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Bark Ink Collective - About Us
In July of 2024, Myself and Adam Morgan
(Woodworker and life long friend) founded
Bark Ink Collective as a means to promote
and sell work for ourselves and other
independent artist. In our first summer
trading we represented 10
artists, makers, illustrators and ceramists,
touring festivals and popping up at events
to stall our work. Since then our
community has grown! We now stock the
work of 10 different artists who each
provide something unique and authentic to
themselves while in keeping to shared
themes/values of sustainable craft, the
handmade, found or foraged. Whether it’s
print-based, ceramic or wood all of the
work has been carefully made by hand -
we use foraged natural inks, home
processed wild clay and hand-sawn wood.
We're really proud of the community we've been cultivating, we've met so many inspiring people already and are so grateful to all of the creatives that we've connected with so far. If you feel your work would be a good fit for the collective and you would like to enquire about trading with us we are always interested to see what people have on offer are are consistently driven on fostering all creatives work in any way we can.
We currently only trade at in person events. However please find the details of artists work we sell are linked below. If you would like to read more about what we represent, discover more HERE
If you're interested in the work we've been doing and would like to connect, please contact us at barkinkcollective@gmail.com or DM us through Instagram @barkinkcollective
Meet the Artist
The ten Artists we represent are what make the collective possible and any chance we get we love to showcase their incredible work is one we like to take. Each sits within their own specialism, with an ethos and value set which drives the creation of their work.
Will Valentine
Im Will - the older and wiser counterpart behind the scenes here at Bark Ink. I am a printmaker and Illustrator specialising in foraged natural inks. Most of my work focuses around the importance of place and the relationships we build with spaces around us. you can expect to find me in a bush foraging for anything and everything! If you know where some berries are let me know.
Adam Morgan
Im Adam - I run the social media here for Bark Ink, so if anything looks amiss you know where to point fingers. I'm a maker with a mixed portfolio of woodwork, print-based Illustration and graphic design. Most recently I've been digging around garage clearances finding rusty tools to restore.
Erin Samuels
Erin combines themes of folk art, storytelling and illustration inspired by myth and magic of both her hometown of Glastonbury and newfound home in Wales. She specializes in hand built and maoilica decorated ceramics, also utilising coloured slips and honey glazes. We're so proud to promote it as we wear so much of it ourselves.
Jonny Wise
Jonny is a master of pen and ink, creating beautiful original artworks. Working primarily on commission basis, he has Illustrated graphic novels and album covers. Last summer he teamed up with his fiance and writer @rosieclarecouch to produce their own graphic noel 'I may tell you to run'. This beautifully crafted, heartfelt piece is impossible to put down without shedding a tear.
More Artist Spotlights coming soon....
Workshopping
Here at Bark Ink we have the means to run a range of workshop, whether this be a live have a go activity on our stalls or a booked booked workshop session, we can do it all. At both Wilderness Festival and Between the Trees festival 2024 did we do both. At these events I ran Natural ink experimentation and play workshops. Bringing along a selection of natural inks, with modifiers, dip pens, brushes and handmade paper books. Participants could have a go screen-printing with natural inks, play using my own designs, with each participant taking home with them: a small bottle of ink, a print they have screened themselves and whatever they experimented with and made during the session.
Where to find us: Upcoming Events
Past Events
Stall-holding - Christmas 2024
Festival Stall-holding 2024
