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Crafts issue 291: Restore, repair, renew

In our November/December issue we explore the work of textile artist Billie Zangewa and meet the makers addressing urgent environmental and social challenges



    • Cover image: Billie Zangewa, Return to Innocence, 2020, hand-stitched silk collage

    As our homes become our temples this winter, Crafts visits textile artist Billie Zangewa, whose silk collages draw on her own domestic environment and closest relationships to tell universal stories. Also in our November/December 2021 issue, we explore Stoke-on-Trent’s ceramics legacy with artist Neil Brownsword, who is celebrating the city’s indigenous craft knowledge in a new exhibition.


    Craft businesses balancing profit with ethics

    Elsewhere, we spotlight craftspeople with fresh approaches to the environmental crisis – from designers creating objects and ideas that foster biodiversity to makers mining electronic waste for gold. Plus we meet a new wave of craft entrepreneurs who are balancing environmental and social values with profits.


    The makers transforming electronic waste

    Meanwhile, our critics revel in a futurist fantasy land in Italy, and artist Theaster Gates’ ode to clay in London. Finally, Crafts’ artist friends compile the ultimate Christmas wishlist, and chef extraordinaire Prue Leith compares one maker’s weaving skills to the art of spinning noodles.

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    The craftspeople striving to heal the earth

    TALK – Healing hands: Could makers help regenerate the earth?
    17:30 – 18:45 GMT, 8 November 2021

    As the climate crisis accelerates, sustainable design is no longer enough – we need to restore the damage humanity has done to the planet. To mark the launch of our November/December 2021 issue, we are hosting a talk in which we will meet the trailblazers of regenerative design, who are nurturing the environment through their craft.

    Hear from Mexico-based designer Fernando Laposse and New York-based textile artist Shradha Kochhar – makers whose work crosses into the world of agriculture, encouraging the reintroduction of indigenous crops that improve the soil. Also on our panel will be Carole Collet, a professor in design for sustainable futures at Central Saint Martins and founder of its upcoming master’s degree in regenerative design. The talk will be chaired by Crafts editor Malaika Byng.

    Subscribers to Crafts get free access to this event. If you are a subscriber, you will have received an email from us with your promotion code. If not, email us at crafts@craftscouncil.org.uk


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