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The Strathearn Gallery

The Strathearn Gallery, 32 West High Street Crieff, Perthshire, PH7 4DL

phone: 01764 656100

The Strathearn Gallery is a fabulous contemporary art gallery in Crieff, set up in 1994 and run by Susan Bennett. The gallery is well known for exhibiting original work from leading Scottish artists as well as supporting new and up-and-coming artists. The gallery sells a mouth-watering selection of applied art including ceramics, glass, sculpture and jewellery at prices ranging from £50 into the hundreds - if you're looking for a special present for someone, this gallery will be the place to find it. It's also a member of the Own Art scheme which allows you to pay a deposit plus 10 monthly payments when buying a piece of art that could max out the credit card... Lovely, friendly, helpful knowledgeable staff.

Littleworks Creative

phone: +44 (0)7974 187479

Littleworks Creative offers little works of art by Tamara Williams. She makes her unique pieces using plaster to cast both intaglio and relief plates. Each cast is unique, since no two castings are the same. Even colours can change due to the plaster baking the surface and altering the stability of the inks..Tamara's exquisite artworks always start with a drawing - and much of her inspiration comes from plants. Each plaster tile is air-dried, mounted and framed, and frames are hand-painted. Works are made to order and colours can be specified. Prices from £65

 

 

 

Chandelier made from old kitchen utensils by Madeleine Boulesteix

Madeleine Boulesteix

Madeleine is based in South London and South Devon

I’ve been making chandeliers using recycled materials for over 20 years. It started after finding 40 faceted glass drops in some rubbish. I wanted to make myself a chandelier that looked opulent but was made from humble objects. I found metal kitchen items for the structure at car boot sales and scrap yards. They seem nice jaunty objects with more potential so I liberate them from their domestic duties by incorporating them into my chandeliers. I love thrift and the challenge of re-using. 
 
 
 
 
AntikBar vintage travel posters

AntikBar

404 Kings Road, London, SW10 0LJ

phone: 020 7352 9309

AntikBar is the London gallery specialising in original vintage posters covering a wide variety of subjects - travel, advertising, sport, cinema, war, propaganda - from around the world, available to view at their gallery and online, with worldwide delivery. 

AntikBar holds regular original vintage poster auctions and offers professional linen backing and poster restoration services. They provide collection advice and consultancy services and can source posters for collectors, individual clients, interior designers, museums and other institutions. 

Original vintage posters are a true form of art with a purpose, designed to deliver a particular message through striking designs and created to grab the attention of passers-by, presenting artists with the challenge of condensing the message or concept into a precise, short visual and written form in a single artwork. They are important items of social history that capture the essence of the time they were printed. 

The variety of sizes, subjects and styles in poster design make them perfect as a gift and adaptable to any interior design, from contemporary to traditional. As original antique and vintage items, they are also eco-friendly. Original vintage posters are recognised as a sound art investment that can be enjoyed every day. 

TOG knives are a must for any serious cook

TOG Knives

Glenside, Oxleaze Lane, Dundry, Bristol, BS41 8LA

phone: +44 (0)117 276 0273

TOG’s range of innovative kitchen knives are forged in Seki, the Samurai sword capital of the world, using methods evolved from 800 years of swordmaking tradition. TOG blades are forged from layers of highest quality stainless steels and copper, which gives them strength as well as their incredible edge retention. The antimicrobial copper alloy layers give the blades their unique stripes and make them the most hygienic on the market.

There are now six kitchen knives to cover all food prep needs, as well as a collection of beautiful black walnut chopping boards. TOG also offers accessories including a knife block in collaboration with Billy Tannery, a honing rod and whetstones to keep your blades razor sharp, and new for 2020, a range of super useful higonokami pocket knives.

Elizabeth Macregor Nursery is famed for its violas

Elizabeth Macgregor Nursery

Ellenbank, Tongland Road, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4UU

phone: 01557 330620

Elizabeth Macgregor Nursery is a small nursery and garden run by Elizabeth and Alasdair MacGregor, and their son John, in Galloway, south-west Scotland. We sell plants by mail order, at some flower shows and of course from the nursery. We produce a new catalogue each autumn, when we know what we have propagated and should have available for the following spring. We usually send plants in spring, March to early May. After this we will try to fulfill orders until the end of May, though taller plants will have to be cut back to fit a box.  No autumn deliveries.

