Ten years ago art teacher Mark Aldridge decided to change careers, taking his art to the nation in the form of hand painted tiles. Then based in Stamford, Lincolnshire, the Fine Art graduate took on a small industrial unit and started from scratch; making the tiles by hand, decorating them with his own glazes, then completing them with fine drawings of flora and fauna before firing.
Mark’s style is still delicate, the colouring light almost to a fade and the glazes soft and natural; a classic British style that blends in well with the country kitchen style whilst making a quiet statement about integrity and style.
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Hi Mark, I have now retired and I wanted to catch with long lost friends that I wish I’d never lost contact with and you are high up on that list. I saw Debbie Clark who’d been to the Ink Fesrival. It was just the prompt I needed. I look forward to hearing from you.