The Sorting Office
The Sorting Office
Born from a need for affordable workspace for businesses in the creative sector, the studios were forged from an old postal sorting office in the heart of Eastleigh Town Centre. They were opened in May 2013 by internationally renowned designer Wayne Hemmingway MBE.
The Sorting Office is dynamic studio space: home to a number of gifted artists and designer-makers from a variety of disciplines, such as textiles, embroidery, printmaking and illustration.
The studios support and promote the work of talented residents, giving them a voice to showcase their unique and exciting work.
The Sorting Office's Resident Artists
Denise Hughes
Denise Hughes is a freelance illustrator of children's picture books.
Linda Miller
Linda Miller is a maker, tutor and author specialising in one-off machine embroideries.
In Stitch You
Harriet Riddell of In Stitch You uses free motion embroidery to capture her surrounding environment and the people she meets.
Helen McArdle
Helen McArdle is a maker of historic costumes specialising in the regency era.
Rachel Reynolds
Rachel Reynolds creates a unique collection of hand drawn and digitally printed luxury British textiles, wallpaper, homeware and stationery.
Jo Cheer
Jo Cheer is an artist printmaker and designer.