Posts by Uschi
Maker’s Award – Angie Parker
Maker’s Award – Angie Parker The Guild was delighted to give an award to textile artist Angie Parker at the Digital Craft Festival (https://www.digitalcraftfestival.co.uk/) We were initially drawn to the…
Read MoreNigel Williams’ Practical Hat Opera Glasses
Nigel Williams’ Practical Hat Opera Glasses Why is it that, whenever you have taken the utmost care to get a ticket for the best seat in the Opera House, you…
Read MoreCommonplace Books
Commonplace Books: A Bookbinding Project in 2021by Ursula Jeakins Guild member Ursula Jeakins has produced a series of beautiful Commonplace Books. Here she tells her inspiration behind them. “On…
Read More‘All Wrapped Up’ – Christmas at the Guild
A lovely end to the year. Apart from the Guild Gallery Shop upstairs at Chapel Arts, the Guild is holding a Christmas Show downstairs in the main hall. Work by…
Read MoreDon White
It is with great sadness that we must share the news that Guild member Don White has passed away. Don was a master woodturner, creating beauty in wood from small…
Read MoreSarah Pulvertaft Prescient “Corona” Jewelry Collection
Read this fascinating a blog post about Guild Member Sarah Pulvertaft by Isabelle Fish is the founder of Rue Pigalle, and a curator of jewelry relationships.
Read MoreNews – Nigel Williams’ ‘Darfoni Pocket Wireless Communicator’
‘Darfoni Pocket Wireless Communicator’ A collaboration between Guglielmo Marconi and Alan Turing might have produced this Edwardian mobile telephone, complete with bell, digital key-pad, individual squelch and volume controls, and…
Read MoreNews – Christopher Noble included in International Exhibition
Digital print artist Christopher Noble, has once again been included in the Duoro International Print Biennal by invitation only, to represent England. Chis has sent two specially created large format…
Read MoreEmily-Kriste Wilcox – 2020 Award
Emily-Kriste Wilcox won an award! She is so excited that she has been awarded “Best Ceramics and Painting Studio 2020”. This is in the West Midlands category of the UK…
Read MoreNews – Tanya Ufer – The Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen’s 2019 Maker’s Mark Award
The Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen is thrilled to have given our Makers Mark Award at Made by Hand Cheltenham 2019 to Tanja Ufer. The award looks for “a maker with a distinctive…
Read MoreNews – Studio Visit with Textile Designer Sue Bradley
Here is a brilliant film of Sue Bradley from her studio showing her inspiration and her work during lockdown.
Read MoreNews – Liz Harding has been entertaining herself
Guild Member Liz Harding has been entertaining herself by using a box of discarded and cut up work and pieces of painted fabric to make a patchwork hanging to give…
Read MoreHelen Newman – Tales from the Guild
Helen Newman – Tales from the Guild In 1969 I became interested in the idea of making very large scale fashion accessories from sheet metal and with a sculptural quality…
Read MoreNews – Nigel Williams’ Arkington’s Steam Pico-Brewery
‘Arkington’s Steam Pico-Brewery’ This device roundly trumps another batch of untrustworthy tradesmen in the continuing campaign to improve the lot of the wealthy Edwardian middle-class: this time it’s the turn…
Read MoreMaker in Focus – Alison Dupernex
Alison Dupernex designs and makes knitted textiles. She says her aim is to make a work of art to wear, with the choice of colour and yarn texture being vital…
Read MoreMaker in Focus – Rhian Wyman
Rhian Wyman is a hand woven textile designer based in the Royal Forest of Dean. All her products are designed, hand woven, darned, washed and and tentered by herself, using…
Read MoreNews – Videos of Gloucestershire Guild Members
These delightful videos of Gloucestershire Guild members at their practice have been rediscovered. They were made by Guild Member Matthew Tradgett. It is a pleasure to list them here.
Read MoreMaker in Focus – Liz Valenti
I studied Fashion at the Royal College of Art and was a fashion designer in industry in New York and London for 15 years. In London – principally for Mary…
Read MoreMaker in Focus – Celestino Valenti
Celestino Valenti became fascinated by period decorative wirework having bought an original hanging basket from an antiques shop. In the early 90s, he started working in three dimensions, exploring the…
Read MoreMaker in Focus – Helen Foot
With a strong sense of colour and a passion for keeping traditional skills alive, textile designer Helen Foot’s work is all about juxtaposing nostalgic handicrafts with rebellious contemporary aesthetics. When…
Read MoreMaker in Focus – Jan Knibbs
Jan Knibbs specialises in embroidered bridal wear, and won the Embroidery category in the British Bridal Awards in 2001. Jan continued to improve her couture embroidery skills by studying for…
Read MoreMaker in Focus – Jenny Bicat
I have been designing and making textiles since doing a Masters in Fashion/Textiles in 1993. I create individual garments, accessories and décor pieces using non-digital screen printing techniques. My background…
Read MoreMaker in Focus – Christopher Noble – Printmaker
Since 1976 I have been an artist printmaker, which means I produce signed original limited-edition prints. Initially I worked with screenprinting processes, which involves using layers of stencils by which…
Read MoreJames Campbell 1942 – 2019
I was very saddened to hear of the recent death of James Campbell. He was a true example of a polymath. His interests ranged from jazz to poetry and his…
Read MoreGuild Member Sarah Pulvertaft and LOT at COLLECT Feb 27 – March 1, 2020
LOT is a collaborative project between three makers: Guild member and jeweller Sarah Pulvertaft, Jed Green (jewellery) and Beatrice Mayfield (embroidery). Their work as individual makers is connected through the…
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