24th Oct 2011 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ The innovative glass-works of a De Montfort University (DMU) design crafts graduate have been jetted of to Prague to feature in an exhibition honoring one of Europe’s most renowned glass artists...
26th Nov 2010 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ A glass hand-grenade, a model of a futuristic apartment-block and glass wind instruments all feature in a new Crafts Council touring exhibition; Breath Taking: Revealing a new wave in British glass blowing. The exhibition launches at Bilston Craft Gallery, Wolverhampton, on 22 January 2011 and runs until 19 March 2011.
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26th Aug 2010 ⁄ Scotland ⁄ Realise, the new Edinburgh-based furniture design business with strong ethical principles, launched two distinctive and finely crafted pieces of furniture at Scotland’s Housing Expo.
18th Jun 2010 ⁄ Scotland ⁄ The Concrete Wardrobe Maker of the Month for July will be Edinburgh-based artist, Ingrid Phillips. Her hand blown glass pieces explore ideas of form, function and decoration.
9th May 2010 ⁄ Scotland ⁄ The kitsch inspired ceramic pieces of Cosima Sempill’s giftware company, Kitty & Dude, will be on display at Concrete Wardrobe for June’s Maker of the Month exhibition.
16th Apr 2010 ⁄ Scotland ⁄ Themes of nostalgia and functionality run through the unique hand printed textile ranges of designer and maker Teresa Cole – Concrete Wardrobe's Maker of the Month in May.
26th Feb 2010 ⁄ South East ⁄ Learn to master the surprisingly simple skills of traditional Tiffany Copper-Foil Stained Glass in these popular courses, taught by Stephen Roper since 2004. Spring courses are running from...
28th Jan 2010 ⁄ East of England ⁄ An exhibition of panels on a male related theme: "This series of work explores maleness, at various ages, and in different emotional landscapes. It grew from a desire to explore images of people that spoke to me in some way. Combining drawings and photographs of my own family with those of strangers I discovered some interesting relationships.
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10th Feb 2012 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ Blue Yates is a professional Classical guitarist, performer and recording artist, specialising in Classical, Acoustic and Latin genres and this February marks the 10 year anniversary of his guitar tui...
