There are inspiring things to watch, makers to meet, timed group demonstrations and artisan speakers on stage.
 

2025 3-Day Program - Need more explanation - here it is:​

 

Major demonstrations such as the Blacksmith Team Strike and Wheelwrights Hot Tyreing (where a steel tyre is fitted to the wooden wheel) will happen twice daily - once in the morning and once in the afternoon. We cannot be more specific as this is very much dependant in the weather, the heat and humidity and how hot the fires get - but that said they will be announced each day and in the morning and afternoon.

 

As for every artisan trade listed on our Artisans Page - they will all be demonstrating their trades each day - some artisans demonstrate short 15 - 30 minute demonstrations each hour, others whose demonstrations may take up to an hour will demonstrate three to four times each day. 

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Artisan Insights Speaker Program: 6 Presentations each day on the main stage

 

In 2025 as a celebration of artisans and craftsmaship we will present 'artisan insights' so that you can sit back, relax and listen to artisan makers present onstage over three days. The artisans have been given 30 minutes each to talk about what their trade incorporates, what drives them to do what they do, design, materials, techniques, challenges, they may also demonstrate aspects of their trades that are sometimes difficult to see up close during the day (such as lost wax casting and clockmaking). There will be seating, a stage, a workbench and a big screen so that everyone has the opportunity to sit back for three days and listen to these incredible craftspeople tell you their stories and share their views on what it takes to be a maker. 

 

Presenters 2025 (6 presentations each day)

Grace Horne - Scissor Maker; Konrad Sauer - Planemaker;

Lauren Muney - Silhouette Artist; David Douyard - Chairmaker 

Emma Jimson - Ceramicist; Matt Mewburn - Blacksmith; Shawn McIntyre - Folding Knife Maker;

Simon Dart - Bookbinder; Tobi Bockholt - Knifemaker; Bill Webb - Leather Plaiter; Jude Craig - Wool Dyer

Jess Wootten - Bootmaker; Hpae Kiddle - Wood Carver; Glen Rundell - Windsor Chairmaker; 

Rachel Grose - Silversmith; Pete Trott - Bladesmith Toolmaker; Fergus Forsythe - Horologist;  

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​​You will see and experience all trades - and there is certainly enough things to watch over three days.

If you actually visited every artisan, you would have less than 4 minutes with each one over the 7 hour day.

Coopers will make buckets, bootmakers will be demonstrating boot making, fine artists will be painting alongside printmakers, bookbinders and leatherworkers.  Clay pots thrown, porcelain cast, spinners and weavers will demonstrate, leadlights will be created, Fly fishing rods cast, whips cracked, puppets made, chair makers will have shave-horses and be shaving spindles, turners will have lathes operating, soap will be made, candles dipped, sheep sheared, knives made and stone walls built, pigments will be ground, denim jeans constructed, wool dyed, whips plaited, instruments made, keys cut, clocks assembled - all onsite - on all days.

 

ENJOY !