Creatives
Artists, makers and creative practitioners with Dartmoor connections
Blackstone Photo
I'm a proud Devonian, born and bred in Brixham with a love of the moor since my childhood. My Grandad’s family farmed around Bovey and it was through him that I was introduced to the wild spaces that have been a constant in my life ever since.
Dartmoor Photographic
Glavind Strachan Photography
Northlew
Photography with a sprinkle of imperfection ... something which sparks the imaginationMy style of photography springs from many brooks of inspiration, not the least of which is my propensity to see the beauty in flaws.
Helen Jackson — Dartmoor Photographer
Newton Abbot
Helen Jackson (formerly Northcott) is a photographer living and working on Dartmoor. Known for her distinctive landscape photography and her acclaimed project documenting Dartmoor's disappearing red telephone boxes — the subject of two books. Prints and canvases available for worldwide shipping.
Helen Louise
Helen is a psychology graduate. teacher and hypnotherapist. She lives in Devon and spends her time exploring and photographing the ancient and enigmatic sites of Dartmoor.
Max Piper
It all started back in the summer of 2017 when, from memory, I came across the website ‘Moorland Walker’, a blog by Paul Buck. Now, I have always loved walking on Dartmoor since a very young age and have seen many other websites on the subject, however this one hooked me.
Paul Rendell - Dartmoor Guide
Paul Rendell was born in Plymouth and became enthusiastic about Dartmoor from an early age after being taken on numerous outings by his parents. Burrator and Sheepstor were two of the favourite places they went as a family.Very early he found he was fascinated by the moor's industrial archaeology and its wildlife. Because he was dyslexic his schooldays were not very easy for him but he struggled on until school leaving age.
Powdermills Pottery
Princetown Press
Princetown
We use heritage craft techniques, hand-powered printing presses, and recycled papers to create printed ephemera that inspire and delight. Where possible, we use British-made materials, and tools.With combined degrees in Environmental Science, and Sustainable Product and Furniture Design, makers Emma Hogbin and Jon Palmer bring a unique perspective to the endangered heritage craft of letterpress.
Promiseland Poetry
Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Dartmoor poetry and collaborative art celebrating the landscape through verse and photography.
Rachel Burch Westcountry Photography
I am a landscape Photographer based in Tavistock, Devon who loves the beauty of wild places and seeks to capture them. I am now a wheelchair user due to severe illness so I may take some time to get back to you, thanks.
Robert Darch
Exeter
Robert Darch is an internationally recognised British artist-photographer based in Devon. His work uses landscape and portraiture to construct narrative responses to place — most notably Dartmoor, which forms the setting for his acclaimed book 'The Moor' (2018). Associate Lecturer in Photography at Plymouth University.
Sophie Pierce
For many years Sophie was a reporter for BBC South West, covering all manner of stories for the radio and TV. She left in 2020 and now writes full time.
Stone Lane Gardens
Chagford
Stone Lane Gardens is an enchanting 5-acre woodland gardens on the edge of the Dartmoor National Park, famous for a National Collection of Birch and Alder trees and annual sculpture exhibition.
The Dartmoor Artist
Newton Abbot
Sarah Smith is a self-taught artist and sustainable homeware maker living and working on a Dartmoor farmstead near Haytor. Featured in Country Living and listed among the UK's Top 100 Female Entrepreneurs. Creates hand-painted acrylic paintings, botanical prints, illustrated homewares and stationery inspired by Dartmoor's seasons, hedgerows and moorland.
The Dartmoor Collective
Exeter
The Dartmoor Collective is a non-profit community interest company promoting visual artists working on or inspired by Dartmoor. Hosts summer exhibitions at Poltimore House, publishes acclaimed photozines, operates an online community and bursary programme for emerging photographers, and has featured work at RAMM Exeter and internationally.
The Dartmoor Soap Company Ltd
The Dreaming Lark - Art Prints by Kate Rattray
Lino Prints, Pen & Ink Drawings and Collages by Artist Kate Rattray