Shire Hall Gallery Craft Shop
The Shire Hall Gallery Craft Shop offers you the opportunity to buy the best contemporary craft by leading British designer makers. We stock a desirable range of high quality, handmade work including jewellery, ceramics, textiles and glass alongside a large selection of beautiful greetings cards. Whether you are looking for a unique gift or want to treat yourself, we aim to stock something to tempt you and suit every pocket!
The Craft Shop is listed on the National Register of Craft Shops & Galleries, recognising the range and quality of work we have on offer. Staff are always on hand to offer their assistance and advice.
With the Golden Jubilee and Olympic celebrations fast approaching, our craft shop is showcasing a selection of wonderful new work created by up and coming designer makers, as well as new collections of work from some of our favourites. This new display of work is an evocative and celebratory look at ‘The Best of British’.
Annie Little – Original screen print
Annie graduated with a degree in printed textiles from Middlesex University in London. Now living in Bristol she continues to produce and develop her contemporary range of prints by using screen printing and other various mixed media methods.
Annie’s prints reflect her fascination with vintage images, patterns, stamps, lace and flowers. Colour is very important and she continues to develop her palettes and uses many complimentary colour combinations.
Annie is supplying us with a stunning collection of her King & Queen prints.
Rachel Llewellyn – Handmade narrative silver jewellery
Rachel was born in Wales and graduated from Staffordshire University in 2008 with a First Class Honours Degree in 3D Design: Crafts. A lot of her inspiration comes from her Welsh background and childhood memories. Visits to her Gran’s house evoke special memories, “I would marvel at the precious objects she kept stashed away in her sideboard and old wooden dresser, play with the glass perfume bottles on her dressing table, and listen to the conversations she and my mother would have over a long cup of tea”
Rachel’s work explores the notion of 'preciousness'. By miniaturizing ordinary objects and hand fabricating them in precious metals, they become unexpectedly sacred. Each carefully crafted item speaks of nostalgia, cultural identity, memories of work and play, stories of peoples' lives both past and present. Rachel’s’ aim is to make objects with a human connection that will be worn or used everyday; timeless objects for people to treasure.
Martha Mitchell – Illustrated ceramic tableware
Martha Designs and creates homewares all based around her own intricate fine line illustrations, these include popular Brighton and London landmarks as well as food packaging. Her products range from tea towels and aprons to cake stands, bowls, and egg cups.
Since graduating from University two years ago Martha has set up a studio in Hove where she continues to design and make her products.
Layla Amber – Illustrative jewellery
Layla Amber graduated from Norwich University College of the Arts in 2010 with a BA Hons in Graphic Design.
Layla’s objectives have always been simple, to create fun and wearable pieces of jewellery from her finely detailed illustrations. Layla works mainly in plastic, a material that allows her illustrations to retain their intricacy and vibrancy in a miniature format.
The Suffolk countryside and seaside town of Southwold in which Layla grew up has been a big source of inspiration for her work. She loves nature, wildlife and all things quintessentially British. Layla has stocked us for a while, but we’re pleased to be having a selection of new work from her tea time collection, which features some well known British biscuits, vintage teacups and bunting - all essentials for a tea party!
Sally Nancini – Interior textiles
Sally is originally from County Armagh, Northern Ireland; now based in London, she studied MA Fashion at the Royal College of Art and has designed for many large retailers, including Levi's and M&S.
Since bringing up a young family, her long-held interest in handworked craft, surface pattern and vintage textiles has come to the fore.
She designs and makes machine-knitted toys, blankets and cushions using soft lambswool. Her love of vintage toys — especially the imagery and colours of early Galt and Abbatt wooden puzzles and picture
card games — is a predominant influence in her work.
As always we have a stunning collection of new greeting cards, gift wrap and stationary. We still have lots of other wonderfully new and handmade British craft from as little as £2. So whether it’s a celebratory street party or a picnic in the park, we’re positively sure to brighten up your jubilations with this tremendous collection of handmade British craft.
Gift vouchers
The Shire Hall Gallery is pleased to announce that Gift Card Vouchers are available to purchase as a fantastic gift for anyone who has a passion for art and craft, loves unique handcrafted jewellery or would love to own a “one off” piece of glass or ceramics that they can treasure forever.
The Voucher can be spent in the Gallery Craft shop or on an exhibition item, on workshops held in the Gallery or to buy a membership for our popular “Friends” scheme, which gives you discounts throughout the year.
After all, our customers often comment that they are “spoilt for choice” with our great selection of British Handmade Craft. The minimum amount you can put on a gift card is just £5.00 and the recipient has a whole year to decide how to spend it! Ask a member of staff for more details.
Enjoy a range of benefits by becoming a member of our Friends Discount Scheme. It’s your way to help support the work of the Gallery. Anyone can join. It’s quick and easy to do.
Join today and you could take advantage of the following benefits:
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10% discount on crafts, cards and giftwrap in the Gallery shop
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10% discount on items in the Craft and Coffee Bar exhibitions
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20% discount on bookings for events and workshops
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Extra discount on special promotions throughout the year
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Invitations to private views where you can meet exhibitors and find out more about the work of the Gallery and its exhibitions
Download the Friends Discount Scheme flyer|
We offer a range of special promotions throughout the year and Friends of the Shire Hall Gallery|| receive 10% discount on items in the Craft Shop. We also accept Capital Bonds and we run the Own Art|| credit scheme. For more information please do not hesitate to get in touch.
The items shown are just a small selection of the unique and beautiful work available at the Shire Hall Gallery Craft Shop. Click here|| to see more items!
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