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The Shop Floor Project works with a wonderful array of designers, artists and makers to design, develop and commission extraordinary collections.

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    MARION ELLIOT

    THE PAPER CUTS

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      FAIRYTALES | KOSUKE AJIRO

      Enter the world of the Japanese painter

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        HARVEST JUGS

        Christina Serra Delmar

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          FOLKTALE TILES

          EDITH MORRIS >
          WINTER WHITE

          WINTER WHITE

          Fresh from out of the kiln, a new collection of Catherine Phelps beautiful ceramics draws upon the ceramicist's love for Spanish history and showcases a new glaze combination which is inspired by Elizabethan ‘blackwork’ embroidery.

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          The Private Life of Birds is a collection inspired after Catherine visited the Monastery of Santa Clara in Tordesillas in Castilla y León and saw a 16th century wall painting depicting the ‘mad queen’ Joanna of Castile.

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          CHERUBS

          CHERUBS

          The Cherub Plates were inspired by a church in Salinas, the Spanish town close to the artist’s heart.  In particular, a towering structure, known as a reredos, was the focus of the inspiration, with its cherubs, angels, stars and scroll work.

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          GODS, MYTHS & FAIRYTALES

          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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          Based in Tokyo, Kosuke Aijro is celebrated in Japan for his fascinating work, with several important solo exhibitions and publications in Japanese, we are delighted to make his work available to a wider audience.

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          THE BEAST'S APOTHECARY

          THE BEAST'S APOTHECARY

          A new collection of lidded earthenware jars by renowned ceramicist Karen Thompson.

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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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          Stylised boars, lions and tigers growl and bare their teeth and tongues in these incredible new works, exclusively made for The Shop Floor Project. 

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          THE PAPER CUTTER

          THE PAPER CUTTER

          Riding in on a sugar horse, past the gingerbread makers and bakers, through the yarn dyers of the Hebrides, up the stairs of a doll’s house, through the butcher’s shop and into the florist, Marion Elliot’s new collection of paper cut collages are a love letter to the vernacular crafts and architecture of this island.

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          Marion’s work is deeply rooted in her love of folk art; shop fronts, fairgrounds, hand-painted signage, advertising imagery and typography, tattoos, workers’ guild banners, mottos, and commemorative mugs are all cited as ongoing inspiration. In fact her Herefordshire home and studio is a testament to this love, with collections displayed around her home.  

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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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          THE HARVEST

          THE HARVEST

          A collection of contemporary Harvest Jugs & Platters by Christina Serra Delmar.

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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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          Based in her studio in Herefordshire, the patterns, themes and motifs for Christina’s contemporary harvest jugs have been found within her rural day to day life. Beginning life as lively sketches, she shares with us “the birds and trees of my garden, chickens, the folk art and toys and poems and songs of my children, stills from our kitchen table”. 

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          FOLKTALE TILES

          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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          STORIES, MYTHS & LEGENDS

          STORIES, MYTHS & LEGENDS

          Inspired by the ancient craft of pargetting, a type of lime plaster decoration applied to the outside of houses in medieval England. The decoration often depicted local folklore such as the legendary figures of Tom Hickathrift and the Wisbech Giant.

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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

          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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          LIMITED EDITION

          LIMITED EDITION

          For almost twenty years we have been working with artists from around the world to develop original works of art specifically for our Artists' Print range. These works are then expertly reproduced by our Fine Art Trade Guild accredited printers in England to the highest standards and colour depth.

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          THE COLLECTION

          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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