Online Ouseburn Open Studios Christmas Shopping

Each year, the resident artists who call Newcastle's cultural quarter - Ouseburn - their home, come together to sell their products and allow visitors to nosy around their studios. Due to the covid lockdown, the popular Ouseburn Open Studios has gone online instead for 2020.

You can now browse 36 Lime Street Winter Showcase online and buy all your Christmas gifts from local and independent artists, creatives and designers.

Immerse yourself in a celebration of creativity! Although November’s Open Studios event can’t take place this year, the good news is that you can still purchase work by contacting the North East artists and makers directly or visiting their online shops.

Treat yourself or a loved one to high quality handmade arts and crafts this Christmas. You have the opportunity to contact the artists to make appointments to visit studios safely too.

North East artists selling their work online:

• Michael Armstrong is a designer/maker providing a commission based service for bespoke hand-made furniture.
• Louise Bradley makes dramatically colourful acrylic and watercolour paintings and limited edition screen-prints with a botanical and biological theme.
• Victoria Brook hand-makes functional ceramics for the domestic interior.
  
• Judith Davies works in both ceramics and drawing, her work reflects her fascination with the effects of watercourses and tide, especially along the Northumbrian coast.
  
• Theresa Easton is a printmaker and maker of artist’s books that provide a platform for her interpretation of social history and cultural commentary.
• Pete Flynn designs and makes decorative and functional ceramic pieces for the home.
• Ford Street Studio is an architectural practice working closely with materials and specialist contractors to produce characterful projects including new build houses and bespoke interiors, delivered to the highest standards.
  
• Zoe Garner works in glass, specialising in lighting and interior installations, also designing and making one-off jewellery pieces.
• Fiona Gray makes striking botanical prints using a combination of photography, painting and digital manipulation.
• Becky Helliar makes functional and decorative pottery, part of group pottery, including Victoria Brooks, Natasza Kwiatkowska and Roman Sapiecha.
• Emma Holliday paints vibrant, expressive and compelling work that reflects a moment in time, often working outside to capture the atmosphere of the landscape.
• Laura Johnston Studios utilises the amazing power of light to transform spaces, from large scale public art commissions to kinetic and responsive sculptures, screens and light installations for the domestic setting.
• Natasha Kwiatkowska Handmade domestic pottery made with passion and love.
• Joanne Mitchell is a glass artist, work explores the metaphorical qualities of air and glass often incorporating the human form suspended in sculptures as intricate air bubbles.
• Sanja Ratkusic designs and handcrafts unique, collectable bears using vintage, recycled fabrics and lovingly hand stitching each one.
• Julia Roxburgh Ceramics Individually hand crafted unique pottery bringing brightness to breakfast and tea.
• Maria Sears designs and makes jewellery using silver and semi-precious metals; metal sculptures; lino, woodcuts and screen prints and cards.