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• Maker of the Week!

  Posted by Sarah James on Sunday 27th of February, 2011 at 10:36am, and labeled with the contemporary craft fair, sarah drew, maker of the week, chris eckersley and with 0 comments so far

  

  Let’s start at the very beginning, introducing our Maker of the Week: Sarah Drew. We love Sarah's use of found, vintage and reclaimed materials in her jewellery. Based in CornwallI she loves walking the beaches collecting pretty sea-glass, bright bits of sea-plastic and sea-string and nicely weathered little pieces of…Read more…

• madebyhandonline award winners at The Contemporary Craft Fair

  Posted by Katie Honnor on Thursday 7th of July, 2011 at 10:17am, and labeled with textiles, the contemporary craft fair, furniture, louise cottey, christian o'reilly and with 0 comments so far

  

  I can't quite believe that a month ago we were at the Private View of the Contemporary Craft Fair in Bovey Tracey! The exhibitors had all put the finishing touches to their incredible displays, visitors were queuing at the gate and champagne bottles were poised. It was (amazingly) only a year…Read more…

• Exciting commission news from Christian O’Reilly…

  Posted by Katie Honnor on Friday 25th of November, 2011 at 11:47am, and labeled with the contemporary craft fair, commissioning, furniture, christian o'reilly and with 0 comments so far

  

  It was really good to talk to furniture maker Christian O'Reilly this week and learn all about the commissions he's been working on over the last few months. In his guest blog, we hear how two historic buildings in the South West will soon be home to some of his…Read more…

• Introducing our new Printmaking section

  Posted by Katie Honnor on Wednesday 25th of January, 2012 at 11:28am, and labeled with the great northern contemporary craft fair, katrin moye, the contemporary craft fair, rachel dormor, prints and with 0 comments so far

  

  We were so thrilled to have been one of Deborah Meaden's Twelve Tweets of Christmas. She described madebyhandonline as "representing some real talent" - exactly our original ambitions, so her comments and recognition were just wonderful for us, after just one year! As we zoom into 2012 we have some…Read more…

• The Contemporary Craft Festival & Christine Kaltoft

  Posted by Katie Honnor on Thursday 10th of May, 2012 at 1:26pm, and labeled with jewellery, the contemporary craft fair, christine kaltoft and with 0 comments so far

  

    We're busy getting ready to represent all our Makers at the Contemporary Craft Festival in Bovey Tracey (not long now!). 8000 visitors come to the show & 30 of our Makers have been selected to exhibit their work. We'll be introducing them to you over the next few weeks...…Read more…

• The Contemporary Craft Festival 2012

  Posted by Katie Honnor on Monday 25th of June, 2012 at 5:19pm, and labeled with katrin moye, the contemporary craft fair, tone von krogh, clare collinson and with 0 comments so far

  

  The 9th Contemporary Craft Festival was a huge success for us, the organisers and, more importantly, the amazing exhibitors who came from all over the country to present their work to thousands of visitors. More than 30 of our Makers were exhibiting, many reporting record sales, and it was great…Read more…

• An interview with…printmaker Rosie Sanders

  Posted by Katie Honnor on Thursday 20th of September, 2012 at 2:50pm, and labeled with the contemporary craft fair, printmaking, rosie sanders and with 0 comments so far

  

  Last week I paid a visit to the house and studio of printmaker Rosie Sanders. She lives in a beautiful cottage here in Bovey Tracey in Devon, and we've recently had some interest in her work from magazines. The interior magazines often like to explore the homes of artists who've…Read more…

• A special year for Suzanne Claire Jewellery

  Posted by Katie Honnor on Tuesday 8th of January, 2013 at 1:31pm, and labeled with jewellery, the contemporary craft fair, suzanne claire williams and with 0 comments so far

  

  Now we're well and truly into the new year it's a great time to look back and plan ahead for 2013. Jeweller Suzanne Claire Williams has been with us since we launched our site in December 2010 and her business is going from strength to strength. Last year was a…Read more…

• A new business & new directions…a guest blog by Katy Luxton

  Posted by Katie Honnor on Tuesday 2nd of April, 2013 at 1:46pm, and labeled with jewellery, the contemporary craft fair, craft and technology, katy luxton and with 1 comment so far

  

  Cornish based jeweller Katy Luxton has joined us as part of our Two Years On scheme for new businesses. Her work explores circles, repetition and positive and negative space. {image_2}We love the fluidity of her silver designs and were excited to hear of her plans to transfer her work into other materials…Read more…