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Ink & Page

We met as studio neighbours: a mandolin playing bookbinder and a poet who paints and prints. We shared a passion for making, for the environment and for each other.

We moved to Dorset, restored an orchard and acquired as many craft skills as we could master, sourcing materials directly from the land. This connection to nature cultivated mindfulness and convinced us of the need to bring creativity into everyday life and for many years we ran environmental learning projects that did just that.

In 2018 we set up our makers' shop where we showcase local makers and sell our own work directly. We have a bookbindery upstairs and have set up a letterpress studio on a nearby trading estate where we will be hosting community outreach projects.

Our books are only the beginning of a journey, we craft them for you to complete with your observations, sketches, notes, anything that seasons your days with creativity. We share the delights of making, offering tuition in bookbinding, printing and keeping a notebook.

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The Capital of Craft Podcast with Cathryn Gwynn

Craft Festival Wales Special

I met Cathryn Gwynn at her home studio in Cilgerran, a village near Cardigan in West Wales. 

Her early life in Cardiff led her to a career in writing, editing and finally teaching at Preseli School. She later began an access course in art, leading to a degree in Textiles from Carmarthen School of Art in 2020.

Text, texture and textile: three words which reflect sher practice as a mixed-media artist. She is drawn to thread, pen, ink and paper and work somewhere on the cusp of these materials.

Cathryn Wynn will be giving an illustrated talk about her work at The Capital of Craft at Craft Festival Wales at Cardigan Castle. 

Her work is part of an exhibition of 8 important Welsh makers at Canfas Gallery in Cardigan. Woven, curated by Suzi Park from Cambrian Wool, runs from September 5-October 5th. 

Craft Festival Wales September 5-7, 2025

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Award Winning Festivals

Since 2003 we have run multi-award winning Festivals in Bovey Tracey, Devon, Cardigan and Cheltenham. In June, we host the UK's best loved and finest contemporary Craft Festival in Bovey Tracey featuring over 200 curated makers. Hosted in idyllic parkland on the edge of Dartmoor. Complimented by an dazzling number of workshops, demonstrations, masterclasses, talks, family activities, street theatre, live music and feasting! In March we head to the beautiful Regency town of Cheltenham, presenting 100 makers at Craft Festival at the Town Hall. In September we will be hosting our first Craft Festival Wales at Cardigan Castle.

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