Crafts issue 291: Restore, repair, renew
In our November/December issue we explore the work of textile artist Billie Zangewa and meet the makers addressing urgent environmental and social challenges
Cover image: Billie Zangewa, Return to Innocence, 2020, hand-stitched silk collage
As our homes become our temples this winter, Crafts visits textile artist Billie Zangewa, whose silk collages draw on her own domestic environment and closest relationships to tell universal stories. Also in our November/December 2021 issue, we explore Stoke-on-Trent’s ceramics legacy with artist Neil Brownsword, who is celebrating the city’s indigenous craft knowledge in a new exhibition.
Elsewhere, we spotlight craftspeople with fresh approaches to the environmental crisis – from designers creating objects and ideas that foster biodiversity to makers mining electronic waste for gold. Plus we meet a new wave of craft entrepreneurs who are balancing environmental and social values with profits.
Meanwhile, our critics revel in a futurist fantasy land in Italy, and artist Theaster Gates’ ode to clay in London. Finally, Crafts’ artist friends compile the ultimate Christmas wishlist, and chef extraordinaire Prue Leith compares one maker’s weaving skills to the art of spinning noodles.
