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 awarded an MBE for her services to craft in the King’s Birthday Honours List in June 2023.
As part of this celebration, we are showing a curated group show selected by Sarah James MBE and the MAKE Southwest exhibitions team. We have selected 21 makers from across the UK; previous prize winners from the last 20 years of the Craft Festival who we feel represent different aspects of the history and current landscape of this high point in the creative calendar. Expect collectable work by some of the biggest stars of the contemporary craft world!
Exhibitors
Cleo Mussi, mosaic; Isla Middleton, print; Ambrose Vevers, wood; Anthony Theakston, sculpture; Clover Robin, mixed media; Brett Payne, silver; Takahashi McGil, wood; Cindy Ashbridge, jewellery; Celia Smith, wirework; Lizzie Farey, willow; Margo Selby, textiles; Christian O’Reilly, furniture; Sasha Wardell; ceramics; Jessica Cutler, textiles; Jin Eui Kim, ceramics; Caroline Finlay, jewellery; Sue Pryke, ceramics, Fryth, wood; Teresa Green, textiles, Hilary Burns, basketry, Francisca Onumah, silversmithing.
