It’s that time of year again! We throw open the studio doors to welcome visitors into this very special building.

Join us to discover the men’s and women’s Autumn/Winter collections and the Studio KH range of lightshades. There will be brand new designs not yet online (but coming soon!) as well as some sample sale and end-of-line discounted pieces.

Friday 24 November 12-6pm
Saturday 25 November 12-6pm
Sunday 26 November 12-6pm

Advance tickets £8 (£10 on the door)
Concessions £4

After an enforced break due to Covid and related issues, MADE LONDON returns to a new venue - a brand new building situated moments from Angel Islington. The Block exhibition space is set over two floors with high ceilings and natural light, with an industrial feel, and will allow for an even bigger and better show!

Karen is looking forward to showing her men’s and women’s hat collections once again at Made London.

The GNCCF returns to the wonderfully photogenic Victoria Baths in Manchester for the 2023 edition. Karen is looking forward to catching up with old friends and meeting new ones! She will be showing a wide range of men’s and women’s hats from the A/W23 collections.

Photos below are from last year’s edition.

Sunday 8th October 10.00 - 18.00
Monday 9th October 10.00 - 18.00
Tuesday 10th October 10.00 - 18.00
Wednesday 11th October 10.00 - 17.00

Making Spaces is a curated space within Decorex, returning for the second year. 15 designer-makers have been selected by a distinguished panel to present their work, and will be demonstrating some of the processes involved in its production.

Karen will show a selection of lightshades, and will be working on a new design during the show.

16th-17th September
11am-5pm

Established in 2009 by Sydenham Arts, the Artists Trail is a festival and celebration of art, design and craft, located across many venues in and around Sydenham, South East London, with over 100 artists, makers and designers opening their homes, studios and workshops to the public.

Karen is delighted to be taking part in the Trail for the first time this year. Visitors will be able to see, try and buy selected pieces, curated within a light and airy Victorian converted flat, a stone’s throw from the renowned Crystal Palace Park. There will be examples from both her hat collections and her Studio KH range of handmade lightshades and table lamps.

During the weekend Karen will be working on new lightshade designs, offering a glimpse into some of the processes involved.

Summer Open Studios is just around the corner! We’re looking forward to opening the doors once again on Friday 23 & Saturday 24 June at Cockpit Bloomsbury.

Cockpit Open Studios is a truly unique experience, a rare chance to meet world-class makers in their natural habitat, surrounded by their tools, materials and work in progress. It's a real privilege to catch a glimpse behind the scenes, and to buy direct from Cockpit makers.

This year we have an exciting addition to the Open Studios programme, in the form of our new Industry Day on Thursday 22 June. Tailored specifically for curators, gallerists, buyers, interior designers, and other trade professionals looking to discover talented craftspeople for upcoming commissions or collaborations.

Karen is delighted to be taking part in the British Hat Guild’s latest exciting collaboration, for WOW!house, built within the Design Avenue at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour.

Alongside the showhouse, in the Centre Dome The Design Centre are generously hosting an installation of 18 spectacular hats created by British Hat Guild members. Each milliner was paired with a room within WOW!house, and created their hat in response to the room design. 

Karen is presenting two hats for two different rooms - one men’s, one women’s.

Millinery Auction for Brain Tumour Research

Karen was delighted and honoured to create a hat especially for this British Hat Guild initiative, in partnership with The Jockey Club and Go Epsom. A collection of 22 hats has been created by British Hat Guild members, to feature in an online auction throughout May and June, raising vital funds for Brain Tumour Research. The hats were launched over the Coronation weekend at the QIPCO Guineas Festival in Newmarket (5 – 7 May) and will be on display at The Derby at Epsom Downs on 3 and 4 June.

The hats are all one-off pieces and are fashioned in combinations of scarlet, purple, black and gold, the colours of the royal racing silks, to celebrate the Coronation. 

A showcase of crafts for interiors, brought to life with daily demonstrations in the Design Avenue

Alongside fellow Cockpit makers and Qest scholars, Karen is delighted to present her sculpted lightshades, with an insight into the processes involved in creating them.

The Design Centre is open daily, so just drop in any time between 11 and 4 to meet the makers. Or join the tour on Wednesday 8th at 2.30 to get a more detailed insight.

Find out more here >

See the full line-up of designer-makers here >

Join Karen in her studio at Cockpit Bloomsbury, London to discover the latest hats - right where they were made!

With free entry, Cockpit Open Studios is a chance to experience craft, buy direct from the makers– and enjoy a great day out.

Please note new opening times:

Friday 2 - 8pm

Saturday & Sunday 12 - 5pm

From homewares, gifts and textiles, to jewellery, fashion and accessories, discover over 80 makers in our Holborn/Bloomsbury site in central London. Hope to see you then!

Karen is delighted to be one of seven hat designers/artists participating in this inspiring exhibition for London Craft Week. Conceived and curated by Jo Cope in collaboration with Shelter, the hats in this project represent a 'roof over the head' while exploring the importance of having a home that you can call your own, a place to lay your 'hat' and to rest your head. Find out more about the exhibition here, or read on to find out more about the hat that Karen created.

Every hat tells a story

Each designer was invited to create a hat inspired by the story, experiences and future hopes of an individual who had faced homelessness.

Karen was partnered with Chris from Sheffield, whose remarkable story inspired this sculptural cycle helmet.

“If someone gives you something, where can you take it?”

This was Chris speaking about how Shelter helped him, and about his plans to help others in the future. For Karen, it brought to mind a positive spiral, moving forward and outward in an ever-widening network.

After cycling to and from work each day, Chris would pitch his tent high up, overlooking Sheffield. Safer than a shop doorway, the location provided him with a connection to other people in the city, but also a vast canopy of stars above. This combination of pragmatism and spiritualism resonated with Karen, and reminded her of a well-loved Oscar Wilde quote.

Chris’s autism means that he deals with life as he would a jigsaw puzzle, or perhaps a mosaic. Karen has described her pattern-cutting as taking a line for a walk to see where it takes her, and the pieces often become a kind of puzzle.

Here, she wanted to create a sculptural cycle helmet - a protective shell, a canopy for the head, a mosaic of stars.

The main spiral piece and back pieces are made from Foss-Shape (thermo-plastic felt) with vintage suede attached.

Inside, wool felt mosaic pieces have silver beads embedded. The grosgrain ribbon has the Oscar Wilde quotation hand embroidered with reflective thread.

The ties are made from simple cotton tape, finished with felt and suede panels at the ends.

MADE LONDON returns to One Marylebone, the beautiful former church designer by Sir John Soane. The contemporary craft and design fair brings together the very best of national and international designer-makers. Join Karen amongst 120 fantastic exhibitors to try on the latest designs and buy direct from the maker.