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INTERNET GALLERY

Made In Sheffield Dot Com’s
new Internet Gallery promises a shopping experience with a difference.

As well as offering all exhibits for sale, the gallery’s
Internet link will enable visitors to shop for Sheffield made products on-line through
a virtual Cyberstore.

The gallery, in Sheffield’s Orchard Square Craft Centre,
opens on March 27 and will showcase Sheffield art, craftwork and manufacturing.
The Made In Sheffield Cyberstore, featuring over 300 Sheffield made products,
will complement the gallery’s exhibitions of Sheffield made jewellery, ceramics,
photography and sculpture.

"Shopping on the Internet is still a relatively new idea for
most people, so the gallery will provide a tangible link to the products available
through our web site," explained Managing Director Wendi Hebb.

The Cyberstore will offer traditional Sheffield cutlery,
silver and pewter ware alongside contemporary jewellery and high quality gifts.
It works in the same way as a mail order catalogue, but everything - from
selecting a gift to paying for it - happens on-line. Over 40 Sheffield
manufacturers and craft workers have taken part in the project.

"We feel the products in the gallery and Cyberstore
are worthy of the name ‘Made in Sheffield’ which has symbolised
manufacturing excellence for hundreds of years," added Wendi Hebb.

The Cyberstore is part of the Made In Sheffield web site,
which aims to promote Sheffield’s products, people, places and services
worldwide through the Internet. The site (at www.made-in-sheffield.com)
also boasts an Arts Directory & Diary (a lottery funded project promoting
Sheffield’s creative people and events), plus an Interactive Map of
Sheffield city centre, providing a wealth of tourist information.

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