Hands Up Shade Auction

Line & Honey - Amberlee Green

Amberlee is a Mental Health Advisor, Illustrator, Lecturer and founder of Line & Honey. Following postgraduate study in the UCL Division of Psychiatry her career centred around mental health promotion and awareness in academia. She also currently lectures in Cultural and Historical Studies, and delivers workshops focused on the intersection between representation and creativity. Of Jamaican heritage, her illustration practice is rooted in wellbeing and focusing on depicting black women in soft, reflect moments. Line & Honey make art prints for the home, work extensively across brands to design and illustration visual branding, and also create hand printed textiles such as their bestselling satin scarf. 

Amberlee has designed onto one of our 30cm Straight Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with a lime green tape.

Becky Blair

Becky Blair is a painter who aspires to create imagery that has strength, but is equally fleeting and momentary. After recovering from a period of chronic illness she has changed her approach to her work, pairing back her compositions and re-exploring her methods of applying paint. This work presents an exploration that speaks of joy, using colour, texture and composition to render physical aspects of life that are intangible. Working mostly in acrylic paints as she finds their versatility perfect for the techniques of layering that allow her to achieve luminous colour as well as the freedom to work quickly. Becky says "I hope my artwork brings joy, that it lifts people's spirits and maybe inspires them to be creative. That's the effect art has on me."

Becky has designed onto one of our 30cm Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with a turquoise tape.

Bell Hutley

Bell Hutley is a London-based artist and designer. Bell is known for her darkly romantic aesthetic, whimsical illustrations and arresting use of colour inspired by nature, children’s literature and folklore. Since launching her namesake brand in 2018, Bell strives to tell stories through her bold and fierce designs. Her creations are like pieces of art - to keep and treasure for years to come. Bell’s work has been widely recognised by the press and has featured in The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, ES Magazine, House and Garden and Sunday Times Style to name a few. 

Bell has designed onto one of our 30cm Straight Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with azur tape.

Ellen Merchant

Ellen Merchant is a decorative artist, designer & printmaker based in London. Drawing from a love of antique textiles & botanical forms, she creates hand-drawn, uplifting prints with a decorative aesthetic that pays homage to the British Arts & Crafts movement. Ellen specialises in original pattern design, impactful colour & the application of traditional craft skills & values to vibrant, contemporary design for a modern audience. 

Ellen has designed onto one of our 30cm Straight Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with pale pink tape.

Freya Bramble-Carter

Freya Bramble-Carter is a ceramics artist based in London, creating work with a strong connection to the natural world. Freya has been working with clay since she was a child, firing pots in her father’s studio from a young age. Her father, Chris Bramble, has been a ceramics artist and teacher for over 30 years, and they now share a studio space in Kingsgate Workshops, London. Hand-sculpted figures are often assembled with thrown forms, both functional and non-functional, they bring together a cross-generation of contemporary references to ceramic sculpture and a love of traditional European and African craftsmanship and the pieces of magic of everyday London living. 

Freya has designed onto one of our 30cm Straight Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with pink tape.

George Butler

George is an award-winning artist and illustrator specialising in travel and current affairs. His drawings, done in situ, are in pen, ink and watercolour. Six months after his first trip to Syria in August 2012, he made a similar trip back to the north of the country to record stories from the refugees and field hospitals. His drawings have been reproduced by the Times and the Guardian amongst others as well as on the BBC, CNN and Al Arabiya. He is a founding member of Hands Up Foundation and has recently returned from the Ukraine where he documented many of the atrocities taking place currently.

George has designed onto one of our 30cm Straight Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with sunshine tape.

George Irvine

George Irvine is an artist based in Oxfordshire. Having spent many years teaching art and running an art school George now runs an Inn whilst making his art along the way and is now working towards an exhibition at Great Shefford, Hungerford September 2022. 

"Having taught Art for 20 years and enjoyed introducing students to a wide range of approaches to making Art, unsurprisingly I am now exploring a wide range of materials and concepts. Although there is an overwhelmingly constitutional focus on nature, time and light. If such a thing exists I would call myself a ‘Contemporary Romantic’ plugged into the natural world. Painting, drawing, photography, printmaking and assemblage are the ways I express what I choose to see."

George has designed onto one of our 30cm Straight Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with classic green tape.

