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Designers Makers at The Fold®
Sharon McSwiney
Working in both precious and non-precious metals such as copper and brass she creates jewellery and metalwork in various decorative finishes.
Sarah Roberts
Inspiration for her work is from her surroundings looking at flowers, grasses, plants and foliage.
Foal Yard
Our studio is devoted to exploring new designs that can be batch produced combining traditional hand finishing and state of the art wood machining techniques.
Glacier Glass Studio
Emma Waller designs and makes glass pieces using fusing and slumping techniques with glass kilns. Mixing materials, metals, enamel and glass to create stunning colour schemes and unique patterns.
Shivani Patel: Contemporary precious jewellery
Working exclusively with precious metals, each piece is completely hand crafted. Shivani works using the Korean technique of 'Keum-boo', involving fusing pure gold foil to the surface of silver.
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Other Links
Chicken Out!
Do you know about the life your fresh supermarket chickens led before they reached the table? Few people know about the conditions suffered by most broiler chickens - those reared for meat. These birds live short lives, in cramped conditions, without ever seeing natural daylight.
www.slowfoodworcestershire.org.uk
We are thoroughly into Slow food and the Slow Food movement.
Jackie Harris Glass
Unique stained glass windows, panels and gift items handcrafted using traditional methods and quality materials.
Common Ground
Common Ground is internationally recognised for playing a unique role in the arts and environmental fields, focusing upon the positive investment people can make in their own localities.
HOTLIPS
Founded in 1984, HOTLIPS is a Portland, USA family-owned business with four pizza restaurants. Their mission is to preserve culture and celebrate humanity through our rich culinary traditions.
Auro paints
For the decoration of The Fold® we principally used Auro paints as they have some of the highest environmental credentials available. They are now available for sale within the EcoCafé.
Fudge Heaven
Handmade fuffle (somewhere between fudge & Truffle!), chocolates & cakes. A taste of heaven, made by a little devil!
Low & Behold
Low impact clothing and textile reuse
Worcestershire Partnership
The Worcestershire Partnership brings together local government, public services such as health, learning providers, police and probation, voluntary and community organisations and local businesses within Worcestershire, in order to tackle issues that affect Worcestershire residents’ quality of life - such as crime, health, jobs, education and transport.
Barbourne Cider
Ciders made from a mixture of bittersweet, bittersharp and sharp apples which are grown in standard and half standard orchards in Worcestershire. They take a pride in knowing the orchard location and the varieties of apples used in every barrel made which in turn means they're able to understand and influence the flavours and qualities of the finshed ciders.
Eco-nomical
Solar collector and rainwater harvesting retailers and installers. This is the company that provided the ecoCafé's solar heating panels.
British Arts
British Arts, a comprehensive online resource for artists and art buyers.
Mr Akiki
Our local Biodynamic producer and supplier to the ecoCafé
