Banton Frameworks

Edition Three Feature 
We Interview: Jamie Bartlett and Lucy Ross 
Location: Kilsyth, UK 
Photo Credit:  ©Jamie Bartlett and Lucy Ross, 

What is it that you do and how do you do it? 

My business partner Lucy Ross and I handmake spectacles and sunglasses frames from our workshop by Banton Loch, just outside Kilsyth, near Glasgow. 

We have a core collection of frames, our staple products, and then there are our limited editions, which are sometimes a little bit wilder, use different materials or are a certain colour we’ve managed to get hold of. We release those monthly: it might be 40 pieces or just five. The beauty of it is that people have to get behind a limited edition there and then, because it’s now or never. It’s a good way to keep people engaged. 

As a small business, your best weapon is often also your biggest weakness. We are nimble, we are small, we can make small runs, but size is also our weakness – we can’t make thousands of them. You have to stick to your strengths and know what you can do that other, bigger companies can’t. 

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