The iconic Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair returns to Victoria Baths for its 17th year, from Friday 18 October to Sunday 20 October. Playing host to over 200 contemporary designers, makers and artists selected for their outstanding designs, flair and talent, the award-winning show offers you a chance to take home some truly unique and beautiful craft.
Visitors can look forward to GR Hawes’s exquisite handcrafted glass sculptures, a joyful celebration of colour and culture in British Pakistani artist Nehal Aamir’s ceramics, bespoke contemporary furniture and lighting design by Nick James and the latest collections from acclaimed jewellers Yvonne Gilhooly and Jennie Gill.
They’ll be joined by over 40 newcomers including knitwear designer Millicent Sanders, fresh from exhibiting at the Venice Biennale, and recent Royal College of Arts graduates, jeweller Lois Lo and goldsmith Hiumin Zhang. From stunning large-scale wall panels made from hundreds of tiny porcelain petals by Ukranian artist Batis Ceramics to the delicate intricacy of paper artist Kate Kato’s life like sculptures of flowers and insects this year’s line-up of exhibitors promises to captivate and inspire.
The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair puts a spotlight on the breadth of contemporary craft and design talent in the UK today and celebrates emerging talent. The upcoming show sees the return of Green Grads – a showcase of 20 UK graduates working across product design, craft and design engineering with innovative and sustainable ideas to heal the planet, and new for this year – Great Northern Graduates, a collective of 12 UK graduates creating outstanding work – the ones to watch!
Feeling creative? Try your hand on a potter’s wheel or play with clay in free pottery workshops offered in partnership with Stockport’s Yellowhammer. With many makers also demonstrating their craft and the chance to chat with them about their work, the GNCCF is sure to be an inspiring and unmissable day out.
Ann-Marie Franey, Fair Founder & Director, commented: “Craft says something in a world dominated by a throw-away culture. It says that something was made with love, great skill, and designed to last. Every year we’re so proud to bring an unrivalled line up of designer-makers to Manchester from all over the country and provide you with an opportunity to meet the makers and buy something with more than just monetary value.”
Victoria Scholes, Development Director of GNCCF, shares: “It’s a privilege to provide a platform for so many new and established artists and makers to share their work with the thousands of visitors who come through our doors every year. You won’t see anything like it in the North, with each maker selected for the quality, desirability, and innovation of their work.”
For the full maker line-up and to buy tickets click here: https://www.
