Jay Nolan-Latchford Art
Jay has been an artist all of her life; her first memories are of drawing, making, painting and crafting.
After leaving school, Jay studied illustration at my local college followed by a Graphic Design and Printmaking degree in Brighton. She worked for several years as a freelance designer in London before relocating to Buckinghamshire and establishing her own design company working with Harrods, John Lewis, and Fortnum and Mason to name a few.
In recent years, she’s returned to her first love of painting and illustration. Her range of watercolour, ink and mixed media pieces with their bright colour palettes have proven very popular and collectible. New lines of prints and greetings cards are now available too.
Jay is keen to pass on her skills and having undertaken a teaching qualification, she began hosting workshops for adults several years ago. She was honoured to be awarded an ‘outstanding’ assessment from Bucks Adult Learning in her first year, and she now teaches several sessions a week at ‘pop-up’ venues in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Jay has developed a workshop style that both beginners and more advanced painters can enjoy and learn from. Her work can be seen at several galleries, and she regularly participates in art shows both locally and across the South of England.
Jay lives and works from her houseboat on the Grand Union. She loves outdoor spaces, nature and especially the water. She’s passionate about creativity for well-being and art for all, and sits on the committee for the Visual Images Group.
Ink Splotch Designs
“Pretty and unique hand drawn illustrations spilling out of my head onto usable objects”
As a child, Philippa Knibbs would accompany her dad to the printing factory where he worked, and to keep her quiet, he would sit her down with a wodge of offcut paper and a pen. She loved being able to sit and draw and paint with an endless supply of paper and as a result developed a love for illustration, painting and in adult life went on to study printed textiles.
Philippa’s work includes framed prints of original illustrations, ceramic hanging decorations and tote bags featuring her illustrations.
She also makes lino prints, cards and notebooks, as well as hand-drawn tin decorations.
Black Ivy Jewellery
Catherine set up her jewellery business, Black Ivy Jewellery, over four years ago. Having decided she wanted to learn something new, Catherine joined an evening class in silversmithing and never looked back! She designs and handcrafts every piece of jewellery herself.
Catherine is inspired by nature, being outside is her happy place! All the stones she uses in her jewellery are natural, and she uses only recycled sterling silver.
The Seated Wood Turner
David Rodgers, The Seated Wood Turner, is passionate about wood turning using traditional tools and techniques, creating various forms, such as his lidded containers and vertical forms. He loves working with timber due to both its tactile nature, and appreciating the varying texture and characteristics within the grain of each piece of timber. David is a member of both the Society of Designer Craftsmen and the Buckinghamshire Craft Guild.
Stella and Wolf
Dopamine hits for jewellery junkies & the colour obsessed- Handmade, bright & utterly addictive.
All of Carla’s pieces are designed and made by her. Some of her designs are hand painted; some she designs digitally and has printed onto acrylic and maplewood.
Carla absolutely loves colour, and as an ex textile designer, she still has a passion for pattern which she loves to bring into her designs. Her designs have a quirky retro feel to them and a uniqueness that will make the wearer stand out from the crowd and hopefully bring a little joy too!
MUDDY STILETTOS AWARD WINNER 2024!
Dave Bellamy Art
Dave has been an artist for some years, more recently preferring working with oil paints.
Working out of his home studio in Ley Hill, Buckinghamshire, his work reflects his love and relationship with his environment, often experienced through his experiences as a trail runner. His running and time spent observing the dramatic landscapes of North Wales and Cornwall have ignited his twin passions for big skies and big seas.
Currently working in exhibitions at Discover Bucks Museum, Dave has a 40-year career in the museum sector, covering his time at the British Museum, British Library, and British Motor Museum.
Currently, his work can be seen on display at The Crown Public House, Ley Hill and at Discover Bucks Museum, Aylesbury.
The Crown shares work of local significance striking a chord with local walkers and the community, inviting their memories and appreciation of the stunning landscape of Buckinghamshire.
