Crafts at Sandringham Christmas

Paul Bryant

My first encounter with the Bob Ross Wet-On-Wet Painting Technique was by pure accident. I was sitting at home on a six-week period of convalescence recovering from a skiing accident after breaking my shoulder. Home alone with the TV remote all to myself, I started scanning the channels. It wasn’t so much the soft speaking voice or the crazy hairstyle that grabbed my attention, but the fact that this man was producing a fantastic oil painting with brushes you would expect to use when painting your front door.

“I can do that” I thought, and I attended various courses in Holland.

Since then I have also qualified as a Bob Ross Instructor. 

Jo Barker

Jo fell in love with glass and its magical properties on a visit when she was 13 to Venice. There she had the experience of seeing the Murano glass blowers.

In 2012 she decided to go back to uni to obtain a degree in glass.  In 2015 Jo graduated with a 2:1 Ba Hons Glass.

While studying for her degree she discovered an old ancient technique which dates back to Mesopotamia which is often called “The Ghost Technique “ or “The Forgotten Technique” today this is called Pate de Verre which literally means paste of glass.  Small granules of glass are mixed with a binder and then pressed into a refractory mould which is a one time use only.  This mould is fired in a casting kiln and the final effect is a translucent effect on the glass.   Jo specialised at PCA, glass casting and Pate de Verre (PDV)

Since graduating in 2015 Jo has been travelling around the country from Cornwall to Scotland selling at shows.

Olive & Wallis

Handmade British jewellery.

Everyday beautiful jewellery and statement pieces.

We are Alex and Laura, sisters, original fen girls and founders of Olive&Wallis.

Many months ago, when life was normal we talked of a venture, an enterprise, a dream to create a business. And then, when things were anything but normal we made a leap of faith.

We design and make jewellery that we hope you’ll love, for you or for someone you love.

Isle Home and Garden

Silver by Victoria – Victoria Baxter – Silver Jewellery.

Silver by Victoria is my passion, my baby and my dream. I have the privilege to live and work in the Derbyshire Dales and as I work in my studio, I can hear and see, the beautiful countryside surrounding me.

I am a self-taught jewellery designer and maker with a passion for creating unique one of a kind sterling silver jewellery, which will bring a unique sparkle to people’s lives. My items are available to suit all budgets with something to suit everyone, and are all lovingly handcrafted by myself for valued customers worldwide.

Reclaimed Gems – Jem & Gail Broughton

We are a small reclaimed timber furniture makers, producing bespoke pieces of unique furniture designed by ourselves or even by yourselves.

Crafted Pens – Neil Farrer

All of our fountain pens, rollerball pens and ballpoint pens plus a few mechanical pencils are all handmade from over 240 exotic and domestic woods in our workshop in Bedfordshire, England.

Our pens make ideal gifts for  Birthdays, Christmas, Weddings, Anniversaries, Mothers/Fathers day and Retirement. They are also excellent pens for personal use. Each pen comes in a presentation box made from recycled materials with gold print and make a lovely gift for someone…….. or yourself.

AMBER AFFAIR – was established to celebrate the timeless power of Baltic amber. We offer a wide range of outstanding silver jewellery and decorated glassware collections of both traditional and experimental design sensibilities. Our jewellery pieces as well as other gifts are decorated with certified amber. Quality is very important to us and our extensive collection of glassware and jewellery is mostly made by hand in hallmarked 925 Sterling Silver.

Natural Amber is our main fascination. Our aim is to promote a new design in amber jewellery and glassware, different from traditional style. Amber Affair offers bolt modern jewellery, glass vases and candle holders.

Pulse Magnetics

Magnetism is the very foundation of life on earth. The human body has developed over millions of years within a magnetic field. Our body is “electric”, it resonates within a frequency range and is constantly being altered by poor diet, injury, illness, accidents and the possible overexposure to electromagnetic fields so it makes sense to use magnetic therapy to re-balance our body’s natural healing mechanism.

Magnetic therapy products can help to readdress this imbalance by allowing the body to repair itself, from within by either applying powerful magnetic fields to a problem area or by exposing the iron atoms in blood to a Magnetic Field to aid and improve circulation to the whole body.

The Event Gallery Fine Art – K a y  J o h n s – artist in residence!

Whether it be a mouse, hare, pheasant, cat, dog or best in show bull, Kay is in her element whilst painting wildlife. Kay is probably the best known livestock artist in the country. Kay is also well known for her hare, equestrian,  canine and British wildlife art, both originals and prints.

Dotty Birds

With our craft activity packs, it’s easy to keep the kids occupied for hours with having fun that doesn’t involve a phone or a computer. They’ll enjoy creating their own mini masterpieces from a craft activity pack that contains everything they need, including the template, glue and buttons.

It’s an easy, effective and relaxing sensory activity that’s perfect for creating calm in the house as well as some lovely results and unique keepsakes that you can treasure.

Piskey Lead – Richard White.

We create handmade wooden pastille burners using top quality, seasoned hardwoods derived from sustainable sources and coloured resin pastille burners.

Our scented pastilles are also handmade using wood flour, pressed into shape then individually scented.

Recently we have added incense sticks and ash catchers to our range.

Stokes of England – Blacksmith

Visit the blacksmiths tent, bringing an insight into this fascinating and very traditional English craft. Stokes Blacksmiths are at all of our shows.  It is a long standing family business, now run by Chris Stokes, who has been a blacksmith for over thirty years.

He says he loves his work because of the creativity involved; the knowledge that he is leaving a legacy in his work that will last for many many years into the future and that fact that he never knows who his next customer will be. You can even have a go too! Make an original hook or keyring and get involved!