Upcoming Events

Making Spaces @ Decorex

Olympia London Hammersmith Rd, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom

Making Spaces returns to the interior design fair Decorex for 2023, allowing makers to demonstrate their crafts to the public. It gives craftspeople the opportunity to demonstrate the design and production process of their products and to give hands-on experience to the luxury design community. This year the area is being organised in partnership with ... Read more

Talk: The Importance of Craft

Olympia London Hammersmith Rd, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom

Wednesday 11 October, 3pm As part of Decorex Design Talks, QEST CEO Deborah Pocock will chair this panel discussion, exploring why individuals and interior designers should invest in handcrafted pieces, and how craft practices are evolving for the 21st century. Panellists include artisans from the Making Spaces feature – including Justyna Medon and Rob Walker – as well as ... Read more

Spoon Carving with Steve Tomlin

Chorlton Scout Hut Buckingham Road, Chorlton, Manchester M21 0SB

Carve your own cooking spoon from freshly harvested local wood. Use traditional tools and skills to make a unique spoon you can use everyday.

£100

Illuminating Silver – In Conversation

Zoom

Monday 16 October, 12.30-1.15pm via Zoom FREE – booking required Join silversmith Rauni Higson in conversation with QEST CEO Deborah Pocock as they celebrate her first solo exhibition, Illuminating Silver with this online event. They will take you on a virtual tour of key pieces, explore the exhibition’s themes, reflect on Rauni’s journey to becoming ... Read more

Disruption, Direction with Guy Marshall-Brown & Chloe Monks

Centrespace Gallery 6 Leonard Lane, Bristol, United Kingdom

‘Disruption, Direction’ presents works by five ceramic artists, including two  Scholars - QEST Arts Scholars' Company Scholar Chloe Monks and QEST Gosling Foundation Scholar Guy Marshall-Brown. The work in the exhibition has been developed after a year of monthly peer critique sessions. The sessions have prompted the artists to engage in playful experimentation, allowing the ... Read more

Free

Traditional Straw Work – Harvest Tokens with Veronica Main

West Dean College of Arts & Conservation West Dean, Chichester, Sussex

You will start by preparing a small sheaf of wheat, before using the stems to make simple traditional 19th century designs made in the British Isles. Some shapes are plaited, others are tied, which provides the opportunity to develop a range of skills and understanding of the material. Harvest tokens fulfilled the ancient belief of ... Read more

£314

Creative Goldwork Embroidery – Metal Threads and Colour with Hanny Newton

West Dean College of Arts & Conservation West Dean, Chichester, Sussex

This creative embroidery workshop gives stitchers of all backgrounds the opportunity to get creative and explore the possibilities of goldwork techniques, such as couching and chipping, looking in depth at creative ways to play with colour in your work. Discover a creative approach to goldwork embroidery and explore the many exciting ways you can combine ... Read more

£472

Figure Sculpture Masterclass with Poppy Field

Unit 100, Battersea Business Centre 99-109 Lavender Hill, London, United Kingdom

Learn how to sculpt a half-life size figure in this five-day masterclass with QEST Finnis Scott Foundation Scholar Poppy Field. Attendees will watch demonstrations and create their own water-based clay model to take home in this small group masterclass. The masterclass covers a range of topics including: • Working from life • Setting a pose ... Read more

£950

Kingfly: In My Safe Space with David Morrish

The Sunbury Embroidery Gallery Thames Street, Sunbury-on-Thames, London

Celebrate QEST Scholar David Morrish's inaugural solo exhibition, exploring his inspiring journey into digital embroidery. From lifelike pet portraits to thought-provoking reflection on life and death, David's artwork covers a wide emotional spectrum. A competition will also be held at the exhibition, offering participants the chance to win one of David's art pieces by suggesting ... Read more

Free

Candice Lau Window Exhibition

The sculptures in this window exhibition by QEST Leathersellers' Company Scholar Candice Lau are formed by the amalgamation of two materials, leather and clay. Candice embraces the materials' contradictions, resulting in a tension which resonates with her own feelings of being displaced. Read more

Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair

The London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, Duke Street, London W1K 6JP

QEST Scholars Gordon Robertson and Poppy Field return to the Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair for its 10th edition. Gordon will be showcasing his hand-etched pewter bowls, and Poppy maquettes of her bronze sculptures of the late Queen and Prince Philip created for the Royal Albert Hall. Supported by Wetherell and Kirker Holidays, some ... Read more

£10

Catherine Dunstan: Transmissions

New Ashgate Gallery Waggon Yard, Farnham, United Kingdom

Catherine Dunstan comes to New Ashgate with a previously unseen collection of glass artworks developed over the course of 2023. From large, lit wall artworks to miniature sculptures, each piece features Catherine's signature kaleidoscopic designs. Using light, colour and pattern to communicate, this collection invites a moment for pause and escapism. Catherine utilises a unique ... Read more

QEST Northern Ireland Showcase Exhibition

Craft NI 115-119 Royal Avenue, Belfast, Antrim BT1 1FF

QEST is delighted to be partnering with Craft NI to host our first physical event in Northern Ireland: an exhibition of works by QEST Alumni from the island of Ireland. The exhibition will be held in the Craft NI Gallery - Belfast’s only dedicated craft venue. Crafts on display will range from those familiar to ... Read more

QEST at Collect 2024: Celebrating 20 Years

Somerset House

QEST will return to the leading international fair for contemporary craft and design for its 20th edition, with a showcase of works exploring colour, movement and texture. Through the skilful manipulation of their materials, exhibiting QEST Scholars - including a glass artist, a ceramicist, a sculptor, a leather artist, a silversmith, a jeweller, and an ... Read more

Expressive Watercolour Landscapes with Louisa Boyd

West Dean College of Arts & Conservation West Dean, Chichester, Sussex

This course will encourage you to approach watercolours in an alternative way, accepting the beauty of the medium when it is outside of your control. Expect big brush strokes, splashes and for not every piece to be a success, and bring along an open mind. You will be starting the course with gestural, abstract mark-making ... Read more

£449

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