Discover Bucks Museum has created a unique space for Dave to share his work with a wider audiences and his work extends further in to his day job in the exhibitions team, where he regularly creates unique art works as part of their annual changing exhibitions programme.
I Am Mel C
Mel Cairns is an award winning pet portrait artist in Buckinghamshire. She creates pen and ink sketches with quotes to bring people inspiration and motivation every day. Her style is fast and loose to capture the character of her fluffy models.
Mel offers selected British-made gifts featuring her inky pawtraits. Best sellers include coasters, tea towels, framed prints and her book Cats & Quotes & Other Furry Friends.
Meet The Moon
Stacey Young is a papercutting artist based in Buckinghamshire. She began creating handcrafted papercut gifts in 2016 under her brand Meet the Moon Designs.
What started as a relaxing hobby after work soon became something more – a mindful, therapeutic creative outlet that brought a real sense of calm. As Stacey began making more artwork and selling her designs, it naturally grew into a thriving small business.
Since then, her work has expanded to include greeting cards, exhibition pieces and bespoke commissions. Her art has been shortlisted for the RSPB Nature in the City competition and featured on Hochanda and The Craft Store TV channels.
Stacey’s designs explore everything from architecture and typography to animals and natural patterns, always inspired by the beauty of the world around her.
Through Meet the Moon, she also runs local workshops and private papercutting parties, promoting creativity and wellbeing through mindful making. Her online shop offers DIY kits and templates so others can enjoy the calm and satisfaction of papercutting at home.
LP Fragrances
Louise Ibrahim is a candle maker in Amersham Buckinghamshire. She makes candles in small batches in her kitchen. She melts soy wax and mixes it with essential oils; then she hand pours them and lets them set slowly.
Louise was fed up with candles that tunneled, had wicks burnt out or had no scent. She uses sustainable soy wax and essential oils, and she enjoys exploring new fragrances – she loves the way fragrances can transport a person to a moment and evoke happy feelings, or be the light on a dark cold evening.
Louise first started selling on Portobello Road with her husband and a couple of friends alongside full time jobs. Louise and her husband then moved to Amersham and she carried on the business by myself with a small rebrand in 2020 (whilst on maternity leave) to LP Home Fragrance and has been selling locally since November 2020.
Connie Fielder Ceramics
Connie Fielder has been making ceramics and sculptures for several years. Connie gets her inspiration from nature., decorating her ceramics with prints from leaves and creating her sculptures from her love of animals.
Everything is hand made and hand decorated, and Connie hopes that her ceramics and sculptures bring her customers as much pleasure as they give her.
Ashmills
Sue has been working with polymer clay for many years and has enjoyed exploring its creative possibilities. Most of her work is unique jewellery (beads, earrings and brooches), but recently she has been making more 3-dimensional objects. The clay lends itself to colourful and complex patterns that can be used to cover objects.
Sue also makes ceramic flower bricks in high fire stoneware.
She mostly sells her work at craft fairs and Bucks Art weeks.
Polka Dots and Roses
Laura works with carefully selected fabrics to make an eclectic range of items.
These are sold in local shops, cafes, events and online.
Laura also uses her skills as a teacher to host workshops and clubs in her garden workroom in Stoke Mandeville, teaching skills whilst items are made.
Marjorie Waye – Handloom Spinner & Weaver
Marjorie’s fascination with weaving commenced, age 8, at summer camp 400 miles north of Toronto. As an adult, she learned from a Dutch weaver whose father and grandfather were Master Weavers in the Netherlands. Further study at the Ontario College of Art & Design and at the Village Weaver hub in Toronto followed.
Marjorie’s original two looms moved to England with her in 1983. Completion of the Bradford Diploma in Handloom Weaving and a City and Guilds adult education module expanded her horizons.
