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Jan 31, 20222 min read

Share the Shade Love - Celebrate your Favourite Lampshade Maker

Valentine, Galentines or Palentines is just around the corner and regardless of which one you celebrate, we’ll be helping you share a...

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Nov 30, 20214 min read

BEAM - 5 Amazing Ideas for Packing Your Professional Lampshades

Making stunning lampshades that are carefully crafted is only one part of being a lampshade maker and retailer and packaging your...

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Nov 25, 20215 min read

Meet the Maker - Detola and Geek

This month's Meet the Maker, Detola of Detola & Geek came to lampshade making later in life, using her passion for African textiles as...

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Oct 29, 20216 min read

Meet the Maker - Silversoles Felted Textiles

A master of felt making, Emma of Silversoles uses her talents to make unquestionably beautiful and tactile lampshades, that bring both...

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Sep 22, 20213 min read

Meet the Maker - Copper Dust

Spotting a gap in the market, Vanessa of Copper Dust used her eye for interiors and gut instinct to start out in the world lampshade...

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Aug 31, 20214 min read

Meet the Maker - Lume lighting

Combining her passion for clean and simple design and talent for detailed printing, Joanna of Lume Lighting creates lampshades that are...

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Jul 27, 20214 min read

Meet the Maker - Crushshade

Proving that lampshades can be the most creative part of your room, Cath of Crushshade has blown us away with her incredible sculptured...

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Jun 29, 20217 min read

Meet the Maker - Wendy Carlton Designs

Starting her career in fashion, Wendy Carlton of Dotty and Flo, has enjoyed applying her talent for painting to many commercial mediums...

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Jun 4, 20214 min read

Meet the Maker - Made by HRM

In this month's Meet the Maker interview we get to know talented lampshade maker Helen, of Made by HRM, who's a whirlwind of creativity...

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May 7, 20214 min read

Meet the Maker - Hearts and Glitter

Nestled in her studio in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, Anita has built up her successful lampshade making business, Hearts and...

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Mar 2, 20215 min read

Meet the maker - Kettle of Fish Designs

Combining her childhood passion for collecting, her eye for fine art and her talent for creating beautifully made objects, we are...

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Feb 8, 20212 min read

Share the Love - Celebrating our independent Lampshade Makers

February is the month of love and we thought we’d "Share the love" by celebrating our incredible independent lampshade makers and small...

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Feb 4, 20215 min read

Meet the Makers - Co-Vintage

With a joint love of all things vintage, best friends Charlotte and Kirsty of Co-Vintage set off on an adventure learning macramé...

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Dec 9, 20205 min read

Meet the Maker - Alison Bick

Channelling the beauty of her home surroundings in Cornwall, Alison Bick's bold and beautiful lampshades certainly pack a punch. Using...

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Oct 21, 20203 min read

Meet the Maker - Jane Ellison Textiles

Meet Jane Ellison, a talented printer who's 'modern retro' screenprinted lampshades are influenced by mid-century design and modern shapes.

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Sep 30, 20203 min read

5 brilliant ways to make your retail lampshades look professional

Do you make and sell and your own lampshades? This week we’re sharing our tips on how to give your products the retail edge.

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Aug 20, 20205 min read

Meet the Maker - Laura Evans

This week we meet Laura Evans, a fine artist, collagrapher, printmaker and of course lampshade maker from the Isle of Purbeck. As she...

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Jul 2, 20203 min read

Meet the Maker - Bridget Arnold

Bridget Arnold wears many artistic hats, but has found that foraging in nature's hedgerows on the Granite Trail, provides her with all of...

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Jun 19, 20205 min read

Meet the Maker - Poppet Retro

Catering for every taste, our fabulous lampshade makers use their passions and skills to make our lampshade making products sing - and...

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May 21, 20206 min read

Meet the Maker - Jasmine Yahkup

Welcome in to Club Tropicana, a place where lampshades are adorned in the wonderful and lush artwork of talented surface pattern student...

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