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Felix comes from Germany and has child hood memories of his mother and grandmother pickling summer fruit in syrup to eat later in the year. He’s turned his passion for pickles into a business. Here he talks more about his pickling enthusiasm!

Mat is psychotherapist and counsellor based at Harland Works. He talks about the difference his hobby makes to his qualify of life.

Olivia has been coming to Blue Elephant Pottery studio at Harland Weeks weekly for about a year. She talks about what she loves about her hobby of pottery.

Flycheese Studio, based at Harland Works, is a fully equipped and working digital art and design studio that specialises in training and providing opportunities in the industry for people who need support to live their lives.

“I have a very early memory of sitting and drawing as my mum scraped away at a violin, and the next thing I knew I was scraping away as well! My dad must have been through merry hell. He certainly went to the pub or went off fishing a lot and I think I know why!”

Jess Gibson is a Sheffield based multi-disciplinary artist, writer and performer, who’s recent solo show Work in Progress was a hit locally and enjoyed a successful tour across the UK. Jess, who’s work often focuses on mental health and the spectrum of human emotion, joined us to talk about how she went from dancing and performing as a hobby, to touring a one-woman show nationwide.