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Category Archive: Crafts

Sue Allanson: sculptor

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If you are walking among the web of footpaths which make up Gorsey Bank on the edge of […]

January 26, 2019 Crafts, Sculpture, Visual Art

Michelle Holmes: textile artist

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A quick glance around Archangel Studio at the Ferrers Centre for Arts and Crafts –  the workplace of […]

December 1, 2018 Crafts, Textiles, Visual Art

Don’t miss the Bolsover Lantern Parade

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Bolsover Lantern Parade, one of the county’s biggest and brightest family traditions, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this […]

November 26, 2018 Crafts, families, Festivals, Uncategorized

Banks Mill Studios open this weekend

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Banks Mill is an old Victorian rope factory which was purchased by the University of Derby in 1998 […]

November 22, 2018 Ceramics, Collage, Crafts, digital art, Exhibitions, Photography, Sculpture, Textiles, Visual Art

Help needed to fund Little Ed Festival 2019

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Little Ed was launched in Derby this year as a brand new fringe-style festival and its organisers, who […]

November 21, 2018 Comedy, Crafts, Dance, Drama, Festivals, Music, Storytelling

Creative Treat Days at a centre near you

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Derbyshire Adult Community Education Service are launching a new programme of Creative Treat Days. These workshops offer the […]

November 15, 2018 Crafts

Tenth year for Derby print exchange

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This year Green Door Printmaking Studio at Banks Mill in Derby is celebrating the tenth year of their […]

October 1, 2018 Crafts, Exhibitions, Visual Art

Woodland Festival steps back in time

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A living history display revealing how Viking families and craftsmen went about their daily routines from cooking and […]

September 13, 2018 Crafts, Festivals

Melbourne Festival marks end of the Great War

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Melbourne is turning red for its annual festival this year to commemorate the men who lost their lives […]

September 11, 2018 Ceramics, Crafts, Exhibitions, Festivals, Music, Sculpture, Textiles, Uncategorized, Visual Art

Huge sculpture twines around gallery

Using silver birch gathered from around the vast Welbeck estate in Sherwood Forest and willow from Somerset, artist […]

September 10, 2018 Crafts, Visual Art

A Celebration of the Table

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One of the UK’s most prominent art critics, writer and curator has cited a Derbyshire ceramics and food […]

September 6, 2018 Ceramics, Crafts, Festivals

Sculptor weaves new exhibition at Welbeck

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Using silver birch gathered from around the vast Welbeck estate in Sherwood Forest and willow from Somerset, artist […]

July 21, 2018 Crafts, Sculpture, Visual Art

New art trail at Swadlincote

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Swadlincote is staging its first ever arts trail in July.Organisers said the aim of the event is to […]

July 18, 2018 Ceramics, Crafts, Festivals, Sculpture, Textiles, Visual Art

Check out Ray’s Bloomin’ clever boxes

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Ray Sylvester declares with a chuckle that he is the man who has to think inside the box […]

July 10, 2018 Crafts

Annual art fair at Buxton’s Dome

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As part of the Buxton Festival Fringe, The Peak District Artisans’ Great Dome Art and Design Fair will […]

July 10, 2018 Ceramics, Collage, Crafts, Festivals, Photography, Sculpture, Visual Art

Silver anniversary for Patchings

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Patchings Arts Centre is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its annual festival this year with a diverse display […]

July 8, 2018 Ceramics, Collage, Crafts, Exhibitions, Festivals, Galleries, Photography, Sculpture, talks, Textiles, Visual Art, Workshops

Annual Spital Arts Fair this week

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The sixth Annual Spital Spectacular Arts Fair is being staged in Chesterfield this weekend. It is being held […]

June 6, 2018 Crafts, Visual Art

Holiday craft activities at Tramway Museum

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Looking for a family day out this weekend? Crich Tramway Village Beside the Seaside Event continues until June […]

June 1, 2018 Crafts

Lace designer needs crowdfunded help

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Contemporary lace designer Louise West is about to revolutionise the heritage craft and make it accessible to future […]

March 10, 2018 Crafts

Rachael Chambers: gallery owner

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One name that has passed the lips of many artists and makers that I have interviewed is Rachael […]

