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MARKET KNOWLEDGE ZOE HOBSON, SOZO SILVER
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Welcome to The Sherborne Market! What brings you here? I was a regular trader at Bridport Market throughout 2021 and my fellow traders, who have become great friends, recommended Sherborne – Steve and Graham from the Compton Candle Company, Tim at Miggles and the team at Fruit Bodhi Organics. Where have you travelled from? I live in Honiton but the magic all happens in my container workshop I call the ‘Spooniverse’ in Bishops Court Gardens just outside of Exeter. Tell us about what you’re selling? A range of useable, reclaimed vintage cutlery that is hand-stamped with words and witty puns. Also, jewellery and accessories that have been upcycled from silverware and affirmation bands/rings with uplifting messages to inspire and empower. Where and when did it all begin? I began my creative journey when I was 9-years-old, selling my jewellery designs in my parent’s shop. I taught myself to hand-stamp whilst living and working 24 | Sherborne Times | June 2022
in New Zealand in 2016. It was at this time my love affair with silverware began. Sozo was established from a bedroom start-up in 2019. What do you enjoy most about selling at markets? I love to meet my customers face-to-face. It makes me feel good when I catch them laughing and they leave with a smile on their face. To be around so many creative stallholders is also very uplifting. If you get the chance, which fellow stallholders here at Sherborne would you like to visit? Unfortunately, I don’t get to leave my stall but I have been lucky enough to be placed next to Colin, the Vintage Salvager, which is right up my street and he is already working on a commissioned ring display for my stand. Where can people find you on market day? On Half Moon Street, opposite the Plume of Feathers, under an unmissable orange gazebo. sozoshop.com @sozosilverdesigns
