Community Showcase: Education
Providing an additional platform to showcase your handcrafted work.
Every month, we share a theme. Makers from all over the country are invited to create new work or share photos of existing work that relates to the chosen theme of the month.
The maker of each submission is also entered into a free prize draw and a winner is selected at random to win a £25.00 Turners Retreat voucher! That work will be our ‘Featured Piece of the Month’ and will be shared with our Mailing List subscribers by email and on our social media pages.
Want to feature your work on our website?
The theme for August is Education.
This theme is for you to interpret in any way you like! You can use this month to create something new or submit something you've already made. Here's some suggestions to get your ideas flowing:
- An object relating to school and/or education, i.e. books, pencil, pencil case
- A piece you've created using a new technique
- Something you've tried more than once to master and now feel confident doing
- A collaboration where both parties have learned something from working as a team
There's lots of possibilities!
To submit a piece of your work, please send us the following information by email:
- Your name
- Your small business name (where applicable)
- Your small business social media links (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Pinterest)
- A link to your website or online shop (where applicable)
- A few words explaining what inspired your piece (up to 50 words)
- What tools/materials were used to make your piece (up to 50 words - at least one tool or material must be a Turners Retreat product)
- 3 photos of your work from different angles (please ensure your work is well lit and photographed against a plain background for the best results)
Please send your submission by email to showcase@turners-retreat.co.uk with the theme, month and year as the subject line, for example 'Education - August 2022 Entry.’ The deadline for submissions based on the theme 'Education' is the last day of the month, Wednesday 31st August 2022.
Terms & Conditions
- You may only submit one piece of work per month.
- The work you submit must be your own. No copyright pieces please.
- Photographs that include people will not be used, please submit photos of your work in a well-lit area against a plain background.
- Submissions sent to us one month will be made live on the website the following month, for example, if you submit work in August, it will be live on our website in September.
- If you change your mind and would like the photo of your work to be removed from our website, please get in touch to let us know.
- Any vouchers won are not redeemable for cash.
By sending us a submission, you agree for Turners Retreat to reproduce your photo and prose and edit it as we deem appropriate. This may be for another purpose later down the line where full credit will be given.
Enjoy and happy making! We look forward to seeing your work soon.
'Sport' - Featured Piece of the Month
The winner of the prize draw and featured piece of the month is Glynn Harrington. Congratulations, Glynn! A £25 Turners Retreat voucher is on its way to you by email, and your work will be featured on our social media feeds and in our e-newsletters during the month of August.
Click here to read more about Glynn's inspiration and show your support by following him on social media.
July was a quiet month for submissions, we can only hope the theme 'Education' sparks a few ideas during August! We hope you will get involved, as we'd love to see and show off your work!
Happy making!
- 2nd August 2022