Studio envy – textile arts

The studio owned by the next designer-maker who will be at the Craft Fair is the one that makes most other craftspeople very envious indeed: Not bad! It belongs to Karen Hall, embroiderer and textile artist (and gardener), whose work many people

Inside a pottery

This year, 2015, there will be two very different potters at the Craft Fair. Zeb Reynolds works out of Harlech Pottery, and this year the Pottery will be open in the run-up to Christmas as well. Hopefully there will be a

Fibre and Fabric, 2015

The last weekend in July was the first of what we hope will be a regular event: the Harlech Fibre and Fabric Fair (it’s certainly booked for next year… watch this space). The idea was for craftspeople who specialise in

Craft Fair time is coming…

The hedges are still full of blackberries and – amazingly – it’s quite warm. But in studios and workrooms, sheds and spare rooms, craftspeople and artists are working away, sorting out fabric, squeezing wool, assessing their stock of wood, working out