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Contents

England’s Craft Town 2 October Craft Month 3 Events 4 Exhibitions 6 Workshops 10 Talks 14 Half Term Activities 18 Supporters 20

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England’s Craft Town

From the University for The establishment of The There are year-round exhibitions the Creative Arts to major Farnham School of Art in featuring young as well as world museum, exhibition and 1880 strongly promoted the class craft makers. There is a specialist retails outlets and education in craft subjects particular focus on the craft craft-related businesses, as part of its curriculum, and fair, with an unrivalled series Farnham is home to both a powerful reputation was of events featuring everything world renowned craft artists developed that has lasted from textiles to sugarcraft, and to the next generation throughout the 20th century drawing international audiences of emerging makers. Craft and to the present day to the town and having a sits at the heart of Farnham’s especially in courses in textiles powerful and positive efect distinctiveness and this special and ceramics. Craft courses on the creative economy. Craft feature was acknowledged at both undergraduate and studios are established in the in 2013 when Farnham was postgraduate levels are offered to sustain designated as England’s at the University for the Creative the craft infrastructure. Craft Town. Arts at Farnham, the successor institution to the Art School. Craft across the centuries can The roots of Farnham’s Craft courses in jewellery, been seen and researched engagement with craft can be metalwork, glass as well as from Farnham Greenware in dated back to the time when in textiles and ceramics offer the town’s museum through Farnham exported white clay to today’s emerging craft makers to the unrivalled collections of the Romans. In the 16th century, unrivalled opportunities in some the Crafts Study Centre. The in Farnham were of the best equipped studios and New Ashgate Gallery ofers a major suppliers of to workshops in any specialist diverse range of craft work for London. But its real emergence university in the country. sale and is especially focused as a town with a special leaning on creating opportunities for towards craft is in the Victorian The opportunity to exhibit, sell emerging makers. era and the establishment and and present contemporary great success of The Farnham crafts in Farnham is a significant Pottery, , with its feature of the town’s creative Craft is embedded reputation for the distinctive programme. The emergence of style of work known as the Farnham Maltings as an arts into the fabric, the Greenware (so called because centre in the 1970s has been of homes as well as of the copper-green glaze). especial importance to the cultural life of Farnham, and the the cultural crafts have very strongly life of Farnham. featured in its contemporary programme: right at the heart of its diverse cultural ofer.

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October Craft Month 2018

Each October, Farnham hosts a celebration of craft with events taking place throughout the town. This is your chance to see makers in action; take a craft walk; get making and buy work from local designer makers. During October you will have the opportunity to experience Farnham’s craft heritage with events at Creative Response, engage with the present day craft community with events at the Crafts Study Centre, Farnham Maltings and the New Ashgate Gallery and look to the future of craft at the University for the Creative Arts. Our rich crafting culture can be experienced year round and we encourage you to return in every season to explore craft in England’s Craft Town.

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Festival of Crafts Farnham Maltings

27 October & 28 October

10am-4pm £3 -(under 15's free) Buy beautiful handmade craft direct from the makers. Over 80 of the UK's leading craftspeople will be selling homewares, jewellery, textiles, ceramics, leatherwork, glass and more in a relaxed friendly marketplace.

Manuela Magerbauer Altered Vision will be exhibited at Farnham Maltings during its The festival showcases both traditional annual two day craft festival, festival of crafts. and modern craft practices from established artists and makers as well as In her recent body of work, Manuela Magerbauer has been working with optical illusions, Op Art and patterns symptomatic of early first time exhibitors and graduates. It stage Macular Degeneration. These tools are used to animate the features a complementary programme of abstract installation, to engage spectators and to experience activities, installations, workshops and movement. participation for a family audience and The artist makes visually stimulating and immersive installations. provides a relaxed environment for visitors to browse and buy directly from makers themselves.

