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the art of wellbeing

July 5, 2013by carys davies Leave a comment

I went to a really interesting conference at The Lightbox in Woking on the 28th which looked at how art affects health – more specifically, wellbeing. We shared Prof Paul […]

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craft for kids at the Big Bang

March 22, 2013by carys davies 1 Comment

I’m still thinking hard about craft and innovation during my Internship at Nesta, but I helped out at the Big Bang Fair last weekend, which reminded me that all craft […]

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calligraphy from the Tempest

talks on ‘the art of writing’

November 2, 2012by carys davies 1 Comment

I’ve signed up for some great talks on the art of writing at the Association of Art Historians. The next one’s 26 Nov 2012 in their place near Farringdon. There’s […]

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making obliquely

August 17, 2012by carys davies Leave a comment

I’ve been reading about obliquity – how “our goals are best achieved when we approach them indirectly”. The author, John Kay, is an economist, and applies this mostly to science […]

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multiple small gains: in cycling and making?

August 10, 2012by carys davies 2 Comments

I was talking about this year’s fabulous road cycling successes (well done Mark Cavendish & Bradley Wiggins & David Millar) with my friend and fellow-maker Barry Stedman. GB cycling’s mantra […]

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the web-ecology of craft

August 1, 2012by carys davies 2 Comments

I was talking to Claudia Clare recently about the community for ceramics in London – would we like to have the opportunity to meet and talk? I was once part […]

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hand-written piece of Hamlet

in my heart there was a kind of fighting

April 22, 2012by carys davies 2 Comments

One of my favourite parts of Hamlet is a fragment when Hamlet’s at sea. It’s the turning point when he takes his destiny into his own hands. Hamlet’s really helped […]

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