Friday 29 September 2017

It's time for a new movement....(sorry...bit of a rant coming)

So...

...we left Devon...

...and drove through Somerset and Gloucestershire....

...to arrive in Malmesbury in Wiltshire...

...where we're having a few days to ourselves.

Our first outing was to Kelmscott, Cotswold retreat of William Morris...











I haven't taken much notice of the "Arts & Crafts" stuff...

...being a pre-historian and interested in "things ancient"...

...but after reading around the subject, I've come to the conclusion that...

...we need another "Arts & Crafts" movement today...

...with more and more people taking up the crafts that our grandparent did without even thinking about it...

...and getting away from buying anything mass-produced...

...especially if it comes from the PRC!!!

I'm sick and tired of going into towns and finding loads of cheap or poundshops selling absolute crap!

I get even more annoyed at little craft fairs/markets when I overhear people saying that they can get "that" cheaper in Wilko or somewhere of the ilk.

Someone has taken the time to make something beautiful...take a stall....go there....set it up with the work of many, many weeks....

...and have to listen to insensitive prats who should stay in bloody Wilko!!! :-(

I would like to see loads of arty-farty-crafty people get together and make a stand for what we do...

...and begin by staying out of the crap-shops.

Those of you that don't make/craft/stitch or whatever....but enjoy what we do...

...then I ask YOU to stay out of the crap-shops too!

We need you to come to fairs/shows etc and actually BUY what we make...

...or take up what we do. We are more than willing to help you get started.

Step 1 is very, very easy - Turn off the TV sometimes :-)

Learning a new hobby/craft is very rewarding and it makes you feel good...

...unlike some of the storylines that seem to proliferate through the "soaps".

Pick up a needle...paintbrush...colouring pencils....carving tool...ANYTHING...

Just DO IT!

It'll put a smile on your face and make you feel a lot happier.

There...

...rant over....

Enjoy your weekend (hopefully making something :-)

X C