Meet our super-talented Everyday Artists
17 December 2015
We've been shining a spotlight on a host of Britain's unsung art heroes: people who enjoy doing something creative outside of their day job. We've featured crafters, spinners, knitters, painters, musicians and more - you can explore their inspirational stories below.
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The Craft Club Yarnbombers
Meet the world-record holding crafters making a crochet Christmas project
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Sally Taft
Get Creative's content producer rolls up her sleeves and threw a pot for Hey Clay!
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Kenneth Small
The retired tool-maker who gave the Jubilee Thames Pageant sunny skies
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Kate Simner
The contracts administrator with creativity at her fingertips
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Kirk Crosby
DIY toymaker father creates kingdoms from clutter
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Cindy Huntley
Paperback perfection: the school worker who sculpts art from stories
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Patryk Sadowski
Photographer uses real life locations to create futuristic scenarios
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Gary Cummins
Construction worker recreates day job in miniature
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Anneka Gamble
Bake Off's back. How sugarcraft can be the icing on the cake.
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Joe Whiteman
Landscape gardener has a monster talent
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Jonathan Clark
Sports-mad poet serves ace verses
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Neil Howard-Pritchard
How a lifeboat rescue sparked an interest in model boat making
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Ron Hinkson
How a painter turned five church windows into a Renaissance masterpiece
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Jean Samtula
One of a handful of aspiring artists whose painting was chosen for the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition
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David Martin
A retired designer who painted a Canaletto-style painting, replacing the buildings with those of his home town
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Robert Burns
A retired decorator gave his home a Renaissance make-over
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Maria Lyon
A crafter who loves creative challenges of all shapes and sizes
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Rachel Blunden
A spinner who takes her spindles wherever she goes, including an FA Cup Semi-Final
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Kenneth Small
A retired tool-maker who painted a life-size Canaletto replica
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Bev Cain
A crafter who didn't think drawing would be her forte but had a go anyway
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David Colbert
A former teacher who went looking for a hobby and found the ukulele
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Emily Auger
A jewellery designer who discovered a love for digital printing and uses it as a way to relax and to cure jet-lag
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Cheryl Lloyd
A dedicated mum and knitter who makes retro tank tops for her rugby- mad son and his friends to add a splash of style to the stands
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Rachel Orchard
A stitcher who joined a sewing group to meet like-minded people. She's made tea cosies and draught excluders as gifts and hopes to move to dressmaking
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Peter Egriega
A stroke survivor who has used painting, music and writing to rehabilitate. He shared his first self-portrait using his affected hand with Get Creative
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Sally Taft
A keen cross stitcher and crafter who uses it as a way to relax and wind down after a day content producing for Get Creative
