The M.Y.O hosting team
We have a team of makers who help guests get creative in our colourful studio.
The M.Y.O team - thank you!
Read on to see how else they may be able to help you creatively!
What the Team Do
Find out more about the M.Y.O team of creatives
Kirsty Poole
General Manager and All Round Maker
Kirsty, who hails from Birmingham, joined the M.Y.O team in July 2019 to run the studio day-to-day and is smashing it! She left her corporate job doing Internal Comms to get some more creativity back in her life, since leaving it to the weekends after studying Art & Design and Product Design. An avid traveller, skier, musical watcher and maker of all things from Macrame, crochet (amigurumi apparently!) to sewing! Favourite colour? Blue.
Check out her creative blog here.
Polly Crossman
Master Calligrapher, illustrator and watercolour painter
Polly is an illustrator and stationer working in ink, pencil and watercolour. Taking inspiration from architecture, plants, flowers, travel and the outdoors, she specialises in creating stationery for weddings or celebrations: tailor-made invitations, illustrated maps and particulars, RSVP cards, menu designs, venue drawings, table plans, table names and place cards. Everything is original: no re-prints, no cut and paste, no old work.
Polly hosts our Modern Calligraphy, Illustrated Maps of London and Watercolour Flower Painting Classes. See her creative blog for M.Y.O here.
Check out Pollycrossman.com or e-mail Hello@PollyCrossman.com.
Abby Hobbs
All round Illustrator and Designer
Abby is the latest part of the team and loves drawing, painting and illustrating. She does commissions for companies, websites, children's books and tonnes more.
She hosts our chalkboard lettering and notebook making classes, along with helping on a few more.
More coming soon!
Jamie Temple
Printmaker and Woodworker
Jamie hails from Scotland and has been working in printmaking for over 10 years and hosts a variety of printing based workshops all across London, in places like the Barbican, and recently returned from a month-long creative residency in Nigeria. Jamie regularly takes on bespoke commissions also. See his creative blog for M.Y.O here.
He hosts our lino printing and notebook making workshops.
Jamie has his first solo exhibition coming up from September 20th-22nd 2019 in Deptford, where you can book onto monoprinting, linocut or the exhibition itself here.
Check out @TemplePrints, check out his shop on CargoCollective or e-mail Jamie@Temple-Prints.com.
Alex Woolley
Filmmaker and Maker
More coming soon!
Charley Ive
All-round creative, theatre director and writer
Charley has been hosting with M.Y.O since summer 2018. She runs Scrawny Cat, a theatre company, which is currently (June 2019) running a show called What You Risk. It's a contemporary piece about women as active participants in history fighting to make their voices heard. Well worth watching! She also works in The National Theatre and is always working on a new script or helping others on their theatre productions.
Charley hosts a wide range of our classes, from lino printing to painted ceramics!
Check out @Chive26, @Scrawnycat and her creative blog.
Georgie Jones
Actor, poet, performer, maker, baker
Georgie is a lady of many talents! From being part of a hilarious sketch comedy group (Just These, Please - performing at Edinburgh Fringe for 2nd year running), to performing her own solo show (Ish), to writing poetry (Poetry Jones) on commission to making, baking and acting.
Georgie hosts a wide range of our classes, from t-shirt/tote bag design to our book some creative studio time.
Check out @Georgie_Jonez to see what she's up to and her creative blog.
Amy Williams
Textiler, quilter and lino printer
Amy is from all the way up in Yorkshire! She's been a creative ambassador of M.Y.O since the early days and loves helping guests get creative through embroidery at M.Y.O. She also does bespoke lino and screen printing commissions and hopes to set up a creative space in Yorkshire one day. Always has something on the go, usually fabric / textile based.
Check out @AmyWilliamsTextiles and her creative blog.
Rosalind King
Bunting maker, Patchwork specialist and Event decor
Having studied Textile Design in uni, Ros has always had a passion for making bunting for special occasions and hand stitched patchwork. She creates personalised bunting, cushions and quilts and is able to reuse any special fabric you may have. She also rents bunting for events and is able to support with event decor. An avid festival goer, face painter and always with fabric and a needle close to hand, Ros has helped make the studio look great and helps us host creative sessions at festivals (like flag making and face painting!). She also recently ran away to the circus for a while, literally!
Check out @RebelBunting and her creative blog.
You?
Have a desire to help spread more creativity and colour around the world?
