Joe Winstanley is a Peak District-based artist, writer, and founder of Studio Skai, a creative practice dedicated to exploring folklore, landscape, and memory through miniature model-making and storytelling.

His work is deeply informed by the therapeutic qualities of slow, deliberate craftsmanship using tactile methods - a practice that emerged from his own journey of healing and reconnection with the landscape after a period of mental health struggles.

Folklore serves as both inspiration and framework for his art, whether retelling traditional tales or crafting new myths that resonate with contemporary ecological and social concerns.