Published on alternate months, Crafts is lavishly illustrated to a high standard. At a time when people are crying out for individuality Crafts is where you’ll find the bespoke and the beautiful. We talk to makers, educators, curators and retailers and let top writers and critics bring you the most innovative ideas, debate and work, both great and small, from the wonderful world of contemporary craft.
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Issue No. 215
Nov/Dec 2008
Includes the chance to win tickets to ‘Crafts for Christmas’ at the NEC, Birmingham and newly published books ‘Handmade Nation’, ‘Tartan’ and ‘Lost Crafts’.
Inside this issue
‘Spring’ by Honda Syoryu; Material: Bamboo, 2001
Upfront:
Our regular round-up from the world of crafts.
Tanya Harrod on Cold War craft; MAD in New York; Maarten Baas at Established & Sons; Matthew Burt; National Glass Centre; 60|40 previewed; London Design Festival reviewed; Bill Gibb; Hand and Lock; plus we meet Marie Brisou in Talent Spot.
‘Gardens of Arquà Petrarca B05F’, (145 mm dia) Layered Bangle by David Watkins; Material: Stainless steel, 2003, Private Collection Photo: David Watkins
Features
Beyond the ordinary
David Watkins is a man of many parts: semi-professional jazz pianist, model-maker, and one of the leading jewellery designers of his generation, explains Geraldine Rudge
The Marshall plan
Celebrating its 15th anniversary by launching a new award, the Edward Marshall Trust has been a quietly influential force in the UK design scene, discovers Grant Gibson
To the manor born
Waddesdon Manor has provided both the canvas and inspiration for a new project by a group of Royal College of Art students, reports Teleri Lloyd-Jones
Elemental truth
Over time the elements, our universe’s building blocks, have developed their own cultural meaning for makers and consumers alike. The ‘science bit’ comes courtesy of Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Collector: Good vibrations
While furniture maker John Makepeace collects through intuition, his wife Jenny prefers pieces that come with a good story. Sarah Brownlee journeyed to Dorset
Reviews
Confrontational Ceramics; Mackintosh textiles; Glass Routes; Design Cities; Contemporary Chinoiserie; The Language of Things; Wendy Ramshaw at the Bluecoat; and much, much more
And finally
David Littler combines a love of DJ-ing with embroidery. But how exactly?
