Details

Category: Craft

7 May - 30 June

'I have just recently graduated from Hereford College of Arts where I studied a degree in Contemporary Applied Arts. Since I was a child I have always been making something, whether it using paper or drawing as I have always enjoyed just sitting down and concentrating on making something. I didn't realise until I had got older that this is something I could then do with my life. It was during my years at college that I first got interested in clay. For the last part of my degree I started experimenting by making moulds of a twisted shape that I made from paper. From these moulds I make a slip cast from them. As with slip casting each shape is the same however I make them unique by then covering them with patterns. I am inspired by fairy tales, imagination and the surreal. I take something and make it into something like from a dream. Through drawings I scan these into the computer and manipulate them on Photoshop to get designs which I put onto my vessels and plates.'

Read more: Georgina Fowler Exhibits At Aberystwyth Arts Centre

Details

Category: Craft

Sadie Hurley Ceramics produce handmade pieces, made in Wales. Sadie's bespoke earthenware, produced in her unique style includes the ever popular 'puzzle' and 'Strung Bead' designs. Sadie is bringing her range to the International Ceramics Festival (28th – 30th June), held at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on the campus of Aberystwyth University on the mid-Wales coast.

Since it began in 1987 the three-day festival has grown to become the UK's leading ceramics event. The Festival attracts about 1000 people who attend lectures, watch practical demonstrations and visit our special exhibitions over three days. The international demonstrators show skills and techniques on our specially adapted stage and also have their own workspaces – enabling personal discussion about their work. The focus is both practical and inspirational – kilns are built, pots are made and fired.

Read more: Sadie Hurley Heading To Aber Arts Centre International Ceramics Festival

Details

Category: Craft

In sorting out their shows for 2013, Elvet Woollen Mill have done their homework and have managed to break into some new areas of which they have never explored before! Firstly at the end of September 28th – 29th Elvet Mill will be exhibiting at The Malvern Autumn Show, 3 Counties Showground, Malvern Worcs.

Then it is on to Milton Keynes to, Creation – The Crafts, Art and Gift Exhibition, Middleton Hall, The Centre, Milton Keynes 11th – 13th October, this will be in the middle of a big shopping centre, which proposes to have thousands walk through, lets hope they stop walking and buy........

The final new event is at Weston–super–Mare, Kevin Murphy Craft Fair, Winter Gardens, 9th–10th November, it's carnival weekend, which promises to be a busy weekend, fingers crossed.

Read more: New Ground For Elvet Woollen Mill

Details

Category: Craft

Exhibitors and fibre fans from across the UK and abroad converged on the Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells over the weekend of April 27th and 28th for Wonderwool Wales 2013.

A growing interest in wool, natural fibres and associated creative crafts was evident at this annual extravaganza, which attracted more visitors than ever – up 30 per cent on last year.

This year, three special exhibitions and an increased number of daily demonstrations and even have-a-go sessions on many of the 175 exhibitor stands added to the popular programme of Woolschools put together by the organisers, the regular demonstrations by members of the Welsh Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers and the hands-on activities in the interactive area.  

Read more: Wonderwool Wales 2013 Creative Crafts Success

Details

Category: Craft

We're excited to announce the opening of our brand new Shop!
Situated in the busy county town of Carmarthen, we are in historic Nott Square, directly opposite the castle. We will be opening our doors in May.
The shop is brilliantly light, airy and perfect for showcasing our handmade furniture in the natural sunlight which shows off the beautiful Welsh wood to its best. We will have a whole range of our furniture, including dining tables, benches, bookcases and coffee tables – always changing - and encompassing styles from classic elegance to funky modern.
As soon as we make something new, you'll be able to see it in the Shop.

Read more: New Uniqueworks Furniture And Interiors Shop - Opening in Carmarthen, Wales

Details

Category: Craft

When a lampshade turns into a knitted hat it might spark a peculiar reaction but the creative work of student Lottie Sparks has resulted in an award by the Bradford Textiles Society.

Lottie, a textiles degree student at Coleg Sir Gâr's School of Creative Arts in Carmarthen, entered her work in the Bradford Textiles Society Design Competition and has been commended in the competition's Clothmaker's Foundation Award, in the category of knitted fabrics for accessories for fashion.  Lottie's inspiration was fantasy flowers and realising how upside-down lampshades take the shape of unusual flora, she got to work with the help of milliner and fashion lecturer Kate McKenny.  "I knitted the slipstiched panels and leaves for the hat," Lottie says.  "But I needed help putting it together as a wearable accessory so I needed Kate's millinery help to create a workable fascinator base."

The Bradford Textiles Society, the oldest textiles society in Britain, is hosting the awards ceremony in April in Yorkshire, which Lottie will be attending to receive her award.
For more information visit/contact:
www.colegsirgar.ac.uk
01554 748000

Details

Category: Craft

Yvie lives in Denbigh with partner Tom, and children Eden, eleven, Sydney, ten and Benjamin, four. Tom is a native of Northop, born and raised on the family farm, now a Charity Expeditions Operations Manager in Brymbo. Yvie has recently left a nine-year long demanding and decorated career with the North Wales Police to follow her creative heart. Going back to her artistic roots developed at Rydal School, Yvie discovered delights in cultivating her painting and illustrative art by combining them with the old wood initially reclaimed from Tom's family farm.

Read more: Yvie Johnson, Eden With Pencils, A New Beginning

Details

Category: Craft

A knitted garden within a picket fence is one of the blooming marvellous ideas on show at this year's wool and natural fibre extravaganza, Wonderwool Wales.

Creativity flourishes at the annual show, being held at the Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells, on April 27th and 28th.

There will be around 175 stalls, selling designer-made products covering all the fibre crafts such as knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving and felting, as well as a wide and vibrant selection of yarns, fibres, equipment and books for those keen to design and create their own items.

Read more: Wonderwool Wales 2013 Wool And Natural Fibre Extravaganza

Details

Category: Craft

We still have space available for the children's art and craft workshops for tomorrow and Wednesday mornings in Ceridwen - tomorrow's session is 'Science and Art' and Wednesday's is 'Easter holiday arts and crafts'. Both sessions are for 8 to 15 year olds. Younger children by pre-arrangement with the teacher and only if accompanied by a parent/carer. Workshops run from 10am to 12.30pm. Ring 01559 370517 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to book a place.

Our next school holiday arts and crafts sessions are on:-
Tuesday 28th May; 10.00 to 12.30pm - 'Plastic Fusion' - making pictures and patterns by melting recycled materials;

Tuesday 28th May; 2 to 4.30 - 'Chinese Calligraphy' - learning to write your own Chinese name;

Wednesday 29th May; 10 to -12.30pm - 'Tessellation' - create your own tessellated shapes to make detailed repeat patterns;

Wednesday 29th May; 2 to 4.30pm; 'Natural Art' - exploring using natural objects to make outdoor and indoor artwork.

Workshops need to be booked and paid for in advance.
Ring 01559 370517 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to book a place.

Old Dairy at the Ceridwen Centre, Pen-y-banc Farm, Drefelin, near Drefach-Felindre, SA44 5XE