British Craft Trade Fair 2012
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Apr 3, 20121 min read
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Serendipity #3: Getting close to finished …
I ventured into the Jewellery Quarter on a Sunday today for the first time in aaages to get these pieces all ready to go off to Assay on...
Apr 1, 20121 min read
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Serendipity #2: making …
I set to work bright and way too early this morning on the piece with those coral stones from yesterday: Cutting forms (carefully...
Mar 28, 20121 min read
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Press Form Practice #7:
I got the acid out today and etched some little studs to test the textures. I matted them afterwards for nice, washed-up-on-the-coast...
Mar 16, 20121 min read
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A quick sketch …
A quick little sketch done during a quiet moment at yesterdays fair, being surrounded by craft work always gets me doodling … #market...
Mar 5, 20121 min read
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Craft Makers Market – Avoncroft Arts Centre
I packed up my things and headed on over to join in with a great selection of craft work from around the region: with a mix of textiles,...
Mar 4, 20121 min read
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Facebook Finds #2: Colour me bright …
It’s a little dreary and grey today so here are a few of my brighter Facebook finds to cheer things up: Thea Clark goes to town exploring...
Feb 29, 20121 min read
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Made in the Middle – MAC, Birmingham
I wandered down to the MAC in the wintery sunshine today and paid a visit to Craftspace’s new Made in the Middle exhibition which moved...
Feb 19, 20122 min read
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Press form practice #3 …
Once the resist dried out I threw those little test shapes in to etch: and I’m rather pleased with the results that I got: #designer...
Feb 8, 20121 min read
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Silverware for 2012 #3
so, back at the bench today and fitting the base on this little beast proved rather a tricky manoeuvre. What works in card and sticky...
Jan 20, 20121 min read
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Facebook Finds #1
Facebook steals hours of your life. Snooping through old acquaintances photographs at 3am is something everyone does but no one talks...
Jan 18, 20122 min read
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Three Choirs Festival, Worcester 2011
This week I’ve been heading back and forth to Worcester for the Three Choirs Festival. The Worcestershire Guild of Craftsmen have a...
Aug 11, 20111 min read
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Handmade Market – Kenilworth
I spent Saturday having a lovely time at the Handmade Market in the gorgeous castle town of Kenilworth. It’s a brand new venture set up...
Feb 13, 20111 min read
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Snow, snow and snowflakes
This past week has been one rather dominated by snow so it’s only fitting that this is the week in which you can (finally) buy my...
Dec 6, 20101 min read
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Giveaway – tickets for the Farnham Festival of Crafts
I have a couple of pairs of tickets for the event (worth £6) to giveaway as a little incentive for you all to make the trip down to...
Sep 30, 20101 min read
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The Worcestershire Guild’s Autumn Show
I spent the weekend doing my first selling fair with the Worcestershire Guild of Designer Craftsman at the Malvern Autumn Show. I joined...
Sep 27, 20102 min read
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Malvern Autumn Show 2010 – set up
I spent the day on the road today, going down to Malvern to set up for a weekend show. Malvern is a gorgeous little historical town but...
Sep 24, 20101 min read
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Follow Friday : The Night Sky
I woke up yesterday morning at 4.30am. There was no particular reason for this, I guess that sometimes your brain can just decide ‘yep,...
Sep 17, 20101 min read
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Wirksworth Festival 2010
Wirksworth, in Derbyshire, is a strange little town. On one hand it’s very much a traditional 18th-19th century village with a slightly...
Sep 13, 20102 min read
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Making Bunting … Part Two
Bunting is addictive. I had been warned (by Jenny at Junky Chicken) but clearly I didn’t listen and now I have five meters worth of the...
Sep 6, 20101 min read
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