Farnham Maltings Bridge Square Farnham GU9 7QR T → 01252 745444 E → [email protected] W → www.craft.farnhammaltings.com 4

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27 October 10am-8pm Activities: Adult admission: £11.50 | Kids and Friends Free

The Bewonderment Machine Bird in The Hand Theatre presents a theatrical dreamscape combining, puppetry, machinery and music in this artist-built cycle-powered carousel for ages 2 - 6.

Parade & Play: The Imaginarium Enjoy a short play performed and written by Dramatize with handmade puppets crafted by Halow, East London Textiles, Art Forum, and Orpheus and HMP Feltham. Narrated by Storyteller Olivia Armstrong.

Ramshacklicious Experience the curious musical theatre of Ramshacklicious in a performance inspired by the life and work of Pullen.

Utopolis A transformation of the artist in residence studio that uses discarded cardboard to transform the space into a fantastical architectural model. Navigate through the illuminated towers and add to the construction using discarded cardboard to create a city of the imagination.

Pullen's Giant See the recreation of Pullen's 14ft wooden animatronic puppet brought to life by the Vital Exposure team in this special performance.

Puppet Workshop Make a puppet using an array of marvellous materials to create your character and costume. How inventive can you be?

Imaginarium Illuminarium Transform a clear plastic umbrella into a colourful creature using tiny LED battery lights and coloured tissue, and then join in our dusk procession

The Drawing Machine See artist Jason Lane's incredible drawing machine in action and discover how it was made. Jason created moving sculptures for the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. He is fascinated by mechanical objects and their animalistic qualities.

Food and Drink The Tea Shop will be serving delicious seasonal food until 8pm.

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Kas Williams: Long Hot Angus Summer Suttie: Exhibition UCA Foyer Gallery Crafts Study Centre – throughout October

Mon – Fri 9.30am-4.30pm – 1 October to 13 October

Free Tues – Fri 10am-5pm Sat 10am-4pm Kas Williams is a textile artist Free making work of individual character using a mixture of materials to create sophisticated Angus Suttie’s allusive, energetic, pieces that combine craft hand-built ceramics were powerful elements with abstract imagery. contributors to the postmodern era of the 1980’s. Although his Playful use of colour, pattern work sometimes has an ironic and and texture is a signature of her even playful edge, he was deeply work and “Long Hot Summer’ thoughtful about its humanist uses experimental devore and intentions, and the references are mono printing techniques to present not just for play, but for create what she refers to as critical, sometimes political ‘textile paintings’. Kas graduated provocation. The exhibition is UCA Foyer Gallery with a Masters Distinction in influenced by Suttie’s personal University for the Creative Arts Textiles from UCA Farnham in collection and significant archive Falkner Road 2017. and is presented in partnership Farnham with Ruthin Craft Centre and the Surrey GU9 7DS7 Crafts Study Centre. T → 01252 722 441 W → www.kaswilliams.com 6

2final Craft month brochure print.pdf 8 05/09/2018 12:53 UCA AiR OCTOBER CRAFT MONTH 2018 2018: Exhibition Crafts Study Centre

– 1 October to 27 October Accidently on Purpose: Tue – Sat, 10am-4pm Free Exhibition

The Artists in Residence of the School of Craft and Design at the New Ashgate Gallery UCA bring together a selection of Surrey Hills the varied work they have been – throughout October making over the past year. The Arts: opportunity to investigate and Tues – Sat 10am-5pm expand on seedling themes whilst Free Heathland connecting with other makers has led to totally new viewpoints for AiR Chemistry, light, skill and Artworks thinker-makers. chance are the key ingredients for the recipe of 'Accidentally on # It takes a long time to perfect new Purpose'. Local photographer Farnham Heath skills, especially when working on Simon Painter will be exhibiting new themes. Agendas of form and his high energy photographs – 1 October to 28 October function, the intrinsic qualities of alongside Lynn Pascoe’s materials, when to stop and when beautiful Cyanotypes informed Free to push a piece further are all by the Cornish landscape in challenges to battle with. which she lives and a selection Heathland Artworks is a Resonance with research and of volcanic-looking Raku fired celebration of Farnham Heath, its technical exploration have been ceramics by Bryony Rich. A trio natural diversity and beauty. Craft the outstanding benefit of the of artists who have all mastered and design students from the space and facilities provided at working with their materials and University for the Creative Arts UCA Farnham. the element of the unexpected have responded to the heath with within their finished works. The Air 2018 artists are: Kas new works in textiles, glass, Williams, Cara Wassenberg, Sigi ceramics and metalwork. Pick up Hill, Candy Matterson, Leo Duff, a leaflet from the start of the trail Hannah Viner and Haley Haddow. and enjoy an hours circular walk discovering the diverse installations.

