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Emily Sorrell

Like many young creatives in Cornwall, Emily wears multiple hats. She’s a designer working in the heritage sector. She’s also the co-founder and director of Doorstep, a community platform that connects creatives working in isolation across Cornwall, including graduates, freelancers and sole-traders.

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Joe Turnbull

Joe is the founder of Bull & Wolf Film Co, a creative digital-first video agency whose clients have included Crowdfunder, Buttermilk, the University of Plymouth, Launch Online, and St Petrocs. He was named in Cornwall's ’30 under 30’ in 2019 and 2020, and Insider’s ‘South West 42 under 42’ for 2021.

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Kaj Skjervik

Kaj Skjervik is a solo musician based on the north coast of Cornwall. He writes original music and plays live covers for parties and private events. Known for his exceptional live performances, unique voice and individual style, he has wowed audiences at weddings, functions, gigs and festivals for the past eight years.

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Vital Spark Creative

Vital Spark Creative is a product design company led by Chris Booker based in Tremough Innovation Centre. Through a combination of design flair, innovation and manufacturing know-how they work with their clients to create products look great, function brilliantly, and are easy and affordable to manufacture. They offer a fresh, uncomplicated approach to product design that delivers results using specialist CAD software such as Solidworks.

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The Byre

The Byre Gallery on the Rame peninsula in south-east Cornwall exhibits stunning works of design-led craft and contemporary fine art by leading and emerging makers and artists from throughout the UK. Over the past couple of years, they have been part of the Cultivator Professional Peer Support Network, a programme designed and delivered by the University of Plymouth to bring together leading businesses from specific sectors to enable them to learn from and support each other and to provide a platform for discussion about issues facing their sector. Find out more about their experiences in this video.

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Tim Ridley

Find out about Tim's experiences on the Cultivator Specialist Mentoring Programme.

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Triangular Pixels

The Cultivator Collaborative Projects scheme is about harnessing the budding talent of Cornwall College's creative students. In July 2017 some of these students worked with Triangular Pixels to create a trailer for their upcoming game, Smash Hit Plunder.

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Bookshell Bindery

Led by designer Zoë and bookbinder David, the Bookshell team are usually to be found hard at work in their bindery at Krowji in Redruth.

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Miracle Theatre

Miracle Theatre has been touring original, inventive theatre across Cornwall and Devon since 1979, producing a rich mix of new plays and popular adaptations of classics.