...more for august...

Carrie Ann Coupe continues to delight us with her lovely designs...

From Greeting cards to notecards and bookmarks to magnetic notepads, Carrie-Ann Coupe offer’s a variety of handcrafted paper goods. Having recently developed her range further to feature some non-paper products there are now badges, pocket mirrors and tote bags on offer!

Zinc White return to reetsweet with some more uplifting upcycling! Check out these new necklaces! Zinc White's mission is simple: to create accessories and homewares by reusing old matericals - they are always very popular so get down early! August 6th and 7th Leeds Corn Exchange...

whiter than white!

Not only are zinc white two super super nice people, but they do amazing things with all the stuff we throw away! Specialising in eco friendly upcycling, they came to our Nov/Dec events and rocked, and their pencil pieces do amazingly well...now they return on sunday, and so here's a taster of what zinc white have to offer!

Zincwhite by Lidia and Paul...

'Lidia and Paul are ‘zincwhite’, a creative adventure that started two years ago when we decided to combine talents (art and architecture backgrounds respectively). Our hoard of found treasures, known as ‘rubbish’ to other people, became the source and the inspiration for creating unique pieces. Zincwhite then became the place where discarded objects become desirable again.

Against the throw away society we live in - particularly in fashion, we enjoy re-inventing with waste materials, to bring them back into life to campaign for a new way of thinking and living.

We also aim to bring fairness into fashion by recognising the need to avoid falling into the trap of superficiality and frivolity. We wish to offer an affordable alternative to spending hundreds of pounds on what many believe to be designer ‘tat’.

Having already modified our way of looking at typewriters, colouring pencils, shirts, zips, buttons, audio cassettes, tents, plastic toys, records and cutlery we are still on the look for new challenges and materials.

Come to Reetsweet 2 to discover all the new goodies we have been working on.'

Re-used loveliness by Zinc White

It's amazing how differently people can approach their art and design work - Zinc White produce some truly original work featuring reused, and recycled materials, from found objects to cast off fabrics. At reetsweet this sunday Zinc White will be showcasing their handmade homewares and accessories....

Worn men’s shirts become handbags, old tents are reinvented as wallets and from melted audio cassettes we mould lampshades. Children’s toys are transformed into personal memories to be loved again and we use broken typewriters and recycled colouring pencils to create jewellery.

Zinc White have gift boxes that are created from unwanted record sleeves and product labels are printed onto artists’ canvas off-cuts.

None of this is your typical handmade from recycled either, cool design is also their primary driving force. Zinc White are Lidia & Paul and they come from fine art and architecture backgrounds...see them at reetsweet this sunday 11am to 4pm!