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ABIGAIL THURSTON, GREEN GROVE DESIGNS
Welcome to The Sherborne Market! What brings you here? Sherborne Market has an amazing, bubbly and buzzing atmosphere, making it a pleasure to trade at. It is a curated market, meaning that there’s plenty of variety from a bunch of amazing traders. When trading here you always come away feeling satisfied as it has such a community vibe to it. Everyone is your friend and supports you, wanting you to succeed just as much as they want to themselves. Where have you travelled from? We have travelled from Crewkerne in South Somerset, from one market town to another! Tell us about what you’re selling? We sell climate-positive, nature-inspired polymer clay jewellery which is all completely handmade. We make everything in small batches in order to stick to our strict zero waste policy. We are incredibly proud to be partnered with Ecologi where we fund 2 climate projects each month, while also planting a tree with every purchase both in person and online! Where and when did it all begin? I started on the website Etsy back in 2020 when Covid hit. After losing 3 jobs because of the pandemic, I decided it was the perfect time to start, 22 | Sherborne Times | August 2022
after wanting to for so long. I found that working in retail had completely blocked and restricted me from being creative, which makes up a huge part of my personality! Being on furlough for a few months gave me the time I needed as well as permission to be creative, enabling me to finally kick start my business. We have since opened our own website. What do you enjoy most about selling at markets? I love the community spirit and meeting other traders and customers. People genuinely appreciate the work that goes into your products and support you all the way! It’s also fulfilling to be supporting a new(ish) market (est. 2019) that has deservingly grown hugely since I first started trading there, (plus, it gives us an excuse to go to Oliver’s for amazing coffee). If you get the chance, which fellow stallholders here at Sherborne would you like to visit? Either Bake Box or Bayside Baker for amazing brownies, or Brothers Make who make products out of recycled plastic from the local community, schools and beach cleans! Where can people find you on market day? This month, we are on Half Moon Street. We hope that you can stop by and say hello! greengrovedesigns.co.uk @greengrovedesigns
