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Craft Festival at Cheltenham Town Hall

Craft Festival at Cheltenham Town Hall 8-10 March 2024 Craft Festival have been organising high quality craft fairs for 20 years. We have established ourselves in the beautiful Regency town of Cheltenham and will be returning to the iconic Town Hall in March 2024 for a great weekend of craft and making. Craft Festival will feature 100 selected makers from across the UK with a programme of workshops for all ages and craft demonstrations set in the stunning surroundings of Cheltenham Town Hall. Applications are invited from makers working to the highest standards. You make ceramics, glass, textiles, jewellery, metal, wood, plastics, mixed

Turbulence: Metal, Flows in Thinking and Things

Turbulence: Metal, Flows in Thinking and Things 17 January 2024 RCA Battersea,1 Hester Road, London SW11 4AY A symposium which draws new dialogues and approaches to understanding the functions and potential of metals in art and design. Turbulence: Metal, Flows in Thinking and Things seeks to find new dialogues and approaches to understanding the functions and potential of metals in art and design. Metals create our contemporary world, often just out of view (screen). Metal art and design is highly pluralistic and multi-facetted; the boundaries of which are to be tested and expanded. With an increasing interest in materiality and

Needed - Bench to hire in London

Needed - Bench to hire in London I have just finished a jewellery short course and I am looking for a bench space for practicing, ideally the bench will be within a studio where I can be surrounded by other artist too. Please see below details : Weekends Hire only OR 2x Evening Hire only (I work as a fashion designer 9am to 6pm weekdays) London Happy to share the bench Can be flexible with dates and times too Location : London Please email : veri_verix@hotmail.com

Studio Share in South East London £130

Studio share in South East London £130 Bright north facing studio with windows overlooking the Thames. 24hr access and on site parking. Shared with a painter who only uses the space occasionally (less than once a week). There is free space that's ideal for a jeweller (I was sharing with a jeweller previously) or an artist that works with small scale compositions. You will need to bring your own bench / set-up. Please text / WhatsApp +447375741201 for a video of the space, photos don't do it justice. Total floor space 3.5x5m and very high sealing. One-month deposit in advance.

20 Years in the Making

20 Years in the Making 27 April - 22 June 2024 Part of Craft Festival’s 20-year celebration Amazingly, Craft Festival has been going for 20 years. What started as a small project with 2000 visitors in Bovey Tracey has grown into the fantastic, diverse and vibrant event it now is, shaping the town where it started into the ‘Capital of Craft’, spreading the word to Cheltenham, Cardiff and online, and perhaps even transforming our views of making to appreciate the handmade that little bit more. In recognition of this, Sarah James, Director of Craft Festival and Find a Maker, was

The Goldsmiths’ Centre launches Creative Links

Creative Links The Goldsmiths’ Centre launches new talks and networking events to help start-up businesses to grow On 16th May 2023, the Goldsmiths’ Centre in London is launching a new series of monthly Creative Links talks and networking events designed to help emerging makers and start-up businesses learn, network and grow. Creative Links events will see experts and successful business owners in the jewellery and silversmithing industry explore and discuss subjects including range planning, finding new markets, showcasing and digital marketing. With Q&As and plenty of time to network, people will be able to ask questions, seek support and engage

News Edit: 19 May 2024

A round up of this week's national and international jewellery news... A feast of beauties at Adam’s fine jewellery and watch sale to attract collectors Business Post: Sale offers 268 tempting lots for occasions from engagements, birthdays to graduations, or just simply because you like it. www.businesspost.ie Joy BC Is The Jewellery Artist Inspired By Neoclassicism And Loved By Lil Wayne Yahoo: Jewellery artist (don't call her a jeweller) Joy Bonfield-Colombara, aka Joy BC, is finally moving into her own studio. 'After years of pain, it doesn't feel real', she tells me from her central London space she's secured thanks

Meanings and Messages – ACJ’s 25th Anniversary Touring Exhibition

Meanings and Messages – ACJ’s 25th Anniversary Touring Exhibition Goldsmiths’ Centre, Farringdon, London 9th January – 24th February 2023 The Association for Contemporary Jewellery presents a major touring exhibition, showcasing 60 brooches from 60 current members. Including work from members in the UK, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Hungary, Taiwan, USA, and US Virgin Islands. Materials include PLA filament, jesmonite, paper, silver and gold, aluminium, copper, enamels, wood, textiles, ceramics, semi-precious stones, and an array of found objects – gramophone needles, leather gloves, spent bullet cartridges, military ribbon, and denatured citrus fruit peel. An Exhibition of Brooches We have