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Plan ahead... with our 2017 Wallplanner The January/February issue of craft&design and Calendar. Available magazine is on sale 15 December featuring the work of goldsmith Mark Nuell. now at just £7.50 each, free p&p to UK addresses. www.craftanddesign.net/ magazine/calendar www.craftanddesign.net/ magazine/wallplanner November 2016 Welcome to our November Newsletter, the last one of 2016 - where has the year disappeared to!? Many of you who receive our Newsletter are also regular readers of craft&design magazine, but some of you perhaps haven’t seen a recent copy of craft&design and therefore may not have heard our latest news? After more than 30 years of publishing our magazine, Paul and I recently announced that we feel the time is right to make some changes and, On sale now! after a great deal of consideration, we have decided to make issue 250 craft&design magazine March/April 2017 the last printed magazine that we produce. November/December Issue We started our magazine way back in 1983 and have obviously seen 248 featuring ceramics by many changes since then, in the craft industry as well as in our Meghan Downs, our Best Newcomer Award Winner at personal lives - not least the fact that we are now more than three BCTF 2016. decades older and need to realistically look at what the future might be for ourselves and craft&design. So as I write, our web man is busy redesigning our websites www.craftanddesign.net and www.craftmaker.co.uk, ready to relaunch them both later next year. Already renowned as a focal point for great British craft and design, 2017 will see our websites taking on a brand new look and an exciting new role within the industry. Meanwhile, our current magazine is on sale now, and there are two more issues still to publish, both will be available to order via our website from 15 December onwards, so be sure not to miss them! newsletter Sparkle 2016 fairs&shows Contemporary Craft & Gourmet Food Fair 18 November 6-8.30pm, 19 & 20 November 10am-5pm The Landmark Arts Centre is the place to prepare for a truly ‘sparkling’ Christmas – more than 66 individual designer makers showing a dazzling range of contemporary craft and design plus a separate area dedicated to a mouth-watering selection of culinary delights to tantalise your tastebuds. A diverse range of designer makers from sumptuous designer made textiles including luxury silk ties & knitwear to delicious homemade cakes that are little works of art; from glittering gold & silver jewellery to delicious artisan chocolate; from quirky ceramics & handmade glass to exquisite handmade cards, handbags and so much more from all over the country – a truly exceptional shopping experience. This year we are offering Papercutting Taster Workshops with Christine Green. A special chance to learn Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate the basics. For information please email [email protected]. 2nd - 4th April 2017 See and buy an extraordinary range of distinctive gifts and The Old Truman Brewery, London delicious gourmet food in the superb Grade II* listed surroundings of the 10th - 12th September 2017 Landmark Arts Centre. www.landmarkartscentre.org Helen Brice BCTF is now accepting stand bookings Jane Crisp for both Harrogate and London. Be part of this iconic fair, the only gift trade fair dedicated to British handmade. For more information, visit our website: www.bctf.co.uk British by design... British by design... British by design... British b cra and design sept 2016 nal le.indd 1 21/09/2016 16:06:58 CALL FOR ENTRIES fairs&shows Applications are open for multi award-winning The Contemporary Craft Festival The Contemporary Craft Festival is one of the UK’s largest 28 – 31. 1. 2017 in Frankfurt am Main and much loved craft events, which sees 200 diverse and talented makers of contemporary craft selling directly to up to 10,000 members of the public. The Festival includes Start UP, a specially designed area for businesses in the early stages of their career. Open to makers from across the UK and Ireland working to the highest standards in ceramics, glass, textiles, jewellery, metal, wood, plastics, mixed media, leather, recycled materials and paper. No paintings, photography or musical instruments. Greetings cards are only accepted as part of a range, not the sole product. Full criteria are on our website. The Festival is selected by an independent panel of industry professionals. The festival is set in a marquee village in idyllic parkland on usiness! the edge of Dartmoor in South Devon with excellent transport esh your b links via road, train and air. Our additional on-site educational efr programme includes demonstrations by some of the UK’s R leading craft practitioners and workshops for all ages. Online application deadlines: • bs: 16.08.2016 • bs: 16.08.2016 DU: 01.11.2016 GB The Contemporary Craft Festival, 6pm Friday 25 November K Y Start UP, 6pm Friday 27 January M C Online applications only via