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2012

  • Merry making

    Released: 13 November 2012

    If there’s a gap on your Christmas tree, there are plenty of craftspeople happy to make something beautiful to fit. Here are just a few of our favourites.

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  • Joanna Bird at Colefax & Fowler

    Released: 5 November 2012

    Joanna Bird presents some of the best in contemporary craft at Colefax & Fowler in London. We took a few snaps of our favourite pieces.

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  • Design Doctor No.3

    Released: 1 November 2012

    Our Design Doctor, Patricia van den Akker, answers your questions. This time, it’s the guide to festive fairs

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  • Marc Hagan-Guirey's Horrorgami

    Released: 31 October 2012

    For a Halloween special, here’s a tour of Horror’s most famous houses all made in paper by Marc Hagan-Guirey

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  • MADE London

    Released: 25 October 2012

    London welcomes a new craft fair this week in form of MADE London, 26–28 October. Here are just a few of the makers that we’re looking forward to seeing.

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  • Added Value?

    Released: 15 October 2012

    Launched at designjunction during the London Design Festival, Added Value? is the Crafts Council’s new touring exhibition. Here’s a few glimpses around the show…

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  • Mimicry chairs, Nendo atthe V&A

    London Design Festival preview

    Released: 13 September 2012

    London Design Festival kicks off this week, running from 14-23 September. With plenty of crafty things happening across the capital, have you got your comfy shoes and map at the ready?

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  • Design Doctor No.2

    Released: 29 August 2012

    Our Design Doctor, Patricia van den Akker, answers your questions. This time, it’s the easy guide to finding your focus

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  • Edmund de Waal at Waddesdon

    Released: 16 August 2012

    One of the world’s most celebrated ceramists curates his work within the setting of the Rothschild’s nineteenth-century country house, Waddesdon Manor. Here’s a few glimpses to whet your appetite…

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  • British Design Embassy

    Released: 27 July 2012

    For the duration of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the British Business Embassy will be home to 21 pieces of exceptional contemporary craft. Here’s just a few of them, and not a mascot in sight, promise.

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  • Jerwood Makers Open

    Released: 17 July 2012

    Jerwood Makers Open presents new commissions by James Rigler, William Shannon, Louis Thompson, Silvia Weidenbach and Nao Matsunaga. To whet your appetite, here’s a taster of what to expect…

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  • Illustration by Toby Morison

    Design Doctor No.1

    Released: 4 July 2012

    Our Design Doctor, Patricia van den Akker, answers your questions. First up, finding an agent of change

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  • A Philadelphia story

    Released: 25 June 2012

    Bruce Munro is staging his first one-man show. Now, it’s in Philadelphia, so although I’m sure we’d all like a trans-atlantic trip here a few pics to whet your appetite.

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  • Fashion Galleries at the V&A

    Released: 16 May 2012

    To celebrate the opening of their renovated Fashion Galleries, the V&A are presenting a new exhibition of ballgowns. Here’s a glimpse of what to expect…

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  • Collect 2012

    Released: 14 May 2012

    It’s one of the most important dates in the Crafts calendar. Now it’s over, we’ve put together a few highlights from the Saatchi Gallery.

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  • Collect preview

    Released: 10 May 2012

    COLLECT: The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects is about to begin and to whet your appetite we’ve selected a few of our favourite makers and artists who will be on show

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  • Student work preview

    Released: 26 April 2012

    After putting together our special graduate preview for the current May/June issue, we had loads of images left so we thought we’d share our favourites with you.

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  • Place Making

    Released: 25 April 2012

    Over a few days in March, groups of makers, architects and students could be found exploring Chatham’s Historic Dockyard. Intrigued, we tagged along…

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  • Pressing Matters

    Released: 29 February 2012

    New North Press, a letterpress studio ran by Graham Bignell, bravely invited us to rifle through their drawers and take part in a workshop

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  • Craft Club goes to the flicks

    Released: 28 February 2012

    In their continuing campaign to get everybody making, Craft Club ran their first Cinema Knit-along last weekend at the Stratford Picturehouse.

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