Craft Festival Bovey Tracey
Festival Dates 6-8 June 2025
[SOLD OUT - THANK YOU]
Hand-Tied Broom Making Workshop Saturday 7 June 2025
14:00-16:00
Join me for an engaging and hands-on broom-making workshop - today we make Hens Wings - a hand broom for small spaces you’ll take home with you!
The workshop will guide you through the process of selecting materials, the fundamentals of broom making, tying the broom itself, and an introduction to broom history and lore.
No previous experience is necessary; leave with a fully functional hand broom to take home with you!
18+ with good hand dexterity in both hands.
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Broom Making Guest Demonstrations - OUT OF THE WOODS MARQUEE
Friday and Saturday, 6 & 7 June
Visit the Out of the Woods marquee curated by Hilary Burns MBE, where I will demonstrate broom making of all kinds - from small hand brooms to hearth sized brooms to full-length besoms and Shaker-style brooms!
Ask questions, watch green craftspeople at work, purchase handmade goods and enjoy all the other talented makers there on Hilary's invitation!
A list of exhibitors and demonstrators here: A list of Out Of The Woods Exhibitors
Folkcraft - Witchcraft & Oddities Fayre
Sunday, 8 June 2025
11:00-15:00
THE BROOMS ARE BACK - AN AUSPICIOUS TIME TO SHOP THE MOST MAGICAL MAKERS IN THE SOUTHWEST FOR ALL YOUR MAGICAL NEEDS
Free entry, dogs on leads, all ages
Curated by The Haunts Curiosity Shoppe
Join us at this enchanting venue featuring two floors full of wonders and oddities with an emphasis on magical handmade.
The Mount Without
Upper Church Lane
Bristol
BS2 8FN
The Frome Independent
Sunday 3 August 2025
10:00-15:00
Please join me at my first appearance at this incredible, award winning, destination street market!
The Frome Independent reclaims Frome’s high street once a month to showcase the best independent craftspeople, designers, makers, food producers and vintage traders in the South West.
The market takes place on the first Sunday of the month from March to December and strives to be ‘more than a market’, incorporating live music, DJs, street performance, workshops and activities for children and adults alike on market days.
6B Palmer Street
Frome
Somerset
BA11 1DS
Broom Making Workshops x2 - Make a Handbroom with Bristol Broomworks
Two Sessions - One Date in August (tbc)
18+ and strong hand and feet dexterity a must
Join me in August at MAKE Southwest in Bovey Tracey to learn how to handcraft a hens wing handbroom.
These brooms are perfect for smaller spaces: potting sheds, kitchen counters, hearths, camper vans - anywhere you would use a dustpan and brush.
We will cover the fundamentals of broom tying: materials selection, tools, basic skills and a little bit of history and broom lore too.
At the end of this intimate 2.5 hour session, you’ll have made your own broom to take home with you!
There will a morning session and an afternoon session. Date and times to be announced.
Tickets will be available through MAKE Southwest’s website.
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18+ and strong hand and feet dexterity a must.