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ART DEPTS.

For over twenty years, Starbeck have been supplying art depts with a vast range of affordable artefacts & resources to inspire you & your students. We can safely say there is no other company in the UK quite like us! We have a huge stock of exotic dried natural forms from the jungle, woodlands, fields & the sea; masks, carvings, religious items, musical instruments, ethnic containers & utensils, wonderful textiles & clothes, tribal jewellery; books, posters, postcards etc. imported from around the world for you to use in the classroom & at prices that won't break the bank!

Our products are available to you through a variety of ways:

1 . Stewart can visit you at school in the Starbeck Sales Van. We cover the whole of mainland UK, so no matter where you are, we can visit you - sooner or later! We carry a huge amount of stock on the van - perfectly suited for art depts., so whatever your requirements, you will not be disappointed when Stewart calls. As with the boxes, you'll be hard pressed to find a supplier with such a broad range of natural forms. This is a great way to see our products! Don't just take our word for it - read some of your colleagues' comments here.

2 . You can order individual items via mail-order, including value & explorer boxes, Make your choice from the web site & then phone or fax us on 01765 607815. We're here to help & glad to hear from you weekdays 8.30 to 5.00.Your school can be invoiced - with or without an order number. We also accept credit cards over the phone.

VB-131 Natural Value Box

VB-125 Sea Value Box

Sea Approval Box

Insects Approval Box

Masks Approval Box

3 . You are welcome to order our legendary approval boxes - choose from the list here. We deliver to your school boxes of affordable artefacts for you to look at & to choose from. The service is free – there is no charge for delivery or collection. We invoice you only for any items that you choose to keep. You are under no obligation to buy & there is no minimum order. You can take as many or as few items as you wish from each box. This is a very popular & easy way to purchase our products. For art teachers, this really is a great way to purchase artefacts especially the natural forms. Just look at some of your colleagues' comments here.

Views of our huge stock of natural forms in our Ripon warehouse. Call in and be amazed! A tiny part of our ever-changing stock. No visit would be the same!
"Fantastic Service. One telephone call, the boxes arrived as promised, & were excellent quality. Well packaged. Ordering system easy to use. Lovely variety of artefacts." Alison Buckley, Northants Co Council, Learning Achievement & School Improvement May 2009 208		4 . You are most welcome to visit our warehouse on the outskirts of the picturesque North Yorkshire Cathedral city of Ripon. We are very easy to find, situated just off the by-pass. Please phone first to make an appointment.

5. If you are holding an art training course - please get in touch if you would like us to attend - we guarantee to make a colourful addition to your event!

6. Your school can benefit from holding a Starbeck Sale. We can send you sale or return boxes of artefacts for you to sell. You will earn 30% commission - in goods - for all purchases made on the day. We arrange - free of charge - for the delivery & collection of the stock to & from school. Everything is clearly priced & the paperwork simple to follow. All you need to do is the publicity & man the stall. So the more people you invite - colleagues from neighbouring schools, pyramid or cluster group friends, college students, trainee teachers, parents etc., the greater the chance to earn!

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Take a look at this web site, it has a great facility of use to all art depts. & primary art co-ordinators. Artists.ltd.uk enables you to create your own school art gallery & exhibit your students' work for free!

Once you have registered, you can upload text & images of your work within minutes. Your school & work can be searched for by name, location, style, keyword etc. There is a facility to link to your school's web site. By joining www.artists.ltd.uk you will increase the visibility of your school's artwork & also have a self-maintained specialist web presence. It's a great way to showcase your students' work to their families, potential employers, colleges, universities etc. It's easy & it's free!

This service is also available to individual artists, so if you haven't already got a web site, you can create one now. Simply sign up & open up your own personal gallery where you can publish your own work, biography, contact details etc. etc. Take a look, it's fun & also free!

www.artists.ltd.uk