Gift Focus - Mar/Apr 2019 (Issue 112)

giftfocus 43 BCTF Miguel Issa Stand: N21 W: miguelissa.com Miguel creates striking products in a wide range of colour palettes to uplift and rejuvenate any interior space. Miguel combines his own close- up photography of nature by layering images into intricate and beautiful geometric designs. Emily Stracey Stand: 123 W: emilystracey.com Emily’s ceramic work is humorous, colourful and almost always involves animals. People and animal-watching, combined with an over active imagination, forms the basis of her range. Katfish Designs Stand: N37 W: katfishdesigns.co.uk Katfish Designs is an explosion of colourful, quirky accessories and homewares inspired by the Yorkshire Pennines and its inhabitants. Kathryn’s designs are inspired by her love of nature and childlike imagination. The simple drawings are brought to life via a series of templates, from which fabric is chosen, cut and assembled with a mix of needle felting, appliqué, free motion embroidery, hand-stitching and bead and wire work. Emily Rowley Makes Things Stand: 164 W: emilyrowley.co.uk Emily Rowley’s products, involving in many cases naked or partially dressed people erring on the side of the less than-perfect-body form. Working in clay, Emily makes figurative ceramics with personalities of their own.