Claire O’Sullivan, co-founder of Contemporary Hempery is a studio jeweller with an MA in Entrepreneurship for Creative Practice. Her interest is in the place where art and commerce meet. Claire’s involvement with natural fibre sprung from her sense of place, living in what was the once the centre of a thriving and economically important hemp growing and processing industry.

Kitty Wilson Brown is a textile artist and weaver. Kitty graduated BA at Chelsea College of Art, UAL in June 2021 she has studied weaving in Tokyo and completed an internship at the Liverpool Weaving Company. Her work is focused on sustainability. Kitty grows flax, hemp and natural dye plants for her work and is co-founder of Contemporary Hempery.