Launch of Made By Hand Cheltenham in association with Period Living

Launch of Made By Hand Cheltenham in association with Period Living

Director of The Contemporary Craft Festival and Made By Hand Cardiff, Sarah James is set to launch the newest event in her prestigious portfolio; Made By Hand Cheltenham bringing her successful and much loved mix of designer makers, demos, workshops and craft based attractions to the heart of the popular Cotswold Town.

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In partnership with The Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen, New Brewery Arts in Cirencester and Cheltenham Trust, Period Living, Hereford College of Arts, madebyhandonline.com and craft&design.net, Made by Hand Cheltenham is all set to take place in the iconic location of Cheltenham Town Hall on the weekend of the 10^th and 11^th March 2018.

Sarah James, who has been leading the way in the highest quality craft fair world for the past 13 years, says “The Contemporary Craft Festival in Bovey Tracey, Devon is one of the finest in Europe and Made by Hand Cardiff is the highlight of the Welsh craft calendar. I am delighted to be expanding our portfolio of events to Cheltenham and look forward to working with our new partners, The Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen, New Brewery Arts, Cheltenham Trust, Craft&Design.net and madebyhandonline.com. Together we are very much looking forward to providing a stunning platform for contemporary craft, as well as welcoming makers and visitors to Made By Hand Cheltenham for its maiden year in March 2018.

Whilst the final line up of over 90 makers and attractions is yet to be announced, Sarah’s Cardiff and Devon events will provide plenty of inspiration for Cheltenham plans to offer the same exciting festival feel and highlights including multi-discipline workshops, craft demonstrations and children’s craft activities.

But first and foremost, Made by Hand Cheltenham is all about giving modern makers a wider platform, retailing amazing and accessible handmade arts and crafts, and showing how they can fit seamlessly into our modern, everyday lives.

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Melanie Griffiths, Editor of Period Living was delighted to support the event,

“Period Living prides itself in supporting Britain’s talented designer-makers, profiling them in the pages of the magazine to bring them to the attention of our readers. As Britain’s best-selling period homes title and champions of traditional crafts, we are really excited to align ourselves with Made by Hand’s inaugural event in Cheltenham.'

CEO of New Brewery Arts, Beth Alden says, ‘

Mary Greensted, Chair of The Gloucestershire Guild adds, ‘As one of the oldest and most active county craft guilds in Britain, we work in partnership with a number of outstanding organisations and support every opportunity to promote craftsmanship and design throughout Gloucestershire. Made by Hand has an excellent reputation for their craft events, bringing quality craft and design to a wide public and providing opportunities to make contacts and explore new skills and ideas as well as seeing and buying the best of British contemporary crafts. We are delighted to stand together alongside each other for this new venture’.

Riah Pryor, Head of Content & Programmes from The Cheltenham Trust added

“We’re delighted to support the Made by Hand festival in Cheltenham and look forward to running great children’s craft activities at the event. As the custodian of the Arts and Crafts Movement collections, led by William Morris, and on display at The Wilson art gallery and museum, the Festival is a fantastic opportunity to showcase craftsmanship of all types.”

Delyth Done, from Hereford College of Arts, commented that

“Hereford College of Arts is delighted to be the invited as an educational partner in this exciting new venture by Made by Hand. This event is the ideal showcase for the very best of our talented graduates work from our portfolio of distinctive and highly creative courses which identify so strongly with ethos of making that exemplifies the Made by Hand Shows. We welcome this opportunity for our ambitious graduates to take their place as the next generation of creatives alongside professional makers in what promises to be a prestigious show .”

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Katie Honnor from madebyhandonline.com said…

“We’re passionate about championing makers from all around the UK and are really happy to be supporting this new event from the team at Made by Hand. We’re an online retailer and promoter of high quality contemporary craft, and we work in partnership with different organisations to raise the profile of our talented makers. We see this event in Cheltenham as a great opportunity for makers, visitors and all who work within this industry to come together and celebrate British craft and design at its best.”

Angie Boyer, editor of Craft & Design is equally looking forward to the event

“craft&design are delighted to support Made by Hand, Cheltenham, a much needed high profile showcase for professional designer makers.  The collaboration with the highly regarded Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen and New Brewery Arts brings invaluable regional knowledge and experience to the event, along with craftsmanship at the highest level. As Digital Media Sponsors, craft&design are very much looking forward to helping establish this exciting new event in the UK crafts calendar.”

With more than a lifetimes experience between them and a passion for craft and design that they are so eager to share, this dedicated partnership is full of promise to deliver a truly fantastic event where everyone is welcome to explore, engage and deepen their knowledge and understanding of the beautiful world of modern making.

Applications are now open and the deadline to apply is 6pm Friday September 1st 2017. CLICK HERE TO APPLY