Around Cardigan Castle
Explore the whole of Cardigan Castle
Step through the Arches
Your journey into Craft Festival Wales begins beneath two breathtaking new willow archways by internationally acclaimed Pembrokeshire sculptor, Tom Hare.Rising at the Castle entrance and leading into the Kitchen Garden, these striking commissions transform arrival into an experience, inviting you to slow down, look closer and enter a world shaped by skill, imagination and natural materials.
Commissioned especially for Craft Festival and remaining in place until 29 November, the arches celebrate Welsh making at its most ambitious and poetic, framing Cardigan Castle as a gateway to creativity, discovery and craft at its finest.
Discover the Makers of Tomorrow
Fresh, ambitious and full of promise, this curated exhibition, in the Castle Kitchen, showcases outstanding new work from graduating students in Ceramics, Jewellery and Textiles at Carmarthen School of Art
Carefully selected from the degree shows, by Craft Festival Director, Sarah James MBE, the exhibition offers emerging makers a vital first professional platform, inviting visitors to encounter bold ideas, skilled hands and the future of Welsh craft.
Discover the Makers of Tomorrow
Fresh, ambitious and full of promise, this curated exhibition, in the Castle Kitchen, showcases outstanding new work from graduating students in Ceramics, Jewellery and Textiles at Carmarthen School of Art.
Carefully selected from the degree shows, by Craft Festival Director, Sarah James MBE, the exhibition offers emerging makers a vital first professional platform, inviting visitors to encounter bold ideas, skilled hands and the future of Welsh craft.
Out of the Woods with Cardished
A new collaboration with CardiShed, the volunteer-led woodworking charity, celebrating creativity as a powerful tool for connection, wellbeing and resilience. Nestled in the Castle Orchard, discover how making brings people together, with opportunities for hands-on public participation.
Out of the Woods with Cardished
A new collaboration with CardiShed, the volunteer-led woodworking charity, celebrating creativity as a powerful tool for connection, wellbeing and resilience. Nestled in the Castle Orchard, discover how making brings people together, with opportunities for hands-on public participation.
Craft Festival in the community
Outreach: Thanks to Arts Council of Wales, one of our outreach projects is working in partnership with the young people from Futureworks and Walden Arts from Cardigan. The aim is to give opportunities to young people to raise confidence and encourage participation in the arts.
Working over six, weekly sessions at Walden Arts, the young people from Futureworks explored a wealth of different print processes including monotype, botanical printing, stencil printing, collagraph and lino.
An exhibition of the work produced will be in the Rainbow Room in Castle Green during the Festival.
Giving hope to young people
Outreach: QEST and Novus educational charity, are working with QEST Scholar, Jystyna Medon from Addicted to Pattern, on a creative and employability project with prison learners from HMP Parc in Bridgend.
The results will be on display in The Breakfast Room during the Craft Festival.
Giving hope to young people
Outreach: QEST and Novus educational charity, are working with QEST Scholar, Jystyna Medon from Addicted to Pattern, on a creative and employability project with prison learners from HMP Parc in Bridgend.
The results will be on display in The Breakfast Room during the Craft Festival.
