13
Sep
2012

The Renegade Craft Fair 2012, London (UK)

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The Renegade Craft Fair 2012, London (UK)

The Renegade Craft Fair (RCF) is a large scale marketplace event, showcasing the work of contemporary indie-craft artists. Featuring hundreds of artists at a time, vendors travel from all over to sell their handmade goods and original artwork. RCF is held in urban epicenters of creative indie-entrepreneurship throughout the US and abroad – including Brooklyn, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, and London (UK). Join the London RCF on September 15th and 16th 2012 from 11am-6pm both days  at the Old Truman Brewery for the very best in indie crafts from the UK

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01
Sep
2012

Crafting Project for You and Your Children

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Crafting Project for You and Your Children

There is no better time than the time spent with your family and kids. Especially when your children are small and in need to discover and learn new things, it is the best way to occupy them with some creative projects. So you can look for ways to keep craft time with your children simple and fun. Here are some suggestions that may help you to create an interesting crafting project for your children and you.

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16
Jul
2012

Calon Yarns craft workshops in Cardiff, UK

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Calon Yarns craft workshops in Cardiff, UK

Calon Yarns is certainly more than a wool shop. Established in 2011 by brother and sister team Lynne and Jon Seymour, this centre of crafty goodness based in Cardiff prides itself on not only stocking wonderful yarns, notions and patterns but also on running high quality, fun and inspirational workshops in all sorts of techniques from knitting and crochet sessions to dressmaking, felt making, quilting, spinning, embroidery… the list goes on!

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09
Dec
2011

Handmade Holiday Craft Fair, Brooklyn, NY

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Handmade Holiday Craft Fair, Brooklyn, NY

3rd Ward is the home for creativity. It’s a special place where you can experiment, practice and polish your craft, and a place to explore the possibilities.

Whether you’re looking to dabble in your creativity or whether you want to seriously turn your passion into your daily living, they are here to help you make it happen. 3rd Ward offers the classes, tools, and space you need to be inspired, share ideas, and express your creativity—all in a fun and supportive environment with people striving to do the same thing as you.

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10
Sep
2011

London Design Festival 2011

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London Design Festival 2011

Now is its ninth year, the London Design Festival, which runs from 17th-25th September 2011, has become a key event on the international design calendar. Although a central office provides umbrella branding as well as organising a host of talks and installations around the London, the event has always relied on a patchwork quilt of partners – from large corporations to independant designer-makers.

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05
Sep
2011

The Burslem School of Art

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The Burslem School of Art

The Burslem School of Art was once the powerhouse in developing world-renowned artist talent within the ceramics industry. For the last five years this 1905 historic Grade-II Listed Building has been run as an arts-based partnership – aimed at advancing education, training & employment and community development opportunities for local employment.

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18
Aug
2011

Venetian Carnival: A Place to Go Undercover

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Venetian Carnival: A Place to Go Undercover

The word carnival (Italian: carnevale) possibly comes from the Latin carnem levare or carnelevarium, which means to take away or remove meat. A more probable etymology for the word carnevale may be derived from the Latin carne + vale, meaning “farewell to meat”. Developed around the Roman Catholic festival of Lent (Quaresima – derived from the Latin term Quadragesima, or “the forty days”), carnevale was associated with the pre-Lenten festivals practiced on and around Martedí Grasso (Shrove Tuesday) or Mardi Gras (trans. Fat Tuesday).

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14
Aug
2011

100 Angels – The National Museum of Decorative Painting

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100 Angels – The National Museum of Decorative Painting

The National Museum of Decorative Painting was created in 1982 for the purpose of collecting, preserving, and displaying the art of decorative painting. The Museum, located in Atlanta, Georgia, houses over 1500 examples of decorative painting of historical and contemporary significance and of artistic merit. Additionally, the Museum provides exhibitions and educational programs for the public to increase their appreciation and understanding of decorative painting, its heritage, methods, and techniques.

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31
Jul
2011

The Royal School of Needlework

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The Royal School of Needlework

The Royal School of Needlework is unique in the field of hand embroidery and has a wealth of experience and expertise accumulated over more than 130 years.

The early history of the RSN is linked with the social, cultural and political history of Victorian and Edwardian Britain. The RSN began as the School of Art Needlework in 1872 founded by Lady Victoria Welby. The first President was Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Queen Victoria’s third daughter, known to the RSN as Princess Helena.

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30
Jul
2011

17th European Patchwork Meeting

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17th European Patchwork Meeting

17th European Patchwork Meeting will be organized 15th – 18th Septembre in Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Alsace, France). On the show the visitors will see a selection of more than 1000 antique, traditional and contemporary works of textile art, from all over the world.

This edition is dedicated in remembrance of the Austrian artist Greti Raffeiner, member of the quinTEXsenz group, invited this year for the presentation of their exhibition in which she had participated. Unfortunatelly she died unexpected during last February, and everyone who knew her and her work will miss her kondness, sense of humor and an extraordinary talent.

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