Autumn Textiles - Emily Mackey Rare Breed Collection

Emily Mackey is a textile designer, illustrator and weaver who specialises in using native breed English wools and traditional embroidery techniques.

She also works with some of the few remaining mills in the UK to produce her larger Herdwick blankets.

There is something intangibly romantic about Emily’s work. Her use of ancient materials, traditional crafts and imagery of bare trees seem to evoke a sense of place and heritage that speaks to our rural ancestry.

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Autumn Pattern - Ellie Curtis Anthropomorphic Textiles

A graduate of the prestigious Camberwell College of Art and Design, Ellie Curtis’ first textile collection has been inspired by a recent residency in Southern Spain and time spent at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.

Her work explores an interest in anthropomorphic creatures which blur the distinction between human, animal and plant; tree-men, jiving birds, and women with roots for hands are some of the characters you can expect to meet. Ellie’s work has been featured widely from the ICA to the V&A Museum of Childhood and World of Interiors magazine.

Her fabrics are equally stunning as a cushion or upholstered on a large sofa

Visit the full collection here

The new shop is open...

No.60 Market Street is Open

Our first bricks and mortar shop has just opened it's doors within the conservation area of Ulverston, a pretty market town in Cumbria.

The front of the shop is our showroom, whilst in the back is our warren of studios and offices for the online shop. We are so excited by the space and we think it does justice to all the wonderful collections on display.

If you are up this way, please pop in and say hello. We are open seven days a week 9.30am - 5.30pm (11am - 3pm Sunday). Next door is a fabulous organic coffee house and deli, their Mushrooms on Toast is legendary!

The Shop Floor Project in Vogue with Roar Power!

A roar of excitement echoed around the Shop Floor office this week on opening this month's issue of Vogue magazine when we saw they have featured a new piece of jewellery by design house, Bonbi Forest, one of the most popular designers at The Shop Floor Project. Featuring the locket on the magazine's ' In Vogue' page which this month is reflecting on the Autumn / Winter catwalk trend for all things fauna!

There are two versions of the locket available which can be purchased in the Jewellery Room at The Shop Floor Project.

Our new shop is almost open - sneaky peek...

It's only two weeks now until the opening of our very first bricks and mortar shop in the ancient market town of Ulverston at the foot of the Lake District. We thought you'd like to see the splendid craftsmanship of Ian Whiteoak as he puts the finishing touches to our hand painted shop sign.

Ian has now painted all of the shops signs in the conservation area of Ulverston, which could easily be mistaken for a pre-war shopping street. Our neighbours include a rather wonderful tea garden and coffee house, herbalists, book shop, stylish clothes boutiques, antiques shops and the irresistible Russian chocolate shop selling the best sour cherry nougat we've ever tasted.

Because we got so excited by his skills, coupled with our love of traditional crafts, we have commissioned Ian to created signage within the shop too. I hope we don't get carried away!

Ian is one of numerous craft workers which still thrive in the town, from cobblers working in what can only be described as a workshop straight out of Dickens, to upholsterers in Buxton Mews, seamstresses and haberdashers in Union Alley and a grandfather clock repairer and retailer in Upper Brook Street. All of these shops, and many more, proudly display a sign which Ian has lovingly painted.

More news of the shop to follow, but we can say we are incredibly excited by the interior already...

Northwest Passage featured on our favourite blog!

Leonard McDermid's latest work, Northwest Passage has been featured in our favourite blog, Spitalfield's Life. Click here to read the article. We don't usually like to say things like this, but as not to disappoint, they are going fast so make sure you order one if you love it as much as we do!

Available from the Books, Print and Art Department