Crafty Conversations
Crafty Conversations
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Over the course of this summer, I took a sabbatical from teaching and cycled over 2,200 kilometres from one end of the country to the other, meeting nearly twenty craftspeople along the way. From silver spinners and wheelwrights to kilt makers and basket weavers, I learnt the stories behind their endangered skills and what it takes to keep these crafts alive today.
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Centers around rare and endangered crafts, the personal journey of a cyclist visiting artisans, and the cultural significance of traditional skills, with episodes like interviewing metalsmith Rebecca Walklett about unique copper techniques and reflecting on the planning stages of the biking adventure.
Over the course of this summer, I took a sabbatical from teaching and cycled over 2,200 kilometres from one end of the country to the other, meeting nearly twenty craftspeople along the way. From silver spinners and wheelwrights to kilt makers and basket weavers, I learnt the stories behind their endangered skills and what it takes to keep these crafts alive today.
Episode 10
In this episode I arrive in Sheffield – the city of steel – and talk to sculptor and stone carver Lily Marsh about her approach to architectural carving, relief work and portrait sculpture. Lily explains how she moves between the precision required to reproduce historic stonework and the greater creative freedom of her personal work, as well as the specialist processes and practitioners involved in transforming an original sculpture into bronze. We also discuss the techniques she uses to create and exaggerate three-dimensional form through line, texture, light and shade.
I reflect on Day Nine of my ride: setting out early from an “adults only” campsite, passing Chatsworth House and tackling the large climb that stood between me and Sheffield. After reaching the top, a fast descent into the city became rather more eventful than expected
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