Craft Hub EU Festival
15 – 16 September 2023
Swansea, Wales
Hosted by the University of Wales Trinity St David, the festival will focus on community engagement and social inclusion through craft and making. A host of different craft workshops will take place around the city delivered by talented practitioners from across Europe.
Image Courtesy of UWTSD
Craft Hub EU Exhibition
Various dates in 2023
Various Locations
Touring across Europe in 2023, the exhibition ‘Investigating Craft Practices Across Europe’ showcases the work of makers from a range of different disciplines. Beginning in Italy, the exhibition will visit Germany, Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Wales before finishing in Oslo. Each destination hosts workshops and local displays from talented practitioners alongside the touring collection of works.
Image by Glasmalerei Peters Studio
Craft Hub EU Conference
26 - 27 October 2023
Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
Titled; Transformation: Effect and Affect of Craft in Society, the conference aims to explore the many roles of craft and making disciplines in society. Craft writers, academics and makers will speak across three main themes; exploring craft heritage, aesthetics of materiality and technology and craft.
Image by Zak Bradford via unsplash
Craft Hub EU Website
The Craft Hub website is dedicated to preserving craft knowledge, materials and processes for the good of the craft community and to inspire future generations.
The Craft Hub Material Library is a collection of materials and techniques for all to explore. Makers will document a specific process through images, video and text, preserving craft knowledge across Europe for generations.
Profiles on the Craft Hub Practitioners Library allows Scottish makers to showcase their work alongside European makers and be part of wider European network. The Library also allows makers to share their practice with curators, producers and the European craft community with a short interview.
Image: Sarah Diver Lang / Photography by the artist
Craft Hub Maker Exchange Residencies
In 2022, Craft Scotland sponsored 11 Scotland-based and UK based ceramicists, jewellers, textile artists, a glass and ceramics artist and a woodturner took part in one of a series of 5-day transnational residencies, a key element of Craft Hub’s programme of activities. Each residency had a theme reflecting the local cultural context, craft practices, techniques and expertise. For details visit Craft Hub.
Image: Bricks & Tiles Residency, Portugal / Photographer unknown
