Recently you may have noticed a fairly dramatic change to Crafty Praxis’ website, not only have I had a fantastic new banner but I’ve got a new background too! Both have been designed by University of Huddersfield Graphic Design student Amy Davies during her time on work placement at Crafty HQ. The banner depicts the shop’s… Continue reading Beautiful Banner
With a generally creative childhood, GCSEs in both Art and Graphics, A-Levels in Art & Textiles not to mention an Art Foundation and BA Hons in Textile Crafts you’d think there wouldn’t be many art techniques I’d yet to try. You’d be wrong! Each month Kim of Darn It Workshops runs two sessions at Crafty HQ for Tea &… Continue reading New Tricks – Kumihimo
Inspired Huddersfield is a festival celebrating and showcasing University of Huddersfield Graduate’s talents in a diverse range of creative fields within the School of Art, Design and Architecture. This year the exhibitions and events go one for two weeks and we’re just at the start of the second week. As a Textile Crafts Graduate I’ll be… Continue reading Inspired Huddersfield
…and why you should too! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, sometimes it does take an outsiders perspective to see what is so great about where you live! As an outsider to Huddersfield myself (well I’ve lived here for 8 years, so I’d like to think I’m well on my way to… Continue reading Why Art Loves Huddersfield…
As some of you may know I studied Textile Crafts at the University of Huddersfield, I graduated in 2012 and with the help of the Enterprise Team at the Uni I started pursuing the dream of Crafty Praxis! I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time and was… Continue reading Question Time
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