Exhibition: Souvenirs from Home - football, craft, comunities

Souvenirs from Home is an exhibition celebrating Home Ground, a 3 year project exploring the cultural heritage of six English League Football Clubs.

Work on display is made by local communities and club supporters from 6 UK towns whose football clubs have nicknames linked to their traditional craft industries - such as Crystal Palace ‘Glaziers’, Sheffield United’s Blades, and Luton Town’s ‘The Hatters’.

Selected artists such as Zoe Hillyard helped Macclesfield Town (Silkmen) supporters design unique decorated team shirts; Sheffield artist Philip Hardaker taught local girl’s football clubs and senior ‘Blades’ supporters to make ‘pie plate’ medals using traditional metalworking techniques. Specially commissioned prices by each artist include Melanie Tomlinson’s gilded football boots inspired by the Walsall 'Saddlers' and narratives of the town's leatherwork heritage.

Overall ‘Souvenirs’ explores our sense of place and identity, through two uniting passions with roots buried deep in the British psyche - craft trades and sport.

Main gallery, open daily 10am-5.30pm. FREE
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, Devon TQ13 9AF
01626 832223 www.crafts.org.uk

For more information visit http://www.crafts.org.uk/