A carpet designer once employed by Hugh Mackay Carpets in Durham to design for luxury cruise ships, hotels and high wealth individuals, has now turned her hand to painting land and seascapes, with a selection being hung in a new exhibition, entitled: “Land, Sea and Sky” at the Allendale Forge gallery throughout June. Former art student Linda Vine’s talents also extended to textile design, then she relocated from Newcastle to Yorkshire to work for seven years on greetings card

Tell us a little bit about your background? I studied ceramics at the Glasgow School of Art, which included spending some time in Australia working with a wood firing potter. He taught me a good work ethic and how to enjoy the time that leads up to and beyond wood-firing, and I also learnt to watch kilns, rather than relying on data and script. On moving back to Northumberland, I worked as a high production garden pottery thrower, in one of the few commercial salt-glazed ki

Tell us a little bit about your background? Teacher of kids with learning difficulties for 25 yrs. Left due to ill health & started blogging about living sustainably & recycling. Made a pair of armwarmers using recycled knitwear and the rest is history! Have always loved creating and making clothes, and have a passion for recycling and using what we have. What inspires your work? Inspired originally by Katwise from America, who sells the tutorials for making armwarmers and sw