Artists, Makers & Refreshments 2026

Colin Griffith

Colin concentrates on making traditional ware designed to be in constant use, Colin decorates his work with traditional glazes or by colouring them by using shaped sponges.

Ceramicist

Debbie Siniska

Rag rug maker, felt maker, natural dyer and teacher.

@debbiesiniska

Textiles

Printmaker

Adele Scantlebury

Adele Scantlebury is a Sussex artist who makes stunning wood block prints of local scenery and wilderness.

Pam Franklin

Rich, decorative and simply impossible to pass by, Pam Franklin’s work is indebted to a historical language.

Painter

Isobel has had a lifelong connection with plants and the natural world, shaped by growing up in the East Sussex countryside and later working as an organic gardener, market gardener and herbal apothecary. She shares her passion for plants, creativity and seasonal living, bringing people together to learn, celebrate nature and build meaningful community.

Herbal, Pressed Flowers & Naturally-dyed Textiles

Moroccan Rugs

Old Yarns

Dee Miller carefully sources new and vintage Moroccan rugs, championing the use of natural dyes. All profits are invested into women’s health & education initiatives together with a water tank project in the High Atlas Mountains.

Julia Sebline

Brocante

Marie-Claire Erith / Tresors de la Cave

Antique, brocante and vintage pieces discovered in Paris and sold from Rye.

Brocante

Three-dimensional Maker

Lucy Williams

“I have lived and worked in the hedgerows and woods fields and valleys observing and being inspired by my encounters with nature. This is the influence behind my work be it ceramics, wood or stone. I now live by the Sussex coast and so am being inspired again by a new palette.”

To contact Lucy please email lucyheartwood@hotmail.co.uk

Bloomsbury Revisited

A unique collection of Bloomsbury style Lampshades, Bases and Wallpapers.

Painted Lampshades, Bases and Wallpapers

Carol Norton

Carol's 'time capsules' are inspired by the changing plant life around her Kenardington studio, shaped by the seasons and environmental conditions. Each plaque preserves a fleeting botanical moment, using individually selected cuttings from abundant plant growth.

Fine Plaster Plaques

Ceramicist

Together by Nature / Forest Aston

Completely unique platters are handmade using foraged Cowslip. Slab made with seasonal plant decoration using a buff stoneware, pressed in plants and glazed.

Cheryl Summers

Cheryl creates bespoke ceramics that tell a story, working in stoneware and porcelain. She also loves creating bold graphic patterns using slips and glazes.

Ceramicist

Great Dixter

Plants grown at Great Dixter.

Plants

Painter & Printmaker

Charlotte Molesworth

Though painting and drawing sometimes has to take a back seat, Charlotte loves to get back to her 2-D work and prefers to spend time outdoors working from observation - most often tree / plant inspired - working in oils, charcoal, Indian inks and occasionally in acrylics. Charlotte also creates lino-cuts in her garden studio which will be open as a gallery space throughout the exhibitions.