Silver Seduction

There are just over two week’s until St Valentine’s Day – don’t leave to too late to surprise your sweetheart!

Today we’re showcasing the shining sensations of silversmith Ashi Marwaha, whose stunning creations have been inspired by the architectural geometry of India. Her work, which holds a feeling of faith and spirituality, would be an excellent choice for a truly meaningful Valentine’s gift.

In Debbie Bryan’s Studio & Shop there are so many stunning accessories, beautiful and curious treasures, that you’re sure to find exactly what you’re looking for this Valentine ’s Day. Debbie’s Lace Market shop is home to the works of so many talented designers, artists and makers that every corner is hiding another hidden gem.

Make St Valentine’s Day special this year.

Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop –
18 St Mary's Gate,
The Lace Market,
Creative Quarter,
The Lace Market Nottingham,
NG1 1PF

We’re open Monday – Saturday 11am – 5pm

Illuminate Nottingham!

Two weeks today and Nottingham will be celebrating its annual Light Night, and this year Debbie Bryan will be doing more than ever before.

One very talented designer whose work we’re really looking forward to showcasing Hannah Nunn. Her lighting pieces have long been catching the eye of visitors to our Lace Market shop, but on Friday 8^th February, Debbie will be selling signed copies of Hannah' new Book  “illuminate”, which also includes Nottingham's own Sarah Turner, just in time for the Nottingham Festival of words.

Nunn’s lighting designs are delicate, unique and very artistic, so be sure to visit our Lace Market shop on Light Night, where you can view Nunn’s work, along with the beautiful lighting creations of Lucy Renshaw, Laura Olivia, Stella Corrall and Laura Turner!

Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop –
18 St Mary's Gate,
The Lace Market,
Creative Quarter,
The Lace Market Nottingham,
NG1 1PF

The Poetry of Fashion

The combination of great writing and great fashion could not be found in any better place than in the works of poet Deborah Tyler-Bennett.

This highly talented woman says that her work is influenced by vintage fashion, which is an influence shared by Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop. Deborah looked picture perfect 1950's when she joined Alison Knox and Tina Bettison for a Flash Mob Poetry reading at our shop on 8th December, which was a huge success!

Here is what Decorah had to say about her part in the Nottingham Festival of Words:

“As a Nottinghamshire born writer, it’s always nice to be asked to do something connected with the city of Nottingham. Many of my poems are set in and around the county, featuring some characters based on ancestors in the hosiery-trade who worked as stockingers. So, being Writer in Residence for Nottingham’s first Festival of Words provides me with a wonderful opportunity, both to write about the city and its lace-making/ textile heritage, and to inspire others around the theme of Love and Lace.

When asked to write a short poem on the theme to go on a postcard for the festival, I thought of lace’s delicacy, its ‘heirloom’ qualities, but I also thought of the hard-graft of making it.”

Deborah’s eagerly await poetry reading will be will be on Friday 15^th February from 5pm to 7pm, during the pop-up tea room with Designer Lucy Renshaw, so this is an evening not to miss!

Lucy will be available to sign copies of her fantastic Textile Handbook, a step by step guide to up-cycling, re-cycling and re-crafting. For information about her lamp design workshops on Saturday 18^th & Sunday 19^th May, please follow this link: http://debbiebryan.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/make-your-christmas-gift-last-until.html

All You Need Is Love!

St Valentine’s Day is in just over three weeks time, and you don’t want to leave your darling broken hearted on the special day, but lucky Debbie Bryan Shop & Studio is right in the city centre and full of exquisite wonders for your special someone this February.

Our “All You Need Is Love” prints are fun, romantic and a treasure to hold dear for many years to come.

These heart warming prints can be purchased at the shop today, so be sure to visit us when you’re in Nottingham and make this Valentine’s Day good enough to frame!

Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop –
18 St Mary's Gate,
The Lace Market,
Creative Quarter,
The Lace Market Nottingham,
NG1 1PF

We’re open Monday – Saturday 11am – 5pm

Preparing for the New York trade show!

27th - 30th January

Stand 2269 : British Jewellery & Giftware International : New York International Gift Fair : Jacob Javits Centre. New York : USA.

International tradeshows have been common practice for Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop since 2007, and have always been a highly successful venture.

The stunning pieces you’ll find at this event have all been created with precision in a tranquil studio in Nottingham’s historic lace market. The work that is created in Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop is following in for footsteps of Nottingham’s forefathers, and aims to encapsulate the proud history of the Nottingham Lace industry and of great British design and craftsmanship.

The award winning designer, Debbie Bryan, uses only the highest quality raw materials to create original knitted and felted fabrics, which are then transformed into beautiful and distinctive scarves and corsages.

Other gorgeous accessories that you’ll find at Debbie Bryan’s stand in New York are the unique and extraordinary hand-cast resin brooches. These stunning accessories have been created using curious materials, which represent nostalgia, a by-gone era and the history of British culture. Brooches can include vintage photographs, ceramics, old currency, Nottingham Lace and many other materials.

