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28 January, 2013

New Apprentices Make History!

New apprentices are not usually reported as making history – as recently as 2004 Court Assistant Robert Allen apprenticed his two daughters, Harriet and Sara – and Sara has now become a Freemen through servitude.  Over the years the Company has had many apprentices bound to masters.  But history of a kind was made on […]

28 January, 2013

Forthcoming Kaffe Fasset Exhibition March 2013

A major forthcoming exhibition at the Fashion Textile Museum ‘Kaffe Fassett – A Life in Colour’ is a celebration of the work of one of the great practitioners of contemporary craft. The exhibition takes place  from 22 March 2013 – 29 June 2013. This exhibition is very much wool based and will be featured in […]

10 September, 2012

Woolman and The Olympics

Liveryman Judith Donovan CBE is chair of the Greater Ripon Improvement Partnership (GRIP) and was tasked with organising the Olympic Torch celebrations in Ripon on Tuesday 19th June. With its small winding medieval streets, Ripon was divided into three zones – a family zone for picnics, and family activities; a party zone including the market […]

Extreme Shepherding

Demonstrating the amazing skills of shepherds. Flocks and dogs were used to make shapes and pictures and the film speed was then increased for a little bit of magic. All of this was done for real, no faking. Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmail