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
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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