Her teaching studio is now equipped with several carefully chosen looms and spinning wheels. She still loves working with traditional fibres such as wool, alpaca, camel down and silk, but recently has become challenged by some of the newer materials for spinning and weaving – bamboo, soyasilk, rose fibre and seacell.
Three Acorns
Kelly Jerrome worked as a professional greeting card artist for many years until deciding to branch out and create her own designs under the name Three Acorns.
As well as cards, Three Acorns also produces original artworks, giclée prints and miniatures all inspired by Nature, folklore and fairytale.
Verity Bloom Makes
Felicity’s first stitching influencers were the women in her family who knitted, embroidered and
made clothes around her in her early years.
Having completed a BA Hons degree in Constructed Textiles at Middlesex Polytechnic London 1979-82, Felicity then spent some time in the 1980s designing and making handknitted Jumpers and accessories, selling at Covent Garden design market. After this, she taught Design Technology in Bristol and London, whilst working on commissioned work and selling at local markets in Bristol.
Felicity now designs and hand knits small accessories, such as hats and gloves, alongside designing hand stitched and embroidered Folk Art style, small lavender filled house decorations and framed pictures. She sells these locally at Chesham Market, the Galleria on the Green in Chalfont St Giles and Artigo in Bristol.
Felicity is influenced by traditional hand stitched embroidery and Folk Art, traditional knitwear design and techniques and the natural world around her.
Chris Summers Sculpture
All the sculptures and lights Chris makes are made from found items or anything that is given to him that inspires him to create. He doesn’t always know how they are going to turn out as his inspiration and ideas evolve and change as he makes them so no two items are the same.
Chris likes what he makes to make people think.
Lets Be Cats Jewellery
Chesham based Liz Turner is the face behind Lets Be Cats Jewellery and also one of the organisers of Chiltern Made. She loves to upcycle unusual materials into something new. Book pages, maps, bicycle inner tubes, playing cards and more are refashioned into jewellery, accessories, cards and decorations.
Alongside these and her notebooks, which are made using unwanted books and boardgames, she will be bringing some papercraft kits which she has been developing this year.
Liz has continued to hold a number of workshops this year using upcycled paper, including a new venue at the Hospice of St Francis in Berkhamsted and is happy to discuss commissions for her map work.
You can also find her work online at Etsy and a curated selection at the Dickens Museum in London and the Torquay Museum in Devon.
Sculpted Light
After Mike Henson retired, he needed something to occupy his mind and help him in my fight against Parkinson’s. Having always been creative and computer-orientated, designing products on his computer and using lasers to turn his designs into reality seemed an ideal venture.
Now, over a year has passed, Mike has attended a number of craft fairs and developed an eclectic mix of products which seem to meet the approval of his customers.
Unfortunately, Mike cannot exhibit his full product range at a craft fair, but if there’s something you see at https://sculptedlight.uk that you would like to purchase, contact him through his website and he will bring it to the Craft Fair for you.
Mike is offering a £10 discount to anyone who places an order online and then collects their order at the Chiltern Made Craft Fair. Claim your discount by adding ELGIVAARTISANS into the coupon box at the checkout. This offer is open until 14th November 2026.
Delicious Delights
David is inspired by the craft of baking and the joy it brings to others. He loves turning simple ingredients into something special, whether it’s creating new recipes, perfecting old favourites, or seeing customers enjoy the results. The combination of creativity, care and connection with people is what continues to motivate and inspire him every day.
David and Irit began Delicious Delights just over two years ago after closing the café/restaurant that they owned for eight-and-a-half years in Belsize Park.
They were keen to continue to bring happiness to their customers – albeit new ones. The smile they see on their faces is the best gratification they could wish for.
Julia Batten Glass
Working from her Chesham studio, Julia creates bold, quirky and colourful fused glass pieces.
From abstract faces, landscapes and animals, to underwater rock pool re-imaginings, Julia’s work is instantly recognisable and guaranteed to raise a smile!
In the last year, Julia’s work has developed to include a lot of hand painted surface detail, an aspect which she really enjoys.
