ABOUT US

abigail*ryan is the dreamchild of design duo, and couple, Abigail Percy {Designer Jewellery}, and Ryan Bell {of DesireLines}...

Working together, they combine Abigail's organic and nature inspired illustrations and Ryan's love and flair for colour and graphic design to produce beautifully unique fabric and objects for the home.

abigail*ryan also run a branch of their business providing Brand Identity Consultancy (which covers every aspect of graphic design and packaging design) along with Photography and Styling and Website/shop building.

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Almost all of our homewares produced under the banner of abigail*ryan are hand sewn in our Belfast fabric studio, with the exception of our tea-towels which are hand screen-printed for us, on eco-friendly unbleached cotton in England.

We feel strongly about sourcing as many suppliers as we can as close to home as possible so we can support and strengthen our local economy, at the same time as being able to assure our customers that they have been produced to the highest of worker welfare standards.

All our linen is 100% Pure Irish Linen and sourced from a fantastic firm which has been milling Linen for over 40 years in Belfast.

You can follow all of our news on our abigail*ryan BLOG...

OUR BACKGROUND

Abigail Percy is an award winning jewellery designer born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. She ran her own successful jewellery design company since 2005, closing it in 2011 to concentrate on a*r.

Following her graduation from Glasgow School of Art with First Class honors, and winning The British Jewellers Association prize for 'One Year On', awarded by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, she has exhibited her work in venues such as the National Museum of Kyoto {Japan}, The National Theatre {London} and the Scottish Gallery {Edinburgh} and has work in many private collections.

In addition, Abigail undertakes private styling and business consultation for designers across the UK. She has also lectured at Dundee College of Art in web 2.0 technologies and their application to the Designer Maker industries.

Abigail's design aesthetic is rooted in her Botanical Illustration work. Her painstaking pen and ink drawings are closely linked to her photographic work and have been exhibited in Glasgow's fashionable West End.

Ryan Bell hails from Northern Ireland and, since graduating from The University of Ulster at Belfast with a First Class honors degree in Fine Art Photography, he has worked on Photography projects with various clients, including a division of Marks and Spencer, and worked with many individual Designer Makers across the UK- creating their brand identities through consultation and graphic design under the moniker "DesireLines".

In 2006, to feed Ryan's love of design and thirst for new challenges, and his desire to return to the more hands-on side of the creative industries, the DesireLines brand diversified into Luxury Accessories. Since then, the business has focused on creating stunning one off handbags and, since early 2009, several collections of Fine Silver Jewellery.

Although self taught, Ryan has reached a level of skill with textiles that has allowed him to give various public demonstrations and private teaching workshops in handbag construction.

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Abigail & Ryan live and work together just outside of Belfast, Nothern Ireland. abigail*ryan homewares is the fruit of their collective labours.