New Makers 2024
Celebrating and supporting creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship
For the sixth year running, we have invited international craftspeople to apply for our New Makers programme. The successful artists receive expert guidance on growing their emerging businesses, along with a platform to sell their handmade goods, with full profits being returned to them.
We are delighted to introduce our New Makers for 2024: Amy Krone, Polly Liu, Will Nock, Kate Semple, and Rosie Stonham. From ceramic vessels and handblown glass to oak furniture and Appalachian-style baskets, each piece in this year’s collection is handmade to order.
Amy Krone Baskets
Based in the Catskill Mountains, New York, Amy Krone weaves unique baskets by hand from sustainably harvested white oak. The wood is carefully split, creating pliable strips which are woven with white ash to form her Appalachian-style baskets.
Polly Liu Ceramics
Raised in China and now living in south London, ceramicist Polly Liu creates experimental mugs, jugs and platters at her Peckham studio. Her craft encompasses traditional slab building and the Japanese Nerikomi technique which involves forming patterns from different coloured clays.
“We want to support people who have a real appreciation of traditional craft techniques and sustainable materials, and who are thoughtful in how they create their pieces.”
Judith Harris, Head of House&Home.
Will Nock Furniture
Working from his harbourside workshop in Falmouth, Cornwall, Will Nock creates collections of considered furniture using locally sourced oak. He gradually removes material using traditional sculpting tools, drawing on his coastal surroundings to influence form, texture and balance.
Kate Semple Ceramics
York-based artist Kate Semple draws on her background in illustration and design to create stoneware vessels. She uses traditional pinching, slabbing and coiling techniques before decorating them with hand-painted lines.
Rosie Stonham
Previously a homeware designer, Rosie Stonham discovered glasswork while studying at the Royal College of Art. Her hand-blown vessels are informed by an interest in biology and the flow of matter between the body and the external world.
Alumni | Previous New Makers
We are delighted to share the ongoing successes of our previous New Makers from the last 5 years.
