About Me

Hello! I am Jamie Dun, a self-taught broom maker based in Bristol, UK. I work in a barn studio on a flower farm bordering an ancient wood near Pensford in Somerset.

I was born in Montana, where the plains meet the Rocky Mountains and thanks to my Welsh husband, have made the UK my home for many years.

There are artists and musicians on both sides of my family, and my professional creative background was in fashion and visual merchandising and design.

I started making my own brooms in 2023 when I couldn't find high-quality, handmade brooms here in the UK. I started experimenting by making smaller hand brooms in the tiny kitchen of our two bed flat for friends and family, and it has taken off, so to speak!

Each broom is handcrafted one at a time using pre-industrial heritage craft methods (no electricity and no machinery). I am inspired by Appalachian, Shaker, and European styles and incorporate influences including animism, folklore, mythology, gothic, pagan, and traditional themes.

Broom making is a slow and solitary craft - a tactile craft that fosters a connection to the earth, a connection to the past and now, thanks to you, a connection to the future.

If you are looking for a functional broom that looks beautiful and stirs something in your heart, you are in the right place!

Welcome, and thank you for supporting my tiny business!

Jamie Dun
Broom Maker

 

  

The Rocky Mountain Front, near my grandparents' home in Augusta, Montana