Give Craft This Christmas
22nd November 2022
With Christmas approaching rapidly, we’ve put together a guide of decorations and gifts, crafted by our scholars and perfect for the festive season.
Keep warm and cosy this winter with a monochrome merino hot water bottle by textile designer Beatrice Larkin. She also makes throws, cushions and scarves.
Decorative artist Natasha Mann has produced a collection of beautifully intricate, hand-painted lampshades in collaboration with Vaughan Designs.
Aberdeen-based jeweller and silversmith Megan Falconer creates collections of silver and gold jewellery, handcrafted silverware and bespoke commissions.
Award-winning cheesemaker Andy Swinscoe and his Courtyard Dairy team create mouth-watering boxes of artisan cheeses and small traditional-craft-produced products.
Willow Wreath Kits can provide fun for all the family. Made by willow weaver Leilah Vyner, the kits include everything except the greenery.
Ceramics by Matthew Foster display his signature interests of form, surface, gesture and functionality as well as adding style to any interior.
Charlie Calder Potts has launched a new series of gorgeous, burnished prints inspired by her QEST funded training in Indian miniature painting.
Lora Avedian’s 2022 collection, Ode to Echinacea, features cushions with machine couched antique trims and freehand machine embroidered leaves.
As the temperatures drop this winter, keep cosy and warm with a stylish, merino wool fedora or panama hat from The Panama Hat Company.
Brighten your walls with botanical illustrations from Rosanna Bishop. This series was inspired by a QEST exhibition at Fortnum & Mason earlier this year.