Sophie Greenwood recorded on 11/07/2022

Sophie Greenwood is a printmaker and the owner of a company called Ink & Bear that focuses on creative workshops, organising events and supporting other makers. Sophie has lived in Leeds since 2005 when she moved here to go to University, fell in love with the city and has been here ever since!

Sophie runs creative workshops across Leeds - she strongly believes that anyone can benefit from getting creative and loves working with lots of different age groups to get them thinking creatively!

She is also the founder of Super Seconds Festival, a large online bi-annual event where 250 makers sell off their seconds, misprints and end of line stock at reduced prices.

Sophie is Mum to a one-year-old and recently took the leap to go self-employed after maternity leave and spending the past 10 years working in operations for a small social enterprise. She's recently launched a brand new service for small businesses called The Creative Incubator which utilises her love of planning to help other small businesses to structure and plan their creative ideas.

You can find out more about Ink and Bear at https://www.inkandbear.co.uk/ including information on The Creative Incubator.

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