Studio Unravel is a creative art studio in Brighton. We make things by hand, and we collaborate with makers that we love: Nila Rubia’s block-printed organic cotton designed in Brighton but made by hand in Rajasthan, drawings by PenPo, face creams by Olive & Joyce.
Every week, we get together with other makers to paint, print, stitch and glue, and to talk while we do it. It's where the creative ideas start, and where the friendships grow.
We wanted to create a space that felt safe enough to be messy, uncertain, creative and completely unfiltered.
Modern life asks us to hold everything together, all the time. We think the good stuff comes from loosening the grip a little: making something, sharing it, and being part of something. A space that helps us reconnect with the unbound version of ourselves we left behind.
Our own pieces come first. Alongside them, the makers we work with closely, each with a world of their own.
The house line. Small-batch pieces made by hand in the studio at home, from decoupage shells and painted pebbles to ceramics, paintings and charm jewellery. When a piece carries our name alone, we make it from start to finish. Sometimes we make it for fun, sometimes to swap with other makers, sometimes to sell.
Nila Rubia's prints are made in a family-owned factory in Rajasthan, where block printing has been passed down through the family for seven hundred years. Each block is carved by hand, inked, and pressed onto the cotton one repeat at a time, so no two lengths are quite the same.
Together we're bringing quilted coverlets, bedding sets, pyjamas, dressing gowns and wash bags to Brighton, in prints we've chosen together.
We turn PenPo's original drawings into prints, printed to order so nothing sits in a drawer.
Solely Seaview is Vilma Barraclough's artisan market at Seagrove Pavilion in Seaview, and it has one rule: everything on sale is made especially for it.
For the Christmas market we're bringing hand-painted sea shells, nautical Christmas decorations and jewellery made in the studio, plus quilts, sheet sets and pyjamas from Studio Unravel x Nila Rubia.
A collection created and curated by artisans who live in or love Seaview. Jewellery, wreaths, decorated shells, leather, bed linens and PJs, glasses cases, cards and stocking fillers.
Alongside making, we offer free on demand brand incubator workshops for small local brands and start-ups: naming, logos, the story behind the product, and a plan for getting it in front of the right people.
Places are free. To apply, email us at charlie@studiounravel.co.uk with a few lines about your brand.
Thursday 19 November and Thursday 10 December, at Botanist Coffee Co, Hove.
We'll be at Vilma's Christmas market with hand-painted sea shells, nautical Christmas decorations, jewellery, and Nila Rubia quilts, sheet sets and pyjamas. Seagrove Pavilion, Seaview, 10am to noon.
A sunny evening at Yellowave in Hove making headdresses from flowers, feathers, raffia and anything bright, then dancing on the beach in them.
An evening of magazines, scissors and glue at The Botanist Coffee Co. on Wilbury Road, making one long collage together.
Nila Rubia's hand block-printed cotton exclusive sale at the Seaview Beach Shop, on the Isle of Wight.
Our first capsule collection with this brand: a private preview at a home in Seaview for friends and family.
Hear about new pieces and markets first, or get in touch about stocking us, trade orders or commissions.
A short note when there's something new: a market date, a fresh print, a studio drop. No more than once a month.
A sunny evening at Yellowave in Hove making headdresses from flowers, feathers, raffia and anything bright, then dancing on the beach in them.
An evening of magazines, scissors and glue at The Botanist Coffee Co. on Wilbury Road, making one long collage together.
Nila Rubia's hand block-printed cotton exclusive sale at the Seaview Beach Shop, on the Isle of Wight.
Our first capsule collection with this brand: a private preview at a home in Seaview for friends and family.
