The Frome Independent

Working from her home studio in Somerset, Gemma designs and makes beautiful embroidered products for the home and life including embroidered blankets, cushions, hangings, bags, patches and lavender treats.

100% natural and nutrient dense skincare, sustainably handmade in small, fresh batches and formulated to suit all skin types, ages and genders.

The Pobbles are an ever increasing family of handmade and illustrated ceramic characters by Mel Day. They come as wall art and brooches.

For us, vintage isn’t a trend; it’s about craftsmanship, history and giving beautiful pieces a second life.

Using recycled Sterling Silver and traditional techniques, Hannah, the designer-maker at Polished Grey creates simple, contemporary pieces that are stylish and accessible: Comfortable, everyday jewellery to suit a broad range of style looks that is made to last.

Quality out door kit, made the way it used to be. Using British materials and produced here in Somerset and Gloucestershire.

Art for wild women. Prints that connect women to nature with story and soul. Earthy and evocative lino and woodcuts handmade on the Dorset coast.

Pulp Paper Heaven Notebooks are hand bound using traditional techniques and hand tools. Original notebooks are created reusing exhausted, salvaged print and quality sustainable materials in vintage and antique styles.

Queenie Urchin are Frome sisters who love vintage, Queenie is the clothes mender and picture expert, Urchin mends and recreates new uses for old broken things and oddities. They are both punk lovers and can be glamorous if they get up early enough. Both very chatty and love it when our customers buy something they love. Pirate the little dog is also very helpful.

Handpicked mens and women’s vintage clothing and accessories restored to a “as new” condition with a focus on items that are unique and quirky or timeless and durable

REBECCA EDELMANN makes small batch ceramic cups, plates and small figures and creatures made to make you happy to use and look at. She makes all her work in her small but much loved studio in the heart of Bristol. Her ethos is to make work that you want to hold, use every day but also treasure

Recettes Sucrées is inspired by a French baking book published in 1859.
We bake sweet and savoury treats.We also make seasonal confiture and condiments, the old fashioned way, using seasonal produce.All our packaging is handpainted by us.

I buy old records and tapes for new homes.I professional clean and grade them ready for the next willing turntable or tape player!

Colourful, tactile functional art that you will just want to hold and love.

Bespoke, dramatic and one of kind jewellery and jewellery workshops by Roderick Vere

Colourful and creative jewellery, inspired by vintage patterns, textiles and nature. Eye-catching designs handmade in Bristol, with a recycled side project repurposing offcut materials.

Rosie explores what it means to be a living thing; the wonder of all living elements through intricate copper plate etchings adorned in gold leaf. All made on a 140-year-old press in her Bristol studio.

Rosie Webb creates art to make you smile.Find her on St Catherines hill if you love colour, hand painted art and stylish animals. Or if you love foodie art.

I love pattern and colour! I design, monoprint and linoprint and make fabric ornaments and cards, and design and make purses and pouches using my own fabric designs.

Stainless steel and brass sculptural lamps, uniquely designed and made by sole artisan, Sam rush.

Finely thrown domestic pottery including plates, mugs, bowls of all sizes and oven to table ware.

scalpel and paper creates imaginative works of mix media collage that reflect a love of nature, animals and lifetime spent collecting.

Vegan soaps, salts, lipbalms- handcrafted with care in small batches using pure plant power and packaged plastic free

Small batch and made to order leather bags, accessories and homeware, handcrafted from vegetable tanned leather in my studio in Bath. A sustainable and zero waste brand.