After 12pm, Visual art, Crafts

17 events

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Zoe Williams: Soft Paste

Debut solo show in Scotland by artist who hand-makes disturbing animaloid objects.

SWG3, Glasgow

Thu 20 Jun

Free / 0141 357 7246

  • 12:00 – 18:00

Fri 21 Jun

Free / 0141 357 7246

  • 12:00 – 18:00

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0141 357 7246

  • 12:00 – 18:00
…and 8 more dates until 6 Jul

Back to the Real: The Return of the Crafts in a Virtual Age

Jera May, founder of the Just Glass Society, asks ‘What is craft now?’ and looks at the range of work that exists between the hand-made and the digitally crafted. Booking is essential.

Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham

Sat 6 Jul

Free / 07939 554332

  • 14:30

Christmas Celebrations

Make some Christmas decorations out of natural materials, and more festive fun.

Almondell and Calderwood Country Park, by Broxburn

Sun 8 Dec

£4.15 / 01506 882254

  • 14:00 – 15:30

Handmade by Machines 2013

Contemporary jewellery made by students and staff of Cardonald, City of Glasgow and North Glasgow colleges. All the pieces were made using digital technology as a design and/or production tool.

The Lighthouse, Glasgow

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 0141 276 5360

  • 12:00 – 17:00

The Hidden Lane: Open Studios

Unique opportunity to explore the studios, see the work and meet some of the artists, held on the first Friday of each month.

Hidden Lane Gallery, Glasgow

Fri 5 Jul

Free / 07760 669011

  • 17:00 – 20:00

Fri 2 Aug

Free / 07760 669011

  • 17:00 – 20:00

Fri 6 Sep

Free / 07760 669011

  • 17:00 – 20:00
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In Perspextive

Works by academicians and STAR tapestry artists, presented in perspex boxes – hence the title. 50 artists have been invited to participate.

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

Sun 13 Oct

Finlay Room

Free / 0131 225 6671

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Sun 20 Oct

Finlay Room

Free / 0131 225 6671

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Sun 27 Oct

Finlay Room

Free / 0131 225 6671

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Sun 3 Nov

Finlay Room

Free / 0131 225 6671

  • 12:00 – 17:00

International Turned Wood And Ceramics

Contemporary crafts including sculptural and domestic objects.

Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London W1K

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 020 7495 0069

  • 12:00 – 15:00

Sat 29 Jun

Free / 020 7495 0069

  • 12:00 – 15:00

Jeni Allison: Garba

Textile work made following a two-month residency by the artist in Gujarat, India.

The Telfer, Glasgow

Thu 20 Jun

Free

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Fri 21 Jun

Free

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Sat 22 Jun

Free

  • 12:00 – 17:00
…and 5 more dates until 30 Jun

Made in Glastonbury

Art and craft from the Isle of Avalon.

Somerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury

Sat 13 Jul

Free / 01458 831197

Meet the artists - a chance to talk to the artists from the exhibition.

  • 14:00 – 16:00

Sat 10 Aug

Free / 01458 831197

Meet the artists - a chance to talk to the artists from the exhibition.

  • 14:00 – 16:00

The New Obscurists: Observations from the Back Room

Group show featuring work by Allan J Robertson, Andrew Smith and Mark Andrew Powell.

Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh

Thu 20 Jun

Free / 0131 226 7126

  • 13:00 – 17:00

Fri 21 Jun

Free / 0131 226 7126

  • 13:00 – 17:00

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0131 226 7126

  • 13:00 – 17:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 0131 226 7126

  • 13:00 – 17:00
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Norfolk Craft Guild Exhibition

Contemporary crafts by Guild members.

National Trust: Blickling Estate, Norwich

Wed 9 Oct

Free, plus admission £11.35, child £5.65family £30.45 & £21.80 / 01263 738030

  • 22:15 – 17:30

Thu 10 Oct

Free, plus admission £11.35, child £5.65family £30.45 & £21.80 / 01263 738030

  • 22:15 – 17:30

Fri 11 Oct

Free, plus admission £11.35, child £5.65family £30.45 & £21.80 / 01263 738030

  • 22:15 – 17:30
…and 23 more dates until 3 Nov

RSA Open 2013

Small works by artists from across Scotland and beyond, chosen by the RSA from an open submission..

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

Sun 24 Nov

Lower Galleries

Free / 0131 225 6671

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Sun 1 Dec

Lower Galleries

Free / 0131 225 6671

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Sun 8 Dec

Lower Galleries

Free / 0131 225 6671

  • 12:00 – 17:00
…and 7 more dates until 26 Jan 2014

Screenprinted Textiles

Learn a thing or two about textile screenprinting from pro Louise Smith, who leads this eight-week course on how to design a continuous pattern, how it translates into a multicolour print and then, of course, how to pop it on some lengths of fabric.

Edinburgh Contemporary Crafts

Thu 20 Jun

£180 for eight weeks / 07816 640298

Thu 27 Jun

£180 for eight weeks / 07816 640298

Silver of the Stars

International celebrities Sir Sean Connery, Ewan McGregor, Nicola Benedetti and Sharleen Spiteri, among others, have teamed up with a silversmith to design a piece of silver to use when having a drink with a friend.

Museum of Edinburgh

Sun 4 Aug

Free / 0131 529 4143

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Sun 11 Aug

Free / 0131 529 4143

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Sun 18 Aug

Free / 0131 529 4143

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Sun 25 Aug

Free / 0131 529 4143

  • 12:00 – 17:00

The Stitches Speak: Film Screening and Discussion

A screening of Tanko Bole Chhe (The Stitches Speak), a film made in Gujarat using the art of embroidery to form a narrative, and a discussion with artist Jeni Allison on how textiles serve as an archive for women.

The Telfer, Glasgow

Thu 27 Jun

Free

  • 18:00 – 20:00

Thomas Fairbairn (1823–1891), the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition and his Patronage of the Pre-Raphaelites

A talk on the great Victorian art collector and patron Thomas Fairbairn with Richard Byrom.

YHA Potato Wharf, Manchester

Wed 23 Oct

£5

  • 19:00 – 21:00

Woodlands Craft

Contemporary jewellery, wood and ceramics inspired by the flora and fauna of Britain's woodlands, by artists and makers including Layla Amber Rous, Phoebe Sherwood-Moore, Lucy Ramsbottom, Lotta Cole and Hannah McAndrew.

RBSA Gallery, Birmingham

Sun 23 Jun

Craft Gallery

Free / 0121 236 4353

  • 13:00 – 17:00

Sun 30 Jun

Craft Gallery

Free / 0121 236 4353

  • 13:00 – 17:00

Sun 7 Jul

Craft Gallery

Free / 0121 236 4353

  • 13:00 – 17:00

Sun 14 Jul

Craft Gallery

Free / 0121 236 4353

  • 13:00 – 17:00