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Independent Publishers Awards winner - Specialist Consumer Publisher 2011

Best Craft Book Publisher

Independent Publishers Awards Winner - Innovation of the Year: Ready to Paint Series

Best New Craft Book: Joanna Sheen's World of Cards
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Sue Stratford Sue Stratford owns and runs The Knitting Hut, a yarn and needle supplier, and she finds the yarns she stocks there and her customers a constant source of inspiration.... Sue McBride Sue McBride was born in the Yemen and was educated in the UK before training as a nurse. She has knitted from a very young age, and has had a... Elaine Hamer Elaine Hamer (Hill) is a professional illustrator and has worked on a variety of publications, including cookery and children's titles. She uses pencil, gouache and watercolour to create beautiful stylized,... Hazel Everett Di Van Niekerk Di Van Niekerk began with needlecraft at a very young age and has always been fascinated by colour and texture. She makes her own range of silk and organza... Marrianne Mercer Marrianne (Maz) Mercer studied at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University to gain a degree in Graphic Design and Advertising in 2005. From there she moved back to Kent to start her... Marc Potts Marc Potts is a fantasy artist and folklorist, whose visionary art has received wide acclaim through the exposure of his work on book covers, both fiction and non-fiction, and... Janet Whittle Janet Whittle is a professional artist and qualified teacher who specialises in flowers and landscapes in watercolour and pastel. She exhibits regularly at the Westminster Galleries in London, and... Jenny Keal Jenny Keal was born in Southampton and lived for most of her life in the New Forest. She was interested in art from childhood and continued to paint as... Lisa Slatter Lisa Slatter lives with her family in Buckinghamshire, UK. She is the Deputy Head of the Knightsbridge PME School of Cake Decorating in Enfield. Lisa is a City &... Keith Fenwick FRSA, B.Tech (Hons), BWS, CIGA is one of the UK's leading landscape painters. He is a professional artist, multi company demonstrator, author of many best-selling books and has... Gwen lives in Nottingham with her husband and two daughters. She did a degree in Printed Surface Pattern and then worked as a designer and illustrator for major greetings... Janet Edmonds trained at East Berkshire College, Windsor and The University of Hertfordshire, completing a BA (Hons) in Art and Design in 1998. She has many years experience of... Val Pierce's passion for knitting began at the age of five. Later in life she began home knitting for yarn manufacturers, and since then she has made a huge range of... Jean Haines Fiona McDonald Jan Messent qualified as a teacher in the mid-50s and, after teaching Art, History and English, became deeply involved with embroidery as an art form. As a member of the Embroiderers'... Stuart Littlejohn Emily Blades' parents main interests were arts, crafts and literature, and like many creative people, educated their daughter at home. Art galleries, Craft Council exhibitions and the freedom to pursue whatever... Susie Johns is an experienced crafter, specialising in knitting, papercrafts and embroidery. She contributes regularly to a number of craft magazines and is the author of a range of books. She... Frances McNaughton demonstrates sugar fairies and making sugarcraft flowers the soft way, and provides workshops to branches of the British Sugarcraft Guild, National Sugarart Association and other sugarcraft clubs. Dani trained as a fashion designer in Brighton and developed an award-winning design business, before working in graphic design and book illustration for a number of varied clients, including nightclubs, magazines, offices... Ann Cox Leonie Pujol Suzen Millodot Paul Bryn Davies Billy Showell Alison Holt Arnold Lowrey Judy Balchin studied art at Cardiff College of Art, and then specialised for three years in graphic design at Kent Institute of Art and Design. She spent two years at the BBC... Terry Harrison became interested in art early on, attending Art School at the age of sixteen. His studies led to a career in graphics, then he became an illustrator, developing his... Geoff Kersey Joanna Sheen's passion for crafts has been a life-long affair. She started Joanna Sheen Ltd in 1979 and has been immersed in various crafts ever since. Joanna has written over 30 books... Wendy Tait lives in Derbyshire and studied at the Joseph Wright School of Art. She produces designs for publication as greetings cards and has also written articles and illustrations for specialist... Michelle Powell studied design and display at Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology before going on to train as a teacher at Bath College of Higher Education. Previously editor of Practical... |