BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10734@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20250711 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20250907 DTSTAMP:20250731T163516Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/endangered-craft/ SUMMARY:Bluecoat Display Centre: Endangered Craft DESCRIPTION:An Independents Biennial Exhibition\n\nEndangered Craft\n\n11 J uly – 6 September 2025\n\nThis show shines a light on heritage craft pra ctices under threat as identified by Heritage Crafts\, the national charit y for traditional heritage crafts.\n\nFrom blacksmithing to basketry\, fro m weaving to woodturning\, we have an incredible range of heritage craft s kills in the UK and some of the best craftspeople in the world. But many o f these skills are in the hands of individuals who have been unable to mak e provision to pass them on.\n\nConfirmed exhibitors so far…\n\n Bridge t Bailey millinery techniques\n Ruth Ball enamelling\n Sarah Burns h and block printing\n Alex De Vol wood turning\n Karen Edwards letterpr ess printing\n Rosa Harradine brush making\n Gethin Ceidiog Hughes sil k weaving\n Louisa Loakes hand block printing\n John Williamson stave basketmaking\n Elizabeth Willow letterpress printed artist books \n\nMe et the Maker Event with Karen Edwards\, and her letterpress printer Ada\, \non Saturday 16th August from 2-4pm\n\nBluecoat Display Centre\, the Blue coat\, College Lane Entrance\, Liverpool L1 3BZ\nT: +44 (0)151 7094014\n\n crafts@bluecoatdisplaycentre.com\nwww.bluecoatdisplaycentre.com\n\nOpen Mo n – Sat 10am – 5.30pm.\n\nAbout the artists:\n\n \;\nSarah Burns o f Sarah Burns Pattern photographed by Alun Callender for CLUK\n \;\n\n Sarah Burns is a patternmaker and textile printer working in the South Do wns with her partner Alice Garner. Together they hand block print textiles for interiors mostly using natural dyes which they forage for in the wood s and fields around Steyning. Their work has featured in World of Interior s\, Country Living and as part of the King’s Foundation celebration of B ritish Craft and is supported by the Endangered Craft Fund. Their patterns are inspired by the ancient churches and places on the South Downs\, from where they draw their materials. Sarah is the author of the first monogra ph of 1930’s Block Printers Phyllis Barron &\; Dorothy Larcher and to gether they have designed for the Dartington Trust\, where they had their first solo show in 2023\, The Virginia White Collection &\; Cloth Colle ctive.\n\n\n\nRuth Ball. Captivated by the alchemy of colour and versatil ity of enamel\, Ruth creates a wide variety of work. Ranging from fine jew els &\; small objects\, to unique artworks\, her pieces carry an indivi dual style that highlights the potential of enamel as a medium for contemp orary design &\; applied art. In combination with enamel she uses hand- engraving as a base for her colours. This acts to capture a depth or nuanc e of light in the metal surface\, which reflects through the finely applie d transparent layers of enamel. In addition she also includes other techni ques to shape and form the work. In this collection\, “spinning” is th e main fabrication feature. As a separate skill this work is commissioned out\, but it is always brought together in the piece by careful design wor kings and the accomplishment of the maker.\n\n\n\nRosa Harradine is a bro om and brush maker who creates pieces that are beautiful and useful. Her w ork is made entirely by hand\, using natural materials including arenga\, tampico and broomcorn fibres. She harvests many of her broom handles from her small patch of woodland\, and her long-term goal is to grow her own br oom fibre. Rosa was chosen as a TOAST New Maker 2022 by the fashion and ho mewares brand who selected five makers demonstrating excellence in skill\, originality and craftsmanship. She is passionate about sharing her herita ge craft skills and regularly teaches brush and broom making workshops.\n\ n\n\nLouisa Loakes is a textile artist based in Peckham\, London\, who ta kes inspiration from various cultures\, including the block printing herit age of Northern India. Although formally trained as a painter at Wimbledon School of Art\, she found herself increasingly drawn to print\, deciding to specialise in both printmaking and the traditional block printing. Toda y\, Loakes describes herself as an “artist/block printer”\, combining hand painted and block printed designs in a range of fabrics. She often us es natural forms and lines to inspire designs\, working from sketches or p hotographs of plants\, animals and other features of the environment. She tends to use a muted colour palette\, with a splash of brighter tones here and there to bring the design together. In her prints\, you can see how t raditional Indian motifs and design traditions have informed her work. How ever\, at the same time her designs remain modern and fresh.\n\n\n\nAlexan der deVol is a designer\, artist and maker whose work investigates the ma terial properties of wood and their transferal into other materials.  