Wick Wonderland has finished for Winter 2023
Our popular festive market, ‘Wick Wonderland,’ was back again in 2024. Have a look below at our fantastic stallholders who attended in 2023!
Wick Wonderland sees us work with local businesses, artists and traders pitching up riverside each weekend in the Barge East Gardens in the lead up to Christmas.
Just a stones through Hackney Wick Overground, Wonderland offers festive trinkets, seasonal sweet treats and Christmas goodies to enjoy and gift to loved ones.
WICK WONDERLAND
Located next to Barge East, Hackney Wick’s seasonal, sustainable, independent bar & restaurant, are thrilled to be collaborating with local makers, traders, produce suppliers again this festive season to bring you another Wick Wonderland
As well as great gifts and delicious treats, we will also have Christmas Tree’s available for purchase or pre-order & collection on the day.
Wick Wonderland will return again in 2024! We wish you all a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!
2023 stall holders
Kalicrame
Contemporary macramé homeware, bags and accessories using recycled cotton, with a touch of neon for a fresh twist. Sustainable Christmas decorations and a wide range of macrame DIY Kits available. All handmade by Kali in Hackney.
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Instagram: @kalicrame
Website: kalicrame.com
SAE-Won Lee
Sae-Won Lee is an East London based maker that enjoys working with clay, wood, tile and metals to create a range of different artwork from ceramics and mosaics to bespoke tables and feature walls. She is very interested in giving abandoned items a second lease of life through up-cycling and passionately believes in sustainable living.
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Instagram: @saewonlee.art
Website: saewonlee.co.uk
216 Signs
Joe is a traditional sign-writer and mural artist hailing from Sheffield. He has lived and worked in London for the past 3 years, honing his craft. He is a lover of all things typographic, having studied Graphic Design at Leeds Arts University he realised a preference of the hand-rendered and hand-crafted.
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Instagram: @216signs
Website: 216signs.net
Chloesha Ellen Designs
Handmade in London, all products are designed to celebrate the natural texture of concrete while keeping the aesthetic colourful and cute! Made with 100% concrete and pigments to help create a unique piece that will elevate your home decor to a whole new level.
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Instagram: @chloeshaellendesigns
Website: chloeshaellendesigns.com
Uiiba Club
The mission behind UIIBA Club is to invite like minded peeps to take a look at what they already own and think about altering their clothes. Bleaching, cutting, hemming and transforming your wardrobe is a lot more fun than a shopping spree on the high street.
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Instagram: @uiiba.club
Website: uiiba.club
Sara’s Threads
We collaborate with growing artists for a wide range of unique designs. Every single piece is processed with love by Sara. We stand for the causes we design for - cruelty free and vegan friendly, we are respectful of the planet we live in.
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Instagram: @sara.s.threads
Website: sarasthreads.myshopify.com
Ali Smith
East End Artist Ali Smith finds her artistic inspiration from everyday local urban scenes. She is particularly drawn to urban buildings, canal boats and graffiti along and around her local canal. She wants to inspire people to re-look at their surroundings and discover the vibrancy in the most mundane of areas.
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Instagram: @alismith7499
Website: printali.art
roj Flower Studio
Berry (Berivan) is a Kurdish business owner who specialises in Floral/Interior Design. She studied Art and Design at college and then a BA in Interior Design at Kingston University. Berry worked on various projects to get her foot through the door and aims to incorporate her culture and traditions into her work to empower and inspire others.
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Instagram: @rojfloralstudio
Website: rojfloralstudio.co.uk
London Inner City Kitties
London Inner City Kitties is a non-profit, no-kill charity in East London established in 2018 to rescue cats. We are run entirely by a small team of dedicated (unpaid) volunteers whose aim is to help cats in need, especially those that need it receive medical treatment, need special care or are elderly. We operate using a network of foster carers and our trustees cover all other running costs. This allows us to use 100% of donations for medical expenses, specialty medical food, medicine and on a few occasions is used for food and litter.
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Instagram: @londoninnercitykitties
Website: london-inner-city-kitties.org
Hells Gibson
I like to paint letters on pink surfaces. My work is positive, fun and social. I work with local communities to create public artworks that catch people’s eye and shine a bit of light in to their day.
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Instagram: @hellsgibson
Website: hellsgibson.com
Miam Jars
Miam is on a mission to elevate how condiments are perceived from a humble, but delicious, meal addition to the essential kitchen powerhouse they are! In one jar you have a marinade, a flavour base, a sauce, a drizzle, a dressing…
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Instagram: @miam.jars
Website: miamjars.com
Brûler Candles
Being a lover of all things home fragrance, I was fed up of spending ££££s on candles that smelt better on that shelf than they did when you burnt them. I created Brûler to share aesthetically beautiful candles that can fill a room and even a house with fragrance and don't cost the Earth.
