John Hinchcliffe

This is a monograph on the designer-maker John Hinchcliffe and charts his work from textiles to ceramics. This was published to coincide with a major exhibtion of his work at the Crafts Study Centre. The book is written by Simon Olding the Director of the Centre

Mapping the crafts in Dorset

An analysis of the founding of the Dorset Craft Guild and successor organisations, as well as a summary of the markeing of crafts and craft practice in Dorset in the second half of the 20th C

Matthew Burt: idea to object

A monograph outlining the career and the practice of the Wiltshire-based furniture designer-maker Matthew Burt. The book was published for the exhibition held at the Crafts Study Centre in November 2008 and then touring

The Crafts Study Centre

The Crafts Study Centre is a specialist university museum open free to the public as well as a research centre of the University for the Creative Arts. The Centre's acclaimed collections include modern and contemporary calligraphy, ceramics, textiles, furniture and wood as well as makers' diaries, working notes and photographs dating from the 1920s. Inspiring exhibitions and gallery talks by leading artist-makers are held year round in our two galleries. We foster scholarship and writing about modern and contemporary craft through this website and publishing new books and monographs. We also host one academic symposium a year. The Centre's research library is available by appointment for those interested in learning more about our collections

Urban field

Urban field is the title of a major new collaboration between three leading craft organisations in England. Contemporary Applied Arts (CAA), the Crafts Study Centre and The Devon Guild of Craftsmen have joined forces to present new craft works (many specifically made for this project) and to explore a forceful theme in three venues, located in the centre of London, in the market town of Farnham and on the edge of Dartmoor. Includes essays by Emmanuel Cooper, Linda Sandino, Sophie Heath and Ambre France. Published to accompany the travelling exhibition of the same name, April - June 2007, a collaboration on the rural / urban theme between Contemporary Applied Arts, The Crafts Study Centre and the Devon Guild of Craftsmen

Robin Tanner

Exhibition catalogue for the Crafts Study Centre 2012 relating to the exhibition curated by Jean Vacher and including an essay by Simon Olding on the etchings of Robin Tanner. The catalogue contains several essays: The Tanners as collectors of modern craft by Jean Vacher p 30, Robin Tanner: the etcher by Simon Olding (p 31-32), Robin Tanner and the child art movement by Jean Vacher pp 33-34, and Marion Richardson and the child art movement by Valerie Kohler pp 35-37

Magdalene Odundo

This book provides a complete illustrated catalogue of the artist's work to date (2004). There are essays by Emmanuel Cooper and Simon Olding, and a foreword by Sir Christopher Frayling. There are full-page colour reproductions of key works