Craft Field
The GreencraftsVillage
craft in action● hands on skill-share
- The Greencrafts Field is back at Glasto as an off-grid, vibrant village community and it’s the best place to go to relax and be creative.
- Open from Wednesday morning with hundreds of workshops to choose from.
- Bridging philosophy and practicality, here you’ll shape elemental forces to create something special and magical to take home with you.
- Powered by the wind the sun and the people, you’ll feel the pounding energy and spirit of all the makers during the day and it’s one of the few places in the country you’ll ever get a chance to make glass beads, use a raku kiln, wrought hot metal on an anvil, smith your own silver ring, carve a wooden bowl, to make felt, make a hat … and loads more !
- With traditional craft at the core, the Greencrafts village is an elemental place, marrying chilled out bliss, full on graft and magic.
- You can explore living lighter on the land and shifting into a greener lifestyle.
- The Wishing Tree : A specially commissioned piece by Irish artist Marie Brett, bridging Celtic folklore with modern superstition; come add your wish to this exciting new artwork.
- The field is one down from the Stone circle and laid out by materials used, so you’ll find all the metalsmiths near to each other, the fabric workers the same etc. There’s a full listing of what’s on offer in the field office but the best thing to do is to take a stroll and drop by what takes your eye. Some workshops you need to book into and some are open as drop-in all day, everyday. Everyone is welcome, Beginners to experienced plus children supervised by accompanying adults.
Workshop Listing Timetable
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10.00
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12.00
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14.30
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15.00
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16.00
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Wed
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Raku firings
Drum making
Chalkcarving
Basket making
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Potterywheel
Wood mirrors
Fish nets
Glass beads
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LED torches
Clay work
Raku glazing
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Blacksmithing
Rush & willow
Wands
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Pottery
Rubber wallets
Tool sharpening
Wood tent pegs
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Thur
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Felt making
Hazle lanterns
Cycle repairs
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Blacksmithing
Firelighting
Bowl carving
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LED torches
Rubber wallets
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Bowl carving
Copper roving
Besoms brooms
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Blacksmithing
Wish Tree
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Frid
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Raku firings
Felt making
Stonecarving
Leatherwork
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Pottery
Chalkcarving
Hurdle making
Glass
beadmaking
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Blacksmithing
Wood mirrors
Basket making
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Silver jewellery
Rattles
Flower garlands
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Coppersmithing
Hat making
Knitting
Wish Tree
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Sat
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Coppersmithing
Hazle lanterns
Silver jewellery
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Blacksmithing
Stonecarving
Barbed wire
jewellery
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LED torches
Pottery
Fish nets
Wish tree
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Hurdle making
Dream catchers
Hat making
Stonecarving
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Blacksmithing
Knitting
Instruments
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Sun
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Raku firings
Leatherwork
Copper repousse
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Felt making
Basket making
Wish tree
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Stonecarving
Clay work
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Blacksmithing
Wood tent pegs
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Firelighting
Copper roving
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The GREENCRAFTS Field
The Greencrafts Field is the place to go to make special things!
From Wednesday to Sunday there’s hundreds of artists and craftspeople laying on workshops for you to choose from. Come & be part of the biggest ‘hands-on’ craft field & sculpture park in Europe !
We promote traditional craft but also celebrate what’s cutting-edge and contemporary.
Greencrafts is not tame – it’s a field full of hot metal, kilns and ovens with blacksmiths, potters and bakers sharing the elemental force of fire to transform materials. Sharp blades and tools pay tribute to wood and stone and ……
Ø If you love colour and ‘fab fabric’ Greencrafts is the field to visit to make fantastic felt, to weave, spin and dye !
Ø If you fancy making something to wear, we’re the place to make silver jewellery, glass or wood pendants, a silk purse, leather belt or flower garland.
Ø If you want to smell great, come make luxurious essential oil scented soap !
Ø If you’d like something to eat with, come make a wooden bowl, spoon or plate or a clay cup
Ø You can make a shamanic drum, a stool to sit on, a willow basket or even a pencil !
The sculpture, gardens & labyrinths are among the best you’ll see at any festival making The Greencrafts Field a gorgeous place to come sit & chill.
The Greencrafts Field is next-door to the stone circle. To make it easy to find your way around, we’ve laid out the Greencrafts Field into groupings of similar workshops – you’ll find all the metal smiths in one area, the wood workers in another etc. Also at the entrance there’s a listing of what’s happening each day – or you can just wander and see what takes your fancy ! Some workshops you can just drop-by on and others you need to book to save a place; some charge for materials.
Everyone is welcome; including children supervised by accompanying adults. You don’t have to have experience, just visit the field and get involved ! You’ll take home something truly magical – something you’ve made and that’s part of this amazing festival.
We’ll look forward to seeing you there
Nic & Marie Piper The Greencrafts Field co-ordinators
The Greencrafts Field offers a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience of raw elemental force.
Craft that’s jaw droppingly full-on & fabulous!
Some of the best people in the county have gathered to offer you an amazing chance to get involved in contemporary craft – to have a go yourself in a blindingly vibrant setting.
A warm welcome will greet you daily in the field, where a massive array of craftspeople have set up personal camps to hold their workshops in: beautiful yurts, tipis, domes, wagons and coloured canvas tents. An open invite is extended to you, with over 50 hands-on craft workshops to choose between. The field gets up early & works till late & you’ll feel the pounding energy and spirit of all the makers during the day & can visit the magical chilled candle-lit wonderland at night – come and be part of the Greencrafts’ experience with:
fire and flint, knives & arrows,
smiths forging red-hot metal with glowing embers
silver rings and shamanic drums
glistening axes splitting and shaping timber
fluff and fur, felt & fleece, the rhythmic weaving of willow basketmakers
molten bronze,
pole lathes chatter & shavings fly next to bow-top wagons, yurts and tipis
raku pottery kilns a blazing into the night
The best thing is to visit the field and take a stroll around, see what’s on offer & talk / book directly with the craftspeople. Complete beginners are welcome, as are children supervised by accompanying adults. Some workshops operate on a drop-in basis, others need to be booked. Everything you’ll need is provided & they’ll be varied charges for materials etc. Come & be energised and try something new. You can take away something that is truly yours, made by your own hands.
Nic & Marie Piper
Green Crafts co-ordinators
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