What's New The Den, Risk Makers and Pipers Farm Competition
Written: 15 May 2018
What’s New? The Den, Risk Makers and Pipers Farm Competition
We love to bring you something new at The Craft Festival.
This year we have 2 new areas to introduce to you.
The Den
As The Craft Festival is well into its teens, celebrating 15 years this year, and we wanted to celebrate the many visitors that have grown up with the Festival and dedicate an area just for Teens. From this year, accompanied children Under 18's are free to enter the Festival. The Den will be open on Saturday and Sunday only.
A design brief was given to the Year 12 Graphics students at The Atrium Studio, which is a college situated on the grounds of South Dartmoor Community College in Ashburton. Having collectively agreed on a name, The Den, 4 teams presented their designs to Sarah James, The Craft Festival Director, who chose the winning design. Congratulations to the winning team of Peter Rolls, Cary Gardner and Ned Powell. We loved the paired-down and contemporary design that would appeal to the young adults whilst reflecting the overall brand of the Craft Festival. Great job!
The next thing to plan was the content of The Den. It will be part making space, part relaxing and playing space. On Saturday and Sunday only, drop in Workshops have been developed by Fab Lab Plymouth, Made by Mez and by South Dartmoor Community College.
Personalise your wheels with Fab Lab Plymouth
Fab Lab Plymouth will be running a design and make your own skateboard / bike / scooter stickers activity in The Den. Design your own graphics, download images or choose from an image bank, then cut them out using a CNC controlled Roland Vinyl Cutter. Many colours of vinyl available! FREE DROP IN WORKSHOP
Print your own T-Shirt with The Atrium & South Dartmoor
Year 12 students from The Atrium and South Dartmoor Community College will be on hand enabling you to have a go at screen printing. Print onto T-shirts and paper, creating your own designs using laser cut stencils courtesy of Fab Lab or cut your own paper stencils. DROP IN WORKSHOP, SMALL CHARGE FOR OPTIONAL T-SHIRT
Make your own jewellery with Made by Mez!
In preparation for summertime, swing by Made By Mez Jewellery workshops and create your own brilliantly bright festival piece. With everything from pom pom earrings and bohemian necklaces to festival headbands, drop by to design and take home the perfect unique accessory.
These workshops are free and will be running all day on Saturday & Sunday over the weekend, so there will always be a good time to sit and make wonderful things with a very colourful Mez.
Risk Makers: A Maker Space by madebyhandonline.com
We are delighted that curated craft website, madebyhandonline.com has brought together a group of leading makers to challenge, collaborate, and take and make risks with their work. The first stage of this exciting project is being launched at The Festival with an exhibition and an interactive display space that will also provide materials, tools and guidance for visitors to take part in collaborative play. The exhibition and activities will be presented in a beautiful yurt from Yurts for Life.
Festival visitors are invited to be the first to see the exciting collaborations developing between these exceptional makers.
Come and meet the makers, explore their creative processes and share ideas with them and the madebyhandonline team. You can also watch demonstrations, including one with Dionne Swift who will be sharing her techniques and discussing the importance of drawing as a crucial way to enable risk taking in her textile work.
Visit the madebyhandonline blog to find out more about the development of this project and the makers taking part.
BOOK YOUR WORKSHOPS
Our very popular workshop programme is selling out fast. To avoid disappointment, please book your workshop places NOW!
You can choose from a wide variety of workshops from jewellery making, willow weaving, stained glass, stonecarving, printmaking, book binding, embroidery and mosaic making and more.... They last 2 hours and are just £18 each.
CLICK HERE to BOOK!
Enter our Pipers Farm Competition and win a Family Box & Festival Tickets
Founded in 1989, Pipers Farm, based in Cullompton, Devon, is a destination for meat that is produced sustainably and in harmony with nature. They passionately believe in producing wholesome natural food that has been grown with respect for nature. We are delighted that we can offer you the chance to win one of their Family Boxes and we will include 2 Weekend Festival Tickets. The Competition closes at Midnight on Friday May 25th
CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE PIPERS FARM COMPETITION
Final call to become a volunteer! Sign up Now
The deadline to register as a volunteer is fast approaching. We need a huge army of volunteers to help manage over 200 makers, workshops and over 10,000 visitors to The Craft Festival. There are a range of interesting and helpful tasks including helping with the children's workshops, selling tickets, welcoming visitors, providing information, supporting the Pottery Throwdown, helping set up and take down. It's a great opportunity to get involved and support the Official Best Festival in the South West. We provide training and for more information sign up below. DEADLINE TO SIGN UP MAY11th.
