Stowe Craft & Design Festival

25th, 26th & 27th August
*Summer Bank Holiday Weekend*
National Trust Stowe, Buckinghamshire,
MK18 5EQ.

10.00am - 5.00pm each day

A GREAT DAY OUT FOR ALL THE FAMILY!

FREE PARKING / REFRESHMENTS

Admission: Adults £6.00
Senior Citizens £5.00
Accompanied Children under 14 years FREE

*Additional charge for the formal gardens

ADVANCE DISCOUNTED CRAFT FESTIVAL TICKETS - Book in advance and save money!
Adults £5.00, Senior Citizens £4.00.
Group bookings of 20 or more, booked in advance, will receive 2 extra free tickets.
Please enclose stamped addressed envelope, cheque, email address and state which show & for which day tickets are required.
Cheques payable to Romor Exhibitions Ltd. Send to Romor Exhibitions Ltd, PO Box 448, Bedford, MK40 2ZP. Offer closes 20th July, but tickets will be available at the door on the day.

Exhibitors you may recognise include:
1 Off Bags, Bedfordshire Basketmakers, Body and Soul, Clare's Creations, Click On Nature, Colin Boatman, Craig Fellows, Daisy Dumpling, Designs In Glass, Designs On Silk, Designs On You, Diana Morrison Designs, Ed Org Fine Art, Floral Art In Silk, Gillsew, Glass By Rebecca, Greenwood Craftsman, Jane McCormick Ceramics, Juko Designs, Just Soaps Of The Earth, Katharine*Aleks, Knotted Dragon, La Posh Poche, Lavan Designer Jewellery, Len Peacock, Lojango Design, MJK Woodcrafts, Norman Whiting, Potteryman, Quo Vadis 1, Romany Crafts, Ruben Bears, Sew Necessary, S I Barnes, Silk and Stone, Socon Bookbinding, Sparkly Mary, Sticks and Stones, Temima Crafts, The Goat Company, The Stubbington Workshop, Vitreus Art, Vivaldi Jewellery, Wheal Rose Windsors, Wild Eye Photos and Xanadu Crafts to name a few.

If you wish to exhibit please email us at exhibit@romorexhibitions.co.uk

JANE MCCORMICK / JANEMCCORMICK CERAMICS


Slipcast hand-decorated ceramics - original designs.
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PAUL WEIR / BEDFORDSHIRE BASKETMAKERS


Willow baskets made with Somerset willows by Paul Weir, a yeoman member of The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers. A mark of quality and excellence. www.craftmaker.co.uk/paulanddianeweir

BREN TILLEY / RUBEN BEARS


Handcrafted mohair collectors teddy bears designed and made in Bedfordshire.
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JANE WEISS / JUST SOAPS OF THE EARTH


Handmade olive oil soaps and skincare. www.justsoapsoftheearth.co.uk

JANET TOMS AND SAMINA BEGUM
/ JUKO DESIGNS


A collection of handbags and accessories created in our Yorkshire studio using our own striking designed and woven fabrics
www.jukodesigns.co.uk

ALPHABET PHOTOGRAPHY

Photographs that resemble letters of the alphabet set into multiple apertured frames to create names and words.
www.alphabetphotography.co.uk

MARY THORPE / SPARKLY MARY


The only maker of stunning silk and acrylic panels, wall blocks, tablemats, coasters and jewellery. Vibrant, reflective and colourful. Invented and handmade by Mary Thorpe.www.sparklymary.co.uk

DREW BURNETT / WILD EYE PHOTOS

Wild Eye Photos: Our world on your wall. Fabulous photos from around the globe by professional wildlife photographer Drew Burnett. www.wildeyephotos.co.uk

Producers of specialist food and drink products.

Giggly Pig Company - 45 varieties of sausages handmade from our own outdoor reared Saddleback pigs.
Humbers Homemade - jams, chutneys & preserves from local produce.
Kernow Kreperie - mouth watering crepes with wonderful fillings.
Lymn Bank Farm - smoked & flavoured cheeses.
Meah's - infusions of Indian flavours & spices.
Old Hall Confectionery - traditional fudge & coconut ice.
Ravensden Fine Foods - Proper hand made pies, pasties, tarts and crumbles.
The Olive Stall - the finest olives, olive oils & anti-pasta of the Mediterranean.

Watch demonstrations of modern, traditional and rural craft skills:
Costume making, Pole lathe turning, Hurdle making, Willow basket making, Chairmaking, Rune carving, Woodturning, Maille making, Ceramics, Jewellery making, Pewter making, Playing card making, Rune making, Shoe & bottle making, Stone carving, Watercolour painting, Wooden toy making and more.

Bringing history to life, this educational group, formed in 1986, are fascinated with the craft skills, technologies and everyday lives of past peoples. From their traditional-style tents, in full authentic costumes they will present their skills.

Explore the myths and truths of life in Medieval England with these colourful characters.

Narrow Ware Weaving - belts, garters, fillets and fripperies - the making of bands using different techniques, tablet weaving, finger looping, lucette and ridged heddle weaving. Tablet weaving is a craft that has been known since about 400 years B.C. so spans the ages. Narrow wares were used for, amongst other things, belts, garters, fillets, edging costume, point laces, purse strings and seal ribbons. Braids were woven in wool, linen, silk and sometimes a combination of all three.

Playing Card Making - make a 'snap' decision - developing from hand-made one off packs in the 14th century, only for the very rich, to block printed mass produced packs from the 15th century onwards. German and French packs were imported into England. The English makers forged and sold French 'Rouen' style packs to avoid paing the heavy import duty.

Horn, Bone & Antler Working - what top do with leftovers - waste not want not. Some of the earliest materials used by man and fashioned into items such as farming tools, weapons, cosmetic instruments, gaming pieces, clothing fasteners, combs, spectacle frames - the list is almost endless!

Peter the Lantern Maker - lighten your life - there were two main types of lantern, those with windows and those with a pattern of punched holes (thousand eye lanterns). The word lantern may have come from the two main materials used in its construction, that is latten (thin brass sheet) and horn for the windows.

*The Saxon Villagers may vary at each event

National Trust Stowe, Buckinghamshire, MK18 5EQ
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Directions to Stowe:
Stowe is 3 miles north of Buckingham.
Follow brown signs from Buckingham, or A43 near Brackley / Silverstone. New Inn Farm, the
new visitor facilities and gateway into Stowe, is located next to the iconic Corinthian Arch.
Motorways: M1 north junction 13, then to Buckingham on A421
M1 south junction 15a, then A43 to Silverstone, follow brown signs
M40 north junction 10, A43 to Brackley then follow brown signs
M40 south junction 10, A43 to Brackley then follow brown signs
Public transport: Nearest train station Bicester North (9miles)
Buses: Buses to Buckingham then 3 miles to Stowe (taxi or on foot)
X5 Oxford to Cambridge. Local buses to Buckingham
Satnav: Please use postcode MK18 5EQ
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stowe
Facebook: National Trust Stowe
Twitter: @NTStowe

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