Georgia Fiennes

Georgia is a British artist, living and working in Hampshire. Growing up between London and the East Coast of America resulted in Art school in Boston after which, she returned to the UK and has been painting ever since. She draws her inspiration from interiors, textiles, antique furniture, decorative objects and flowers but always allows her whimsical animals to take centre stage. 

Georgia has designed onto one of our 30cm Straight Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with turquoise tape.

Jemma Powell

Oxfordshire based artist Jemma Powell draws her inspiration from nature and her travels. Working 'en plein air' in watercolour, charcoal, pencil and oil pastel, she later develops her pictures in oil on board. Jemma often works from memory – working intuitively through the process of applying the paint, wiping it off, reapplying with brush or palette knife, scrubbing it and using her fingers to make expressive marks. Jemma says: “I like the mistakes, they are the most exciting part, things start to appear and the painting takes on a life of its own.” Jemma's flower paintings reflect her love of the outdoors and the countryside that surrounds her home where she lives with her husband, singer song writer Jack Savoretti, three children and three dogs. 

Jemma has designed onto one of our 30cm Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with tangerine tape.

Lisa Hardy

Lisa Hardy is a fine artist living in West Wales whose inspiration comes from nature and the surrounding countryside. Lisa studied Fine Art Textiles at Winchester School of Art followed by a career in fashion. Now living in a converted barn in a small farming community Lisa has been able to pursue her artistic career with the rich and diverse landscape inspiring much of her work. Lisa captures and abstracts the essence of her environment with a lightness of touch using a mix of watercolour and pencil.

Lisa has designed onto one of our 30cm Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with pale pink tape.

Lucy Kent

Lucy is a contemporary landscape artist painting in oil, predominantly en plein-air, and travels extensively with her paints. Often these smaller paintings are used to produce larger studio pieces when she returns home. Lucy views her work like a visual diary, intimately recording her experiences and the beauty in the world around her. A palette knife is used to build the layers and tell the story of the scene unfolding, which resulted in an energetic and vibrant response to the subject matter. Lucy is particularly inspired by dramatic lights and will often re-visit the same spot a few times at different times of day and year, drawing inspiration from the Impressionist movement in modern day. Although figurative in style, Lucy has a strong focus on the visceral quality of the paint itself, so areas of the painting when isolated appear completely abstract. 

Lucy has designed onto one of our 30cm Straight Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with tangerine tape.

Lucy Tiffney

Lucy Tiffney, award winning Design Studio established in 2016, has evolved from years of fulfilling creative commissions and an ambition to make unique, fresh, colourful and happy designs for all.

Born out of an inherent necessity to create, Lucy’s original, large scale, bold murals and beautiful wallpapers showcase her signature hand painterly style and unique interpretation of the natural world.

Lucy has designed onto one of our 30cm Straight Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with violet tape.

Luke Edward-Hall

Luke Edward Hall is an English artist and designer, and columnist. Luke’s philosophy is shaped by his love of storytelling and fantasy. His colourful work is often inspired by history, filtered through a lens of irreverent romanticism. Since founding his studio in 2015, Luke has worked on a broad range of commissions, from interior design and fashion projects to murals and illustration work for books, restaurants and hotels. He has collaborated with a variety of companies and institutions including Burberry, Lanvin, Christie’s, Royal Academy of Arts, Ginori 1735, Svenskt Tenn and Habitat. Luke exhibits his drawings and paintings internationally with Athens-based gallery The Breeder.

Luke has designed onto one of our 30cm Straight Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with sunshine tape.

Lulu Guinness

Quintessentially British, Lulu Guinness is an iconic handbag brand with a legacy-making heritage - as the originator of witty, playful bags to place proudly on the table, not on the floor. It all started with a brief case, in 1989, when its then 29-year-old founder and creative director designed a ladylike attaché case containing convenient pockets for just about everything. Driven by her own style - vintage-inspired and ladylike, with a tongue-in-cheek twist - Lulu began creating the hand-held treasures that made her name. Think Lulu Guinness and think of the iconic, Dali-esque Lips Clutch, the famous Florist Basket - now part of the V&A’s permanent fashion exhibition - and The Birdcage that tweets and you have an archive that transcends fashion accessories to become works of art. Albeit works of art you can take to a party.

Lulu has designed onto one of our 30cm Straight Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with azur tape.

Matthew Williamson

Matthew Williamson is an award-winning, British interior designer known predominantly for his unique use of pattern and colour. Having begun his illustrious career in fashion under his namesake brand for over 20 years, Matthew has drawn on his decades of experience and pivoted seamlessly into the world of interior design. Alongside his growing residential and commercial design portfolio, Matthew has also launched a series of homeware collections in collaboration with John Lewis, Pooky, Roome London, Obeetee and more. .

Matthew has designed onto one of our 30cm Straight Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with turquoise tape.

Molly Benson

Molly Benson is a still life painter working with oils and fluorescent acrylic paint. She uses a mixture of colourful objects from around the house as well as pattern, designed by herself or by altering colour and hue. The patterns mainly consist of Indian block printed and ikat fabrics.

Molly has designed onto one of our 30cm Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with violet tape.

Niamh Birch

Niamh Birch is a Devonshire Painter based in London, specialising in textural oil paintings on canvas and paper. Having completed a BA in Contemporary Arts Practice in 2019, Birch explores personal narratives through themes of still life and uses repetitive objects within domestic and exterior settings. 

Niamh has designed onto one of our 30cm Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with classic green tape.

Ottoline Macilwaine

Ottoline is from London and a recent graduate from Trinity College Dublin. 

“ I have always loved pursuing my artistic endeavours alongside my academic studies. I use a variety of mediums, with my preferred being watercolour and have experience painting lamp shades for friends.”

Ottoline has designed onto one of our 30cm Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with classic green tape.

Rory Hutton

Rory Hutton is a Cambridge based artist, designer and historian. Inspired by history, art, architecture, theatre, opera and dance, his designs are most elegantly displayed through his highly coveted collections of luxury, silk scarves. Since 2018 Rory Hutton has designed over 100 silk scarves for many of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious arts and heritage institutions, responding to their collections, performances and exhibitions. Known for his lively linocut illustrations and bold block colours, Rory Hutton delights in reinterpreting historical themes and imbuing them with a contemporary twist. To date the designer has collaborated with The Royal Opera House, The Royal Collection, The British Museum, Westminster Abbey and The Victoria & Albert Museum to name but a few.

Rory has designed onto one of our 30cm Straight Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with coral tape.

Rose Electra Harris

Rose Electra Harris is a London-based printmaker and painter. Having completed a degree in printmaking at the University of Brighton in 2015, she now works from her studio in south London. Rose uses her work to explore interior space, using the obscure and everyday objects to which she’s drawn to create her still lifes. Fascinated by colour, line, shape, texture and pattern, Rose places these objects – some from memory, some imagined, some collected over time – in her roomscapes, playing around with them until she finds the perfect composition, always in search of balance and harmony. Rose reimagines the colourful dialogue that exists between space and furnishings, as interested in the negative space between objects as she is in the objects themselves. She isn’t concerned with portraying objects exactly as they are, but more how they make her feel, making use of a singularly distorted, ever so slightly off-kilter, perspective to do so. To her, a room is an oasis and the things within it are what bring it to life.

Rose has designed onto one of our 30cm Straight Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with pale pink tape.

Rose Jocham

Rose is an illustrator and designer currently living in London. She has developed her own style and has been applying it across a multitude of product areas including gift, stationery, homeware & fashion. Rose hand paints everything and particularly loves to use gouache and watercolour with a focus always on colour; she often uses fine line pen to add the extra detail. She is inspired by the people around her as well as her surroundings including all the beautiful landscapes, architecture and gardens when on her travels.

Rose has designed onto one of our 30cm Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with coral tape.

Sarah Lewis

Born in 1976, Sarah Lewis began her artistic career with a BA hons in Textile Design at Nottingham Trent University.  During the ensuing years, whilst working under the tutelage of accomplished Kent artist Robert Mc Keller she gained much experience in painting and developed her passion for still life. Sarah has shown with London galleries and agents. She now sells her Art through her website and Instagram. Another aspect of Sarah's work is her quick and energetic drawings, which are proving to be very popular. Using clean and fluid lines, her pieces can be reminiscent of oriental mark making which beautifully capture her subjects characteristics.

Sarah has designed onto one of our 30cm Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with yellow tape.

Tatiana Alida

Tatiana Alida Design was founded by Tatiana Alida Carrelet in 2018. Having studied Art and Design at University, Tatiana worked hard to pursue her goal of becoming an illustrator and artist and is now living her dream, one drawing at a time. Tatiana’s designs play on being perfectly imperfect and whimsical. Tatiana is both French and English and lives in London.

Tatiana has designed onto one of our 30cm Straight Empire Top 'n' Tail shades with a lime green tape.