On the 19th, 20th and 21st of December we are re-opening our doors to the Provisions Store, the anti waste edition!
For this provisions store we are working with a bunch of creatives, growers, producers and wine makers to showcase a delightfully curated range of sustainable products.
Each producer involved puts sustainability and ethical sourcing at the forefront of their practice, championing the importance of minimising waste and making a minimal impact on the planet.
Our sommelier Emily Klomp will be on hand to help you select the perfect winter bottles. We will be stocking European wines from small vineyards where the care for the soil and environment is as important as the care for the wine in the glass. We have source beers, ciders, vermouths and meads created in the same vain too.
Critical: is an Old Trafford based studio creating tactile wooden objects. Craftsperson Nick Vorstermans focuses his practice on using locally and sustainably sourced materials. His spoons, bowls, vases & other objects are all handmade - many of them out of green wood salvaged from urban trees that were trimmed or fell naturally. If you are taking a tree down on your property and want to give it a new life, get in touch.
Accepting commissions big and small, from a single spoon, set of bowls or bespoke furniture we are always happy to talk.
www.studiocritical.com
Barb is a floral studio founded by Leanne V. Cook. At Barb, natural materials are explored as an art form and inspiration is drawn from natural environments to create free-flowing, unstructured floral designs. Taking a curious and considered approach to working with flowers, Leanne has developed a floristry practice over the last six years which celebrates the wealth of flora grown in the UK. Contently sentimental, Leanne is inspired by collected objects, landscapes and flowers from her past. At Barb, our flowers are about more than just the stems themselves, they are a play with form, texture, colour and feel, designed to create a quiet, contemplative moment.
Frida Cooper is a ceramicist working from a small studio in Manchester, UK producing hand made and thrown stoneware pots. Frida has always had a fascination in design, functional objects and how items fit into people’s every day lives. She strives to make minimal, functional, utilitarian pieces that can be appreciated and used everyday. Frida make pots intended for the dinner table to be enjoyed by those with a love for eating, drinking, enjoying good company and bringing people together. She use natural glazes with simple forms, often allowing the bare clay to be exposed to show it’s simple beautiful and raw material.
www.fridacooper.com
You Can Lead a Horse To Water is a project that focuses on a new understanding of the rural as a place of cultural production, a collaboration of craft and design between mother and Shepherd, Joanne, and daughter and Artist, Kathryn Wood.
Together they collaborate on traditional making methods to create objects and workshops using agricultural by-products from a working hill farm based in the Peak District National Park.
The aim of the project is to promote minimising waste produce and sustainable sourcing, as well as creating a fair price for farmers and makers.
This last year has been catastrophic for wool farmers, with the price of wool falling by 50% many farmers have been forced to compost their wool harvest because the cost of storing it would not be covered by the sales.
The wool products within this project are repurposed into functional items and the profits are returned to the shepherds.
www.youcanleadahorsetowater.org
Gareth is a designer and maker of wooden furniture in his small hand tool workshop in Manchester.
He considers his primary job is to make people happy, and wants his furniture to be enjoyed, used well and passed on to the next generation.
Using only British grown timbers, Gareth thinks wood is the perfect circular material. Once a tree has lived its natural life, it can be used once more for furniture. And then eventually, it returns once more to the ground, and the whole process begins again.
Emma began Into The Gathering Dusk project in 2017, her focus is on flavour, health and folklore. Emma aim is for the drinks to express the power of the plants around us. In the city that can be foraging or it can be visiting our brilliant diverse shops and markets. We are lucky enough to be close to many cultures and food and drink traditions in Manchester. The hope is that using more of these products and less traditional cocktail ingredients Emma can make interesting drinks that make people feel curious to explore for themselves. Emma ensures that the alcohol free drinks are as carefully made and good quality as the alcoholic ones, that are often overlooked.
The dusk project gives 10% of profits to Manchester charities supporting asylum seekers and refugees.