Crafts Study Centre University for the Creative Arts Falkner Road # Farnham Farnham Heath SSurreyurre GU9 7D New Ashgate Gallery The Reeds Road T → 01252 891450 Waggon Yard E → [email protected] Farnham Farnham W → www.csc.uca.ac.uk Surrey GU9 7PS Surrey GU10 2DL T → @crafts_csc T → 01252 713208 W → www.surreyhillsarts.org F → @craftsstudycentre E → [email protected] I → @surrey_hills_arts I → @craftsstudycentre W → www.newashgate.org.uk I → @pg_school_craft_design_uca 7

2final Craft month brochure print.pdf 9 05/09/2018 12:53 FARNHAM CRAFT TOWN "NOT GOOD ENOUGH": a solo exhibition Little Acre of dark art by Studios: Open Jase Daniels Studio Event Creative Response # Little Acre Studios o – throughout October Mon – Fri 10am-3pm – 20 October - 21 October Free 10am-5pm Exploring such concepts as cute, creepy and the infinitely sad. Come Free along and see little Snotty Goblins, bizarre sculptures and expressive Little Acres studios is a community paintings. A unique chance to of 5 artists; including Ceramics, experience the power of creativity to Textiles, Fine Art, Abstract Batik overcome internal negativity. and Artisan Woodworking. The This is celebrating Creative Response studios and their beautiful garden 25th Anniversary setting will be open to the public Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st October 10am - 5pm. Refreshments will be available. Richard Slee: We welcome you to our studios, to come and watch our artists at work, as well as view a wide Framed variety of work for sale.

Crafts Study Centre

– 23 October - 31 October

Tues – Sat 10am-4pm o Free Little Acre Studios An exhibition of new and recent work Fullers Road by Richard Slee, whose exhibiting Surrey GU10 4LB. career began in the 1970’s, and has W → www.littleacrestudios.weebly.com. continued with many solo and group I → @littleacrestudios exhibitions nationally and internationally. Slee’s ceramics often # imitate other objects ‘whose normal Creative Response. function clay is sublimely incompetent Vernon House to perform’, as Mark Jones has 28 West Street noted. Technical skill is allied to a Farnham broad, comedic touch, where the Surrey GU97DR shiniest of surfaces seems to E → [email protected] W → www.creativeresponsearts.org 8 accentuate the absurdist purpose. In association with the Hales Gallery.

