph.

Location: Aylesham Canterbury
Website: Emily-Quincey-Art-and-Textiles
Contact: squidgy_chess_piece@hotmail.com

I have studied fine art and textiles to an A Level standard and now I enjoy painting and designing in my spare time, I find it very relaxing.

Location: Dover
Website: www.chelseyoneill.yolasite.com
Contact: con_x@hotmail.co.uk

I am a multimedia schitzophrenic. I work in any medium that will enhance the experience of creating, and seeing. I paint, draw, make beaded items and chainmaille, create felted images and would be nothing without my beloved  photography…
Why stand in front of someone else’s shop window, yearning- create your own!

Location: Dover
Website: www.sjs-artandsoul.com
Contact: sharon@sjs-artandsoul.com

Love painting, love creating textiles using a variety of sewing, painting, dyeing and embellishing techniques.
Still lifes featuring beds, fabrics, windows with weird reflections, dynamic fiery landscapes have all featured in my recent exhibitions of paintings.  My textiles are inspired by the colour or compositions of my favourite artists, or by my travels around the world.

A selection of my art textile pieces will be on show at ‘Artoco’, 33a High Street, Ticehurst, East Sussex TN5 7AS, as part of an exhibition called “Threads” which runs from 23rd June – 10th July 2010.

My latest commission is the painting of a 40 foot wall mural for a nursery in London, and I’m hoping this will lead to further work, painting both inside and outside.

My paintings will be on show as part of the Adhoc Art Company’s exhibitions at the following venues this summer:
*  The Pilgrims Hospice, Canterbury – until September;
20% of all sales donated to the Hospice.
*  Walletts Court Country Hotel, Spa and Restaurant, Westcliffe, St. Margaret’s, nr. Dover – 1-30 July, as part of their season of Comtemporary Art Exhibitions: ”Creative Coastline”.
*  Chimeara Gallery, Tontine Street, Folkestone, new paintings will be on show as part of their next exhibition ‘Summer Breeze’ during August.

My own studio at White Cliffs Bungalow, The Front, St. Margaret’s Bay (up on the cliffs overlooking the Channel, between the Lighthouse and the Bay), will be open most weekends to view a selection of paintings and smaller textiles between 9 – 6.  Do drop in if you are walking along the cliffs, or phone 01304 851867 in advance to make sure of opening if you are travelling some distance.

Location: St. Margaret’s Bay, near Dover
Website: www.joanweston.co.uk
Contact: joanwestonquilts@hotmail.com

I am currently entering my last year studying Printed Surface Design at the Winchester School of art. I have developed a passion to create innovative wallpapers and interactive, contemporary textiles. The current market is saturated with mass produced products where creativity and originality is lost.  Consequently, I want to involve the customer within the design process, to form unique personal designs and a room with an experience.
For more information and a for my C.V please contact me by email:

Location: Barnehurst
Contact: hw11v07@soton.ac.uk

Inspiration comes from many sources including Lucien Freud, Francis Bacon, Spike Milligan, Tim Burton, Cindy Sherman, fashion magazines and the Pre-Raphaelites. The work covers a range of subjects based upon everyday life and mythology.

I am obsessed with faces.
They show a person’s life, and can look different on a daily basis, a perfect canvas to convey different sides of your character. But more than this my fascination is with the colouration and fragility of skin and within my portraits I strive to bring these issues across. My concern is more with the flesh then the actual likeness.

Many of the images are severely cropped and large in scale to enhance the confrontation. The faces are exposed to close scrutiny, emphasising the fragility of the face and person. As we gaze intently at them a combination of senses unfold and question. This questioning is the most important factor of the work, from the everyday issues of beauty being skin deep to a beautiful woman becoming a freakishly bizarre creature.

Drawing and mark making play a significant role, repetition of marks, layering on different colours. This can be a violent process, pressing paint through fabric, manic stitching – quick actions due to a short time-scale. These ‘routines’ and combinations of materials trace my thoughts and fixations of the paint/skin and lead to an ongoing exploration of abstraction.

Location: Ramsgate
Website: www.emilytull.co.uk
Contact: emilytull@hotmail.com