by Katie Lunnon | Oct 22, 2021
Bellerby & Co. Globemakers The Artisans One of the joys of our Artisan Series has been peeling back the curtain on a whole host of esoteric industries, and they don’t get much more specialised than Bellerby & Co. Globemakers. As one of the only remaining...
by Katie Lunnon | Nov 17, 2020
Jonathan Rogers Portrait photography As part of our Artisan Project we were privileged to spend time with glass blower Jonathan Rogers. Jonathan opened his glass blowing studio in 2013 with a wealth of knowledge from his degree in glass design and experience as an...
by CliQQ Photography | Dec 28, 2019
Hamber Safes Website Photography It’s rare that you will find a company still building safes by hand, especially in the UK. But this is no ordinary company and these are no ordinary safes. Hamber has been around for over 50 years and is known as the Rolls Royce...
by CliQQ Photography | Dec 23, 2019
Gareth Neal Portrait photography It’s hard to define Gareth. Part craftsman, part artist and part engineer, he is a celebrated designer and maker, equally at home with a hammer and chisel or a computer controlled router. We visited his London studio in late 2019...
by CliQQ Photography | Oct 29, 2019
Woodbridge Violins Environmental portraits For the past 28 years Russell has been supplying, restoring and repairing high quality violins, violas, cellos and bows from his Woodbridge based workshop. You can’t move for instruments in the space. It’s a meandering 16th...
by CliQQ Photography | May 29, 2019
The Puppeteer Judith Hope As part of our evolving artisan series we were priviledged to be invited into the studio of puppeteer Judith Hope. Judith works in a small studio in Deptford, packed to the rafters with curious objects and unusual odds and ends. Her materials...
by CliQQ Photography | Mar 28, 2019
Designs on Metal Environmental portrait photography As part of our recent Artisan project we were privileged enough to spend a morning with Nigel and Kev (pictured) from Designs on Metal. Walking into their forge was like stepping back in time, most of the processes...
by CliQQ Photography | Feb 5, 2019
Neville Tatham Ceramics Environmental portraits Continuing our series of portraits of artisans in their workshops we visited slipware ceramic artist Neville Tatham in his garden studio. He focuses on creating hand thrown, functional earthenware and we highly recommend...