2final Craft month brochure print.pdf 10 05/09/2018 12:53 OCTOBER CRAFT MONTH 2018 'praktis/ Surrey Artist of mind and the Year: matter: the Competition making of and Exhibition craft New Ashgate Gallery Bury Court Barn – throughout October Surrey – 11 October - 14 October – Talk: 11th Oct Tues – Sat 10am-5pm Artist of the 10am-5pm Free Year: One Free The Surrey Artist of the Year Sixteen craftsmen from around competition is a partnership Year On Britain (many trained originally at between New Ashgate and the UCA Farnham) are exhibiting their Surrey Artists Open Studios to work together in the beautiful setting celebrate the wealth of creative of Bury Court Barn in October. talent in Surrey. The top scoring New Ashgate artists come together for a Gallery The exhibitors are experienced, programme of events. There is a renowned craftsmen in the fields of wide variety of artworks on show, all – throughout October ceramics, glass, wood, willow, offering different materials and jewellery and textiles who exhibit techniques: ceramics, glass, Tues – Sat 10am-5pm nationwide, and have come jewellery, painting, photography, Free together to show pieces for sale or printmaking and sculpture. commission, but also to reveal their Liphook based artist Su thinking, their inspiration and During the exhibition, members of Jameson makes one-off working methods in practical the public are encouraged to vote hand built ceramic figurative demonstrations and illustrated talks for an artist; the artist with the most sculptures. Drawn from during the exhibition. votes from public and judging panel personal experiences, is named Surrey Artist of the Year interactions and observations EXHIBITORS: baskets: Jenny 2018. Voting must be done in her work explores the Crisp. ceramics : Julie Ayton, Rich person at the gallery. complexities of being human; Miller, Nigel Wood, Sarah Walton issues around belonging, jewellery : Lindsey Mann, Syann strength and fragility, and van Niftrik, Lesley Strickland. communication. Source textiles: Barbara Kennington, ideas are at once particular Deirdre Wood, Alison Ellen, Lucy and universal, as a result it Goffin, Ann Richards, Geraldine St Crafts Study Centre aims to be thought provoking University for the Creative Arts Aubyyn Hubbard. wood: Nick Falkner Road and invite reinterpretation. Barberton Farnham SurreySurre GU9 7D New Ashgate Gallery T → 01252 891450 Waggon Yard E → [email protected] Farnham Bury Court Barn W → www.csc.uca.ac.uk Surrey GU9 7PS Bentley T → @crafts_csc T → 01252 713208 near Farnham F → @craftsstudycentre E → [email protected] Surrey GU105LY I → @craftsstudycentre W → www.newashgate.org.uk W → www.craftpraktis.co.uk 9

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Introduction to 4 Shaft Double Table Loom Introduction Cloth Weaving to Weaving Jo Aylwin Studio Jo Aylwin Studio Jo Aylwin Studio 13 October - 14 October 10am-4pm 10 October 2pm - 4pm Oct £140 per person 6 ober - 7 October 24 October 7 - 9 pm 10am-4pm 29 October 10am - noon A weekend exploring double cloth, for those with some £140 per person £60 per person weaving experience. This two day course will For those wanting to weaving introduce you to a four shaft for the first time, or retuning to You will explore double cloth table loom, making a warp, weave, this is a short fun weave on a four-shaft table loom. putting the warp on and weaving workshop. You will work on a prepared warp. the warp you have put on. You will use a small loom, which Both days will be practical On Saturday you will be you will learn to thread up and weaving, looking at different introduced to your loom, you will weave on, creating your own double cloth weaves. make a simple warp and will put piece of work. At the end you this on your loom. take away your little loom so Looms, materials and a light that you can continue to weave vegetarian lunch will be provided On Sunday you will weave the at home. both days at the workshop. warp you put on the previous day. All materials are provided, In order to maximise support for including the loom that you will those attending only three places Loom and materials and a light take home. are available. vegetarian lunch provided. Only three places are available on this two day course.

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Introduction to Wool Week: papercutting A Weekend From cast-on for adults with of Twills Lucy Dorothy to lace knitting Farnham Maltings New Ashgate Gallery Jo Aylwin Studio 20 October 20 October 15 October 9.30am-12.30pm 10.30am-1.30pm 10am-4pm £40 Free £140 per person If you’ve never picked up a pair of For those with some experience Create a beautiful paper cut. In this knitting needles before or of weaving, a weekend exploring taster session you will be struggle getting beyond basic twill. introduced to the wonderful techniques, join Marion for a Twill is used to produce materials relaxing art of paper cutting. After supportive, relaxed workshop to that have drape or to provide a being shown the techniques get you started. You will leave variety of patterns. You will work involved, you will be able to create with the confidence to continue on a prepared warp on a four- your own paper cut using a with your new skills at home. template provided. You'll also be shaft table loom. Both days will given plenty of advice and tips be practical weaving. regarding the mounting and Looms, materials and a light framing of your finished design. vegetarian lunch will be provided both days at workshop. Booking is essential as spaces are In order to maximise support for limited. those attending only three places are available.

