Firecrackers

Zaro Weil

Zaro founded the Metro Theater Company (Circus) and for over 10 years was its artistic director, writer-in-residence, and a member of the performing ensemble. She has been collecting antique American quilts for over 40 years and has written two books about the history of American women and quilting. Living in London for many years, she founded the publishing company MQ Publications, which grew from publishing a few books on quilts to a wide range of non-fiction titles which sold throughout the world.

Zaro has written a book of children's poetry, Mud, Moon and Me, published by Orchard Books in the UK and Houghton Mifflin in the USA. Her poetry for children has appeared in many anthologies.

Jo Riddell

Jo Riddell has a studio in an old coach house at the bottom of her garden which she shares with her husband Chris. Jo also works at the studio which she shares with Heike Roesel at New England House, Brighton. After a BA degree at Brighton University she worked in children's books, publishing 12 books over ten years. Since returning to printmaking and painting she has found a welcome freedom to express herself, with inspiration coming from family, found objects, and the landscapes of Sussex and Norfolk.