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Guild members exhibiting at Malvern

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With a tad less than 3 weeks to go to the much anticipated, RHS Malvern Spring Festival (11th - 14th May), I can now reveal which Guild members will be exhibiting at Worcestershire Guild of Contemporary Craft's  'Show within a Show'.
Fabulous designers, exquisite craftwork, locally handcrafted and with pricepoints for all pockets. Come and Meet the Makers with infectious enthusiasm and passion for their craft.

If you haven't already, you can save by getting your tickets beforehand online; RHS Malvern buy tickets

The Malvern site map is below, or download for yourself here; you will find us, as always, with the Guilds of Craftsmen in The Wye Hall.

Enjoy a grand day out - see you there!

35 days to go……

Come round quick, hasn’t it?

And of course, we are all stocked up, our stands are designed and we are ready to go!

Well, maybe?

When not actually making, our skilled crafts people are designing, planning or out absorbing inspirational input and it never stops, so the piece you are going to buy could be already made, or it could be still just a glimmer in our designers’ eye. Each piece has a story to tell!
On top of that, pulling together our WGCC Show within Show doesn’t just happen. There is a lot of feverish activity behind the scenes, by our vounteer show co-ordinators and teams, which doesn’t stop until… well you know the saying?

And we wouldn’t have it any other way, we are very serious about what we do and putting on a good show is important to us as – in on-trend speak – “a great visitor experience”. With around 35 professional designer makers of exceptional talent, a wide range of price points and a warm welcome, you wont be disappointed.

So pay us a visit, in the our usual location – Wye Hall.
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As always, not all our members will exhibit, so check first with them, if there is someone specific you want to see.

And if you’ve not got your tickets yet – go here.

Christmas CraftWorks in Malvern

Get set for Worcestershire Guilds fabulous Christmas craft exhibition & sale.
22 talented designer makers from furniture to fine beadwork, bold & beautiful ceramics to intricate jewellery and everything in between!

All your Christmas gift shopping in one place in the superb setting of Elmslie House, Malvern.
And all hand crafted, by local craftsmen & women with enormous passion for what they do. Let us tell you the story behind each unique & original piece.

Thank you Malvern

Wow!

Just a couple of days ago Malvern was the centre of our universe!
And now we are all back in our little boxes aka workshops & Studios, beavering away towards our next shows.

We would like to just say a huge thank you to everyone who visited us in the big halls. We met some lovely people and customers old & new; it really was most delightful. You gave us great feedback too;

“we came by coach and we always come straight up here to see the craft work, it’s always such high quality ……… “

We really hope to see you in 2023 at The Three Counties Showground, pop the dates in your diary now:

RHS Malvern Spring Festival 11th – 14th May 2023
Malvern Autumn Show 22nd-24th Septmber TBC

And, there will definitey be an opportunity to see us again before Christmas, bookmark our news tab for the latest info. Make a wish list ?

 

Malvern Autumn Show opens next Friday!

We’ve got our tickets.
We’ve got our stand positions.

We’ll see you there?

More info and tickets from Malvern Show

Find us grid ref. C12/13
2022 MAS-Map-with-grid

September 2022

It's been a historically momentous week in the UK.
All at the Guild are saddened by the death of our Queen Elizabeth, monarch, majesty and above all, a human being; a Wife & Mother, Granny & Great Granny, trying to do a good job, albeit a rather special and very public one, for 70 years.
Our deepest sympathy to the family for their loss.

There are thousands of pictures of the Queen smiling & laughing and she was known to have a good sense of humour and fun, this is a favourite.
And who can forget the 2012 Olympics' opening, or tea with Paddington Bear.

On Monday 19th, we have a Bank Holiday so that people can, if they wish, watch Elizabeth's State Funeral, her last public duty, before we move on.

We look forward to the reign of King Charles 111, who has promised to serve us as his Mother did, and I'm sure he, too, will give his all.
And to other members of the family now stepping into new positions.

The show must go on.

Malvern Autumn is just 10 days away and we are looking forward to three fabulous days, Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th September.
We'll be spending a couple of days prior to that, at the showground getting ready to welcome you and have all been preparing at our studios or workshops for weeks if not months.

Creatures of habit, you will find us, as always, in the big sheds (NW corner of the showground) with the Guilds of Crafts, grid ref C13 on the new map - click it to open as downloadable pdf. 

If you haven't yet got tickets then pop along to the ticket factory. You can also pay at the gate! And lots more information about the show and how to plan your day is on the official show page.

So who is joining us?
Here's a taster of what you might see.

Our makers at Herefordshire Art Week

h.Art starts on 3rd September for 9 glorious days at venues right across Herefordshire. This year 16 of our fab designer makers are exhibiting, some at their own studios and others at venues with a range of artists.
Worth making time for:

Venue 86 Bridget Drakeford + Guests
Catch WGCC world class ceramicist Bridget Drakeford, with heirloom furniture maker Brian Maiden & sensational jewellers Tara Coomber & Belinda Terry

Jenny Pearce - Willow Basketmaker

Venue 104 Jenny Pearce & Sarah Walker
Fine & functional basketware by Jenny alongside Sarah's unique art lamp shades.

Venue 76 Sharon Curtis & Ali Tregaskes
Printmaker & 3D paper cut artist Sharon exhibiting with Ali Tregaskes nature inspired, etched silver jewellery. Both also at Venues 80 & 12.

Venue 103 Mi-Frame Gallery
See the beautiful work of multi disciplined artist Marie-Therese King, also at Venue 123

Marie-Therese King - Batik Artist

Venue 14 Stockton Bury
Fine precious metal and gemstone jewellery by Judith Price and furniture by Andy Gray-Ling.

Garnet and Amethyst ring by Judith Price

Venue 129 h.art @ Grange Court
Jocelyn Perry distinctive, fine beadwork jewellery, Claudia Petley & Paul Shepherd  amazing metalwork sculptures (also at venue 70) and Jill Bagnall contemporary glass (also at venue 36 below).

Venue 87 Arts & Crafts Alive
Tanith Rouse hand died & printed aluminium jewellery.

Venue 36 Kingsland - St Michael's
Gorgeous rag rug artistry by Jenni Stuart- Anderson & Jill Bagnall contemporary glass.

ragrug by Jenni Stuart-Anderson

Crafters in a Huddle?

Every now and then (3, or occassionally 4, times a year) we call our crafters together from the outer extremes of Worcestershire & beyond. It’s our way of showing off the wonderful talent we have within the Guild.

The last two events of this year will be The RHS Malvern Autumn Show next month and our own Christmas Fair, CraftWorks, in early December.

We always have a good showcase of crafts and artisan makers ready to share their passion, so pay us a visit:

 

Malvern Autumn Show
Just 29 days to go!
23rd – 25th September, Three Counties Showground, Malvern. We are always easy to find at Malvern – at the end of The Wye Hall, as one of the Three County’s Craft Guilds. Info & tickets here.

Worcestershire Guild Craft Works

Craftworks
Dates for your diary – 3rd & 4th December.

A month to RHS Malvern Spring!

We are delighted to be back at the RHS Spring Festival, May 5th to 8th.

In fact we can't wait..... but we must!

You will find us in the Wye Halls with the Guilds of Craftsmen - we're usually at the Row 1 end of those big halls. Site Plan here.

 
 

Wonderful woodworkers:

Passionate potters - ceramics:

 
 
 
 
Forged & hammered - metal