New Ashgate Gallery Farnham Maltings Waggon Yard Jo Aylwin Studio Bridge Square Farnham 1 Stoke Hills Farnham Surrey GU9 7PS Farnham Surrey GU9 7QR T → 01252 713208 Surrey GU9 7TE T → 01252 745444 E → [email protected] W → www.joaylwin.co.uk/workshops E → [email protected] W → www.newashgate.org.uk W → www.joaylwin.co.uk/workshops W → www.craft.farnhammaltings.com 11

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25 October Clayfeast - 10am-noon Children 2pm-4pm Adults

the Taster £10 materials cost

event A chance to learn alongside Cyanotype an artist whose work has been commissioned by with Alana Liberty London, Jo Malone, Virgin Airways and Harrods Ward 24 October - 27 October among many others. 11am-4pm Although Kerry's drawings can be found in widely Creative Response Free: donations welcome diverse contexts including international print, retail, Clayfeast , from tradition to 23 October - 24 October architecture and branding, innovation, is a unique vehicle she would be the first to tell 10am-3 pm for the community to make you that she draws every £10 per day clay 'food' through drop in day for the sheer joy of it - workshops using kitchen because drawing helps us to Alana will talk about the history equipment to create a clay slow down and to truly of Cyanotype and demonstrate 'Banquet' that will be destroyed experience the world around the process. on the final day with water us. Kerry's workshops will be pistols and plant sprays. The fun and informal and will help Participants will then have the process will be filmed , the you to develop your own opportunity to produce several recording becoming a creation artistic practice at home. pieces of work using both in its own right to be replayed natural and man-made objects. as an exhibit . All are welcome Booking is essential as to this drop in, hands on event. spaces are limited. This work shop will correspond with the 25th Anniversary of Creative Response.

There are 8 places (max) on each workshop - on a first- come, first-served basis.

Creative Response. Farnham Pottery Quennels Hill New Ashgate Gallery Vernon House Waggon Yard 28 West Street Wrecclesham Farnham Farnham Farnham Surrey GU9 7PS Surrey GU97DR Surrey, GU 10 4SL T → 07918 666898 T → 01252 713208 E → [email protected] E → [email protected] W → www.creativeresponsearts.org E → [email protected] W → www.weststreetpotters.co.uk W → www.newashgate.org.uk 12

2final Craft month brochure print.pdf 14 05/09/2018 12:53 Festival of OCTOBER CRAFT MONTH 2018 Crafts: Make Festival of Adult Learning your own Crafts: Tote Farnham Adult notebook bag block Learning Centre Farnham Maltings printing throughout October Farnham Adult Learning Centre 27 October and 28 October Farnham Maltings offers part-time courses for adults 10am-noon during the daytime, evenings and weekends. Subjects include £35 includes entry to festival 27 October 10am-noon 28 Flower Arranging, Dressmaking, October 1pm-3pm Embroidery & Needlecraft, You will learn how to make your £23 includes entry to festival Patchwork, Calligraphy, Cardcraft, own unique notebook using the Pottery, Sculpture, Creative non adhesive, multi- sectioned, Learn how to craft your own Writing, Drawing & Painting, long stitched method of book textile print block which can be Mosaics and Photography. binding. This technique can used to create your own www.surreycc.gov.uk/schools- incorporate a variety of paper pattern. Other design materials and-learning/adult-learning/surrey- types which could include graph, will be available for you to work adult-learning-course-directory/ tracing, cartridge, lined and on top of your design to add craft-design-and-textiles watercolour papers. The cover texture, colour and marks. You will be made from handmade will leave with your own Indian Khadi paper with an individual tote. Festival of exposed stitched spine. Crafts: Machine embroidered textile art Farnham Maltings

27 October and 28 October 10am-1pm £44 includes entry to festival Learn to use your sewing machine as a tool for “drawing” and “colouring-in” with thread. Create a beautiful piece of textile art using machine embroidery. Learn to layer up fabrics and different mark making skills to Farnham Maltings create a unique personal picture. Bridge Square Farnham Surrey GU9 7QR No sewing skills necessary. T → 01252 745444 Suitable for beginners upwards. E → [email protected] W → www.craft.farnhammaltings.com/portfolio/foc-make-notebook/ 13

