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on
display and for sale will include
Acrylics,
Bird baths, Bookbinding, Celtic jewellery, Ceramics, Clocks, Coin
miniatures, Collectors teddy bears, Contemporary jewellery, Cross-stitch,
Cushions, Dichroic glass, Display cabinets, Earthenware, Fabric
bags, Fashion accessories, Filligree coin jewellery, Glass &
stainless steel sculptures, Gold & silver jewellery, Greetings
cards, Hand-carved flowers, Hand-woven garments, Home baked cakes
& slices, Jugs, Ladies fashions, Lamps, Leaded mirrors, Leather
handbags & wallets, Oil paintings, Painted glass, Panels, Pastels,
Pencil drawings & prints, Picture frames, Porcelain, Pottery,
Silk laminates, Stained glass mosaics, Stoneware, Sun dials, Tables,
Tableware, Textiles, Treen, Walking sticks, Wall hangings, Watercolours,
Willow baskets, Windsor chairs, Wooden toys, Woodturning, Wrought
iron and
much more.
    
BODY
& SOUL
Kim
Major-George is an experienced collagraph artist who is known for
her striking spiritual imagery created using this traditional hand
method of printing. Join her in 1 hour collagraph workshops available
throughout this event (cost £1)
A
SELECTION OF THE EXHIBITORS YOU MAY RECOGNISE
Andru
Knitwear, Ann Benwell Stained Glass, Anything Grows, Artizyne, Bedfordshire
Basket Makers, Bedfordshire Beekeepers Association, Bedfordshire
Guild Of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers, Bexton Cheese, Blackthorn
Workshops, Body & Soul, Clare's Creations, Click On Nature,
Coin Jewellery, Colins Turnery, Common Threads, Designs In Glass,
Designs On Silk, Designs On You, Elisabeth Bailey, Elizabeth, Esther
Rose Designs, Feather Graphics, Fluid By Design, F W Clark Stonemason,
Gallardo & Blaine Designs Ltd, Giddygecko.com, Glass By Maxine,
Guild Of Machine Knitters, Helen Odor, Jane McCormick Ceramics,
John S. Gibb, Lorna Henderson, Loup Jewellery, M & B Bromfield,
Manocia Handmade Designs, Marion Smith, MJK Woodcrafts, N &
S Cheyette, Norman D Whiting, Old Hall Confectionery, P & A
Cakes, Pepperstock Archers, Potteryman, Ralph Hentall Spoonmaker,
Romany Crafts From The Hedgerow, Romany Workshop, Ruben Bears, Simmers
Marketing, Socon Bookbinding, Sparkly Mary, Spinning With Jenny,
Stephen & Sandra Smith Designs, Sticks & Stones, The Leatherworker,
The Olive Branch, The Rug Studio, The Stubbington Workshop, Tony’s
Wooden Toys, Vivaldi Jewellery, Wheal Rose Windsors, Wheatley Wood
Craft & Woodnewton Pottery........
to
name but a few...
 
LINKS
www.craftsman-magazine.com
www.yeoldehogroast.com
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FEATURED
EXHIBITORS
PAUL
& DIANE WEIR / BEDFORDSHIRE BASKET MAKERS
Our
extensive range of baskets are traditionally handmade to the highest
standard using English willow. A specialist in bespoke baskets.
Demonstrations and talks given to clubs and groups.www.craftmaker.co.uk/paulanddianeweir
MARY
THORPE / SPARKLY MARY
The
only maker in the world of vibrantly coloured hand painted silk
laminates. Paintings, clocks, tablemats, jewellery and furniture.
Entirely handmade. Simply stunning!
www.marythorpe.co.uk
RUTH
ORPEN / STICKS & STONES
Unique
birthstone jewellery made and designed by Ruth. Crystals and minerals
for health and well being.www.sticksandstones1.com
BREN
TILLEY / RUBEN BEARS
Handcrafted
mohair collectors teddy bears designed and made in Bedfordshire.
MARTIN
& SHIRLEY HEWETT
Decorated
& filigree coin products, cufflinks, pendants, bookmarks, spoons,
paperknives, golf markers etc.www.coin-jewellery.com
SARAH
HUNT / THE LEATHER WORKER
Handmade
quality leathergood, including belts, bags, beer tankards, wine
coolers, umbrella stands, purses, wallets etc. www.theleatherworker.co.uk
SARAH
CLARKE / FLUID BY DESIGN
Unique
handcrafted gold & silver jewellery designed by Sarah Clarke
B.A.(hons). Commissions undertaken. All work hallmarked at Birmingham
assay office. www.fluidbydesign.net
CLICK
ON NATURE
Nature
photographer specialising in quality original image craft products
including greeting cards, prints, canvases, notelets, postcards
and gift tags. www.clickonnature.co.uk
FRED
CLARK/STONEMASON
Restoration, architectural carving and detailed masonry work.
Sundials in celtic designs.
WOODNEWTON
POTTERY
Colourful
functional pottery. Dinner sets, house plaques etc.
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Watch
demonstrations of traditional and rural craft skills: Wheelwrighting,
Bookbinding, Antique rug restoration, Willow basket making, Ceramics,
Chairmaking, Clogmaking, Woodturning, Walking Stick makng, Jewellery
making, Spinning, Leatherwork, Pole lathe turning, Lovespoon carving,
Watercolour painting, Pole lathe turning, Wooden toy making.........
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FOOD
& DRINK SPECIALISTS VILLAGE
A 'village'
of producers of specialist food and drink products
Including
Simmers Marketing - Dips, fruit cordials, ginger wine & ginger
beer. The Olive Branch - the finest olives, olive oils & anti-pasta
of the Mediterranean. Woburn Country Foods - Fresh meats, speciality
sausages, bacon, ham & venison. Bexton Cheese - Handmade farmhouse
cheeses individually waxed and in various flavours. Simply Strawberries
- Delicious strawberries & cream. Humbers Homemade - Jams, chutneys
& preserves from local produce. Real Tea & Coffee Company
- Seciality teas & coffee beans and luxury cookies. Harvest
Food Ltd - Premium handmade pies, sweet & savoury.
  
