Our first Five Favourites and win tickets to The Good Life Experience
Written: 27 March 2019
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Our first Five Favourites & Win tickets to The Good Life Experience
Andy Christian has been an influential voice in craft for over 30 years. The first director of the Devon Guild, managing director of Dartington Cider Press between 1996 and 2008, curator, lecturer, writer and mentor. He is currently Vice-President of the Devon Guild and kindly helped to select Craft Festival 2019. We asked Andy to choose his 5 Favourites.
Ali Herbert, potter
I am drawn to her carefully considered forms and subtle glazes. These pots would be as handsome on a shelf as they would be satisfying to use. She has such a sense of the classic and her vessels remind me of those pots in the paintings of Morandi.
Charmian Harris, jeweller
Charmian continually amazes us with the sumptuousness and seductive nature of her carefully chosen stones and high carat gold settings. Necklaces for Cleopatras and generous rings for Greek Gods!
Lesley Strickland, jeweller
Lesley’s non-precious jewellery is so well formed and sculptural that it defies fashion trends and continues to look like it might just have come from the Bauhaus workshops.
Anthony Theakston, sculptor in metal and ceramics
l have watched Anthony’s work evolve and grow since he was a student when l was teaching at the Art College in Carlisle. He knows so well the essence of birds, their flight patterns and their stances.
Carole Waller - Waller and Wood
Their work shows such sensitivity between surface pattern and fashion cut. It eschews all the folksiness of so many craft produced textile works. Waller and Wood lead the way in considered surface pattern and classically cut contemporary garments.
Our Friends at The Good Life Experience share our passion for craft and we're delighted to giveaway 4 tickets to their celebration of making, music, food and the great outdoors in North Wales.
Immerse Yourself in Making
You are invited to immerse your self in making, with a wide range of inspirational and down-right amazing workshops. Grab them quickly as some are already sold out.... FULL DETAILS HERE
Win 4 adult camping tickets to The Good Life Experience 2019!
Two nights. Three days. Friday entry from 2pm.
Co-founded by Cerys Matthews, Steve ‘Abbo’ Abbott & The Gladstone family, this festival of discovery & adventure celebrates its sixth birthday this September. It’s set to be the best party yet! Expect raucous music from all over the world curated by Cerys, axe throwing, foraging, campfire cooking sessions with world-class chefs, daily feasts, wild children, mass sing-a-longs, over 40 craftspeople, beer served by experts, talks by explorers, abseiling, a free 1930s fairground, tree climbing, poetry, literature and endless How To... talks. If you love making, The Good Life Experience is for you.