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Where are we? Interior And how did we Architecture and Design Lecture get here? A brief Series: Making overview of Places, Spaces contemporary & Experiences textile art. School of Craft and Design School of Craft and Design UCA UCA 4 October 3 October 5pm-6pm 1.30pm-3pm Free Free This year's UCA Interior Architecture and Design Lecture Series is titled 'Making Our Professor Lesley Millar MBE, Director Places, Spaces & Experiences'. Closing the of the International Textile Research series of talks is Matthew Cripps who is an Centre and Professor of Textile Culture at Architectural and Interior Designer for the University for the Creative Arts, is an Stedman Blower Architects, whose practice exhibition curator specialising in textiles. is based in Farnham. In Matthew's present Lesley joined UCA in 1986 as a visiting role at Stedman Blower, Matthew works tutor and then as a sessional tutor. Please closely with Architects and Technicians email to register attendance W612. specialising in the nurturing of old places Small lecture theatre W612/JL06 and buildings and crafting them a new School of Craft and Design future. In stitching new architecture into University for the Creative Arts historic town & country, Matthew’s passion Falkner Road is in the seamless transition between Surrey GU9 7QR Architecture & Interior Design. Matthew will E → [email protected] be talking about Creative Collaborations W → www.uca.ac.uk/staff-profiles/professor-lesley-millar/ 14 between Art, Craft, Design & Architecture.

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Making Thoughts and Circular Economy, Thinking Out Innovation & Loud. Entrepreneurship Centre For Sustainable Design, School of Craft and Design UCA UCA 11 October 10 October 5pm-7pm 10am-noon Free Free Professor Martin Charter, Director, The We are delighted to host two fabulous Centre for Sustainable Design ® and lectures by renowned makers David Clarke Senior Associate, Business School for the and Nicholas Lees. Creative Industries, University for the Creative Arts. David Clarke and Nicholas Lees regularly teach as Visiting Lecturers and Specialist An overview of global trends and issues Tutors at the University, another event on related to Circular Economy and the impact the 24th October with David and Nicholas of products. A range of examples of will be in conversation and the public will be company and product approaches will be welcomed to ask and discuss their work. provided. Two case studies will be featured: Circular Ocean (an EC funded project that Thinking Out Loud with David Clarke focuses on converting waste fishing nets [email protected] into products); and Repair Cafés www.instagram.com/mister_clarke (community-based workshops focused on facilitating repair). Finally, future issues Making Thoughts with Nicholas Lees. related to product circularity will be www.nicholaslees.com highlighted. www.instagram.com/nicholas.lees This event is free and will take place in the G03: please email to register your small lecture theatre W612: please email to attendance. register your attendance.

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Mary Branson: New Ashgate Gallery Professor Simon 13 October Olding: 'Within 10.30am-11.30am Free the Guilded Cage' Mary Branson is a fascinating speaker who tells a compelling story of her work as an Crafts Study Centre artist and creator of fine art light installation New Dawn which is on permanent display 17 October in the Houses of Parliament. Her REGISTRATION : 1.45pm lecture 2pm-3pm meticulous research into many forgotten parliamentary archives has given Mary a Free fascinating insight into the real lives of A lecture that considers the contested history of people from the turn of 20th century the county-based craft guild in England, and Britain, which she brings to life with asks how the memberships of these vital, often touching wit and candour. unsung, organisations manage the issues of exhibition, selection and selling. This is a free to attend talk, booking is essential as spaces are limited. Please Are they outmoded or essential, and how have email [email protected] to book their programmes developed. A special focus is a place. placed on craft guilds in the South West of England.

Simon Olding is Director of the Crafts Study Centre.

