Four Corners of Craft: Etsy exhibition for London Design Festival / by lynsay-erin mercer

Delighted to be apart of this amazing opportunity!!

The London Design Festival is the highlight of the UK design calendar, where the world gathers to celebrate great craft and design. This year, Etsy makes its mark with a selling exhibition of cross-disciplinary contemporary craft on 24-27th September 2015, in partnership with  Crafts Council and Tent London.

We’re excited to announce Four Corners of Craft – a maker development and exhibition project supported by arts and craft organisations in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

With a national reach, our prestigious lead partners include: London Design FestivalTent LondonCrafts CouncilContemporary Applied ArtsThe Design TrustCraft Scotland,Creative ScotlandCraft NIArts Council of Northern Ireland and Helfa Gelf. What a line up! We’re also grateful for support from: Arts Council of WalesRuthin Craft CentreThe Makers’ Guild in Wales and many more incredible creative organisations around the UK.

‘Bringing together high-end craft from all UK regions is at the heart of what we do at CAA. Therefore we are delighted to partner with Etsy on The Four Corners of Craft.’ – Christiane Eck, Contemporary Applied Arts

From Inverness to Sussex and Belfast to Cardigan, the Etsy community is a highly talented group of designer-makers, creating beautiful contemporary craft across all areas of the UK.Selected via open call with the help of these national and regional arts organisations, we will unite over 40 of these makers in an exhibition to represent craft from the four corners of our country… what ties it all together is the quality of making.

Meet the makers and browse the full exhibitors list here.

 

Source: https://www.etsy.com/uk/pages/etsy-uk/four...