Craft Fairs
Thousands of Craft events are held throughout the UK every year. They are
held in all types of location from local village halls and schools to international
conference centers.
UK Craft Fairs
An excellent resource for craft events is a site called
UK Craft Fairs. It has been running for many years and has lots of events
listed plus interesting craft related stuff.
A craft fair gives skilled crafts people the opportunity to market and sell
their creations. Usually the items produced are as part of a trade or they
involve practical arts. Usually the items created have a practical function.
However, equally they are often purely decorative. Crafts people tend to
use natural materials like clay, glass, metal, textiles or wood.
To give you an idea of the sort of things you may find at a craft fair,
we have created a list below. If an event is listed as a craft and gift
fair you may also find mass produced items.
Applique
A small device or ornament added to the surface of for example a piece of
ceramic work for decoration. In the case of needlework it refers to sewing
a piece of fabric to another to create a design.
Crochet
The french word croche means hook. Crochet is a well known craft, where
a hook is used to create an fabric from yarn or thread.
Decoupage
Decorating objects by gluing layers(usually of paper or card) into a three
dimensional picture. Decoupage is similar to Collage.
Glass Bead making
People have been making glass beads for thousands of years. They can be
either wound, drawn or moulded.
Glass blowing
G lass is heated and then the gaffer will blow air into the molten glass
to form a parison using a blowpipe. Once inflated the molten glass is shaped.
Glass etching
By applying an abrasive, acidic or caustic substance to the surface of glass,
it is possible to create beautiful art and or designs. Often this can be
done after the glass has been blown.
Marquetry
Placing pieces of veneer (slim slices of wood less then 3mm thick) to form
a design, pattern or picture on a structure like a table is called marquetry.
Mosaic
Simple the creation of a decorative design or decorative art by strategically
placing coloured glass, ceramics, stone or other materials.
Pottery
Ceramic ware made of either earthenware (a generic composition of 25% ball
clay, 28% kaolin, 32% quartz, and 15% feldspar), porcelain or stoneware
and formed into a required shape and heated in a kiln is commonly known
as pottery.
Pyrography
The art of burning wood or other materials to create a decorative effect.
Pyrography literally means, writing with fire. When working on wood people
tend to use, beech, birch and sycamore that are all light coloured hardwoods.
Wood carving
Working wood using cutting tools to create abstract or sculptural ornaments
or objects.
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East of England is Oakleigh
fairs. They host more than fifty events each year. They are promoters
of real food and have dedicated food halls at many of their events.
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Craft Fairs
Fakenham Craft Market
Saturday, 22 Nov 08
Fakenham
Double R Craft Fair
Sunday, 23 Nov 08
Bridlington
Rosebaskets Craft and Gift Fairs
Saturday, 29 Nov 08
Wakefield
Traditional Craft fair
Saturday, 29 Nov 08
Bedale
Winter Craft Fair
Saturday, 29 Nov 08
Northampton
D and K Art and Craft Fairs
Sunday, 30 Nov 08
Chippenham
D and K Christmas Art and Craft Fair
Saturday, 6 Dec 08
Chippenham
Kings Craft and Jewellery Fair
Saturday, 6 Dec 08
Woodstock
Horringer Crafts
Sunday, 7 Dec 08
Bury St Edmunds
Horringer Crafts
Sunday, 7 Dec 08
Bury St Edmunds
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your Craft Fairs
Event Category Pages
Agricultural shows
Airshows
Carnivals
Craft fairs
Dog shows
Equestrian events
Fireworks
Flower shows
Steam fairs
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