Join us from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 June at our Marquee of Endangered Crafts at Craft Festival in Bovey Tracey, where we’ll be featuring demonstrations of crafts featured on the Red List of Endangered Crafts and an exciting talks programme.
Demonstrations:
- Ed Griffiths and Sarah Spicer (Dartmoor Shoemakers) – shoe making
- Zoe Gilbertson and Sophie Scanlon (LIFLAD CIC)– flax processing
- Simon Nobs (South Coast Studio) – woodgraining and marbling
- Nick Hand (Department of Small Works) – letterpress
- James Ashwell (Mottes Pots) – clay pipe making
- Stephanie Wiltshire – wagon painting
Talks: (subject to change)
Friday:
- 10.30am – Mash Bonigala (The England Archive)
- 11.30pm – Amy Goodwin (fairground artist) in conversation
- 2pm – Greg and Sam Rowland (wheelwrights) in conversation
- 3pm – Elizabeth Jarvis interviews Nicholas Jarvis (lacemaker)
Saturday:
- 10.30am – Sarah Liscoe (sail maker) in conversation
- 11.30pm – James Fox (author of ‘Craftland’)
- 2pm – Elizabeth Jarvis interviews John Williamson (Devon stave basket maker)
- 3pm – Kate Stasdin (author of ‘Dressing the Queen – 200 years of Making and Monarchy’)
Sunday:
- 10.30am – Jenni Bangs (boatbuilder) in conversation
- 10.30am – Robert Ely (ribbon maker) in conversation
- 2pm – Sarah Vigars (marionette maker) – talk and performance
