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Name: Michelle Duxbury-Townsley (founder of the Leeds Craft Mafia) Michelle was always an artistic and creative little bunny. As she got older her life took over but the lure of fabric goodness and all things sparkly was too strong! As well as organising prettycraftythings, a monthly market for independent and alternative designers and makers, Michelle is currently designing for her new label, your asinine heart, opening a new shop, starting a fab crafty night called MAKE club and instilling the fabulousness of creating and making into the heart of her mini-me daughter! check out prettycraftythings and your asinine heart |
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Name: miss lizzie harrison (founding member) Lizzie is a hyde park designer with her own label proto clothing > recycled clothing to play in!… Lizzie is currently running the fab shop ANTIFORM, Leeds’ only independent underground shop, which can be found nestled next to HSBC opposite Leeds University. Get down there and purchase delights from LCM members and other fab local designers and makers. check out 25 spaces |
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Alex Lavigueur (founding member) Alex is a designer maker and the other half of ‘handmade’. She has always made things and has tried her hand at crafts ranging from lace making, embroidery and knitting to book making, paper and welding.She loves the bizarre and unusual and can be inspired by anything from kids’ plastic toys and Victorians to weird mechanical objects and the circus.Alex particularly enjoy brandishing a flame, and using techniques such as forging and reticulation. She now makes her own silver jewellery and has taught jewellery making at Leeds College of Art and Design. check out handmade |
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Name: Becky Wignell (founding member) Becky started making her own jewellery to please her tastes for everything bright and tacky. She is inspired by things she finds in chazzer shops, carboot sales and ebay (her new addiction!) and her first thought on anything is can I drill a hole in it? She proudly accepted a recent comparison likening her jewellery to Pat Buchers earrings and now like to think of herself as a Pat for the new millenium. check out Swank |
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Name: Kim Withington Kim Withington is one of the new members of Leeds Craft Mafia! She has her own independent clothes label called ‘Filthy Squirrel’ and is a self taught seamstress, who has been based in Leeds for quite some time. Filthy Squirrel is stocked in various shops in leeds and also at the lovely prettycraftythings once a month! Kim loves putting on Fashion Shows and doing weird and wonderful photo shoots in bizzare places… check out Filthy Squirrel |
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| Name: Karen Dennis More info on Karen coming soon! check out Ketchup Clothing |
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| Name: Dawn Wood More info on Dawn coming soon! check out Ages of Elegance |
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Name: Kerry Fewster and Claire Hutchinson The pair met while working as designers in Leeds and formed a friendship that combined a passion for independent fashion and strong views against high street multiples and mass produced clothing. The goal became to create an independent fashion revolution, fighting against throw away fashion, supermarket collections and the ‘everything you want in one shop’ lifestyle which they believe is sucking fashion’s creative energy dry. The bats are constantly designing and developing interesting and unique garments and are always on the look out for independent designers who believe in an independent revolution. check out Five Red Bats |
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Founding Members of Leeds Craft Mafia who no are longer with the group but remain in our hearts:
Laura Creer - handmade
Anouska Smith - junkie lovers
Melanie Ndzinga - on a break but we hope to have her back soon!