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Lucy Mills of Freckle Creative looks back at her first year in business at Banks Mill and discusses some of her achievements over the last 12 months.

As her tenancy here at Banks Mill comes to an end, we catch up with Diane of China Petals, and look back at her journey from handmade mosaic pieces to expanding her business with her fantastic petals club kits.

Meet new affiliate member Natasha Opacic. Animation her preferred medium to represent the connection between loss, faith, war, and conflict. Her heritage to Croatia and its present association to the Yugoslav wars are the catalyst to the narrative within her animated works.

Lucy Mills of Freckle Creative will have a table at the Museum of Making on Saturday 8th March, 1-5pm for Derby’s International Women’s Day celebrations.

Alan Goodwin, otherwise known as Stitched by Alan, has been creating embroidered personalised pet portraits since 2016. He’s now been chosen by The Kings Trust to become one of their Ambassadors for the Midlands!

Mars Selfe, one of our newest tenants at Banks Mill is at the very beginning of their creative journey, choosing to forge their own creative path through alternative and inclusive fashion they saw that what Banks Mill had to offer was the perfect starting point.

Tom is a Composer for films, video games and advertising, his work can be heard in media that is distributed around the world. This month he reflects on his first year with us at Banks Mill and looks forward to the future.

Do you love nothing more than coming to our Open Studios event to talk to artists, explore their creative spaces and buy unique handmade pieces directly from makers?

Maria is a freelance artist, theatre designer, educator and maker based in Derby, we caught up with her after her One Year Anniversary of moving into her studio here at Banks Mill.