Julia runs very popular workshops throughout the year in her Chesham studio. Have you joined her yet?
Anidoodle
Kat is a local illustrator creating cute and quirky gifts. All feature her hand-drawn illustrations that she then adds colour to digitally. On her table you can find rum and travel-inspired pin badges, gardening-themed prints and funny Christmas cards. Kat has also self-published a collection of unique interactive comics, including a range of dinosaur comics that follow a dinosaur living in the modern world and a family-friendly goblin adventure.
Looking for Christmas ideas? Check out her festive alphabet tea towel and cute woodland choir decorations.
Hooked On Leaves
Sarah from Hooked on Leaves is a natural dyer who uses plants, flowers and leaves to hand dye
and botanically print textiles.
Sarah makes wearable art from natural fibres like silk, wool, linen and cotton, combining the crafts she loves. She strives to be sustainable as
possible, and uses upcycled clothing and fabric as much as she can, giving new life to old,
expanding their lifespan and reducing waste.
Inspired by nature, Sarah can often be found gathering the leaves, flowers and plants in the Chilterns where she lives, whilst walking her dog or from her own garden where she grows the flowers she uses to print and dye with.
Marie Jones Fibre Art
Marie creates textile art, combining wool felting, fabric collage, free motion machine stitching and hand embroidery.
Her inspiration comes from the colours and textures in nature, and she is at her happiest walking coastal paths and rambling in the hills.
LJC Pottery
Pottery is a lovely hobby for Laura – she says it’s good therapy throwing clay about!
Laura loves experimenting with new glazes to see what can be achieved using different colours together. Her style is very varied as she likes to try out new ideas such as her little vases with houses on them.
Katie Sarah Makes
Katie has been drawing and crafting for as long as she can remember, and she always made her own Christmas and birthday cards growing up.
Katie designs all her cards and framed pieces of art herself, making them from scratch. She draws a design, creates her templates, and cuts and crafts them from sheets of coloured, textured papers. Katie uses a pair of scissors that have big handles and small blades to get the precision she wants and the smooth edges she prides herself on!
Katie loves a pop of bright colour and loves that her cards are versatile and can be used for many different occasions. They’re great ones for customers to have in stock! They’re also blank inside for your own personal message – this is important to Katie as someone who loves sentiment and has always treasured handwritten words.
JHSGlass
Jenny makes modern fused glass for the home and glass jewellery. Her inspiration comes from vibrant colours, textures and patterns which combine to make contemporary, bright glassware. Living in the Chilterns influences the enamel painted panels and bowls, drawing from the local landscape, translating the ideas into abstract pieces. When not manipulating glass you will find her creating colourful landscapes on wooden panels with a palette knife. The two disciplines are beginning to inform each other and she is excited to see where it leads.
Jenny is a member of the Buckinghamshire Craft guild and Contemporary Glass Society
Create Your Happy
Liz and Laura established Create Your Happy from a desire to help people other people take time out to be creative! They are passionate about helping others experience the wellness benefits that social crafting can bring!
They have an ever-growing Craft Kit range for adults and children. Kits contain materials, full colour instructions and links to a video guide, helping you learn the latest craft trends. Craft Kits are ideal gifts, and they offer the recipient the opportunity to get creative in the comfort of their own home.
Liz and Laura run regular public workshops in a number of venues around the High Wycombe area, open to all. They also facilitate private workshops for companies looking for team connections and community groups such as PTAs and charities. They also help people host their own crafty celebration events, and these prove popular for adults and children alike!
Two Spoons Tea
Mark and Giles, co-founders of Chesham based Two Spoons Tea, are expert tea tasters with a passion for tea that’s taken them all over the world.
From the misty hills of China to the lush gardens of India, Kenya and Sri Lanka, they’ve tasted over a million cuppas in their pursuit of the perfect brew.
Teas are sold in our plastic free biodegradable ‘pillows’ and loose leaf too.
