Old skills new ways is a new exhibition exploring creativity with young people, using traditional skills in the woods
Devon Guild of Craftsmen
Nick Hand saddled up to collect stories of craft traditions
Journeyman: Stories of craft from a bicycle tells important tales of craft and craftmakers from the travels of letterpress printer Nick Hand
Injustice and power: Certaine Wytches at the Devon Guild
Certaine Wytches: Fear, Myth and Magic is an exhbition by Anne Jackson of tapestries exploring ancient and contemporary superstition
Plate Up: a crafty and creative take on contemporary cuisine at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen
The Devon Guild of Craftsmen has teamed up with ace chef Michael Wignall for a contemporary, crafty, classy take on cuisine. It’s called Plate Up
Heritage, history and craft inspire at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen Summer Show
The Devon Guild of Craftsmen’s Summer Show takes in the wider history to reflect heritage, history and craft for its 58th annual exhibition
The last oak bark tannery – traditional process captured in Paul Glendell’s photographic exhibition at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen
Award-winning documentary photographer Paul Glendell, presents images of the UK’s oldest surviving oak bark tannery, found in Devon. Bakers of Colyton have been traditionally processing top quality leather for centuries to supply distinguished shoemakers and top stables. This exhibition captures a nearly forgotten rural way of life, revealing the time and care taken in this ancient tanning process, as well as showing beautifully-made items crafted from oak tanned leather.
Contemporary craftmakers stomp out their Home Ground
The combination of traditional skills with a contemporary approach is on display at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen’s Home Ground exhibition
Jem Southam’s Rivers and Streams to inspire Waterlines at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen for the Big Draw
Using the images of Jem Southam’s Rivers and Streams exhibition as a starting point, the Devon Guild of Craftsmen have created Waterlines, two-days of free drop-in Big Draw activities for half-term.
Devon Guild of Craftsmen get the blues
The historic and contempoary journey of blue is explored at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen,
Signs for Sounds: the art of contemporary lettering in Devon
Diversity and impact of letters, from calligraphy to font design; and from typography to street art at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen
Signs for Sounds: the art of contemporary lettering launches in Devon
Letterforming from from traditional calligraphy to today’s hi-tech font design, virtual typography and street art explored in new travelling exhibition, which launches at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen
Arts marketing internship opportunity at The Devon Guild of Craftsmen
The Devon Guild of Craftsmen is offering a budding and aspring arts marketing bod the opportunity to take up an arts marketing intership at their Bovey Tracey, Devon headquarters. Get in touch for more info
Exhibition of the week: New Territories, Devon Guild of Craftsmen
The New Territories exhibition at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen shows the exciting work of the newest members of the guild and further blurs the line between art and craft
Devon’s own Collection exhibition: little sister of London’s COLLECT
Devon Guild of Craftsmen Collection exhibition has some of the best in the west as a celebration of collecting craft
The original interactive gaming consoles: Heather Smith on the Tall Stories automata, at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen
The Devon Guild of Craftsmen is showing hand-made, finely worked automata, mixing inspiring imagination with superb craftsmanship in its Tall Stories show. Heather Smith finds out more and plays (carefully!) with the collection of automata and kinetic sculptures