HISTORICAL CRAFTS

The storybook quality of Marion Elliot’s paper-cut collages transports us to a time of handmade crafts, a thriving high street and traditional workshops. The wind blows past the yarn dyers of the Hebrides, the doors of a doll’s house open to reveal the scene inside, the butcher and florist display their wares, the farrier hammers horse shoes in his workshop. This collection is a love letter to the vernacular crafts and architecture of this island.

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The subjects for this new collection are reminiscent of the beautiful book The High Street by Eric Ravilious which celebrated early 20th century shops and signs. Marion takes us from the high street with incredible depictions of butcher’s shops, florists, milliners and into traditional rural and coastal craft workshops of basket makers, farriers, sailmakers and dyers.

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These giant globe-shaped pitchers made from slipware, originated in the 18th century Devon and were made to hold cider or ale for the centre of farmhouse tables to celebrate the harvest, a wedding or even the launch of a ship.

The jugs were highly decorated with simple or stylised motifs and subjects ranged from the natural world, to royal emblems, such as unicorns and flags, and rhyming verses that referred to farming, drinking, the perils of the sea.

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GODS, MYTHS & FAIRYTALES

To look into one of Ajiro’s paintings is to get lost within another world, one full of parties, weddings in forests, mandrakes, winged-cardinals, puppets, flowers, mysterious writings, kings, queens and knights, forest creatures and tree roots.

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Medieval scrolls, tapestries, frescoes, ancient woven rugs, fairytales and dreams are all cited as inspiration for the artist.

Kosuke Ajiro’s work is full of mystery. As if from the pages of an ancient manuscript, the figures and creatures seem to have walked out from illuminated margins.

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FOLKTALE TILES

Come on a journey with British artist and ceramicist Edith Morris as she takes us, back through the mists of time, to folktales from Celtic Britain, ancient eastern Europe, Scandinavia and Iceland.

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Looking over the whole collection, it’s as though we have stumbled across an ancient inn in the forest which is tiled in these stories of local legends, mythical beasts and strange woodland plants.

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FRAMED WITH LOVE

If you choose to have your original artwork or limited edition print framed, you can be assured of the highest quality delivered right to your door. Our skilled framers in England use wood which comes from forests that are managed to strict environmental, social, and economic standards by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

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THE COLLECTION

Explore our significant collection of signed, limited edition prints by contemporary artists made exclusively for The Shop Floor Project to museum archival standards.

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Like jars from an eccentric 18th century apothecary, these hand-thrown and hand-built pieces are glazed in different colours and patterns to reference early Staffordshire ceramic animals from the 18th century. 

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