Nick & Katie Abbott
Lorraine Allan
Paula Armstrong
Tim Armstrong
Patience Beaumont
Caroline Brown
Valma Cheffins
Frank Cheffins
Clarissa Cochran
Alan Foxley
Anne Foxley
Jan Jeffreys
Gabor Lacko
Jill Leech
Carlyn Lindsay
Shaun Lloyd
Deborah Lobley
Tom Luxmoore
Margaret Mills
Lise O'Mahoney
Tom Pockley
Michaela Smith
Patricia Spero
Sally Weatherill
Richard Whitehouse


SOCIETY EVENTS
The Essex Craft Society will be contributing to the Essex Art and Design Shows in August and September
Sat 7 and Sun 8 August 2010
Royal Horticultural Society Garden, Hyde Hall, Rettendon
10 am to 5 pm
Adults £7.00
Children (6-16) £2.50
Younger children free in August
Sat 25 and Sun 26 September
2010 Cressing Temple, Witham Rd, Cressing, Near Braintree CM77 8PD
10 am to 5 pm
Adults £4.00
Children under 16 free
These are big annual shows with a wide range of exhibitors including fine art, photography, ceramics, jewellery, textiles and many other contemporary crafts. Works will be for sale and you will be able to meet the artists.
www.essexartanddesignshow.co.uk
ARTISTS IN ACTION AT THE MALTINGS
20th & 21st November 2010
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
This is our annual exhibition at which each contributor gives a practical demonstration of an aspect of his or her craft. Our vision is to achieve a feeling that artists and craftsmen are in their studios or workshops. We display our work attractively and encourage visitors to talk to us. Commissions are taken and works are for sale.
Participating Artists:
Nick & Katie Abbott
Caroline Brown
Michaela Smith
Frank Cheffins
Valma Cheffins
Paula Armstrong
Jill Leech
Deborah Lobley
Alan Foxley
Clarissa Cochran
Carlyn Lindsay
Gabor Lacko & Patricia Spero
The Great Dunmow Maltings date from 1560 and have been beautifully restored in recent years. They retain many original features. Access to the first floor by stairs or lift.
Great Dunmow Maltings
Mill Lane
Great Dunmow
Essex CM6 1BG
Tel: 01371 878979
Entrance to the Maltings £1.50 and £1 concessions. No further charge for our exhibition.
Map:
www.greatdunmowmaltings.co.uk/map.php?action=map
THE ESSEX CRAFT SOCIETY AT BEECROFT ART GALLERY STATION ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA.
(The Gallery is opposite the Cliffs Pavilion.)
8TH OCTOBER - 17TH DECEMBER 2011
Many of our members will be contributing a variety of works to this selling exhibition.
The Gallery is open from 10.00am to 1.00pm and from 2.00pm to 5.00pm., Tuesdays to Saturdays.
Closed Sundays, Mondays and Bank Holidays.
Admission Free.
Gallery Contact: (01702) 347418
www.beecroft-art-gallery.co.uk/
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MEMBERS' EVENTS
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Clarissa Cochran
INDIGO DYEING 2010
Workshops with Clarissa Cochran www.indigosilks.co.uk
In an idyllic garden setting near Saffron Walden, Essex.
Come and learn about this magical blue dye and how to use it on cottons and silks, using Japanese shibori techniques. Design your own scarf or cushion cover or make experimental pieces for patchwork or embroidery work. Or transform your own clothes or T-shirts.
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Contact for details about these events:
Membership Secretaries,
Frank and Valma Cheffins,
62 Chadville Gardens,
Chadwell Heath,
Romford,
Essex, RM6 5UA
0208 5905102