"Get Knotted" - ERTF AGM and Spring Conference - Saturday, 19 March 2016

Booking forms and full information regarding the ERTF AGM and spring conference on Saturday 19 March 2016, are now available on the ERTF website.  The conference will be held at Hemingford Abbots Golf and Conference Centre, Huntingdon, PE28 2HQ.

There will be time to network during the day in coffee/lunch breaks and  taking part in an activity or workshop will give you :-

 

A chance to get to know other members in the group.

 

Find out who works in a similar discipline to yourself.

 

Realise how diverse the group is.

 

A chance to talk about exhibiting – especially if you are not confident with doing this.

 

The best thing is that we all have an enjoyable and fun time together making new friends.

Our speaker will be, Wendy Elizabeth.

Wendy is a ‘Knotologist’ and a member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers  who has a flair for the unusual and a natural ability for tying knots into imaginative and original designs without the use of patterns.  Taking inspiration from the natural, ancient and modern worlds she makes macrame and Chinese knot jewellery, clothes, accessories, furnishings, sculptures and masks.

Up-Cycling with Lisa Tilley

The ERTF conference at Anglia Ruskin University on 18 April 2015, was all about up-cycling - recycling to make something new.

After a members' challenge our speaker, Lisa Tilley gave an interesting talk about her up-cycled bags and other items.  Everything had a vintage/retro feel that was also very modern.

Lisa creates unique items using stitch, decoupage, crochet, and most importantly combining old and new.  Her work has appeared at a variety of venues including as part of Paul Smith stores at the Milan and Paris fashion weeks in 2010.

"Up-Cycling Conference" and AGM - 18 April 2015, Chelmsford, Essex

The timetable and booking form are now available on the ERTF website and booking is now open.

The theme for our spring conference is up-cycling, with speaker Lisa Tilley (textile designer and up-cycler) of "U Old Bag", speaking in the afternoon.  For more information on Lisa and her work visit her Facebook page - HERE.

The day's event will be held at the Lord Ashcroft Building, Anglia Ruskin University, Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1SQ.

For more information visit the ERTF web site and click on "Conferences".

ERTF members and non-members welcome

April AGM and Conference

This will be held on 14th April at Girton College, Cambridge and the title of the conference is The Culture of Exhibiting. A mixed and interesting line up has been booked and two traders, our member from Craft Arena and the wonderful Chrome Yellow Books will be there. Catering has also been renegotiated after the complaints last year! So we have a committee meeting on Feb 20th to finalise the day, then full information and the tickets will be released

2012 AGM & Conference

Please make a note of the date - the 2012 AGM and conference will be held on:

Saturday 14th April 2012

Girton College Cambridge

The Conference is open to Non Members. Further information will be made available as soon as it finalised. Please check back on the blog, and also via the website.