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Welcome to our latest Meet the Maker, featuring our newest resident artist, Sara Wibberley. Here at épanoui we love to discover new artists and the stories behind their work. Sara is a local emerging painter who finds solace and comfort from everyday objects and the small, joyful things in life. She believes that every object has a story to tell and is inspired by the beauty and simplicity of their shapes. Sara creates her textural still life paintings by building layers of paint, using a minimal palette, whilst allowing the history of previous layers to show through. Alongside her paintings,...

Welcome to our latest Meet the Maker post with Lisa Claire Stewart owner of the joyful Studio Lowen. Here at épanoui we love discovering new artists and the story behind their work and so we are delighted to welcome Lisa and her designs to our shop. Lisa’s beautifully tactile pouches are created for many an occasion and are made from carefully sourced materials from her studio located in West Cornwall. Her objective is to create pieces that bring happiness through aesthetically pleasing tones combined with well thought through functionality. The name “Lowen” even means happy and joyful in Cornish. Grab...

Here at épanoui we love uncovering new artists and their work. Bethany Rose Wells and her amazing creations were a wonderful discovery through a chance conversation in our shop & studio, and the rest as they say, is history. Bethany is a local potter with an eye for colour and a passion for nature and all of the beauty it brings us. Her ceramics bring daily joys through mugs, vases and pots to all who choose to invest in her wonderful craft. Read on to find out more about Bethany's work and for a glimpse into what sparks her creative process. Can you...

Welcome back to our favourite Meet the Maker series! It's been a while but a year in lockdown has led us to discover some new creatives we just love and who have hopped on board at épanoui.  Craftsmanship is at the heart of what we do here and we always love hearing about others creative experiences, paths and backgrounds. We all have a story inside of us and individual ways of accessing our 'source', so grab a cuppa as we dip our toe into our newest artist's favourite things.  Charlotte Knapp is a Bedfordshire based abstract artist who loves exploring a range...