An enterprising group of crafts organisations came together over Christmas ’22 to promote a message of buying well-crafted, brilliantly designed handmade goods over cheaper mass produced items. Folksy, Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Craft Festival, Find a Maker, the Crafts Council and the Heritage Crafts Association pooled ideas and resources to come up with theContinue reading “Buy Less, Buy Better, Buy Handmade”
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NW Craft Network, Highlights of 2021
2021-22 was another extremely challenging year as North West organisations responded to the Covid-19 pandemic, various lockdowns and phased opening up. Many fantastic craft events took place, and provided a context a lively exchange of research, inspiration and information. Events include…. British Textile Biennial 2021 at various venues and communities around Lancashire Degree shows onlineContinue reading “NW Craft Network, Highlights of 2021”
Not Exactly Plain Sailing…
In May 2021, the North West Craft Network took some time to explore the opportunities and the difficulties that the pandemic has presented to us, and examined what we thought our priorities should be for the next year or so. We’re just wrapping up our work on our priorities, but in a nutshell they willContinue reading “Not Exactly Plain Sailing…”
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