deV ol uses a mix of traditional casting methods and new technologies to docum ent the natural behavior and movement of the vessels he makes in ‘green wood’ while taking care to preserve the features he feels are aesthetica lly synonymous with the material’s origin. deVol works with the unseason ed wood from trees that are recently felled and high in moisture\, in this state wood is still to undergo a dramatic process of change and given app ropriate conditions will morph a form into a new organic shape as it dries . The final outcome is an object sculpted collaboratively by both maker an d material. Alongside his artistic practice deVol lectures in design at t he University of Central Lancashire and regularly collaborates with other artists and design studios globally.\n\n\n\nBridget Bailey makes artworks and sculptures that combine intricate making with the down-to-earth appro ach to life and death of an allotment gardener. They investigate aspects o f nature from the growth-rhythm in a tangle of grass to the particular pos ture of a dead butterfly’s legs. Finding a ‘making language’ to desc ribe alive and growing\, or dead and still\, needs very different approach es. Showing variety in thinking as well as materials brings a level of div ersity appropriate to her subject matter. Millinery is an integral part of Bridget’s ‘making language’ and her personal heritage as a maker. In this exhibition she explores this by making an artwork using milliner y-thinking\, and giving a talk about her pathway from millinery to art.\n \n\n\nKaren Edwards. I studied graphic arts at a time when tutors where p ushing computers. I appreciated the technical capabilities but I just love d the experience an original print produced. It was a full sensory experie nce. Feeling the texture of the paper\, handling the type\, carving the li noleum block – you can even hear when you have rolled out the ink to the consistency that is just right. It is a time consuming process and can ta ke hours\, even days to get to the printmaking stage but when printing is in full swing you hit a rhythm and it’s like music or the sound of the s ea – another favourite sound of mine! My letterpress items are printed u sing vintage printing blocks together with wooden and metal type on my lov ely old printing press called an Adana 8 x 5. I also use carve rubber stam ps or create printing blocks from found materials.\n\n \;\nhoto credit – Suzy Bennett www.suzybennett.com\n \;\n\nJohn Williamson. I live and work in the Teign valley Devon\, where I grew up. My work is based ar ound traditional land management practices. Living and working this way fo sters a deep connection to the land and sense of place and has inspired a keen interest in traditional crafts. The stave basket project was complete d conceived ten years ago in direct response to the decline of ash – one of its fundamental materials- as a result of ash dieback. The traditional \, low impact methods of material sourcing and unique making process had a ll but disappeared. It was imperative to me that these baskets\, which hav e such an important role within the cultural landscape of Devon\, were red iscovered and shared. It’s exciting to see that as a vehicle\, the baske t can cover so much and engage so many. I find it interesting to start wid er conversations with a hand made object that both include and go way beyo nd aesthetic and function. Over the last 10 years I have researched the st ave basket in depth and now make all nine sizes faithfully to the traditio nal methods and design.\n\n\n\nElizabeth Willow makes sculptures\, artist ’s books\, collages and ephemera. Much of her work is small\, intimate a nd intricate\, inspired by lost and found things\, dreams and memories\, o verlooked details\, fragments and forgotten places. She is fascinated by o ur relationship to objects and materials\, their physical\, functional and symbolic qualities\, how we touch and are touched by things. Often Elizab eth’s work involves type-setting\, letterpress printing and bookbinding techniques\, delighting in the tactile and painstaking processes\, the sen se of thought made substance. She increasingly combines traditional method s with experimentation\, sometimes mixing ink with other ingredients\, suc h as dust\, sap and rain\, or printing onto papers which are old and delic ate\, exploring the tension between the solidity of press and type and the fineness of surface\, and what might happen when they come together.\n\n& nbsp\;\n\n \;\n\nAbout Bluecoat Display Centre:\n\n \;\n\nThe Blue coat Display Centre\, a renowned independent craft gallery and shop in Liv erpool\, showcases a curated collection from over 250 talented contemporar y craftspeople. Find unique gifts perfect for any occasion in ceramics\, j ewellery\, textiles and more. Discover the beauty of handcrafted designs w hich can be treasured for a lifetime and celebrate creativity with every p iece. 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