{"id":35465,"date":"2018-11-30T15:06:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T15:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=35465"},"modified":"2018-11-30T15:06:27","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T15:06:27","slug":"butetown-workshop-celebrates-local-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/butetown-workshop-celebrates-local-craft","title":{"rendered":"Butetown workshop celebrates local craft"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Many of us head straight to the internet for our Christmas shopping, but the Sustainable Studio&#8217;s founders are eager to support local businesses during the festive season&#8230;<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35510\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-35510 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/polar-bear-featured-image-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35510 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/polar-bear-featured-image-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>Emma Levey&#8217;s ceramic polar bears &#8211; on show at the Christmas Market.<\/strong><br \/><strong>(Copyright: Emma Levey)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Local crafters will be given the opportunity to display their hard work this Saturday, at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesustainablestudio.com\/\">Sustainable Studio<\/a>&#8216;s Christmas Market.<\/p>\n<p>A recent Statista study predicted that by 2040, 95% of purchases will be made online. If the impersonal nature of the\u00a0online sales are starting to wear you down, the Sustainability Studio provides a refreshing alternative, as well as an opportunity to support your local community.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35512\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35512\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Main-Image-SS-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35512\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Main-Image-SS-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>The Sustainable Studio &#8211; a work space for creatives.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Sustainable Studio is a creative space located at the Curran Buildings of Butetown. Their community includes illustrators, ceramicists, photographers and more, all coming together in the studio to develop their creativity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35519\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35519\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Create-Love-Share-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35519\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Create-Love-Share-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>Create Love Share&#8217;s intricate handmade gifts.<\/strong><br \/><strong>(Copyright: Create, Love, Share)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Julia Harris, one of the studio&#8217;s two founders, said: &#8220;We value the local craft and smaller businesses scene because that&#8217;s who we are and where we&#8217;ve come from. Juggling friends, family, work and creative practice is just part of who we are and we want to support others doing the same thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35641\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35641\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/julia-harris-and-sarah-valentin-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35641\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/julia-harris-and-sarah-valentin-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>Sarah Valentin and Julia Harris, the Sustainable Studio&#8217;s co-founders.<\/strong><br \/><strong>(Copyright: Life &amp; Soul)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Christmas cards, prints, jewellery and artisan chocolate will be on sale, with the studio promising a unique, personal Christmas gift-buying alternative to scrolling through websites like Amazon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35660\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35660\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-35660 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/mugs-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35660 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/mugs-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>Hannah Walters will display her handcrafted ceramics at the studio. (Copyright: Hannah Walters)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sarah Valentin, Harris&#8217; co-founder, said: &#8220;We&#8217;re both Cardiff women and everything we&#8217;ve achieved so far has been from the ground up. We see ourselves as being in a position to give something back to the local community by organising events like these.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35514\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35514\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/cards-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35514\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/cards-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>Line and Leaf&#8217;s Christmas cards will be available to purchase at Saturday&#8217;s event.<\/strong><br \/><strong>(Copyright: Line and Leaf)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Both Harris and Valentin hope that the Christmas Market will provide the public with the opportunity to change the way they shop, and to think locally.<\/p>\n<p>The Christmas Market starts at 11am at The Sustainable Studio on Saturday, December 1st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Christmas fast approaching, this Butetown workspace is promoting local craft as a refreshing alternative to online shopping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":374,"featured_media":35510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"coauthors":[606],"class_list":["post-35465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture","category-global-city"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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