Nikole has been selected by the UK Crafts Council to be part of the Hothouse programme of creative and business support next to other 25 talented craftspeople. 

Hothouse is the Crafts Council’s creative business development programme for up-and-coming makers. Over the last nine years more than 250 participants have taken part and grown their businesses.

In its ninth year, the Crafts Council have selected 26 maker businesses covering a broad range of disciplines including six ceramists, five jewellers, five furniture makers, five textile makers, two metal makers, two leather makers, a milliner (Nikole) and a maker who works with lino products.