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Instagram: @bruler_candles
Website: bruler-candles.com
Terri
An illustrator born on the Isle of Wight and based in Plymouth. Growing up in a small rural town meant that Terri was inspired by the natural world and the magic surrounding it. Terri’s work is highly inspired by myth and fantasy and she really enjoys the amalgamation of everyday silliness and more obvious magic.
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Instagram: @teafoliis
Website: teafoliis.portfoliobox.net
Nagaremono Studio
A free-lance illustrator based in London specialised in traditional and digital painting. Delve into a realm of calm, wellbeing, and contemplation, where each stroke of her brush celebrates the serene and transformative beauty of self-acceptance and the vibrant powerful synergy between femininity and the natural world.
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Instagram: @nagaremono_studio
Website: nagaremonoart.com
Cakey Makey
Natalie, a passionate mother of two, embarked on a delightful journey by turning her love for baking into a small home-run cake business. What began as a hobby, baking cakes for her family and friends, has now blossomed into a thriving venture. Natalie's creations, infused with love and creativity, have gained widespread acclaim, earning her commissions for weddings and personalised cakes
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Instagram: @cakeymakeyheart
Anonoma Jewellery
Anonoma is a fun, yet thought-provoking collection of sculptural jewellery that is hand-carved and cast locally in Hackney from recycled metals by Natasha Kutrovatz. Each collection is inspired by a particular journey, focusing in on its surroundings; the culture, the architecture, the place, and a feeling. Modern heirlooms created to inspire their wearer.
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Instagram: @anonomajewellery
Website: www.anonomajewellery.com
The Creamerie
The Creamerie arose when its founder, Marianne, was pregnant. She developed her own recipes for her everyday cosmetics so that she could take care of her skin with kind, organic and natural ingredients she knew would not harm her baby. The Creamerie's cosmetics come in aluminium tins, which can be re-used or recycled. She decided to create her own brand so that everyone could use affordable, simple yet efficient body butters, lip balms, solid lotions and other organic cosmetics.
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Instagram: @thecreamerie
Website: www.thecreamerie.com
Alice Norfield
East London artist Alice Norfield works in sculpture and print. She finds inspiration in the silliness and surrealism of everyday things. Using people’s discarded objects, she transforms them into colourful, abstract forms and handmade lino prints.
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Instagram: @alicenorfield
Website: alicenorfield.squarespace.com
COCO LOM
Coco Lom is an artist and designer from Hackney specialising in abstract pattern. Her style mixes a bold bright colour palette with black and white pattern and she’s designed printed clothing, gift wrap, patterned cushions, painted giant murals, and even transformed London’s first art basketball court. She’s on a mission to open people’s eyes to all the patterns, shapes and colours that lie in the world around us and help people celebrate the quiet details we might not normally notice. Her work has been featured by Sky Sports, Adobe, Creative Boom, Design Week, It’s Nice That and more. Clients include Disney, Covent Garden and Holland & Barrett.
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Jeanne Izard
Jeanne makes wonky and fun embroidered objects that carry joy wherever they go! Each piece is unique, and handmade with care with second-hand materials, in an attempt to bring more sustainable practices to the textile world.
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Nava + Me
Nava + Me is a female-owned small business based in Hackney Wick. Run by founder Andraea, and her doggy co-founder Nava, the Norfolk Terrier, together they design products that 'enrich your dog's life but simplify yours'. Each product is designed from start to finish and are heavily led by positive training and enrichment. Their mission is to shake up the dog product industry by creating tools that dog owners actually need whilst also looking stylish. For them, it's all about making and enjoying new experiences with your dog and helping them smash everyday challenges.
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Instagram: @navaandme
Indigo Dreams
Indigo Dreams is inspired by nature, particularly Fungi, in all its wonder and glory. All of the jewellery is hand-sculpted out of polymer clay, painted and then coated in resin for shine and durability. Each is unique in design and will last a lifetime if properly looked after. Wearable art with eye catching colours, crystals and precious stones.
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Raghwe
Raghwe is a small brand of homemade natural soaps and shampoo bars produced in Lebanon (by my mum!). Each piece is handmade with care and high quality ingredients, merging local Levantine soap making customs and essences, with nutritious butters and oils, using the cold process method. Each bar is made with a base of rosewater, goat’s milk and olive oil sourced from the mountains of Lebanon, as well as shea butter, cocoa butter, coconut oil and beeswax. Each bar contains a particular essential oil, mostly mediterranean blossoms and woods.
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Instagram: @raghwe
