DELIVERY
Once we have received your payment, we will get to work handmaking your order. Please allow between 8-10 weeks for delivery.
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To guarantee safe delivery, all our UK orders are sent by Signed Delivery by either Royal Mail or My Hermes.
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A signature will be required so please ensure there is someone available to receive your goods, otherwise a calling card will be left and it will be your responsibility to collect from the local depot.​
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Postage and packing costs for deliveries are added to each order at a cost of £X.XX​
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If you haven't received your order within 12 weeks, please send an email to our team at sales@charltonisland.com
Email sales@charltonisland.com
About
Welcome to Charlton Island, the epitome of luxury shopping. We specialise in carrying unique, high-quality items from independent designers, so you can be sure to find something truly special.
Discover the luxury shopping experience you've always dreamed of at Charlton Island.
Gillian Arnold
The story...
Gillian, Mom-trepreneur; business owner and mum of three. Her inspiration and devotion to artistry has enabled her to create products which bring the outdoors, indoors. “I received my BA in textiles at John Moore’s University going on to study my Masters at Chelsea College of Art and Design. Religion taught me a great deal about being an artist. It helped to free me from my self-made constraints and improved my creative ability. I went on to work as a community artist and freelance designer in London for fourteen years. I also worked extensively with people in deprivation and addiction, the homeless and in church groups reaching out to people living on the very extreme margins of society. I learnt two very important things: firstly, the art and the activity of producing beautiful objects, can bring about powerful wellbeing in anyone; secondly, creativity could act as a levelling ‘bridge’ between these deprived individuals and the partners and donors who wanted to benefit them
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Gillian Arnold handcrafts bespoke homeware, gifts and jewellery through blending botanical design and preserving wild plants with artistic production skills.
The inspiration behind all of their products comes from Gillian’s inventive experimentation with gathering English wild plants and enriching them into patterns with bold pigments, harmonising a balance between nature and rich colour patterns to create exotic and British natural beauty
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Everything they produce is designed and crafted in their retail and workspace in Darlington, England.
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As a team, they also have a mission to support community regeneration and employment opportunities for young people in the North East of England. They work in partnership with local colleges and universities such as Teesside University, New College Durham and Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form to offer practical training and employment to young people.