Today David Cameron launched a £500,000 ad campaign promoting British Culture with 10 posters highlighting British Heritage, Music, Countryside, Sport, Innovation etc but they forgot the crafts one again so we helped them out. Please share these with your friends, post it on your blogs and facebook and let’s get it out there as widely as we can. We have…
Making futures brought together delegates from the UK and around the world to question how we can live sustainable lives, and whether craft has a role to play in getting from here to there. The full conference program and summaries of the papers are available online here in due course the full text of the papers will also be published…
Just back from 6 days in Devon discussing what role crafts have in helping create a sustainable future. The setting was the magnificent Dartington Hall. I came away inspired and am now wondering if I can manage to pass on some of that inspiration just through blog posts, I’ll try my best though as a medium it can’t compare to…
I have to start this post by saying I am normally a very rational, scientific not very tree huggy sort of person. However I love outstanding experiences of the natural world and I also enjoy adrenalin rushes and any top entertainment that is free is a bonus, spur of the moment opportune experiences do it for me too, this has…
Food for Thought: Craft and Sustainability BY Julie K. Hanus The article below was originally posted on the American Craft Council blog here http://www.americancraftmag.org/blog-post.php?id=12554 I enjoyed it and wanted to share it unaltered, it is a good blog worth following. Craft and sustainability is a hot topic at the moment and I’ll be attending this conference in a few weeks.…
This week I am in full production mode in the workshop and thoroughly enjoying it. These are beech bowls, perfect for soup or cereal. They are turned green then stacked for the air to circulate whilst they dry, it takes about 6 weeks. I think it is sad so few turners make bowls to eat from it is such a…
Just discovered halloumi and watermelon a combination made in heaven (or Cyprus apparently it’s popular there) sweet crunchy juicy melon is the perfect match for the rich salty grilled halloumi. Bowls by me, Wille Sundqvist and Richard Raffan, plates mine, wine glass air twist by Tony Wassell, cutlery Alexander Clark Co Sheffield, 2006 Rioja and good company to share it…
My first post of 2011 said “I believe this year will see an explosion of traditional crafts in the media” a couple of weeks ago I was filmed for John Cravens BBC “Britan at Risk” series and today the BBC announce “Handmade in Britain.” All great news. The BBC and V&A today announce Handmade In Britain, a year-long season of…
Looking for an interesting way to spend the weekend? an unusual gift? or to learn a new skill? Some folk will have seen my friend Sophie Hussain as the tutor on Monty Don’s BBC Mastercrafts program last year. Now you have the chance to learn the skill yourself. Sophie is offering 2 day weekend courses for a maximum of 4…
3 nights ago a badger dug out a wasps nest alongside my woodstore. The nest had clearly been considerably larger than a football and all the comb and grubs were gone leaving only half the outer paper shell. The remaining worker wasps were clustered around on this having nowhere else to go. The thing that surprised me was that despite…
