- People behind the brand
- Sammy, founder and sole owner
- Based in
- Bridlington
- Craft
- Woodworking
The Local’s perspective
Meet Blue Brontide
A flower press gives a handful of petals somewhere to go. In Yorkshire, Sammy makes wooden presses, serving boards and other small pieces for family life, taking each through from design to finishing.
The story
Something to keep from a walk
The flower presses are the place we’d begin. In the supplied photographs, a pale oak lid carries a pattern of white daisies; the wood and the decoration are both allowed to show. It’s an object made for doing something with, not only for sitting on a shelf.
Sammy designs and makes Blue Brontide’s own wooden flower presses, toy cars, children’s breakfast sets and serving boards. She describes handling the making, assembly and finishing herself, from beginning to end.
The people
One pair of hands
Sammy is the founder, sole owner and maker behind the business in Bridlington. Her account of the work comes back to the small details: the finishing touches and decoration that take longer than you might expect.
For the wooden collection, she says she buys British oak from a local timber yard. The flower presses make a clear introduction to her own contribution, bringing material, construction and decoration together in one useful object.
Inside the making
The maker and the shop
Blue Brontide also sells work by other people, including wooden toys from European brands and cards by British illustrators. Sammy’s own handmade range sits alongside that wider selection.
Our focus here is on what she makes herself. Follow the flower-press collection for the pieces that led us to her work.
The Local’s note
Explore the range
Visit the maker’s website to see the current collection.
There’s something lovely about coming home from a walk with a few flowers worth keeping. Sammy’s presses make us want to do just that. The little daisies on the lid won us over before we’d even thought about what to put inside.
We can see one making a really thoughtful present, especially for someone who’s happiest pottering in the garden. Give them the press and let them decide what to save. That feels much more personal than choosing another ornament for their shelf.
A sense of place
Made by Sammy in Yorkshire
In Yorkshire, Sammy takes her own wooden pieces through design, making, assembly and finishing. That hands-on work is the focus of our selection from Blue Brontide’s wider range.
