6219 Educators providing Arts & Crafts courses

st albans arts, sport and health

bef nova

OUR BACKGROUND The story of Nova began in 2002. At that time, the founder of Nova, started his first humble furniture retail outlet of 3,000 square feet, Crawford Italia Pte Ltd, in Crawford Centre. A team of 4 staff worked for hand in hand to manage Crawford Italia which focuses on living room concept furniture retail. After a year of operations, the excellent sales performance of Crawford Italia motivated the team to consider taking on a bigger outlet to enable the business to grow. The success of the pioneer team with their accumulated experience in furniture retail & operations, in-depth understanding of the local furniture market and their entrepreneurial spirit to make things happen, propelled the team to take on a bold decision to take up a 20,000 square feet outlet in A-Z Building in Paya Lebar in 2003. That was the birth of Nova. Since then we never looked back; and by 2006, another 20,000 square feet outlet was taken up. This time round to cater to people in the West part of Singapore, in Tradehub 21 in Boon Lay Way. Following that, a 3rd outlet was opened in May 2008, in Sungei Kadut, north-west of Singapore. Our next new export outlet of 30,000 square feet in Ang Mo Kio, targeted for operations in Aug 08, will be serving residents in the North. Besides Singapore, plans are also in the pipeline to start our retail operations in Malaysia in end of 2008.

rachel hearne jewellery

I am a goldsmith, an artist, a craftsperson, a dreamer and a maker. I take great pride in being part of a long chain of makers who have carried on the tradition of handmade jewellery. The permanence, longevity and portability of jewellery provides a rich history in the story of being human. I am proud that my work is part of so many stories of love, celebration and joy. My work is influenced by the play of line and form found in nature and architecture. I enjoy exploring the drama of mixed materials, textures, and surface treatments in my work. I use these influences to create pieces that are contemporary and will stand the test of time. All of my designs are made in my studio in the UK. I specialise in small batch production runs meaning that my work is never mass-produced and is crafted with my own hands. I also offer bespoke commission pieces for those in search of unique and personal items to commemorate special occasions and life events. See my blog page for more details of bespoke work. ETHICS As a human, a mother and a maker I endeavour to be as environmentally responsible as I can in all my practices. This means using recycled precious metal in all my designs, sourcing precious gems through ethical suppliers and using packaging made of FSC Eco materials. I aim to keep business and workshop waste at an absolute minimum, I recycle everything I can and I use no harsh chemicals in my processes. All that said I am not perfect but I do my very best to be responsible. I keep myself educated and informed about what best options are available to me as a maker and promote those ideas and ethics onto my customers and students.

kate morrell willow sculpture

Willow Sculpture Workshops in Leicestershire by Kate Morrell. Come and join me for an interesting and fun day making your own willow creation

mighty girls community interest company

We provide a friendly female only setting where we share the stories of women in arts, film, media, business and civil society. We organise after school clubs, holiday and weekend workshops and events. Our focus is to increase the well being, self-confidence and sense of community amongst girls and young women, with all activities being co-constructed by young people. Through our work we develop social skills and work experiences of young people to positively impact the community at large. We promote healthy emotional, physical and mental well-being in young women and girls.

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creative glass uk

Creative Glass UK

wild things forest adventures

book works

I’m very against trying to pin things down, either with meaning or in time, because I think that the moment you fix it, something dislodges it. And I’ve always been quite reluctant to define what an artist’s book is for similar reasons, because I think the minute you define it, you immediately want to do something outside of the scope of what an artist’s book is. It’s as if you are cornering yourself, or being asked to come up with a position. I always thought that they are all just books. Or all just works. – Jane Rolo, Founding Director, from Again, A Time Machine: from distribution to archive

create streets foundation

The Place Champions programme aims to support and empower community groups in poorer neighbourhoods, to influence positively their local area, by providing