NAMI Creative Network directory
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ArtistWallsend
Amanda Jo is a multidisciplinary artist and paramedical tattoo artist specialising in realistic areola tattooing for people following cancer and other surgeries; she co‑founded the North East Nipple Project and Bloom, a hyperrealistic prosthetic areola, and as a neurodivergent creator becomes absorbed in the process.
North Shields
A jewellery maker celebrating nature and the past through dried botanicals, ethically sourced insects and naturally scavenged bones.
Tynemouth
An artist painting delicate birds and mice onto carefully sourced antique and vintage paper, giving time-worn pieces a new life.
North Shields
An independent business based in North Shields.
Local businessWhitley Bay
A sustainable gift-wrapping studio running public workshops, brand projects and creative team-building sessions using unexpected reclaimed materials.
Podcast ProductionWhitley Bay
Heywood produces video podcasts in Whitley Bay, offering an inviting studio for up to four people with professional-grade lights, cameras and mics. Podcasts are fully edited and social shorts can be produced.
Tattoo artistNorth Shields
Tattoo artist Izzy Curran works out of Skin n Ink tattoo studio in North Shields and has been tattooing since 2012, covering all styles and specialising in American traditional and blackwork.
DesignerWhitley Bay
Designs handmade jewellery inspired by coastal textures and celebrating life's imperfections; Joanne Hunt, Whitley Bay.
Board games DesignerWhitley Bay
Joe Shimwell is an indie board game designer in Whitley Bay, focusing on print-and-play titles and developing the Word Dungeon series.
North Shields
An artist creating wall art and smaller pieces from clay, handmade paper and broken pottery.
ArtistWhitley Bay
Artist exploring abstract painting, sculpture and printing, Katie Brydon creates multi‑medium works, custom murals, cushions, wallpaper and an exclusive tote-bag collection and is owner and CEO of Katie’s Craft House studio in Whitley Bay.
ArtistNorth Tyneside
A self-taught Whitley Bay artist creating landscapes and seascapes shaped by a love of the outdoors.
CreativeNorth Shields
Many Moons from North Shields makes colourful, dopamine homeware and custom 3D surface design from Jesmonite, prioritising upcycling and sustainability. Available for collaborations and commissions on furniture, splashbacks and wall panels; sold at JustCanny and Flea Circus.
Whitley Bay
An oil painter working from life, with experience across gallery exhibitions and projects for North East festivals and organisations.
CreativeNorth Tyneside
Runs pop-up creative workshops in North Tyneside and Northumberland, offering creative journaling, art, crafts, creative writing and book clubs, founder of Creative Space North East and Instagram @creativespacenortheast.
DesignerNorth Shields
Nicola Jane Hall is a full‑time maker of beautiful items and artist, joyful in sewing, painting, performing and clowning, a compulsive creator and storyteller who avidly collects buttons, fabric and lace.
Local businessWallsend
Samantha Jane Robinson runs the North East’s only gender-affirming aesthetics clinic for trans women, operating a private, appointments-only studio in Wallsend and serving as a protest and voice for trans women, Instagram @TRANSformbysjr
ArtistWallsend
Artist creating work from post-apocalyptic sculptures warning of the advancement of technology to silly doodles; creating serves as therapy. Based in Wallsend. Instagram: Stephen.Fowler.Art
North Shields
A ceramicist making one-off, hand-built pieces in a variety of clays.
