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RECONNECTING:<br />
Devon open studios 2022<br />
Saturday 10 to Sunday 25 September<br />
Liz Wilkinson Cave, <strong>Camphill</strong> Devon<br />
Devon Open Studios is the annual flagship<br />
event of Devon Artist Network. For two<br />
weeks, every September, members of<br />
the network, potters, painters, jewellery<br />
makers, wood workers, needle workers and<br />
creatives of every kind, open their doors<br />
and invite people in to discover their work.<br />
Visitors can chat to the artists themselves<br />
about their processes and inspiration.<br />
Work is also on sale and it can be a perfect<br />
opportunity to purchase unique artwork<br />
direct from the maker.<br />
It was great to be a part of this<br />
event. Instead of the usual crowds and<br />
queueing at our other one-day events;<br />
where people only have a few hours to<br />
visit all of our studios, BBQ and café; this<br />
was a very different affair with a few<br />
people visiting at a time. There were some<br />
new faces as well as old, but we really had<br />
time to talk to them and they could see<br />
first-hand, the work being made by the<br />
people we support and their level of skill<br />
and creativity.<br />
The people at Hapstead relish the<br />
opportunity to be part of the community,<br />
seeing their work and skills being<br />
valued, and even being able to teach<br />
people something new and share<br />
knowledge. Thankfully plenty of people<br />
at <strong>Camphill</strong> Devon were willing to give up<br />
part of their Saturday to come in when the<br />
studios were open to help demonstrate<br />
and sell work.<br />
We have a wide range of activities on offer.<br />
Our Weavery is equipped with floor and<br />
table looms, as well as sewing, knitting<br />
and spinning. We are now also offering<br />
painting and screen printing. In our metal<br />
work area, you can make jewellery, cards,<br />
sculptures and lights, and we have a kiln<br />
for glass work and enamelling. Our Pottery<br />
produces a wide variety of hand-built<br />
work that is fired in our on-site kilns and<br />
our wood work area has lathes for turning<br />
beautiful bowls, pens and spoons not to<br />
mention the carved and functional work<br />
that is produced.<br />
Demonstrating our skills and<br />
creativity at our Open Studios,<br />
<strong>Camphill</strong> Devon.<br />
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<strong>Camphill</strong> <strong>Pages</strong> | Autumn/Winter 2022
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