Artists, makers and creative practitioners with Dartmoor connections
Morchard Bishop, Crediton
Freelance outdoor writer, editor and photographer specialising in southwest England, particularly Dartmoor and Exmoor.
Award winning poet and performance artist, producing poetry books and nature and myth-inspired spoken word shows.
Tavistock
Tavistock-based signage company offering vehicle wraps, business signs and promotional printing across Dartmoor and the South West.
The Dartmoor Artisan Trail offers a glimpse into the traditional crafts of Dartmoor National Park
Haytor Vale, 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 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.
Chagford
Sheepskin interiors and accessories handmade by us on Dartmoor, using sheepskins from our own flocks alongside 100% British sheepskins and wool.
Belstone, Okehampton
Award-winning natural soap and natural skincare. The original handmade soap from Dartmoor, using local ingredients and traditional methods.
Bespoke wreaths, creative workshops and artisan DIY kits inspired by Devon countryside.
by Paul Harris - Glavind Strachan Photography Our Dartmoor started life as a zine: an attempt to bring together people…
A Vast Solitude by Paul Harris - Glavind Strachan Photography A review of "An Exploration of Dartmoor and its…
Will the real Mary Maria Colling please stand up? (A Dartmoor Story about a lowly Tavistock resident in the Nineteenth…
Bowerman’s Nose: Legends are like memes in slow motion by Paul Harris - Glavind Strachan Photography The universe is…
Exercise Baskerville by Clive Darke In 1967 there were eighteen deaths from exposure (hypothermia) and frostbite on…
In the Footsteps of Francis Drake by David J. Hawkings As a boy growing up in Plymouth, I often found myself looking to…
The Loneliest Place by George Wall A solitary hawthorn twists improbably out of the earth. The silhouette of a distant…
Prehistoric Dartmoor by Andrew McAuley Most visitors to Dartmoor National Park are aware that it is a landscape full of…
