Crafty Profile – Tess Hines

Tess Hines is a Beckenham-based linoprint artist who has been producing handmade prints and greeting cards for just over a year. Her inspiration comes from many things: natural forms including flowers, leaves, shells, fossils and wildlife, as well as Art Nouveau designs and beautiful silhouette illustrations and papercuts. 

Tess is passionate about printmaking and relishes the entire process, from sketching designs and carving the lino, to printing the image itself and lifting the paper to reveal the final image.  She is very excited to be attending the Beckenham Crafty Market and will have many of her beautiful card designs and prints on sale there. 

A selection of hand-printed, original cards

Crafty Christmas Update

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Exciting news! The Beckenham Crafty Christmas Hand-Made Market is bursting at the seams with the best designer-made talent there is! The response of sellers has been so great that we have had to reschedule the date of the event to accommodate all of the loveliness.

The Beckenham Crafty Christmas Hand-Made Market will now be on Sunday 20 November and will start at midday until 6pm. Don't forget, this is a market with a difference.... it is held in a domestic setting not in a boring car park or windy field. You will be able to browse and buy hand-made items that can't be found anywhere else. This promises to be a fun afternoon in a really friendly atmosphere with Christmas carols and much merriment.

Over the next few weeks we will take a peek at the designers, makers, illustrators and artists confirmed to be at the event. We will showcase their work and let you know a bit about them. Our aim is to offer affordable, quality gifts and trinkets.

We are planning to have some hot food stalls so if you're peckish pop along!

If you would like more info please get in touch. Miss SoS will be happy to answer your enquiries. Email: thehiddenteapot@gmail.com