Taking a look at the success of our 2023 Burns Night Supper in excitement of our upcoming event! What is Burns Night? Burns Night is a celebration to the life of Robert Burns, a successful Scottish poet often referred to as the national poet of Scotland. During the evening, in celebration his poems are read…
Lets look at some of our highlights from this Year! 2023 has been an amazing year for us at The Land of Oak & Iron. We have loved hosting different events and meeting new customers. From January to December this year we have had a lot going on, from markets, to live music, to talks,…
Have you noticed the three witches looking down at you from one of the windows in the Courtyard at the Heritage Centre in Winlaton Mill? This amazing photograph was created by local photographer Phil Punton, working with the Historical & Mythical Imagery Group as part of their ‘Living Arts’ project. It depicts three witches from…
The Nines is a small artisan soap works based in Washington. It’s run by Frances Denton who hand makes all the soaps using the age-old traditional cold process method. Frances began making soap five years ago prompted by the need to find a mild and moisturising soap that could potentially help her daughter who suffers…
Katherine Rodger is a local artist and tutor based in Rowlands Gill, in the beautiful Derwent Valley. When lockdown started in March 2020 Katherine began a lockdown challenge, #naturedrawingclub from The Natural History Museum, the aim was to post a nature drawing every day. This inspired Katherine’s #fridaybirdie, a more personal challenge to produce a new bird…
Artist Natalie Yates of Northern Sky Design has enjoyed learning about and making glass as a hobby for over 10 years. Nat loves the way colour works with glass, for her this is a great medium to express her creativity. Glass has a luminosity rarely achieved with other materials and it is Nat’s objective to…
Local author Val Scully lives in Blaydon and has been involved with the Land of Oak & Iron project since its inception. She published her first book, Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree, in 2012. When the Land of Oak & Iron project came along, she quickly became fascinated by the social history of the whole…
Fairkind Child is an independent family owned childhood shop in Horsham, West Sussex. We specialise in providing families with locally & globally handmade baby & children’s games, toys and other items which are fair to the hand crafters who produce them and kind to the environment and the children & parents who enjoy their use….
Working with all types of glass, Rena Holford uses many different methods and techniques to create individual pieces. Her work varies from small items such as tiny mice, to wall mounted art and large installations such as a life size horse currently being displayed at Bamburgh castle. Edinburgh Castle, Durham Cathedral and Blair Castle are…
Based in rural Northumberland, I design and handcraft jewellery using sterling silver and mixed metals, in a simple, contemporary style. I became hooked after a silversmithing course in 2015 where I learnt to transform some plain sheet metal or wire into a piece of wearable art. I continue to use traditional silversmithing techniques on my…
Deborah Fox is a full time artist based in Hexham, Northumberland, working from the Fox Family home garden studio. She hand makes unique gifts in mixed media utilising mainly crackled silverleaf, ink tints, Scottish beach cobbles and epoxy clay. Wherever possible Deborah tries to reuse or upcycle materials. Deborah loves using mixed media and the ability…
Gail Stonley creates beautiful bespoke items from natural materials. Her school nickname “Snail” has now become her signature trademark, with all her items labelled with the pictured logo. She specialises in felt creations, with her mushrooms and snails proving extremely popular with customers at the centre. A versatile artist, her other products include felted notebook covers (all from British wool),…
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