Young visitor Rupert Burton admires the fine work on display at the County Museum’s exhibition of the Oxfordshire Guild of Craftsmen’s Growth. – Vintage Photograph

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On September 15th, 2020, Rupert Burton visited the County Museum in Woodstock to take in the exhibition Growth by the Oxfordshire Guild of Craftsmen. The show highlighted the progress of the textile group, with items including gowns, bags, ties, scarves, applique, batik, braiding, dyeing, embroidery, knitting, patchwork, painting and weaving. The guild was formed in April 1981 by a group of enthusiasts interested in providing good quality work, and the exhibition was meant to draw attention to the fact that individual craftsmanship is still alive and well.On September 15th, 2020, Rupert Burton visited the County Museum in Woodstock to take in the exhibition Growth by the Oxfordshire Guild of Craftsmen. The show highlighted the progress of the textile group, with items including gowns, bags, ties, scarves, applique, batik, braiding, dyeing, embroidery, knitting, patchwork, painting and weaving. The guild was formed in April 1981 by a group of enthusiasts interested in providing good quality work, and the exhibition was meant to draw attention to the fact that individual craftsmanship is still alive and well.

Dimensions: 17 x 24 cm

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M bl. ed MEN WEAL BA THE progress of the textile group in the Oxfordshire Guild of Craftsmen is demon- strated in the current exhibition, Growth, at the County Museum, Woodstock. One young visitor to the show, Rupert Burton, is pictured admiring the fine work in silk, which includes gowns, bags, ties and scarves. Other skills featured in items else- where in the display are applique, batik, braiding, dyeing, embroidery, knitting, is simt & the literyal patchwork and painting, and weaving. The guild was formed in April 1981 by a group of enthusiasts interested in pro- viding good quality work. In spite of its name (soon apparently to be changed) its members include many women. The aim of the Woodstock show is to focus public attention on the fact that this age of mass production does not mean that individual craft is dead.