Bark Ink Collective

Bark Ink Collective Independent artist-run creative collective!

We are so thrilled to be returning to Braziers park for this weekend! Plenty of arty goodness to be had over the weeken...
13/05/2026

We are so thrilled to be returning to Braziers park for this weekend!
Plenty of arty goodness to be had over the weekend with foraged ink, printing, woodcrafts and more!

This year’s theme is lizards so come along and tell us your best lizard fact, we want our brains to be full of lizard knowledge come Monday morning 𓆈𓆈𓆈

Here’s Adam’s favourite to get you warmed up: Slow worms are actually legless lizards, not a worm at all.
To help identify this unlikely lizard from a snake he’s written you all a little rhyme…
If you find a slithery creature underneath a stone
Invite them in for dinner, with a warm and friendly tone
If you’ve found yourself a slow worm, they’ll be sure to blink and blush
Unlike snakes they have eyelids, and hearts of gooey stuff

Tomorrow we embark on the weekender in Stroud!! Here’s a little sneak peak of what we’ll be bringing to the market… ple...
30/04/2026

Tomorrow we embark on the weekender in Stroud!! Here’s a little sneak peak of what we’ll be bringing to the market… plenty more handmade goodness we haven’t shown you yet too!
There’s an awesome lineup of stallholders for the market and we’re stoked to be a part of it!! With plenty of exciting happenings, performances, talks and music throughout the town it’s gonna be a great weekend! Come along and check it out won’t ya?!

The market is free entry and welcome to all!
Friday 1st 6pm-9pm
Saturday 2nd 11am-6pm
Sunday 3rd 11am-6pm

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We can’t wait to join at Hatfield Park next month! It’ll be our first time at the festival and we can’t wait, the lineu...
17/04/2026

We can’t wait to join at Hatfield Park next month! It’ll be our first time at the festival and we can’t wait, the lineup of craftspeople looks phenomenal!

You read it right, we’re running workshops over the full four days!
Join us for an hour exploring the wonderful centuries old practice of Natural Inks and the fascinating creative alchemy which surrounds them. Using a selection of foraged inks, we will experiment shifting colours by utilising their natural PH sensitivities. Throughout the session we combine guided play with your own freedom to experiment as you will. You will have the opportunity to explore the use of the inks through a selection of activity sheets, papers, brushes and dip pens with packaging and mounts provided to take your inky creations safely home with you.

Please do book in advance as typically our spaces have sold out fast once doors are open! Any questions, feel free to message us directly or come and catch to us at our stall!

Tickets can be found at www.livingcrafts.co.uk (link in bio)

We’ve got a cracking May tour planned out: returning to some of our favourite events as well as heading further afield t...
14/04/2026

We’ve got a cracking May tour planned out: returning to some of our favourite events as well as heading further afield to greener crafty pastures!
Get your boots on and come say hi!

1st-3rd
7th-10th
15th-17th
23rd-25th
31st .markets

We’ll be running activities, demonstrations and workshops across a few of these events also, details to be shared soon!!

This Sunday (29th) we’ll be setting up at for their lovely Easter craft market! Back in his BA, our had a project focu...
23/03/2026

This Sunday (29th) we’ll be setting up at for their lovely Easter craft market!
Back in his BA, our had a project focused around the mansion house and gardens! It’s easily one of the most beautiful settings in Cardiff and we can’t wait to go back!!
Come along and check it out, 10-4
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Next week we’ll be at for the St Anne’s Spring Market!Can’t wait to get back out in the big city and meet lots of you l...
17/03/2026

Next week we’ll be at for the St Anne’s Spring Market!
Can’t wait to get back out in the big city and meet lots of you lovely folks
St Anne’s is such a special creative hub and we’re buzzing to be there!
Come along and check it out 10-4🍎🐛

Gather round, gather round… We’d like to introduce you to the wonderful work of ᪥Abi is a multi-talented artist, skille...
09/02/2026

Gather round, gather round… We’d like to introduce you to the wonderful work of ᪥
Abi is a multi-talented artist, skilled in a variety of materials from clay to textile - in sculpture, illustration and even puppetry!
Although most of what we stock of her work appears to be statue-like ceramics… we’re certain their little spirits are full of stories; were they moulded by the hands of their maker? or perhaps they were nutured from seeds in the woodland undergrowth? Venturing across valley and stream until finding their new homes with you!
Her many curiosities and illustrations pull their magic from folk tales and the natural world - we think this is what bring them so much life and character beyond the page or plinth!:))

For those of you who have adopted one of her sprites: we’d love to know what mischief they find themselves in now? Have they been given names? Little trinkets of their own?
The sprites are always a crowd favourite and we never seem to hold on to them longer than one or two events - If you’ve seen us with them but missed your chance, FEAR NOT! Abi now makes them custom to order, head to her page for more details!

Check out hew marvellous work here: .abigailsmithstudio

Huge thank you to for another magic weekend! Snapped Up is such a special event, a real highlight of our Christmas leg!...
16/12/2025

Huge thank you to for another magic weekend! Snapped Up is such a special event, a real highlight of our Christmas leg!! So nice to spend a full weekend surrounded by a talented community of makers and talking with the engaged folks who come along!

A quick little spotlight to our friend ! Over the course of the year we’ve found ourselves bumping into Mark at more and more events, spending a lot of time marvelling over his stunning relief prints and golden gilded embellishments… if you’ve not yet pulled the sword (seen his work) from the stone (at events or online) we urge you to go check out his work!! Snapped Up felt like the perfect weekend to celebrate with new friends like Mark on a fab year of markets and shared creative time

Sleigh bells ring, rooftiles jingle, someone’s set the dog off again!!December is here and we’ve got your stocking fille...
04/12/2025

Sleigh bells ring, rooftiles jingle, someone’s set the dog off again!!
December is here and we’ve got your stocking fillers!
We’ll be bobbing along to Dean Martin at many markets this month, come and say hi:

6th
7th
13th+14th
14th
21st

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What a way to start our festivities for the year! Christmas spirit was high for yesterday, we even met an elf in traini...
17/11/2025

What a way to start our festivities for the year! Christmas spirit was high for yesterday, we even met an elf in training! Great to be back in Penarth to see many familiar faces, thanks to all of yous for making it!:)
New stock from on the table today, printing barens! More to come on that front soon…

Last weekend was immense! Thanks to all the lovely folks that we met at old friends and new:) Such an awesome variety o...
14/11/2025

Last weekend was immense! Thanks to all the lovely folks that we met at old friends and new:) Such an awesome variety of printmaking on show and some wicked live printing too! We especially loved the HUGE collaborative lino happening opposite us at - go and check it out on their page!!

5 points to anyone who can tell us why black walnuts husks smell like citrus fruits? ☆

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