Our "Hand Made" Designer

We are delighted with the publicity material created for us by designer Sally Boyle. From sock monkeys to teapots, paper cuts to heather, Sally's work has a distinctive style.  Her designs epitomise our hand made fairs and markets.  
We are in love with her peacocks, fairytale characters and her latest designs "Spring Wren" and "Summer Fox". 

You can find out more about Sally's design work on her blog Sallywag and buy her prints and greeting cards on Folksy and Etsy. 

HAND MADE AT HAWORTH UPDATE

The sun is shining, the daffodils are smiling and we are out enjoying the weather (when we are supposed to be working).  Really we are on the streets distributing leaflets about our Handmade at Haworth event on Saturday 30 April 2011 at the Bronte School Rooms, Church Street Haworth.

Here is some more information about the event for visitors.
We have lots of tables of handmade loveliness including:  Wicked Gen Crafts (fused glass) Bradford College Enterprise (mixed crafts) Kath Williamson (photography) Wychbury (textile jewellery) My Furoshiki (Japanese gift wrapping) Milliesuds (soaps and natural bath products) Lilac Moon (handmade jewellery) Debbie Alstead (photography) Smashing China Mosaics and more....
We will have a "hand made" tombola where you will have a chance of winning a beautiful hand made gift such as glass, ceramics, silk scarves, prints and patchwork pincushions.
Trufood Catering will be there with their scones and jam, homemade soup, spicey wraps, cake, cake and more cake and endless cups of tea.


Best of all, entrance to the event is FREE so we are looking forward to meeting you and don't forget to say hello!

It was a lovely day....

on Saturday 11 December at the Ilkley Art Market. We had 18 stalls of handmade goodies including ceramics, jewellery, textiles, photography, rag rugs, soft toys, original art, papercrafts and fimo. We would like to thank everyone who took part and gave the market such a positive and lively atmosphere.

We would also like to thank Moor Notes Community Choir for giving us a lunchtime boost by singing carols both outside and inside the venue.  They were enjoyed by both traders and visitors and sang beautifully. 

What's that they are reading in this picture? I hear you ask. Well it is the Folksy Sampler, a free newspaper packed with handmade crafts.  Below are some of our regular traders also enjoying a good read. 

Gary of Garfdale Photography

Jo from Giraffe Craft

Mary and Brian from The Old Brewery Pottery

If you want to see more people reading the Folksy Sampler (and who wouldn't?) just go to our Facebook Page by clicking on the LINK HERE.  

The winner of our best dressed stall competition was Kirsten from Quernus Crafts. Well done Kirsten! She wins a free stall at one of our events in 2011. We will be holding more promotional competitions for our traders next year. 

We will be back soon to tell you about our plans for 2011, including our exciting new venture, Hand Made at Haworth. Meanwhile, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 

Hand Made in Ilkley!

Join us for a cup of tea and cake at

Ilkley Contemporary Arts Market &Tea Room 

on Saturday 25 September 2010

from 10am to 4pm Entrance FREE

How to get there: by train from Leeds or Bradford direct to Ilkley. Come out of the station and turn right. Cross at the zebra crossing immediately left opposite HSBC Bank. Turn right along The Grove. The fourth turning on your left is Riddings Road. Walk 100 yards up and Riddings Hall is on your right.

By bus: Buses run from Leeds, Bradford and Skipton. The bus station is next to the train station. Follow the directions as above.

By car: Follow the A65 from Skipton. Once in Ilkley turn right at Bolton Bridge Road and follow the road along The Grove. Turn right into Riddings Road. 

Follow the A65 from Leeds. Once in Ilkley travel along the Leeds Road until you get to the lights. Turn left up Brook Street. At the top turn right onto The Grove and take the third turning on the left into Riddings Road. The post code for your satnav is LS29 9LS

Parking: there is a pay and display car park in Ilkley behind The Grove or on-street parking can be found in the streets behind Riddings Road. 

Information for Traders

We receive enquiries every day from potential traders including gift and home ware sellers, franchise businesses, regular market traders and fair trade sellers.  We accept hand made and original artists only who represent themselves.

Here is some information about our markets.

We hold regular arts markets at Riddings Hall, Christchurch, The Grove, Ilkley which is a large and light church hall with a kitchen and a stage. We have up to twenty tables measuring 70” x 30” and we supply two chairs and electricity, if required. We charge £25 per table.


We accept hand made only – we do not accept fair trade, bought in or mass produced goods. We do not accept people representing other artists and we discourage table-sharing unless you are both selling similar work (not mixed items).


We expect each trader to have an up to date public liability insurance certificate and we will insist on receiving a copy of this document. We recommend PLI through Artist Newsletter.

 We publicise our markets extensively, both locally and via social media. We spend a lot of money on our printed publicity materials and we constantly assess our marketing strategy.


To apply for our arts markets is simple – please send us some jpegs of your work and a short statement. We will get back to you as soon as we can to tell you if we are the right venue for your work.


The dates for the Ilkley Arts Markets are:
Saturdays
25 September, 23 October and 11 December 2010
19 March, 28 May, 16 July, 22 October and 3 December 2011