About us

Hi! We are Simon and Rachel!

We both worked in large corporate organisations but we both have a love of children's artwork... having 5 children between us we've got our fair share of their masterpieces over the years!.... to cut a long story short, we set up Dinky Artist in 2018 as a side hustle whilst we both worked full time. The business took off so Rachel left her corporate job in April 2021 and Simon followed in January 2023! 

We completely self taught ourselves to not only edit but create all our gifts by hand with your children's artwork. From paint, to crayon to chalk we've now got over 9 years experience of making ceramics, metals, wood and fabrics. 

The business was initially being run in Rachel's home, but it soon took over the entire house! In March 2023 we moved into our current office space in Witney, Oxfordshire. 

In 2024 we expanded the Dinky Artist family into the Dinky Artist Group to include Dinky Designer, Dinky Branded and Dinky Artist for Schools. 

The business has grown every year, and we now employ an amazing and super talented team of people (check out our "Meet the team" page!) 

In 2023 we won a Gift Of The Year Award for our glass chopping boards!! In 2024 we won a "Highly Commended" Gift of The Year Award for our wooden engraved chopping boards and both trophies take pride of place in our studio! 

We are loving this crazy business journey and love that you're here with us! 

We share all our behind the scenes of our business on our social media pages, come and follow us on Instagram or Facebook!