Nigel focuses on crafty business idea (From The Northern Echo)
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Nigel focuses on crafty business idea
8:29am Monday 22nd November 2010 in North-East Business News
IN THE PICTURE: Founder of Crafty Canvas Nigel Dawson
A KEEN photographer who was recently made redundant has launched a business which transforms family photos into works of art.
Nigel Dawson, from Ingleby Barwick, near Stockton, has created Crafty Canvas after bouncing back from losing his sales job.
The company turns photos into wall art by printing them onto canvas after customers have cropped them on the Crafty Canvas website.
The business will also act as a gallery for photographers, who can upload their own pictures to the site and sell them to the public as potential canvases or large gloss prints.
Mr Dawson said: “I had always had the dream of being my own boss as I always seemed to be working hard for other people’s gain.
“There is a great sense of freedom that comes with creating your own destiny.
“What differentiates Crafty Canvas from other businesses in the market is that we have given customers the unique ability to crop their own pictures, so they will always get the best possible print for them.”
Mr Dawson, who was born in Blackpool but moved to Teesside after meeting his partner, Jill, on a skiing holiday, is a passionate photographer who honed his skills on an Open University course.
Crafty Canvas prints cost from £19.99 to £129.99, and are produced entirely in-house.
Mr Dawson added: “I would like to say a big thank you to Business Link and Andy Flisher, from Dot UK, for designing the website.”
For more information, visit craftycanvas.co.uk
