Blurring the lines between art and craft, we are delighted to launch a new limited-edition collection in collaboration with South London based visual arts organisation Intoart for London Craft Week 2023.
For over 20 years, Intoart has championed its founding vision for ‘people with learning disabilities to be visible, equal, and established artists and designers’. For nearly 240 years, Derbyshire-based John Smedley has been producing the world’s finest knitwear and is heralded the world over for its dedication to quality, British craftsmanship, and luxury fibres. This May, we come together for a second time, following a successful partnership in 2018.
Crafted from Extra Fine Merino Wool, this bespoke jumper features a specially commissioned screen print by Lisa Contucci, whose abstract compositions are an expressive celebration of colour, texture, and form. Lisa’s work experiments with the physicality of paint, mixing it with different mediums including collage and the drawn line.
Available to buy exclusively at www.johnsmedley.com.
Caring for your John Smedley Extra Fine Merino Wool:
Wash at 30°C using non biological, bleach free detergent
Turn the garment inside out to protect the outer surface
Dry away from heat
Re-shape and iron slightly damp, using a hot iron
Use the steam or low setting warm iron
For dry ironing use a damp cloth to avoid glazing
For more info check the care label found inside your garment
Sustainable Design
As the Creative Design team have control over the product specification, they can incorporate sustainability criteria in concept development and design stages. The team are already working on best practice derived from London College of Fashion and Kering knowledge.
Recommendations that we are working on:
Reducing the volume of paper and plastic packaging.
Reducing waste yarn in the knitting process.
Assessing sustainability of alternative packaging materials to plastic.
Using tissue paper tickets and cardboard made from only FSC certified forests.
Considering the incorporating paper or cardboard recyclate in packaging.
To read more about our commitment to sustainability, click HERE.
Delivery
Our Worldwide Store offers free deliveries where the order value is £180.00 or above. For orders under £180.00 there is a £20 delivery charge.
All our deliveries to non EU addresses are shipped via DHL International using their Express service. Delivery is within 5-7 days of despatch.
Delivery dates are stated in UK Time and are subject to card security checks, stock availability and fulfilment by our courier service.
We use plastic-free packaging, produced solely in the UK and branded with the John Smedley logo, for sending out all our web orders. Made from 100% recyclable materials — including FSC-certified, sustainably sourced pulp — these bags can be reused or totally recycled through standard household paper recycling.
For a limited time we are offering Free Delivery on all Worldwide orders.
All our deliveries to non EU addresses are shipped via DHL International using their Express service. Delivery is within 5-7 days of despatch.
Delivery dates are stated in UK Time and are subject to card security checks, stock availability and fulfilment by our courier service.
Returns
Returns Policy
We hope you are completely satisfied with your purchase; however, should you wish to return a garment then please do so within 14 days from receipt of your goods.
With each order we will provide you with instructions on how to create a returns postage label to return any unsuitable items.
Within the United Kingdom, this service is free. For international orders, there is a small charge.
