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London Craft Week
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Department stores, luxury retailers, small boutiques, markets, auction houses, museums, galleries, colleges and design organisations across the city pulled together to host a week long spectacle of events under the umbrella of craft.- 0 comment
- Tags: art, bookbinding, ceramics, Conran, contemporary craft, craft, craft makers, crafts council, Fortnum & Mason, glass, handcrafted, leather goods, Liberty, London Craft Week 2022, makers, pottery, Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust, Sotheby's, stone carving, Studio Pottery London, textiles, wood carving
Craft in Focus at RHS Garden Wisley
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This symphony of spring provided a splendid backdrop for Craft in Focus, a five day spectacular of over 140 makers showcasing their work in marquees erected upon the green lawns of Wisley.
Cheltenham Crafts Festival
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The Craft Festival Cheltenham is a not-for-profit event organised by Sarah James and her team. In partnership were The Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsman, Unit Twelve, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre and Find a Maker.- 0 comment
- Tags: Alison Taylor, ceramics, Cheltenham, Cheltenham Spa, contemporary craft, craft, Craft Festival Bovey Tracey, craft makers, glass, glass artists, glass blowing, handbags, handcrafted, handcrafted jewellery, jewellery, leatherworkers, Lisa Gibson, Maggie Williams, Mark Dally, metalworkers, Nick Membery, Pippin Scott, potters, pottery, silver, silversmiths, textiles, woodworkers
Collect 2022 - Inspired by Nature
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Last week I attended the impressive Collect 2022, London. Run by the Crafts Council, it is a gathering of UK and international galleries showcasing some of the finest contemporary craft in the world to an audience of collectors and first time buyers.- 0 comment
- Tags: art, art glass, ceramacists, ceramic art, ceramics, Collect, Collect 2022, contemporary craft, craft, craft makers, crafts council, Eleanor Lakelin, glass, handcrafted glass, handcrafted jewellery, Helen Beard, jewellery, jewellery makers, John Makepeace OBE, Lucy MacDonald, Marc Ricoult, Michael Peterson, Nancy Sutcliffe, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, somerset house, textile art, textiles, Thrown, Verity Pulford
Trend Predictions for Spring/Summer 2022 at Top Drawer Spring
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Top Drawer is a trade only event, where buyers from small independents to large retailers head to stock their stores post Christmas and for the year ahead.
Welcome to the Home of People Who Make and Create!
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Last Saturday I took the Victoria Line to Blackhorse Road, an area of London that I had never visited before. When exiting the tube, I was struck immediately with a sense of the area. A huge red, glittery hearted mural created by Gods Own Junkyard greeted me with the words 'welcome to the home of people who make and create'.