{"id":60312,"date":"2021-11-30T14:11:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=60312"},"modified":"2021-11-30T15:33:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T15:33:40","slug":"an-independent-ceramic-duo-are-sprouting-up-a-christmas-stall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2021\/11\/30\/an-independent-ceramic-duo-are-sprouting-up-a-christmas-stall\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent ceramic duo are bringing a Christmas stall to Cardiff city centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Newport ceramicists launch pop-up in Queen\u2019s Arcade offering everything from miniature Christmas trees to brussels sprout earrings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Bill and Ben's ceramic Christmas stall\" class=\"wp-image-60377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Bill and Ben's ceramic Christmas stall\" class=\"wp-image-60377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BillandBens.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Bill and Ben&#8217;s Christmas stall decking the halls of Cardiff Creative <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Two South Walian ceramicists hope their new Christmas-themed pop-up stall in central Cardiff will boost their usual online-only sales in their first high street stall since leaving lockdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill Price and Ben Dunnett, independent handmade ceramicists from Newport, will have an animatronic pop-up stall in Cardiff Creative shop at Queen&#8217;s Arcade.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to their website,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billandbensoccasionalemporium.com\/\"> Bill and Ben&#8217;s Occasional Emporium<\/a>, they originally started selling reusable ceramic straws in 2017 after David Attenborough\u2019s Blue Planet II highlighted the damage<a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2017\/12\/05\/brains-brewery-agrees-strawssuck\/\"> plastic straws<\/a> had on the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill said, \u201cIt\u2019s been quite amazing since reopening in April and we\u2019re hoping the volume of sales will increase even more dramatically in the next few weeks&#8221; there will even be an animatronic stand opening to reveal different ceramic wares in Cardiff creative from this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They\u2019ve been experimenting with other<a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2019\/11\/25\/winner-of-fresh-award-toni-de-jesus-chats-about-his-life-as-a-ceramicist\/\"> handmade ceramics<\/a> of varying sizes and designs. And now they\u2019ve extended this to Christmas-themed goods including a twirling toadstool tree, brussels sprout and Christmas pudding earrings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have done pop-ups in the past, however, this is the first time they\u2019ve returned to Cardiff high street with their Christmas goods since the pandemic began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill and Ben are optimistic that adding a high street outlet will increase sales.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/business\/retail-sales-return-to-growth-as-shoppers-start-christmas-spending-early-b1960603.html\"> As the Independent reports<\/a>, retail sales grew for the first time in five months in October (by 0.8%) and only look to increase as long as Christmas shopping on the high street continues from November into December.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even at the prospect of another lockdown Bill remains positive. \u201cThe winter lockdown was a bit of a welcome rest last year, and financially online sales totally took over so we were kept pretty busy,\u201d Bill said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see Bill and Ben\u2019s wares for yourselves at either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cardiffcreativeshop\/\">Cardiff Creative shop<\/a> or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billandbensoccasionalemporium.com\/\">Bill and Ben\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bill and Ben\u2019s top three picks for this year\u2019s stocking fillers<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_CeramicStraws-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"60395\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?attachment_id=60395\" class=\"wp-image-60395\" 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data-id=\"60395\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?attachment_id=60395\" class=\"wp-image-60395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_CeramicStraws-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_CeramicStraws-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_CeramicStraws-576x768.jpg 576w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_CeramicStraws-293x391.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_CeramicStraws.jpg 771w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Christmas ceramic straws. &#8220;These are one of our most popular picks helping the planet at the same time!&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1020\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BrusselsSproutEarrings.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"60397\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?attachment_id=60397\" class=\"wp-image-60397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BrusselsSproutEarrings.jpg 765w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BrusselsSproutEarrings-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BrusselsSproutEarrings-576x768.jpg 576w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BrusselsSproutEarrings-293x391.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BrusselsSproutEarrings.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"60397\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?attachment_id=60397\" class=\"wp-image-60397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BrusselsSproutEarrings.jpg 765w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BrusselsSproutEarrings-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BrusselsSproutEarrings-576x768.jpg 576w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_BrusselsSproutEarrings-293x391.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Brussels sprout earrings. &#8220;Smaller items such as earrings would make great stocking fillers.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_CeramicPlantHolder-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"60399\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/Business_CraigStrachan_CeramicPlantHolder.jpg\" 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