Sunday 29 November
12pm to 4pm
Jelly’s Christmas Art Shop 2026
Sunday 29 November - 12pm to 4pm We are delighted to bring back our Art Shop this Christmas. All artists involved in this art shop are Jelly workshop leaders, members of our Associate Artists or part of our Young Creatives Network.
Artists at this years Art Shop:
Yeon Min
Watercolour and mixed media artist and illustrator. Yeon is seeking to spread the joy and whimsy watercolour can convey by bringing forward vibrant original paintings, prints, postcards, stickers, calendars and more.
Instagram: @lilyeonyeon
Julie Calce
Julie is a visual artist who works with mixed media and most recently has been working on using a sewing machine as a means to draw.The images Julie creates draws upon gender equality and unheard voices.
Instagram: @calcejulie
Ashley Deyo
Ashley Deyo is the Reading-based experimental artist behind @deyoticarts. They enjoy creating multimedia 2D works as well as sculptural pieces. Their works can range from dark and moody to vibrant and punchy while always including symbolism and many layers of detail or linework. They will be selling a variety of 2D and 3D pieces, original paintings, and prints.
Instagram: @deyoticarts Facebook: Deyotic Arts Website: Deyotic.art
Helen Westhrop
Helen Westhrop: textile artist, stop motion animator, printmaker, illustrator, storyteller and poet. Helen is presently exploring with her etching press and vintage 5x8 Adana Letter Press, using handmade paper and found card to produce limited edition poetry booklets and greetings cards. By not ignoring early seemingly failed attempts Helen wishes to raise an awareness in the beauty of the imperfect, impermanent and incomplete.
Instagram: @coathangerdolls
Miranda Millward
Miranda Millward (@scissorspaperpaste) will be selling all manner of collage treats at the Jelly Pop Up Art Shop! There will be collages Christmas cards and gift tags as well as small collages gifts such as notebooks and magnets. There will be a selection of 'just add glue -make your own collage and ephemera kits' in a variety of sizes. All of the collages goodies have a vintage twist. The mini collage kit gumball machine will also be available to crank! This year Miranda will also have a limited selection of unique hand crafted 'merry kitschmas' toy wreaths.
Instagram: @scissorspaperpaste Website: www.scissorspaperpaste.com
Charlotte Hollis
Charlotte Hollis: textile artist developing her practice through multi media. Charlotte is currently challenging herself to create 100 depictions of the phrase 'Art is a verb' by the end of 2026, as a way of exploring a range of materials and techniques. Prints, notebooks and beautiful and useful objects have revealed themselves through this exploration and have deepened Charlotte's questioning of the difference between Art and Craft.
Instagram: @anewlystitchedcoif
Brenda Goodchild
Brenda Goodchild is an artist and facilitator working with drawings and editing and recreating her drawings on digital devices. Recently she has been using paint sticks to recreate art work inspired by her inner world and moving away from working digitally. With these art works she uses oil paints to recreate them on canvas. Her work is colourful inspired by her East African roots and her British heritage. Currently she is her final year studying art psychotherapy.
Instagram: @missgoodchild Facebook: @BrendalinqGoodchild Website: Www.missgoodchild.org
Komal Patel
Komal is an artist exploring portals, thresholds and inner landscapes through colour, light and expressive mark-making. Working intuitively with oil pastel and paint, she creates abstract works that invite the viewer into the imaginative possibilities of liminal spaces. For the Jelly Pop-Up Art Shop, Komal will be selling original oil pastel portal drawings on paper, alongside a small selection of larger paintings. Each piece is one-of-a-kind, exploring movement, depth, luminosity and the shifting boundaries between darkness and light.
Instagram: @the.purple.witch
Agge
At the Christmas Art Market, Agge will to sell papier-mâché vases, masks and a few paintings created using the pouring technique.
Instagram: @aggeart
Christian Scott-Heal
Christian is a mixed media artist, writer and photographer. Drawing upon and exploring themes from the natural environment, cultural histories, folk traditions and what emerges through engagement with creative work. From representational to abstract painting, ephemeral objects, to everyday packaging made art.
He's recently set out on an ambitious project researching pigments and investigating how artists’ relationships with their materials have changed. Technological possibilities that have shaped artistic expression since time immemorial.
Immersed in the histories of colours, their associations and the psychological responses they provoke. Stories and surprise discoveries to be shared through book art, texts, prints, three-dimensional papercraft, colour maps and card games.
Instagram: @christianscottheal Website: theengineroomsite.com
Wendy Henderson
Wendy Henderson is a mixed media artist, capturing the seasons and other everyday small joys in life. She combines paint, drawing, collage and stitch to create lively, layered pieces. She will have cards, prints and original artworks for sale.
Instagram: @artywendscreates
Megan Haddock
Megan Haddock creates immersive and atmospheric landscape art with a unique combination of traditional pen and digital art techniques. Her work seeks to create a tangible sense of place while exploring themes around our relationship with nature, environmentalism and the changing nature of the world.
Instagram: @hiccupthree Website: meganhaddockart.com
Jelly
Jelly will offer a selection of sketchbooks and prints for purchase, with all proceeds supporting the creative work we do at Jelly. Among the items for sale will be our Reading inspired wood block prints and personlised monogramed gifts using our woodblock letter. These handmade items are made by the Jelly crew and all proceeds will help to fund our ongoing projects and initiatives. By purchasing from us, you’re not only giving a beautiful, handcrafted gift, but also supporting the local arts community and the meaningful work we’re committed to.
New Wave Creatives
Members of Jelly’s New Wave Creatives will be selling handmade items to raise funds for their group