A fabric project supported by the Future Factory at Nottingham Trent University enabled Debbie Bryan to work with a specialist knit company in 2012, which resulted in a new luxury collection of scarves, knitted in cotton, mohair and lamb’s wool.

These beautiful pieces are knitted on 100-year old traditional knitting machinery, which sit along-side the antique hand frame machines designed in 1589 by Reverend William Lee, inventor of first knitting frame. The year 2012 marked a centenary of business for our industry partner - a 4th generation family owned knit specialist.

We believe that our offer to the international audience is more than just stunning design and quality materials, what we’re also offering is a part of British history, celebrating a rich culture and treasured making techniques.

As this event Debbie Bryan will be launching an accessories collection, along with a new wholesale Heritage range of lace knits and tableware, which we’re really exciting to be sharing. We hope to be seeing lots of new and familiar faces soon! 

Stella Corrall lit up our Christmas, now she’s lighting up Nottingham!

You will definitely remember Stella Corrall from our Christmas Heart of Heritage this December in the Flying Horse Walk. Her lighting pieces added a beautiful atmosphere and warmth to our vintage theme festive window, and now, she’s changing the mood of Nottingham Light Night!

Stella’s company, Lucentia Design, is an eco-business with a strong set of moral principles, and on Friday 8^th February, Stella is our resident maker and will be shining a light on the ethos and moral framework behind her stunning designs, such as the importance of recycling and being environmentally aware.

We will also be showcasing lighting collections from Lucy Renshaw, Laura Oliva, Hannah Nunn and Nottingham Eco-designer Sarah Turner. If you’d like Stella, Debbie and our other talented designers to light up your night, be sure to visit our Lace Market shop on 8^th February, we’re open until 9pm!

Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop –
18 St Mary's Gate,
The Lace Market,
Creative Quarter,
The Lace Market Nottingham,
NG1 1PF

Introducing Narrative 2013

A powerful message can be communicated through a variety of different mediums such as through spectacular artworks, great literature, fashion, designs, music, craft, performance, and through a variety of other arts.

One of the fantastic things about the Nottingham Festival of Words, and Particularly Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop’s contribution to this festival is the collaboration of people from different artistic disciplines working together to explore how their message can be translated into different art forms.

Narrative 2013 is set to be a fantastic collaboration between Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop, and Peter Clayton of the Leicester Print Workshop, in messages of love and lace are going to be explored through print. Love is a very powerful emotion, and powerful messages create the best works of art. Lace is a material cherished by the people of Nottingham, as part of the city’s great cultural heritage.

These fantastic prints have been created by artists Sally Hill, Peter Clayton and Sat Kalsi, and will make a fantastic contribution to the Festival of Words and the season of LACE:HERE:NOW, and will be exhibiting 9^th February to 6^th April. In addition to the exhibition, a spin-off collection will be for sale at Nottingham Castle in Debbie Bryan's Cabinets, so you can take home a part of this festival to treasure as your own. 

With Love!

One month from today it will be St Valentine’s Day, and we’re very exciting at Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop to be curating collections with elude love, warmth and romance, to give your loved one rosy cheeks this February!

A gift that is sure to warm the heart – and body – of your special someone this year is a signature curly scarf, designed and made by Debbie Bryan in her Lace Market studio.  These gorgeous scarves, which are made from the finest yarns in the heart of Nottingham, are available in a variety of warm colours, so that you can wrap her up with love this year. (Red scarf, below, £65).

Another accessory perfect for St Valentine’s Day, specially made by Debbie Bryan, are her exquisite corsages, which add a splash of colour to any outfit. These corsages are made from the same high quality materials as Debbie’s scarves, and are finished with precision to fit the frame of your lucky lady.  This divine Berry corsage (below) is outstanding value at just £18.

So visit us in our Lace market shop, and make this Valentine’s Day a wonder of wool!

Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop –
18 St Mary's Gate,
The Lace Market,
Creative Quarter,
The Lace Market Nottingham,
NG1 1PF

We’re open Monday – Saturday 11am – 5pm

Debbie Bryan and Nottingham Light Night

Nottingham’s fantastic annual Light Night will be returning Friday 8^th February, 5-9pm, and that’s certainly an event to enjoy with Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop! This exciting evening will be filled with music, installations and entertainment, but there’s even more to enjoy if you visit us in the lace market.

We’re celebrating Light Night with a highly interesting assortment of activities; We’re going to be showcasing the wonderful lighting pieces by Hannah Nunn and leafing through her new lighting book, as well as the stunning lighting creations of Lucy Renshaw, Laura Olivia and Stella Corral, who will be making her collections 5-7pm, and we’ll be showcasing new brilliant work of Sarah Turner – still smiling after this summer success of her coca cola lighting commission at the Olympics!

Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop is located in the city centre, so just a few minutes’ walk from all of the festivities of Light Night. Once you’ve explored St. Peter's Church, The Nottingham Tourism Centre, Trinity Square, Nottingham Contemporary, Royal Concert Hall, the Newton Building, The Galleries of Justice, and Nottingham Central Library, be sure to visit Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop, as the celebration will continue here!

Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop –
18 St Mary's Gate,
The Lace Market,
Creative Quarter,
The Lace Market Nottingham,
NG1 1PF

Recycling and Upcycling for a better 2013!

At Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop, a new year means new and exciting everything, including our creative monthly workshops!

The Design Room at Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop is beginning the New Year on a positive note,
Dates are confirmed for our next workshops with jewellery designer Alys Power.

Alys will be using her skilful design talents to save the planet; upcycling and recycling. Alys’ work boasts reusing and reinventing interesting and vintage materials to create beautiful pieces of jewellery.

Alys will be with Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop sharing her techniques and teaching you how to revive your long forgotten loved trinkets into something that you can wear with pride, a lasting reminder that you created something wonderful with your own two hands.

Everything is provided for you at both workshops, however you are welcome to bring pieces that are special to you and incorporate them into your designs.

Saturday 16th March:
* 9.30am – 1pm Recycled Necklace Workshop £38
* 2pm – 4.30pm Brooch Making, £28

Alys power will also be part of our second SPEED CRAFT event, which is taking place on 27th April 2013. This exciting event, which features six different crafts in one fun-filled day, £68, which includes all of your materials, tea and our famous homemade cakes.

Or, if you sign up to our newsletter, you can secure your place at Speed Craft for the reduced price of £58! - http://eepurl.com/jwf9

If you missed our last Speed Craft event and are not sure quite what to expect, check out this video: http://youtu.be/Kb9VxZV2Neg

To book your place please call us or call in person to Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop. Workshop places can also be purchased as gift cards to give to a friend! So there’s no need to come alone, share an experience with someone special.

You can call us on: 0115 9507776

Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop – 18 St Mary's Gate, The Lace Market, Creative Quarter, The Lace Market Nottingham, NG1 1PF We’re open Monday – Saturday 11am – 5pm

Only one month until the Nottingham Festival of Words!

The much anticipated Festival of Words fortnight is soon approaching! This event is taking place from 9^th to 23^rd February, and is the final event for the season of LACE:HERE:NOW.

There are so many reasons to be excited for this event, some of which we saw in October’s preview evening with Peter Clayton form the Leicester Print Workshop. If you missed this exciting evening, be sure to check out the video here http://youtu.be/66a3RaZMkIc

Perhaps the most exciting result of the Festival of Words is the very spectacular collaboration between Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop, and the Leicester Print Workshop, to bring you Narrative 2013!

This brilliant showcase, between 9^th February and 6^th April, will feature a wonderful collection of prints, centred on the themes of Lace and Love, which are themes both suited to Nottingham’s heritage and the month of February (Valentine’s Day!)

These fabulous prints have been created by Sally Hill, Peter Clayton and Sat Kalsi, whom also created the elegant logo for this collection. A spin-off of Narrative 2013 will be on sale at Nottingham Castle, in the Debbie Bryan Heritage cabinets, and will be something not to miss!

There are many more posts to come which we hope will get you excited about some of the wonderful events with Debbie Bryan during the Nottingham Festival of Words, such as a pop-up book shop with Lowdham Bookcase, a talk at Nottingham Trent University’s Newton building with Hannah Lobley of Paperworks and the aforementioned Peter Clayton, an altered book workshop with Manon de Moor, more from Debbie Brayn Heritage, as well as works from many talented writers, designer and artists, such as Penelope Ruth. Watch this space!

NEW Tatting Lace Workshops

We’re very excited about our upcoming Tatting Lace Workshops, which are set to teach you a wonderful craft, fashioned by the Royal family throughout British history. Luxurious and delicate, handmade lace was the essential accessory for Queen Victoria herself !

Lace is part of the proud heritage of Nottingham, a material which has inspired the collections of many of our designers, and something which we’re celebrating under the season of LACE:HERE:NOW.

The workshops will be held by paper artist and tatting expert Phiona Richards, as seen on Kirstie Allsop’s Handmade Britain. Phiona, who was a big hit at our Speed Craft event in 2012 and will be returning to Speed Craft 2013 on 27th April.

Phoina will be teaching you how to ‘flip’ and make the basic knots required to produce something lovely to take away from the day.

The date of these workshops is Saturday 9th March;
* Tatting Lace 10 – 1pm, £45
* Tatting Lace 2- 5pm, £45

This is a small workshop for 4 people. To book your place please call us or call in person to Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop. Workshop places can also be purchased as gift cards to give to a friend! So there’s no need to come alone, share an experience with someone special.

You can call us on: 0115 9507776

Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop –
18 St Mary's Gate,
The Lace Market,
Creative Quarter,
The Lace Market Nottingham,
NG1 1PF


We’re open Monday – Saturday 11am – 5pm