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Artists Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell were founders of the Bloomsbury Group. The group was radical for its time, with artists, writers and thinkers...

We regularly visit the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) textile collections to find inspiration and generally focus on the Indian displays an...

Should you get into wholesale (business to business sales)? We thought it might be helpful to run through some of the pros and cons. It is not an e...

We recently visited William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow to see the exhibition Women in Print: 150 years of Liberty Textiles (on until 21st June 2...

Markets and events are a great way to meet more customers face to face. If you're considering selling at a market, we thought we'd offer our top ti...

You make nice things but where can you sell them?  A makers’ shop is usually a collective of different makers and artists housed under one roof (it...

In our workshops, we don't tell people what to print! The tutor's role is to guide you to achieve what you want to print. At the start of the works...

This blog article is a brief overview of how you might start running creative workshops, how to reach the right audience, find venues and impleme...

Wood block printing has been around for over 2000 years in the Indian textile Industry. What are the benefits of wood blocks in crafting? Let’s loo...

Zena & Rose has just launched a FREE ‘Beginner’s Guide to Indian Wood Block Printing’. It covers lots of topics such as equipment and materials...

Chiyogami paper is a type of patterned decorative washi paper from Japan. Washi paper is produced from the bark of one of three types of native tree kozo (paper mulberry), mitsumata (paperbush) or the ganpi.

When people think about wood block printing, the Indian textile industry comes to mind. However, the UK once had a strong tradition of wood block p...