Born and bought up in Yorkshire, Charlie and his family moved to Cumbria more than forty years ago, drawn by memories of many summers spent on the shores of Ullswater at Sandwick Bay.

His paintings, mainly in Acrylic, aim to capture the wonderful scenery of the lakes and mountains at various times of year.

Martin’s inspiration comes from the wood and what I see around me and I allow my ideas to change as the wood reveals its contents. Where the grain is significant I let the wood do the talking and where it is less so I use various painting, waxing, gilding and texturing techniques to enhance the wood. I do try to make items that are practical as well as decorative

Brampton artist Stephen Warnes is best known locally for his light-filled North Cumbrian landscapes. However he is also accepted as one of the country’s leading railway artists and is a fully elected member of the Guild of Railway Artists (a G.R.A.)

Em Whiteford is an artist and maker based in Cumbria/Scotland whose work is deeply inspired by wild landscapes and coastlines. My jewellery designs are centred around capturing the patterns, textures and movement which can be found in the trees, the tides and the hills. Replicating this through natural design, whilst embracing and celebrating the imperfections which can be seen throughout our landscapes.

Angela Mitchell’s lino prints are individual pieces of work, each plate inked as though in a painting, blending colours as she works. Always happiest when sitting with a sketchbook surrounded by nature whether it be allotment, fells or on a rocky headland, where Angela can take in the fragility of the natural world.

Frances Lumbar ceramic art takes inspiration from the textures and forms of nature - the curl of a fern frond, the outlines of weathered stone, the silhouettes of plant stems. Clay is the perfect medium to express her fascination with texture, surface detail and colour.

Frances Lumbar ceramic art takes inspiration from the textures and forms of nature - the curl of a fern frond, the outlines of weathered stone, the silhouettes of plant stems. Clay is the perfect medium to express her fascination with texture, surface detail and colour.

Mark Bowman is a sculptor based in rural Northumberland whose award-winning work is produced in a diverse pallet of materials. A fascination for the natural environment, a constant preoccupation with sculptural form and his passion for working with a wide variety of materials, have all had a considerable influence on Marks creative work and have been the driving force behind his diverse experimentation.

Roxy Denny’s fused glass pieces start out as flat sheets of glass, which she cuts and layers on top of each other, before melting or 'fusing' them together in a kiln. This could be anywhere from four to forty different sections of glass. Some pieces are ground and polished before or after they are fused and they will need to undergo up to four firings before they are finished. Any shaped pieces are 'slumped' into or over a mould

Karen Brown works from her home studio in beautiful Talkin, near Brampton, Carlisle, Cumbria., A contemporary artist working in ink, acrylic and pen on specialist paper or cotton canvas. She knows that the natural world can mirror the range of our own human journey when we seek it; from giving us solace in our sadness to moments of joy when we need it

Porcelain ceramics with a twist , Cath Ball of Stitched Ceramics has been making, selling and developing her porcelain ceramic range for over fifteen years and is based in a small village just six miles outside the border city of Carlisle. She works from a small studio next to her house and sells her work online as well as at other events locally and around the country.

Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour and the Society of Women Artists and a retired member of The Lakes Artists Society. Kate’s paintings mainly involve working from her imagination often with narrative undertones and working from life to fuel output.

David’s illustration work incorporates people, landscapes, buildings and animals to convey visual narratives through the medium of the graphic novel.

These stories explore the importance of particular communities for those people who belong to them.

My current work explores and stretches the technical limits of tack and fully fused glass. Celebrating the texture and tactile quality of clear glass. Enjoying the way light passes through coloured glass to create amazing reflections.

Based in Lanercost just across the road from the Priory, Christina draws inspiration from her country background, and her deep love of the countryside, to produce impressionistic floral watercolour paintings.

All Melanie’s work is handbuilt from stoneware or porcelain clay and handpainted/glazed with a final firing to ‘stoneware’ temperature – usually between 1220 - 1260 degrees Celsius which creates a greater degree of interaction between the clay and glazes/oxides. Porcelain earrings are set on sterling silver findings

Carolyn aims to make objects that catch the eye and invite handling. Experimenting with form has been a major strand of her work for some time - she likes to take a basic shape and see where she can go with it. As well as variations of form, her current preoccupations include simplicity and complexity, light and shade and the dynamics that may arise between groups of objects.

Not content with one particular style, Natalie has a range of work that is inspired by the environment she loves to explore.

Laura has been working with clay on and off for over 15 years now. Having studied fine art at university finding ceramics in her final year the work she creates is more sculptural than functional. Walter Wylder Ceramics, named after her children, was born 6 years ago and has been Laura’s creative path to explore our local history, folklore and traditions through the medium of clay.

The inspiration for my art comes from the emotional energies I experience in my daily existence.

My work reflects my endless fascination for the contours and rhythms of the natural and man-made landscape around me. I create stratified, highly textural, mixed media contemporary abstract artworks by fusing discarded and recycled materials with a variety of mixed media