Vanessa Butt and Electra Read-Dagg share a studio in Bernard Road opposite Edge. They both also work part time with another upholsterer, Rachael South, based at Lighthouse Studios in Dalston. Vanessa also teaches upholstery and is the technician at London Metropolitan University. Electra had her work shown as part of a collection at the Geffrye Museum curated by Second Sitters. The exhibition was later expanded … Continue reading Upholsterers Vanessa Butt & Electra Read-Dagg

Oliver Smart has specialised in and performed puppetry (exploring movement through performance) for the last 20 years. He also teaches puppetry, design and performance to performing arts professionals. Oliver creates his artistic work under his own name and does commissioned work through his company, Folded Feather. His studio is on Bernard Road, N15, where he’s been based for the last three years. Oliver has worked … Continue reading Oliver Smart (Folded Feather)

Claire Maclean and Nicola Thomas, founders of Edge Upholstery, moved into their studio on Bernard Road, N15, in June 2018 and run a range of upholstery classes. What do you do and what are your roles? Claire: We’re both upholsterers. We met while we were working in a workshop and a school in Shoreditch. We decided to do more upholstery on our own, found a … Continue reading Edge Upholstery

Cheryl Devonish, the woman behind Fearless Steps, creates modern hand drawn greetings cards for people of colour with positive and diverse imagery and messages. Fearless Steps has been featured in The Voice newspaper, an Enfield newspaper, and trade magazine Greetings Today. In 2016, she was invited by Sonia Brown MBE to speak about her business at Digital Catapult in Kings Cross. She also sells bookmarks, … Continue reading Fearless Steps: hand drawn greetings cards for people of colour

DT caught up with Angela Constantinou about her bespoke soft furnishings company, Cocoon Home, back in 2016. Since then she has launched her bespoke interior textiles business, Cocoon Home Interiors. Tell us about the new fabrics business! I work with British artists to produce interior textiles (fabrics for curtains and upholstery). The artists get a royalty from every metre sold and they’ve had an advance … Continue reading Cocoon Home Interiors