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| MUSIC
The Beverley String Quartet - four professional musicians led by
Ian Smith, to serenade you with a varied selection of music. Relax
and enjoy a concert or stroll to a background of strings.
WOODEN
FLOWER MAKING FROM THE HEDGEROWS
Romany
crafts from the hedgerows, handed down through the generations.
RUG
RESTORATION
Restoration demonstration of antique/old rugs & textiles. Bring
your own piece for a free quatation & valuation.
ARCHERY
Pepperstock Archers invite you to meet them and to try your hand
at this ancient sport. Full tuition & safety equipment provided.
THE
GUILD OF MACHINE KNITTERS
Demostrations and hands on opportunities with The Guild Of Machine
Knitters, They will also be displaying knitted items such as suits,
coats, christening gowns, bags, cushions and blankets. The Guild
aims to raise awareness of the craft and encourage and foster its
members to a high standard.
WOODEN
LOVE SPOONS
An
exhibition of wooden spoons and associated customs and ceremonies
from around the world. Ralph will be demonstrating wooden spoon
making throughout the day
CLOGMAKING
Jeremy Atkinson - the last traditional green wood hand carving clogmaker
in Britain. Bespoke clogs, 19th century style.
STONEMASONRY
Specialist
demonstration of stonework carving, repair & restoration.
CROQUET
Members
of the Wrest Park Croquet Club will be playing matches each day
between 2.00pm and 5.00pm plus the chance to 'have a go' yourself.
POT
THROWING
See
the professionals at the wheel and throw a pot yourself. Current
work by Woodnewton Pottery is mainly functional thrown pottery,
with colourful majolica decoration using shaped sponges and brushes.
Specialities are dinner services made to order.
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THE
SAXON VILLAGE
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 skills.
The
Saxon Village people may vary at this event
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.
Nicholas
the Mail Maker - a link with the past and another and another!
- made from drawn iron wire, shaped into rings and linked together
to form mail. A very ancient form of body armour, though still in
use in Tudor times.
Runar
the Woodsman & Rune Carver - oak and ash, futhark and
futhork - runes are an ancient and magical form of lettering that
was originally designed, not to be written but to be carved into
wood. Runar is deep in the knowledge of wood and rune lore.
Brother
Stephen the Calligrapher - parchment oak galls and quills
- Tytyvyllus willing - the scrivener, well practised in the skills,
sits in his tent busy writing out important ducuments, charters
and perhaps poems. Now and again he stops to cut a new quill. He
is in need of a new apprentice and will have an eye for a likely
person to try their hand with a quill.
Master
Colin the Pewterer - holiday souvenirs (Holy-day souvenirs)
- skillfully cutting his stone moulds. Using a small brazier, he
melts and pours metal into stone and cuttle fish moulds to produce
examples of pilgrim badges, livery badges, belt hangers, buckles
and pins. His wife offers his wares for sale to the public.
Alys
the Green Woman - worts & banes - in medieval times
plants played a much greater part in people's lives than they do
today. Protectng the medieval home and the family within, lighting,
heating, sweeping, cooking, cleaning, healing and scenting were
all carried out using the plants of the field and woodland.
  
Costume
maker - kirtles, liripipes, daggs & partlets- a display
of hand sewn costumes from the Saxons & Vikings to the Early
Tudors. Did they have pockets? Did they have underwear? How were
clothes made? Who did the cutting & how were the customers measured?
Explore
the myths and truths of life in Medieval England with these colourful
characters.
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