Elizabeth specialises in cultivating violas and she has won prestigious awards for her plants, including the Wild Swan anemone

You can select and order plants through our online shop. When you have selected your plants the system sends me an email with your order, I will then confirm with an email, usually within a few hours.

Dusty Amethyst from Reborn Collection

Reborn Paints

14 Bushby Avenue, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 2BZ

phone: 01903 716183
The Reborn Collection of premium emulsion paint comes in 28 soft and gorgeous colours. Our paint is breathable and super eco, being handmade in the UK from minerals blended with unused paint diverted from landfill. 
 
Reborn Paint has been formulated to cover effortlessly all interior walls and ceilings, including dry plaster, woodchip, wallpapers and previous coats of paint. It's also ideal for upcycling wooden furniture - just remember to put a wax coat over the paint once it's dried.
 
Interior designers love it, and Kevin McCloud was so impressed he gave chose it as one of his Green Heroes, while it's also been voted Best Wallcovering by House Beautiful.
 
The Reborn Collection is made by Newlife Paints. Pictured above: Dusty Amethyst emulsion.
 
Woven Image panels are made from 60 per cent recycled plastic bottles

Woven Image

(UK) The Collective Agency

phone: +44 (0)20 3633 3138

Woven Image is an Australian company that manufactures innovative surface coverings and textiles. One of its key products is its award-winning EchoPanel, a versatile eco-friendly acoustic material made from 60 per post consumer recycled plastic bottles and 40 per cent virgin PET, and which is 100 per cent recyclable

Available in different thicknesses (7,12 and 24mm) and lots of designs and colours, EchoPanel is a fun, modern material can be used in myriad ways in residential, office and contract interiors - as wall cladding, space dividers, decorative designs, desk dividers or indeed as artwork. It has the added bonus of being able to absorb sound, so in spaces that are noisy or echoey, it creates what's called acoustic comfort for people. 

EchoPanel demonstrates upcycling at its best because it's taking a waste material and creating a high quality new product from it. It comes in panel form, ready-made freestanding screens, ceiling suspended space dividers and in packs of peel-and-stick tiles - which are great fun to use. 

So if want to update your interiors and have acoustic benefit too, check out EchoPanel - available to order in the UK through The Collective Agency.

Shimla in Chilli. hand blocked organic cotton

Their Story

31 Waterloo Road, Penylan, Cardiff, CF23 9BG

phone: 02921 329684

Their Story sells beautiful, luxurious organic cotton bedroom and bathroom linens. We specialise in Indian hand-block prints, contemporary designs and Hotel Mayfair sets.

Our eco friendly products are high-end hotel quality and are fair trade as well as organic, ethically sourced and produced under fair working conditions. Our products are made in well-run small factories the north Indian city of Jaipur, where staff have permanent jobs with pensions and other benefits.

Using a thick luxuriantly soft 100 per cent organic cotton sateen (GOTS certified), our bedlinens are statement pieces of the finest quality. Their Story towels, sheets and duvet covers are produced with minimal environmental impact using pigment dyes which are free of AZO compounds. Perfect for your household or they make a very special gift. 

Frome Reclamation

Frome Reclamation

Frome Reclamation Limited, Station Approach, Frome, Somerset BA11 1RE

phone: 01373 453122

Frome Reclamation is the largest stockist of architectural salvage and genuine reclaimed materials in the south west. Founded in the '80s, Frome Reclamation buys and sells traditional building materials and architectural antique items. The in-depth knowledge within the family-run business delivers a quality service with best value pricing across the full range of antiques and reclaimed materials.

The company has a large salvage yard and attracts clients from across the country. So if you're looking for stained glass doors, statuary, reclaimed wood, interesting artefacts, do pay us a visit.

 

 

 

 

 

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