December 14, 2017 Crafts, Exhibitions, Sculpture, Textiles, Visual Art

Creartii is arty and creative

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Rachael Wayne likes to knit, sew, stick, glue, cut paint… so long as it is arty she loves […]

December 8, 2017 Crafts

New gift and art gallery in Ashbourne

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A new shop promoting art, homewares and gifts by independent artists, makers and designers has opened its doors […]

December 6, 2017 Crafts, Exhibitions

Festive fun at Cromford Mills

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Cromford Mills is hosting two days of festive fun for all the family with its Christmas Weekend on December […]

November 29, 2017 Crafts

Buy your festive baubles from glass blower

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Glass blowing is a dramatic craft, perfect for demonstrating as audiences will always be transfixed by the molten, […]

November 20, 2017 Crafts, Exhibitions

Banks Mill opens its studios

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For one weekend a year Banks Mill Studios in Derby opens its doors to let us in to […]

November 14, 2017 Ceramics, Collage, Crafts, Exhibitions, Photography, Sculpture, Textiles, Visual Art

Heather Duncan: artist

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Heather Duncan admits she has no ‘off button’ and that if she isn’t making something she will either […]

November 10, 2017 Ceramics, Crafts, Visual Art

Haddoween at the hall

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Throughout the whole of October Half Term, visitors to Haddon Hall will have the opportunity to delight in […]

October 23, 2017 Crafts

Ferrers Gallery celebrates 15th anniversary

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Rachael Chambers, owner of Ferrers Gallery, celebrated 15 years at the helm on Sunday by inviting the team […]

October 3, 2017 Crafts, News

Derby Festé celebrates different cultures

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Derby Festé boasts a celebration of different cultures in a two-day outdoor entertainment spectacular. This year’s festival will […]

September 18, 2017 Crafts, Dance, Drama, Exhibitions, families, Festivals

Woodland Festival celebrates green living

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With green and clean living becoming ever more popular many of us are turning to nature and traditional […]

September 17, 2017 Crafts, Festivals

Glossop puts Art in the Window

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More than 50 independent retailers in Glossop are taking part in Art in the Window 2017 transforming the […]

July 24, 2017 Ceramics, Crafts, Exhibitions, Festivals, Galleries, Photography, Sculpture, Textiles, Visual Art

Try your hand at throwing pots

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Have you, like me, always fancied trying your hand at ceramics? Have you been inspired to have a […]

July 22, 2017 Ceramics, Crafts, Workshops

Giles Davies: artist

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The desk in artist Giles Davies’ studio is awash with colour, which is not unusual for someone creating […]

July 20, 2017 Collage, Crafts, Exhibitions, Visual Art

Artisans take over Buxton’s Dome

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The Peak District Artisans’ annual art and design fair will take place from July 21- 23 in Buxton’s […]

July 18, 2017 Ceramics, Crafts, Exhibitions, Galleries, Photography, Sculpture, Textiles, Visual Art

New direction for Fleet Arts

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Changes are taking place at Fleet Arts in Belper thanks to the appointment of new arts director Jane […]

July 15, 2017 Crafts, Dance, Exhibitions, Music, Shows, Workshops

New date for Patchings Festival

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The Patchings Festival at Calverton may have moved to a new date this year, but it still promises […]

July 8, 2017 Ceramics, Crafts, Exhibitions, families, Festivals, Galleries, Photography, Sculpture, talks, Textiles, Workshops

Official opening of Haarlem Artspace

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Haarlem Artspace in Wirksworth, housed in the historic Grade 2 star listed, Haarlem Mill, is a new artist-led space that […]

July 7, 2017 Ceramics, Crafts, Exhibitions, Textiles, Visual Art, Workshops

Sue Prince has it covered

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Derbyshire folk artist Sue Prince has brought the rhythm and movement of Buxton International Festival to life for […]

July 5, 2017 Crafts, Exhibitions, Festivals, Visual Art

Rainbow colours fill Ferrers Gallery

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A love of colour is the focus of Ferrers Gallery’s summer exhibition this year. All the colours of […]

June 20, 2017 Ceramics, Crafts, Exhibitions, Galleries, Sculpture, Textiles, Visual Art

City’s Six Streets open up for Arts Trail

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Residents of the Six Streets area of Derby will open up their homes and gardens once again for […]

June 19, 2017 Ceramics, Crafts, Exhibitions, Sculpture, Visual Art

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