Loglike product in the spring fair
The 7th Sheffield Craft Candy spring fair attracted 1,000 visitors to the Millennium Gallery on Saturday.
Some of the 50 stall owners were not Sheffield-based but they got the chance to come if they had “a strong want and fine works”, as directed by Sarah Culleton.
It was Sarah’s second time to attend Craft Candy. She is a Derby designer who likes to collect old pictures and print them out on her bags and accessories.
Various products were available in the fair, ranging from little ornaments, postcards to luxury jewellery.
Most of the craftspeople can’t afford to rent out a shop unit in a city, and many sell through websites like online marketplace Folksy, which mainly sells handmade things.
Jen Sandiford, Loglike owner who comes from Wales, confessed that she was not satisfied with the online sales.
“It is rubbish”, she giggled.
Jen’s shop sells environment-friendly products and she also provides free instructions for people to recycle used things and make them useful again.
Sarah Waterhouse, the General Manager of Folksy who is also the founder and chairperson of Craft Candy, explained that the event main aim is to promote handmade products to customers and support new makers setting up their business in Sheffield.
Slideshow provided by Fu Kuang