Fridays in Greenwich Market
12 May 2011
Crafty Design
Everybody knows that Greenwich Market is a very groovy place and it will be groovier still over the next three Fridays as it helps to celebrate British Craft and Design month with a series of special one-dayers.
Tomorrow it's the Market's toys, gifts and stationery designers who are showcasing their work and demonstrating some of their artistic techniques. Compendia Games will be roaming the Market Green and aiming to teach you how to play some of their splendid traditional games including Carrom and Shove Ha'penny. And the nimble fingered Greenwich Magic Man will be on hand to bamboozle and astound you. Do you see what I did there? Nimble fingered? On hand? Oh, never mind.
Friday 20 May sees Greenwich Market jewellery and fashion designers showing off their latest collections of baubles, beads and bling and Friday 27 is a Home and Interiors special featuring a small army of artisan designers and makers.
Wood turner Tom Biddulph will be there, accompanied by his lovely lathe, and interior design expert Julia Pickwick, from Pickwick Papers, will create four pop–up room sets on the Market Green which, frankly, is just showing off.
You'll also be able to see how to design, cut and print original prints from lino blocks, using the traditional tools and inks at the Greenwich Printmakers Gallery at 1A Greenwich Market from 12 am-4pm.
So, TGIF at GM. Or something...
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