A home for gifted crafts people
‘Silica in Action’ – An immersive day of all things glass!
Visiting Glass Artists, alongside our Associate Members will be demonstrating their processes at designermakers21 between 11am-3pm.
This event runs in conjunction with Silica, A celebration of Glass in its many guises, an exhibition at The Corn Hall in Diss from 14th September to 19th October 2024.
Repair Cafe is a neighbourhood initiative that promotes repair as an alternative to tossing things out. Residents can bring their broken items to fix them on the spot with the help of voluntary repairers. Diss has become a location for a Repair Cafe and could use more handy volunteers in the area.
Repair Cafe Diss is looking for local residents with different skills who can be present as repair experts during the Repair Cafe meetings.
The team are especially looking for people who are handy with:
Come along to designermakers21 on the first Saturday of every month between 10.30am-1.30pm, and see what the Repair Cafe can do for you, and what you can do for it!
We are fortunate to have offers of work from Antony Gormley and Laurence Edwards as well as a Henry Moore limited edition lithograph. This is not solely an ‘art’ auction however and other items and ‘experiences’ are also welcome. For example, ‘A raku Experience for 2’ and a weekend in a luxury self-catering house have also been donated.
We are looking for further donations such as art works – framed or unframed – and experiences, with all money raised going to our appeal.
If you wish to donate a piece of your work, please would you include the following to assist in the auction process:
1. A guide to value.
2. A back story (e.g., inspiration/subject matter/process)
3. A mini biog.
If you are donating something else – an experience for example – please send a mini description and image (where appropriate) to: info@designermakersCIO.org.uk
Please deliver work to:
designermakers21, 21, St Nicholas Street Diss IP22 4LB or
Martin Laurance, Studio 1, Muspole Studios, 25-27 Muspole Street, Norwich NR3 1DJ. 07506 845979.
designermakersCIO is looking to purchase the grade 2 listed building that houses 12 craft studios, galleries and exhibition spaces in Diss, South Norfolk and has been our home for the last ten years. designermakersCIO promotes education in traditional and contemporary craft and printmaking and provides accessible community arts experiences for all through a programme of events including workshops, demonstrations and exhibitions.