Haarlem on the High Street
In the spring of 2023, we were offered a 3 month pop-up shop in Wirksworth, at the site of the original Feather Star Alehouse on St John Street.
The space and the shop itself developed each week with new makers joining and new ventures explored including BOUND, a feminist and world political thinking curated book shop and an installation / exhibition born from a residency in Shining Cliff Woods called “Out of the Woods”.
Three months beacame four, then five at which point, having gained invaluable market research and proved to ourselves that the model worked, we felt brave enough to take on a full commercial lease on an iconic and much loved shop, Top Kens.
So now Haarlem Studios has a permanent home on the high street.
The Haarlem Shop also includes a curated collection of makers, celebrating the best of British craft as well as a deli-corner, offering a selection of fabulous cheeses, high quality dried and tinned goods as well as a curated selection of organic and biodynamic wines.