We are delighted to announce this very special exhibition

Everyday Encounters

  Oct 13th 2012- Dec 23rd 2012

to be held at

The William Morris Gallery

Lloyd Park, Forest Road, Walthamstow, London E17 4PP

This collaborative venture with the curators of the gallery will be the second exhibition to take place following the present major refurbishment there. It will feature works especially created for the exhibition by 30 of our members who have all been asked to respond to the theme of Everyday Encounters.

The works will encompass functional and non-functional pieces using traditional and contemporary techniques in different media. This collaboration is of especial relevance to the Society. We are very proud of the historical roots that take us from the foundation of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society to today, and we feel sure that our members work will validate the beliefs first expounded by Crane, Morris and their companions regarding the importance and relevance of the applied arts.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a programme of talks, demonstrations and workshops given by members of the Society.

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Designer Crafts at the Mall 2012

At The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1

Friday 6th to Sunday 15th January 2012

 Our 22nd year of exhibiting at the Mall Galleries, London

 The Catalogue can be viewed here .

 A slideshow of images of work taken at the exhibition by Kath Bonson LSDC can be viewed  at

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonart/sets/72157628792615109/

 The curators invited Heidi Lichterman and Carol Naylor, previous curators of the show to select the winners of the

Gane Trust and Society of Designer Craftsmen awards.

 The Gane Trust Award

 was presented to Simon Jewell MSDC

for for excellence in quality of design and craftsmanship by

Peter Metcalfe, Trustee of the Gane Trust.

Ken Stradling of the Gane Trust also attended the presentation of the award.

The Society of Designer Craftsmen Award

 for excellence in the work of New Licentiates

this year was presented to

Nick Wolstencroft and Francesca Baxter-Hunter

by Carol Naylor FSDC

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The Pollie Weiss Prize

for the most exciting use of colour in textiles by a Licentiate, in work shown in the

Society's Annual Designer Crafts at the Mall Exhibition

was awarded and presented to

Justyna Truchanowska by John Weiss FSDC

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The Stephen Maer Prize

was awarded and presented to

Sass Tetzlaff by Janet Maer.

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