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Elin Hughes Ceramics

Originally from North Wales, I now make functional porcelain and stoneware pottery at Kigbeare Studios on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon. My wheel thrown work explores traces and mark making, be it through directing flame paths in woodfiring, or scratching through slip to create layered surfaces in the gas kiln. Subtle brush and finger marks speak to the process of decorating with traditional shino and chun glazes over a high iron slip, revealing gentle variations and depth of surface. Combining soft forms with repetitive patterns I aim for these pots to impart a sense of warmth, groundedness and intimacy.

Since graduating from Cardiff School of Art and Design in 2019 my work has been exhibited at Collect Art Fair, London Craft Week and has been shortlisted for the Cynthia Corbett Gallery Young Masters Art Prize. In 2022 I collaborated with British luxury fragrance company Molton Brown and the same year won the National Eisteddfod of Wales Young Artist Scholarship. In 2023 I received an Arts Council Wales grant to apprentice for 18 months with woodfiring potter Simon Levin in the United States.

In addition to having a studio at Kigbeare I also teach throwing classes and run workshops in the holidays for children.

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The Capital of Craft Podcast with Cathryn Gwynn

Craft Festival Wales Special

I met Cathryn Gwynn at her home studio in Cilgerran, a village near Cardigan in West Wales. 

Her early life in Cardiff led her to a career in writing, editing and finally teaching at Preseli School. She later began an access course in art, leading to a degree in Textiles from Carmarthen School of Art in 2020.

Text, texture and textile: three words which reflect sher practice as a mixed-media artist. She is drawn to thread, pen, ink and paper and work somewhere on the cusp of these materials.

Cathryn Wynn will be giving an illustrated talk about her work at The Capital of Craft at Craft Festival Wales at Cardigan Castle. 

Her work is part of an exhibition of 8 important Welsh makers at Canfas Gallery in Cardigan. Woven, curated by Suzi Park from Cambrian Wool, runs from September 5-October 5th. 

Craft Festival Wales September 5-7, 2025

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Award Winning Festivals

Since 2003 we have run multi-award winning Festivals in Bovey Tracey, Devon, Cardigan and Cheltenham. In June, we host the UK's best loved and finest contemporary Craft Festival in Bovey Tracey featuring over 200 curated makers. Hosted in idyllic parkland on the edge of Dartmoor. Complimented by an dazzling number of workshops, demonstrations, masterclasses, talks, family activities, street theatre, live music and feasting! In March we head to the beautiful Regency town of Cheltenham, presenting 100 makers at Craft Festival at the Town Hall. In September we will be hosting our first Craft Festival Wales at Cardigan Castle.

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