Holmsdale Wood
Chris has had an interest in trees and their timber from an early age. For the last twenty odd years his work and hobby has involved the use of wood and he’s still fascinated by its strength and beauty.
He likes sourcing timber that has natural interest and sometimes adding a variety of resins to hopefully make something that is interesting and unique. Chris also uses man made materials such as plywood and acrylic sheet.
Further to using a lathe, Chris makes all sorts of bird boxes, bird tables, bat roosts, &c. He also makes slab/live edged tables all from local sources.
Lychee Homemade
Nancy is the maker behind Lychee Handmade.
After learning to crochet as a child from her mother, a trip to Japan inspired her love of all things cute and kawaii. Back home in the UK, Nancy discovered amigurumi and couldn’t wait to start making her own little crochet characters. Nearly 20 years ago, she started sharing her creations as Lychee Girl, and today Lychee Handmade is all about French knitted and wire décor for nurseries, children’s bedrooms and homes. Every piece is handmade with love, and Nancy likes to think they still have a little of that playful, kawaii spirit that inspired her all those years ago.
Nancy is delighted to be part of the Chiltern Made community and to share her work alongside so many talented local makers. She is grateful to those who support small businesses and handmade – she can’t wait to share her creations with the Craft Fair visitors!
Chiltern Bee
Chiltern Bee is a small, low intensity bee keeping venture, with hives located in the South Chilterns, mainly between Henley and Marlow (the Hambelden Valley).
Chiltern Bee was founded by a beekeeper who is a biochemist by training (worked Pharmaceutical R&D for over twenty years).
Only the local native bee species is kept, and the focus is beeswax rather than honey. Product development is centred on effective skincare, and all products are unique and formulated by the founder. All have been independently safety assessed, undergone stability testing and are registered with the UK cosmetic agency.
The products behave completely differently from “High Street” products.
Skin Balms are made with the purified honeycomb beeswax, sweet almond oil and coconut butter. These three ingredients create an intensively moisturising balm where the oil and butter moisturise the skin which is locked in by the beeswax forming an occlusive layer.
Lipbalms are made with beeswax, extra virgin organic olive oil and shea butter. They work the same way meaning that one application should be sufficient for an entire day.
Soaps are incredibly mild, yet are still true soaps in they are of a pH to kill bacteria and cleanse. This is due to the properties of beeswax and “superfatting” of the soap, making it gentle on the skin.
“Naked Bee” only have the bare minimum ingredients to produce an incredibly simple yet effective product. There are then generally three variants: Mandarin & Grapefruit, Lime and Lavender. These are created by adding cold pressed essential oils to the Naked Bee base.
In addition to cosmetics, Chiltern Bee also produces honey, candles, bath-bombs and beeswax based homeware products (chopping board conditioner, leather conditioner and furniture polish) as well as Beeswax Food Wraps.
Product sales support our local bee population!
Rather Nice Art
Rather Nice Art is the creative business of local artist and maker Emily Brown, inspired by her love of the Chilterns, Chesham, wildlife and animals, storytelling, books, writing, the environment, equality for all and the simple joy of making things by hand.
Emily creates a wonderfully eclectic mix of original artwork, art prints, handmade journals, creative gift ideas and quirky stationery, alongside her popular art and craft workshops.
Her work has a strong connection to the local community. Emily was one of two artists who painted the Welcome to Chesham public mural near the Town Hall, and she also created the life-size portraits beside Costa on Chesham High Street, both commissioned by Bucks Council.
At the Craft Fair, Emily will be bringing a selection of her handmade journals, creative Advent calendars, Blind Date with a Book and Blind Date with a Sketchbook surprises, art prints, mini paintings, creative kits, stickers, bookmarks, painted wooden desk sitters and more.
Whether you’re looking for a unique handmade gift, something creative to inspire you, or simply some Rather Nice Art, there should be plenty to discover!
