THIS week’s Trader of the Week features not one but three Worcester artists. Yew Trees Artist Studios launched in August last year and provides a showcase for the works of Susan Birth, Richard Nicholls and Dan Holden. The business is based in Bevere, where and the three artists create and sell original artwork and printed art products. The studios and shared gallery space reopened this week (opening hours Tuesday-Saturday, 10am to 4pm), where as well as original artwork, visitors can buy from a range of printed art products including greeting cards, prints, coasters, etc. Susan said: “We enjoy working as a group of artists while also being able to showcase our work to visitors.
SUMAN Pitcher will look back on a decision she made a few years ago to take part in a local food and drink festival as one of the best she ever made. She owns Suman Spices, a business which has been running in Droitwich since 2014, and which makes unique spice boxes. Suman said: I have a range of four spices boxes, each box containing the spices and blends needed for masala paste and many other dishes. Also you find a spice spoon, recipe and incense sticks included in a beautiful hand-painted wooden box. My most popular spice box to make a masala curry base
OUR latest Trader of the Week is in complete contrast to our most recent feature. Zoe Francis Art is a real newcomer on the block – having been in business for only a month (unlike the previous business in the spotlight, where trade has been going for 90 years). No doubt Zoe will be hoping for the same level of longevity with her Worcester-based work, which is in the business of creating eye-catching original abstract art using inks. Zoe Francis - this is me! Zoe said: I have always been arty and in fact art was the only subject that I gained an A in at GCSEs!