On the 13th of October, we held a panel discussion at The Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon with the question – Do traditional skills have a place in our modern world? Hosted by Jessica Pearson, the panel consisted of Daniel Carpenter from Heritage Crafts, Artist, Danni Bradford and Furniture Maker, Edward Wild. You can watch a recording of the talk here:
Talk: Thursday 13th October 2022 at 6pm Location: Barnstaple Museum, N.Devon Artist Talk at Barnstaple Museum looking at the fragility of traditional endangered craft skills within the modern world. The talk includes Edward Wild, Danni Bradford, Daniel Carpenter and is hosted by Jess Pearson. You can click on the link below to book. Tickets cost £5 and help ...
Sandy encouraged me to come to my first day of learning and making with no plans or preconceptions, to come with a totally empty head. This lack of a plan of action and not knowing what to expect put me slightly on edge but as soon as I began, I got into the swing of it and ideas began to flow. I learnt some basic techniques, cutting the clay into flat sheets ...
Type: Group exhibition curated by Edward Crumpton, Jess Pearson and Barnstaple Museum Dates: Saturday 1st October – Saturday 18th February 2023 Location: Museum of Barnstaple, N.Devon Entry: Free The In a New Light exhibition explores how North Devon’s endangered craft skills can be highlighted and evolved through use in contemporary arts and crafts. New works ...
Prior to 2017, The Heritage Craft Association, as it was called then, carried out extensive research and created a list which highlighted viable, endangered, critically endangered and extinct crafts. In 2017 The Red List was published and since then, continues to be updated to include more crafts as well as changes in the status of crafts already included. ...
In April, Edward Wild, Hester Berry and Edward Crumpton had the chance to visit the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon to look at a collection of the museum’s archival artefacts. Each artefact demonstrated the skills of gilding, tile making or copper smithing. The museum has a large collection of items and a selection was picked by the artists, with the ...
In March 2022 Edward Crumpton and Jess Pearson travelled to The Copper Works Newlyn in Cornwall to visit Michael Johnson in his workshop for Edward’s learning experience. Here are Edward’s notes from his experience of visiting the copper works. I spent the week learning Coppersmithing from owner Michael and his associates Adam and Harry. With my limited ...
Our first heritage craft workshop took place in late February and was between skilled gilder, Danni Bradford and furniture maker, Edward Wild. Danni took Edward through the many processes of water and oil gilding. Jess was there to photograph and film the workshop. Here are some words from Edward Wild describing his experience of learning gilding from Danni ...
Welcoming in the new year we introduced our artists to our skilled practitioners. During each meeting, the excitement of the artists grew as they realised the potential of the project and its ability to influence their practice. Newlyn Copper Work Day Trip Jess and I travelled down to The Newlyn Copper Works to meet and discuss the project with ...
I was thrilled to be included in The Maker Series Podcast this month. I enjoyed talking with Jess, founder of The Maker Series, about how I have built my creative business since leaving university. It isn’t always easy building a creative business in such a rural location, however, it is possible and there is a network of support and guidance if you look in ...