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Set up by British designer Jacinta Walton, Whinberry & Antler design and produce unique fabrics and homewares by hand in rural England. Incorporating a passion for traditional skills by using hand printing methods, and taking inspiration from British wildlife and countryside, Whinberry & Antler hope to bring a beautiful token of the countryside into your home.

Please have a look around the blog and follow us to see how Whinberry & Antler products are made, with step by step photographs demonstrating the traditional skills used on the 'Behind the Scenes' page, as well as other information and updates about the company.

For more information please see the company website www.WhinberryAntler.com or email info@WhinberryAntler.com




Friday 23 September 2011

Start Up Britain in Shropshire

I attended the Start Up Britain Roadshow in Telford's International Conference centre on Wednesday. It went really well, got lots of good information about starting up businesses and made some good connections. The highlight of the event was being chosen as the best new business, which was an amazing confidence boost and I won a laptop! It was really good to see people who liked the new designs for fabric and being very interested in Whinberry & Antler. The photo below is was taken of myself, holding a cutting of Whinberry & Antler fabric, and Fay Easton, who ran the event and invited me to it.




Here's a link to some press info about the event - http://www.shropshirelive.com/2011/09/27/sound-success-for-startup-shropshire/

So I am now carrying on with upholstering a small wing back chair and the silk screen table is being constructed today, very exciting.

Thursday 22 September 2011

 Here are the first few Whinberry & Antler fabric designs. Each image is produced by hand by firstly making an etch plate, then putting the printed image from this onto a silk screen, and then printing them onto fabric. Stay tuned for more images and explanations on this process...


Well, this is the first Whinberry & Antler blog, so the pressure is on. My reason for starting this blog is to give you an informal insight into my business, I want to to show people what Whinberry & Antler is all about. I'm a one man band so it's quite nice to share these things.... I hope you enjoy it.