The Capital of Craft

Welcome to Season 3 of The Capital of Craft.

Earlier in the year at Craft Festival Cheltenham, Sarah James of Craft Festival and Find a Maker interviewed potter and Pottery Throwdown Judge, Keith Bry…

In the final episode of Season 2 of The Capital of Craft, Sarah James of Craft Festival and Find a Maker talks with weaver and educator, James Donald from Pick One. 

They speak from his workshop in C…

This week on The Capital of Craft, Sarah James from Craft Festival and Find a Maker chat's with Dr Nicola Thomas from University of Exeter. 

Nicola Thomas is Professor in Historical and Cultural Geog…

This week on The Capital of Craft, Sarah James from Craft Festival and Find a Maker chat's with award-winning ceramic duo RAMP. ⁠ Based in Silverton, Devon, Make South West members and regulars at Cr…

In this week's episode of The Capital of Craft, Sarah James from Craft Festival and Find a Maker talks with ceramic artist, Paul Wearing. 

We discuss his two year long project, Material Matters, an A…

In this week's episode of The Capital of Craft, Sarah James from Craft Festival and Find a Maker talks with willow grower, basket maker and Find a Maker member, Justine Burgess from West Wales Willow…

In this week's episode of The Capital of Craft, Sarah James from Craft Festival and Find a Maker talks with woodcarver and Find a Maker member, William Barsley. 

William is a second career woodcarver…

In this week's episode of The Capital of Craft, Sarah James from Craft Festival and Find a Maker talks with shepherdess and maker Katie Allen from Loopy Ewes.

We discuss how Katie developed her passi…

In this week's episode of The Capital of Craft, Sarah James from Craft Festival and Find a Maker talks with clothes designer and maker Sigrid Verschraeghen from her home in Silverton, Devon. 

Born in…

In this week's episode of The Capital of Craft, Sarah James from Craft Festival and Find a Maker talks with silversmith, Brett Payne from his home in Sheffield. 

Brett is one of the UK's most eminent…

In this week's episode of The Capital of Craft, Sarah James from Craft Festival and Find a Maker talks with Dartmoor based woodsman, charcoal maker and stave basket maker, John  Williamson. 

The Devo…

In this week's episode of The Capital of Craft, Sarah chats with multi award wining jeweller and gallery owner, Anne Morgan.

Born in Keynsham, brought up in Somerset and Warwickshire Anne has always …

Season 2 of The Capital of Craft

Craft Festival Director, Sarah James talks to printmaker and textile artist, Ben Partridge, AKA The Owlery about his life and varied career.

Specialising in screen pr…

Welcome to Season 2 of The Capital of Craft

Craft Festival Director, Sarah James talks to award winning weaver, educator and curator Laura Thomas about her life in making. 

Laura Thomas is an establi…

In our Christmas Special of The Capital of Craft podcast, Dr Kate Strasdin talks to Craft Festival Director, Sarah James about her life in making. 

They talk about her early years in West Wales and h…

In our latest episode of The Capital of Craft, Sarah from Craft Festival talks to Dr. Kate Strasdin, Fashion Historian and Lecturer in Fashion History and Theory at Falmouth University and Visiting L…

In our latest episode of The Capital of Craft, Sarah from Craft Festival talks to one half of Reptile, Carlo Briscoe.

Based in the Preseli hills of Pembrokeshire, Sarah and Carlo talk about Reptile's…

In our latest episode of The Capital of Craft, Sarah from Craft Festival talks to sculptor, artist and clay-mation specialist Jim Parkyn.

They chat about his early years in animation and plasticine m…

In our latest episode of The Capital of Craft, Sarah from Craft Festival talks to potter, Arwyn Jones. 

Based in Modbury in Devon, Sarah and Arwyn talk about how he was introduced to clay, his career…