Our 2020 National Exhibition will be held from 5th – 20th September at Leigh Spinners Mill in Lancashire.

Information, timeline and entry criteria can be found  on the WIP by clicking here.

Warmest Greeting to all Spinners, Weavers and Dyers…. in fact everyone who loves yarns and fibres.
Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and a Creative New Year

Summer School Brochure for 2019 is now ready!

It can be downloaded, along with the Booking form and the Bursary application form by clicking on this link:

Summer School 2019

After 6 years of planning and organising we are very pleased to announce that all 10 Guild Regions now have their own Representative!

The Regional Mapping files and the allocation of Reps following the GPC meeting of 21st July 2018 are now listed on the WIP. The Reps, once they get the hang of their new email system, will be in touch with Guild Secretaries in their regions to introduce themselves.

Look our for their emails!

GPC July 2018

 

 

The Guilds of Scotland and Northern Ireland are
pleased to invite you to Glasgow for the 2018
National Exhibition.

SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES INSIGHT INSTITUTE
(formerly the Collins Gallery)
Collins Building • University of Strathclyde
22 Richmond Street • Glasgow G1 1XQ

16th – 29th July 2018 10am – 5pm
The University of Strathclyde has kindly offered the use
of the former Collins Gallery, which in the past was used
regularly for this type of exhibition. It is ideally located
only a few minutes walk from Queen Street Station and
the main bus and coach station and only a little further
from Central Station for trains from the south. There is
parking close by as well as hotels and cafes.
The exhibits cover the crafts of weaving, spinning
and dyeing and show the creativity and expertise of
individual Guild members from 110 Guilds across the
UK.
Members of the Guilds in Scotland and Northern Ireland
will be on hand to explain the work exhibited and to
demonstrate the various fibre processes of carding,
combing, spinning and weaving and the use of dye
plants and other dyeing materials.

Textile Creations

Places_To_Visit_Glasgow

Summer School 2019 has an active website full of information! Please take a look.

https://wsdss19.wordpress.com/

 

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References to “we”, “us”, “you” or “our” in this Privacy Policy are references to the AGWSD (a charity registered in England and Wales, registered charity number: 289590.)

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This Policy was updated May 2018

AGWSD Privacy Statement

Please Click here to access the March 2018 Newsletter.

 

Forms for the Nominations and Propositions are now available for download from the WIP along with the AGM Notification.

Summer School 2017 ‘Simply Special’
Whitchurch Silk Mill exhibtion ‘A Touch of Silk’
The convenor, Janet Crowther, would like to thank everyone who took part in these events for making them both so very successful.