We're regularly on the look out for general creatives, potters, textilers, studio helpers and everything in between, so if there's a particular class you like to teach or job you'd like to do to keep our studio looking amazing, drop us an e-mail on Hello@MYO.Place. Thanks
Privacy Policy M.Y.O is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information. Please take a moment to read it. (1) Information M.Y.O May Collect We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data: (a) information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views); (b) information relating to any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website, including information relating to any purchases you make of our goods or services; (c) information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us (including name and email address); (d) information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters (including name and email address); (e) any other information that you choose to send to us; (2) We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at www.google.com/privacypolicy.html (3) How may M.Y.O use your Personal Data Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website. We may use your personal information to: (a) administer the website; (b) improve your browsing experience by personalising the website; (c) enable your use of the services available on the website; (d) send to you goods purchased via the website, and supply to you services purchased via the website; (e) send statements and invoices to you, and collect payments from you; (f) send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications; (g) send you email notifications which you have specifically requested; (h) send to you our newsletter and other marketing communications relating to our business which we think may be of interest to you , where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology. You can inform us at any time if you no longer require communications from M.Y.O by sending an email to Hello@MYO.Place or unsubscribing in the e-mail that is sent; (i) provide third parties with statistical information about our users – but this information will not be used to identify any individual user; (j) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website; We will not provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing. (4) Disclosures We may disclose information about you to any of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy. In addition, we may disclose information about you: (a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law; (b) in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings; (c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk); and (d) to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling. Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties. (5) Security of your Personal Data We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet. (6) Policy Amendments We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes. We may also notify you of changes to our privacy policy by email. (7) Your Rights You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. You may instruct us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes by email at any time. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal data for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal data for marketing purposes. (8) Third Party Websites The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites. (9) Updating Information Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated. (10) Contact M.Y.O If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please write to us by email to hello@MYO.Place. **For public class bookings - please note: No refunds within 7 days of class, a transfer fee of £7.50 applies. No refunds or transfers within 48 hours of class. **For private group bookings - please note: we take a deposit to confirm the reservation, the balance being payable after the session. If a private group booking is cancelled by you within 14 days of the session date, we can transfer half the deposit to a future date. If the private group booking is cancelled by you within 48 hours of the session date, we cannot refund or transfer. If the private group booking is cancelled by you prior to 14 days of the session date, we can transfer the full deposit amount to a future session. **Note - due to Covid-19 and in the interests of you and the public's safety, the studio has been closed until the Government advises otherwise. We'll be open as soon as possible then. Given the ongoing uncertainty, we are unable to process refunds at this time, but can issue ticket transfers from cancelled classes to future ones or issue M.Y.O gift vouchers to equivalent value. For group deposits paid, we can transfer the deposit to a future group session. We really have no idea how long this will go on for and are trying to be as fair as possible given all the uncertainty. We hope you stay safe and that you can understand why we have to do this - we will all get through this and can't wait to host you in the studio in the future for much needed creative time. Many thanks, Sam, Diana and Team M.Y.O**
Privacy Policy M.Y.O is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information. Please take a moment to read it. (1) Information M.Y.O May Collect We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data: (a) information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views); (b) information relating to any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website, including information relating to any purchases you make of our goods or services; (c) information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us (including name and email address); (d) information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters (including name and email address); (e) photos taken during the session, with your permission (f) any other information that you choose to send to us; (2) We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at www.google.com/privacypolicy.html (3) How may M.Y.O use your Personal Data Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website. We may use your personal information to: (a) administer the website; (b) improve your browsing experience by personalising the website; (c) enable your use of the services available on the website; (d) send to you goods purchased via the website, and supply to you services purchased via the website; (e) send statements and invoices to you, and collect payments from you; (f) send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications; (g) send you email notifications which you have specifically requested; (h) send to you our newsletter and other marketing communications relating to our business which we think may be of interest to you , where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology. You can inform us at any time if you no longer require communications from M.Y.O by sending an email to Hello@MYO.Place or unsubscribing in the e-mail that is sent; (i) provide third parties with statistical information about our users – but this information will not be used to identify any individual user; (j) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website; (k) Regarding your photos taken during the session; used in our marketing materials and on our social channels with your consent We will not provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing. (4) Disclosures We may disclose information about you to any of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy. In addition, we may disclose information about you: (a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law; (b) in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings; (c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk); and (d) to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling. Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties. (5) Security of your Personal Data We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet. (6) Policy Amendments We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes. We may also notify you of changes to our privacy policy by email. (7) Your Rights You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. You may instruct us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes by email at any time. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal data for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal data for marketing purposes. (8) Third Party Websites The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites. (9) Updating Information Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated. (10) Contact M.Y.O If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please write to us by email to hello@MYO.Place.