craftsatboveytracey.co.uk/apply Enquiries: [email protected] • ISO 39 www.craftsatboveytracey.co.uk CD-Rom Liven up your product mix with refreshingly new ideas, materials, tools and techniques – creatively served at the world’s largest trade fair for hobby, craft and artist supplies. [email protected] Tel. +44 (0) 14 83 48 39 83 Are you a trade visitor? If so, order your ticket now and enjoy free travel to the exhibition centre on local public transport. creativeworld.messefrankfurt.com/tickets 63580-001_CRW_allg_Craft & Design 90x272_GB • 63580-001_CRW_allg_Craft fairs&shows Contemporary Craft Market Kendal Cockpit Arts Craft & Design Fairs 25, 26 & 27 November Christmas Open Studios Once again Kendal hosts the prestigious ‘Craft Market Holborn • 24 - 27 November Kendal’ at the Brewery Arts Centre. This annual showcase Cockpit Yard, Northington St, London, WC1N 2NP of everything that is outstanding about Cumbrian art and Tubes: Holborn, Chancery Lane & Russell Square craft will provide the opportunity to buy high quality Christmas gifts at affordable prices for those special Deptford • 2 - 4 December Apply now to exhibit alongside the very best people. Organiser and artist Jan Huntley Peace, who 18-22 Creekside London, SE8 3DZ artists and craftmakers in the UK during 2017 Rail: Deptford or DLR: Deptford Bridge Chelsea produces beautiful jewellery and delicate porcelain vessels Canterbury inspired by vintage lace and birds, says, “Craft Market Join us in our 30th Anniversary year and meet over 170 RHS Garden Wisley Kendal is something special, it heralds the start of makers, see behind the scenes in the studios, and buy work Henley on Thames Christmas preparations in South Lakes. Exhibitors are all direct from Cockpit Arts’ master craftspeople and artist- RHS Garden Hyde Hall hand-picked for their levels of excellence in their own makers, past and present. Ceramicists, jewellers, textile Sevenoaks particular medium or craft. The show provides a fantastic designers, shoemakers… and many other crafts. Crowthorne atmosphere of creativity and inspiration supported by live Enter our Prize Draw to win vouchers to spend with Winchester Best known for organising the UK’s most popular craft fairs held at music and seasonal refreshments. We welcome back Cockpit makers. RHS Garden Wisley • See website for details • [email protected] regulars such as award winning ceramicists Rebecca Callis, Featured showcase selection by Jo Newton, Head of James Hake and Gwen Bainbridge. We have many Buying for Fashion, Beauty and Home, Fortnum & Mason. exhibitors joining us for the first time such as Von Allen Delicious food by Hand Made Food café. with her amazing ‘Heartfelt Dogs’ all one off needle felted Entry: Holborn - £5 (includes free entry to Deptford). www.craftinfocus.com T: 01622 747325 characterful dogs and Penny Hunt’s beautiful sgraffito Deptford - Friday - donations welcome, Sat & Sun £3. earthenware plates, bowls and plaques inspired by rivers www.cockpitarts.com CIF_130x90_apply_16B.indd 1 20/09/2016 11:01 and the upland fells. “Craft Market Kendal caters for all tastes and interests. Included is pewter jewellery by Maria Santos-Alcantara, handmade books by Gifted Elizabeth Shorrock Contemporary Christmas Market and artisan textiles Sat 3 and Sun 4 Dec 2016 by Jan Beadle. 10am — 4pm Milana Felt, Oubas Join us for a special advent weekend of high quality craft, local specialist food and a fun packed Knitwear (who boast programme of artist led drop-in workshops, Vessel by Lush Designs, Necklace by Jenny Llewellyn, Summer Open Studios 2016. a Christmas craft trail, gallery activities, Allan Bennett as a demonstrations, musicians and exhibitions. Images Inge Clemente. Free, everyone welcome client!) and ‘Memo The National Centre for Craft and Design Illustration’ Navigation Wharf, Carre Street, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7TW specialising in hand screen printed Emma Mackintosh vintage style stationary will broaden the appeal of this popular event.” www.breweryarts.co.uk Yarnaholics Alert fairs&shows The Crochet Chain and AboutMyArea EN9 community website have joined forces again to organise the fourth Waltham Abbey Wool Show on 15 January at Waltham Abbey Marriott Hotel, Old Shire Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3LX from 10am to 4pm. There will be exhibitors’ stands with luscious hand dyed yarns, beautiful handmade wool and felt items, unique knit and crochet kits, a wide selection of accessories from buttons to crochet hooks for sale, demonstrations of spinning, rag-rugging, weaving and wire knitting, and craft workshops in crochet, knitting, wire knitting, wire crochet, weaving, felting and spinning. There will be colourful array of unique hand crafted products looking for a new home too. Diana Bensted of The Crochet Chain: “This show has given us the opportunity to challenge the outdated old fashioned view of traditional crafts and show that knitting and crochet can be modern, exciting and funky”.