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MAKER OF THE DAY

Yvette Brown

My business has been running since 2008. I make little pewter people (4-7cm tall) running about on driftwood, inspired by the silhouettes of dogs, people and gulls I see on evening walks on the West Wales coast. I collect the driftwood on these walks. I hand-cast the pewter in moulds I have made from plywood as pewter melts at a low enough temperature to be cast in wood. I also tell a lot of lies about birds. I take old books destined for landfill and re-purpose them, filling them with scenes made from paper and paper clay I have made myself, and a lie about birds. Inspired by old, inaccurate bird field guides, I also make fake ‘pages’ that might have been torn from these books, using photographs of paper birds I have made from old RSPB magazines, and telling even more lies.

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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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