Cockpit

“I had no idea what you could do as a career with craft, with marbling, until I was on that pathway. Just going for it, just finding out “It’s just magic. People are so much more creative than they realise” Paper marbling is a centuries-old craft that Lucy McGrath turned into a new business, Marmor Paperie Lucy calls it ‘painting on water’, creating organic patterns that Marmor Paperie uses to decorate diaries, albums, notebooks – even Christmas baubles 🖌️📚 It all started with a search for the perfect sketchbook for a course in illustration. But when making sketchbooks became the focus, Lucy started selling her creations at Greenwich Market – an order from Fortnum and Mason swiftly followed Supported by @cockpit_studios, Lucy has turned Marmor Paperie into a thriving online store, even offering courses to those looking to follow in her footsteps “I would say to anyone looking to get into a creative industry, go for it! “Because no matter what the naysayers say, you will find someone who loves what you do” #WeCreate

From leatherworking to paper marbling, UK crafts employ nearly 150,000 people and bring around £3.4bn into the economy For Small Business Saturday, Culture Minister John Whittingdale met business owners at @cockpit_studios to hear how they are set up for success #WeCreate