This exhibition, co curated by MakeSW and Heritage Crafts shines a light on some of the Southwest’s most endangered crafts.
Fourteen master makers share their skills, tools, and stories, showing how traditions shaped by the region’s land and sea still have relevance and beauty today. From boatbuilding and ropemaking to Cornish hedging, basketmaking and tanning, these crafts connect past and present, keeping centuries of knowledge alive in the modern world.
The exhibitors:
- Aaron Stephens, reverse glass sign making
- Alex Mears, boatbuilding
- Amy Goodwin, fairground art
- Andrew Cockshaw, Cornish hedging
- Greg Rowland MBE, wheelwright
- Jessie Watson Brown, oak bark tanning
- John Williamson, Devon stave basket making
- Nicholas Jarvis and Pauline Cochrane, bobbin lacemaking
- Robert Ely, ribbon making
- Sarah Liscoe, sailmaking
- Sue Morgan, withy pot making
- Vicky Putler, flax processing
Events:
- 8 May, 10.30am to 4.30pm – Signwrite Your Own Ornate Letter, a workshop with Amy Goodwin
- 3 July, 10.30am to 3.30pm – Withy Pot Demo & Meet the Maker with Sue Morgan
- 4 July, 10.30am to 4pm – Make a Willow Crab Pot, a workshop with Sue Morgan
