Attending this event is something that has become a yearly activity. Country Living is something that I personally follow through reading the magazine and engaging with the content through the website and social media. At the fair there are a number of stallholders who are all part of a small business/individual creative. Many of these are those who have featured in the magazine over the year. This opens up the opportunity to discuss with them the pieces that they produce and how they've got to where they are.
One creative that I engaged with was Hannah Knapton. This is a creative who I was previously aware of before attending the event and wanted to engage with her to identify how she produces the designs she does. Hannah set up her own design brand after working as a primary school teacher. She prints her own designs inspired by nature in her local design studio. The designs are then scanned and sent to a UK based printer to produce the various products; such as cushions, make-up bags and lampshades. This was interesting to learn as I was previously under the impression that the prints were produced by Hannah by hand. However, she was keen to explain that as her business developed she was able to produce the prints to a higher quality and therefore was able to use a secondary source to print her designs.
As well as being able to engage with creatives at the fair, it was also a vast feed of inspiration. A process that I have identified as one that I wanted to better my skills in is fabric screen printing. I received many elements of inspiration that have given me a number of ideas of areas that I could practise in to practise this method of print.
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