Merpola

Design, illustration, creating nice things to be worn and/or enjoyed, and forever protecting our oceans. By

Merpola is a UK based illustration and creative project by Toby (that’s me, hello), making thingamabobs to delight landlocked merfolk. The aim is to celebrate the seas, raise awareness and occasionally contribute donations towards vital marine conservation work. Merpola was founded back in 2015, and has been supported by the Prince’s Trust.

28/05/2024

Yup, I’M MOVING aaaaa, next week! It’s about an hour away from here by car, so quite the trek! But guess what?! Right now there’s an extremely plump and tasty 40% discount off the entire Merpola range 💫 however, only until bedtime tomorrow - then I’ve really gotta start focusing on hellish process of putting my life away into boxes & the online store(s) will close for several weeks or so whilst I settle into my new surroundings. Please help me by purchasing a little treat, then I’ll have less boxes to carry 😌 I am soooo excited to be on the other side of all of this! Can’t wait.

It’s been chaos already, the very extensive referencing checks etc took FOREVER to process and we only got the final go-ahead to move in this past Sunday, despite viewing the house weeks ago. Arghhh, I’m panicking!! Lighten my moving load, I beg of ya. And wish me luck with it all!
P.s. apols for the delay in announcing this despite teasing it the other day, I thought it would be a great idea to spend hours and hours drawing a cute new illustration instead of beginning to organise anything 🤡 am off to a great start eh?
P.p.s. send me relocation tips & spare bubble wrap

www.Merpola.com (discount gets applied in checkout)
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https://MerpolaMade.Etsy.com

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16/02/2024

lilackin’ a fresh beanie to wear for spring? then say hiii to the brand new limited edition 🟣 variant, available now! find it in all the usual places :)

24/12/2023

‘twas the night before christmas, and all through the sea, no creature was stirring, not even an anemone!
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sending a jolly festive “happy holidays”, from my home to yours. thanks for any support thrown my way this year, and have a beautiful start to 2024! 💙

10/12/2023

today’s the day! i have given birth to two fresh flavours of the Shell Crown beanie with a new embroidery design, i really hope you like them. they’re available now, just in time to reach you for a chilly christmas ☃️ p.s. the newly revamped website is live too! but some corners of it are still a work in progress… so please avert your eyes from any ugly unfinished bits. they shouldn’t, but if any weird issues arise let me know & remember there’s an alternative etsy store to find my goodies on :)
-Toby x

08/12/2023

they’re finally ready!! the NEW, very exciting & updated Shell Crown beanies are dropping online on sunday, 10am uk time ☺️ (also hopefully alongside the new & improved Merpola.com website i’ve been working on… if i can finish it in time! eeek)

thanks for the patience with these 😅 they took a while to get right, hope it was worth the wait. they might be my favourite embroidered design yet?! swipe through for an impromptu sneak peek. i have a decent batch ready to ship (available in two v lovely colours) so you can grab yourself one & get it well in time for christmas. smashing.

please enjoy these chilly photographs of me on the seafront earlier today, i was trying to encapsulate ‘what if SMG in I Know What You Did Last Summer & frosty the snowman had a baby, and i was that baby?’ energy.

…anyway… if you’re excited about the new design pls let me know, i would like that very much, and also try to guess what the other colour coming this sunday is! 🐚⭐️

01/12/2023

did someone ‘build’ this gorgeous snowmaid and leave it on an iceberg? or, if nobody did, and they’re real… where did they find that carrot nose!? many mysteries, and MANY festive cheers to be found at your favourite sea urchin’s online store rn ☃️ send someone a card over the next few weeks, it’s always nice innit. hope you’re all keeping warm!

25/10/2023

have been a busy beaver the past few months making art & merch for the Titanic Exhibition (again! very honoured and happy to be asked back to design even more fun things for it). there’s a tiny peek at some of it above from the opening day in Worcester today ☺️ currently travelling home again & really excited for the next exhibit in Bristol this coming February - some tickets are still available as far as i know! go grab em! and it was so nice saying hi to some of you today :) hope everyone that goes has a fantastic time.
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22/09/2022

today is officially the start of autumn, and you know what that means? yup, it’s BEANIE SEASON BABY 🍂 & there’s a brand new seafoam mint colour (mint to make the fish wink!) plus a very small restock of some old favourite colours too ☺️ i hope you like the new addition to the shell crown family! easy links to my shop & the etsy store in the bio, as always :)

i recently conducted some EXTREMELY scientific product testing in the sea last week & can confirm - cosy warm heads ahoy. not only that, but dolphins flocked to me, the waves tried to carry me to peru, and i got asked to join a hot crustacean band! wow, the power of nice embroidery eh? proof of my claims & potential apologies for the hairy man t*ts on display in the second pic.

p.s. if you’re reading this i will send you one for free, i am so excited to see you flip your fins, can’t wait
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14/08/2022

having a gorgeous birthday today 🎈managed to pop into exeter’s titanic exhibit after lunch, it’s fantastic & loved the ‘me’ section of the gift shop 🥹 made me feel like a real somebody. thanks for all the well wishes, now it’s full steam ahead into the next batch of wrinkles 💖

07/02/2022

hey lovebugs, one week to go! 💗 i’m very biased, but would blush a lot if someone gave me one of these. also! if you’re sitting at home with the company of a cheesecake next monday i very much endorse this plan also. let’s normalise blushing for our love of desserts (i personally have a v hot dentist appointment booked in for the 14th, maybe the dental team will get a card this year 🌹 “thanks for the filling, u were very gentle”)

21/01/2022

they’re here! NEW Merpola shell crown beanie hats 🥰 embroidered with cute starfish, coral and a huge glimmering pearl oooooo! they come in ‘axolotl pink’, ‘seaweed emerald’ and ‘starfish gold’. which one are you going for? hope they keep your heads all snuggly and warm during beach adventures!
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links to my online shops in bio as always, please share & thanks for all the kind support

18/01/2022

chilly? yes same. great news though, new shell crown beanies are finally coming this week 🐚👑 aaaaaaa!! here’s a little tease of me doing my best to model it. hope you like the new design! new year new shell crest. keep an eye out, more colours to reveal shortly! (this one just matched very well with the shirt) here’s to more outdoor adventures 💙

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Market St
Exeter
EX1 1BW

Website

https://linktr.ee/tobymerpola

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