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Emily Jo Gibbs: Nicholas Lees An Illustrated and David Clarke: Talk In Conversation New Ashgate Gallery

School of Craft and Design 27 October UCA 10.30am-11.30am Free 24 October 10am-noon Emily Jo Gibbs - Emily Jo Gibbs is a British Free Artist who over the last two decades has established an international reputation for Visiting lecturers and specialist tutors David her delicate textiles. Emily gives an Clarke and Nicholas Lees will discuss their illustrated talk about her 25 year career in practice and their work together. The audience textiles, including her most recent project will be encouraged to ask questions and join in for Collect 18 The Value of Making. the discussions to challenge and inspire the makers. This is a free to attend talk, booking is essential as spaces are limited. Please This follows their lectures on the 10th October, email to book a place. feel free to attend both or one event.

Nicholas Lees www.instagram.com/nicholas.lees www.nicholaslees.com

David Clarke www.misterclarke.wordpress.com www.instagram.com/mister_clarke

please email to reserve your space. The in conversation will take place in the small lecture theatre W612 at UCA Farnham.

Crafts Study Centre University for the Creative Arts Falkner Road Farnham G03/W612 New Ashgate Gallery SSurreySurre GU9 7D School of Craft and Design Waggon Yard T → 01252 891450 University for the Creative Arts Farnham E → [email protected] Falkner Road Surrey GU9 7PS W → www.csc.uca.ac.uk Surrey GU9 7QR T → 01252 713208 T → @crafts_csc E → [email protected] E → [email protected] F → @craftsstudycentre W → www.uca.org.uk/ W → www.newashgate.org.uk I → @craftsstudycentre W → www.cfsd.org.uk/ 17

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October Half Term: Watts Gallery - Artists' Village

23 October - 28 October

10am-4pm Free Inspired by James Henry Pullen: Inmate – Inventor – Genius, discover a world of inventiveness from giant puppets to model ships and use an array of materials to create your own.

End the week with Watts Late: Imaginarium - a special day of immersive events when Watts Gallery - Artists' Village will be open late into the evening.

Some activities require pre-booking

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Activities

Paper Cutting for Teens Workshop : Lucy Dorothy New Ashgate Gallery

26 October

10am-noon Free Create a beautiful paper cut. In this taster session you will be introduced to the wonderful relaxing art of paper cutting. After being shown the techniques involved, you will be able to create your own paper cut using a template provided. You'll also be given plenty of advice and tips regarding the mounting and framing of your finished design.

Age 11+

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Supporters

Crafts Study Centre University for the Creative Arts Falkner Road New Ashgate Gallery Waggon Farnham Yard Surrey GU9 7DS Farnham T → 01252 891450 Surrey GU9 7PS E → [email protected] T → 01252 713208 E → [email protected]

Farnham Maltings Bridge Square Farnham Surrey GU9 7QR T → 01252 745444 Surrey Cultural Services E → [email protected] Surrey County Council County Hall, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2 DN T → 020 8541 7679

The Farnham Pottery Pottery Lane Wrecclesham Farnham Surrey GU10 4SL University for the Creative T → 07879667000 Arts Falkner Road Farnham E → [email protected] Surrey GU9 7DS T → 01252 722 441 E → [email protected] W → www.uca.ac.uk

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Supporters

Waverley Borough Council The Farnham Town Council Burys South Street Farnham Surrey GU7 1HR Surrey GU9 7RN T → 01483 523333 T → 01252 712667 E → [email protected] E → [email protected]

Surrey Hills Arts Creative Response Surrey Hills AONB Vernon House Warren Farm Barns 28 West Street Headley Lane Farnham Mickleham Surrey GU9 7DR Dorking T → 01252 716876 Surrey RH5 6DG E → [email protected] T → 01372 220653 E → [email protected]

Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden Black & White Cottage Standon Lane Ockley Watts Gallery Artists Village Surrey RH5 5QR Down Lane T → 01306 627269 Compton E → [email protected] Surrey GU3 1DQ T → 01483 810 235

SKEELS W → www.skeels.co.uk E → [email protected] I → www.instagram.com/skeels_ Praktis F → www.facebook.com/designer.maker.educator W → www.craftpraktis.co.uk

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