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The Rupert Andrews Pottery has been established in 1974.

Unique Crackle Glaze on white stoneware that is fully water tight and functional. Creating and mixing his own glazes, finding precise temperatures of firings and understanding the delicate relationship between the nature of the glaze and subsequent crazing, he invented the technique of craze lines following his patterns creating intricate designs with swirls, waves, flowers and petals etc The process of creating craze lines is very intricate and requires extreme attention to detail, but the result is truly enchanting.

It is a unique opportunity to own a designer art piece or make an incredible gift for someone.

Lynn has knitted since she can remember learning on her mother's knee as a child. She loves all wool crafts and has taught herself many types of crafting but in particular wool and fabric. 

Katherine has been creating beautiful and one off unique fabric art as  long as she can remember. With a gift and flare, she has over the last few years concentrated on crochet, fabric art and chain maille jewellery.

From earrings, bracelets and necklaces each had woven in chain maille, to drawings  on fabric using  free motion embroidery to soft and vibrant beautiful crochet scarves and shawls. You can find a full range of her work HERE and all are free postage within the UK

Marion Spencer (Mars), originally from Crewkerne Somerset, studied at Yeovil
College and then took a BA in 3D Design Ceramics at Bath Academy of Art in the late 80s. She moved to Purbeck in 2014 and after two years recovering from surgeries became involved in Purbeck Arts Weeks, firstly as a ‘behind the doors’ photographer in 2017.  Immersing herself in the work of others, helped her PTSD and menopausal symptoms and inspired her. After 15 years of barely touching a brush or lump of clay, Marion return to her first love of drawing and ceramics.

I am a watercolour artist and illustrator based on the beautiful south coast of England. My work is bright, colourful, and created to make people smile. The sun always shines in my paintings and there are lots of quirky little details to look at.

I enjoy painting well known villages and towns in the UK and giving them a little twist - literally! The streets and buildings all have a slightly organic feel and bend and twist around to face the sun or look at the people passing. There is usually at least one dog in each scene too. I love dogs and my constant companion is my very mischievous rescue dog, Scrappy, who promoted himself on arrival to become my CEO.

I’m Jackie, macrame artist and founder of Bonnie Lass Create.  I’m passionate about sharing my love of macrame through inspiring workshops and bespoke handmade gifts for you and your home.  

My love of this beautiful craft started when my daughter treated me to a macrame workshop as a gift and I was literally hooked from that moment.  I have since gone on to host my own macrame workshops in and around Dorset. 

I also sell gorgeous handbags all handmade by me as well as other macrame accessories, it is such a versatile craft and I love exploring new techniques to create unique designs.  

Aside from my macrame business, I work part time as a health coach and fully believe in the power of mindful crafting as a way to support mental health and wellbeing.  My intention is for everyone who attends my workshops to have a relaxed and enjoyable experience and leave with a sense of achievement and feeling inspired

Abby crafts all of her pieces in her shop/studio at Redlands Yard, with each piece being purposefully made using polymer clay and surgical steel findings to create unique, nature inspired designs. Every purchase with Green Grove Designs plants a tree via Switch2Zero, so when you shop with Abby, you are making a positive change to our planet

Diana Jane is a visual artist using a combination of photography and painting to create atmospheric landscapes and seascapes.

She draws inspiration from the impressive Jurassic coast and the rural farm land found on her doorstep. Diana Jane's background is photography and fine art

John started stone carving around 2000, after a career in shoe production, based mainly in South East Asia and China. His larger sculptures, mostly a combination of stone and glass, included the new War Memorial in Street. Unnecessary age means he no longer does any larger pieces, ( stone carving is heavy physical labour ) but does some small items of low relief and lettering, made from local blue lias, portland stone and slate.

He now works more in leather than in stone, relearning as a handmade craft the industrial skills he used in factories. He uses mainly vegetable tanned leathers which he hand dyes, hand cuts and hand stitches.

Doug Reeve

I have always had an interest in all forms of glass, including the techniques and processes involved in creating pieces. All of my items are individually designed and handmade in my South Somerset studio using art glass. The various pieces are fused together in my kiln at different temperatures to create the desired textures. I make a wide variety of beautiful stud earrings, T lights to larger garden pieces.

Gillian Acerman works with fine porcelain clay. The vessels are fired in a kiln at 1235C. Each pot is unique and is a response to the Somerset countryside which surrounds her woodland garden.  The outside surfaces are impressed with wild plants and found objects. 

The pieces may be fired and glazed several times to build depth and complexity of colour. The colour is developed from overlaying oxides such as chromium, iron or cobalt.

Gillian is a member of the Somerset Craft Guild and her work may be seen across galleries across the West Country

Jane Hester - Janehesterglass
I love the colours, the challenge and the process of working with Glass, in my case Fused Glass, glassware and jewellery created using a kiln. My glass fusing journey started over 12 years ago when I enrolled on a glass fusing workshop. Since then I have expanded my knowledge, learnt new skills and techniques in
this fascinating medium. All of the pieces I make are designed, created, cut and finished by me in my home workshop and most are unique. I strive to produce pieces of colour and quality which I hope will be appreciated and enjoyed, whether it’s a large statement bowl or small colourful pendant.

Karen started making candles after a long career as a teaching assistant and moving to Punknowle over three years.  ago. She has a beautiful range of hand poured soy wax and essential oil candles in an array of scents . Karen also runs a shop in nearby Abbotsbury as well as taking time to qualify as an aromatherapist.

Jayne Burton

I am a textile designer and have a real passion for fabrics both vintage and new, designing and printing my own fabrics working from my studio in Dorset.  I also source and squirrel away vintage and discontinued textiles.

I am interested in using the ancient Japanese art of shibori resist dyeing, printing fabric and paper using hand carved Indian wooden printing blocks and marbling on both fabric and paper. I design, dye, print and produce textiles and papers using natural Procion dyes and paints.

I love photography, my main interest lies in detail and textural images and trying to capture the unusual that can be found in the beauty of our natural surroundings. I love being by the sea and coastal images along with trees are among my favourites. I use the detail and textural images to inspire my textile design and fabric printing.

I make lampshades, bags, scarves and homewares and run workshops teaching lampshade making, wood block printing, shibori and cyanotypes

Izzy Masey who specialises in pastel portraits of pets and your 4 legged friends, including cows, pigs, horses, gun dogs, hares and horses to name but a few. She particularly enjoys commissions including those dearly departed.