5 Favourites from Make Southwest at Craft Festival 2025

May 12, 2025

There is just 3 weeks until Craft Festival Bovey Tracey’s 21st Anniversary.

We asked Laura Wasley, Chief of our long time, collaborators and friends, Make Southwest to choose her 5 Favourites from this year’s line up. ⁠

Her choices include up and coming talent and World renowned names. Read on for Laura’s choices.

You can buy your tickets in advance online or in person at Make Southwest in Bovey Tracey.

See you soon!

Here are Laura’s choices: ⁠

Jenny Southam⁠

Jenny’s hand-built and hand-decorated figurative ceramic sculptures draw from English mythology to domestic incidents. Each and every one will make you smile. ⁠

Studio Arvor

Jo works from her Cornish studio where she beautifully hand-crafts furniture and home accessories. She is passionate about the environment, and this is reflected in her work.⁠

Molly Lemon⁠

Molly is inspired by nature and the rural landscapes around her, working onto each woodblock with traditional hand tools. She creates thousands of fine marks that come together to form these stunning prints⁠.

Rachael Plassard⁠

This 3rd generation jeweller is one to watch. Rachel takes inspiration from highly decorative styles throughout history and allowing her own personal narratives to inform her approach.⁠

Hilary Burns MBE

It’s my dream to own a Hilary Burns basket; her functional and sculptural pieces, handcrafted from locally harvested materials, are timeless examples of skill, beauty, and heritage.⁠

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