The Contemporary Craft Festival

Set in idyllic surroundings on the edge of Dartmoor, The Contemporary Craft Festival is brimming with opportunities to meet and buy work directly from nearly 200 of your favourite or newly-found makers. Craftspeople from cross Devon and the whole of the UK get together for a celebration of craft and making.
One Year On, a brand new feature, is our chance to showcase emerging makers and give these young businesses some support in their early years. Just 20 businesses have been hand picked to be part of this new, exciting development.
We’ll be hosting The Great Windsor Chair Race, a collective of some the UK’s most exciting, award winning furniture designers getting back to basics making Windsor Chairs, featuring Gareth Neal, Chris Eckersley, Carl Clerkin and William Warren. Who can make the most chairs over the weekend? It's a test of speed and skill as only the best will win!
The Blacksmithing Guild will be joining us for the first time and both these light hearted competitions will celebrate the Cultural Olympiad in style. Completing our line up of Champions of Craft will be demonstrations of ceramics, glass blowing, stone carving, weaving, knitting, spoon carving, blacksmithing, furniture making & calligraphy.
The Children’s Craft Tent is inspired by the textile collection at The Royal Albert Museum in Exeter. Children will learn to weave, print, knit & paint on cloth complimented by a variety of workshops for adults.
For full details and how to book a workshop log onto www.craftsatboveytracey.co.uk or phone 01626830612.
Email craftfair@craftsatboveytracey.co.uk
The Contemporary Craft Festival, Mill Marsh Park, Bovey Tracey, Devon, UK15-17 June 2012Open 10am-5pm dailyAdult daily ticket £7, concession £6Adult weekend ticket £12, concessions £10, Accompanied Under 14s FREE
Activities may change, please see website for latest news!