PARK ROYAL

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CRAFT
FESTIVAL
17—19 MAY

Following the success of last year’s festival, Park Royal Design District is proud to be back again and joining London Craft Week 2024, with a 3-day festival of Craft, Design and the joys of Making.

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HIGHLIGHTS

A graphic promoting over 25 workshops with a green wrench held by a white-gloved hand on a pink background, and accompanying text in green and pink about learning new skills with expert makers and designers of Park Royal.
Poster advertising a craft and food market, featuring a green shopping bag with a heart icon and a hand reaching into the bag, with green and pink colors and text about handmade ceramics, decor, furniture, fashion, design, and prints hosted by Standard Market.
Green and white flyer listing activities such as studio tours, maker demos, live music, and parties, with a pink header reading '... AND MORE'.
Sign announcing an exhibition titled 'Ancient Crafts of the Levant,' focusing on ancient skills and traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Sign promoting an exhibition titled 'Artisanal Intelligence' that explores the intersection of new AI technologies and handmade low-tech craft techniques, with the number 3 in a pink circle in the top right corner.
A green and pink map showing streets such as Minerva Road, Standard Road, Dragor Road, Gorst Road, Sunbeam Road, Bashley Road, School Road, Victoria Road, Chase Road, and an Acton Cemetery in green. A red and white metro station symbol labeled North Acton is at the bottom right. Pink dots numbered 1 to 4 and pink circles mark locations along Standard Road. A large pink circle in the bottom left contains dates: Fri 17, Sat 18, Sun 19, and May.

SCHEDULE

Expand dates to see the full programme, opening times and scheduled events

  • CRAFT MARKET
    Closed

    EXHIBITIONS
    11am - 6pm

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    TIMED EVENTS:

    12pm

    WORKSHOP — Tatreez 🎟️

    WORKSHOP — Henna Design 🎟️

    3pm

    WALKING TOUR — Maker Studio Tour

    5pm

    OPENING — Artisanal Intelligence Exhibition
    Parkroyalgallery at EX2

    6pm

    PARTY — Festival Launch Party
    Parkroyalgallery at EX2

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    🎟️ Tickets required
    Booking opens Tue 30 April

  • CRAFT MARKET
    11am - 5pm

    EXHIBITIONS:
    11am - 6pm

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    TIMED EVENTS:

    10am

    WORKSHOP — Custom Perfume
    Making 🎟️

    11am

    WORKSHOP — Leather Lacing 🎟️

    12pm

    WALKING TOUR — Maker Studio Tour 🎟️

    WORKSHOP — Embroidery 🎟️

    DROP-IN WORKSHOP — Tile Making

    DROP-IN WORKSHOP — Cardboard Sculpture Making

    1pm

    WORKSHOP — Punch Needle Hair Pin 🎟️

    2pm

    WORKSHOP — Breadboard Making 🎟️

    WORKSHOP — Cocktail Making 🎟️

    3pm

    WORKSHOP — MartinWare 🎟️

    6pm

    PARTY - Live Music at Levant

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    🎟️ Tickets required
    Booking opens Tue 30 April

  • CRAFT MARKET
    11am - 5pm

    EXHIBITIONS:
    11am - 6pm

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    TIMED EVENTS:

    10am

    WORKSHOP — Bookbinding 🎟️

    12pm

    WORKSHOP — Collage and Creative Writing 🎟️

    DROP-IN WORKSHOP — Tile Makings

    DROP-IN WORKSHOP — Fabric Printing

    1pm

    WORKSHOP — Crochet a Beanie 🎟️

    WORKSHOP — Tintype Photography 🎟️

    WORKSHOP — Customise Jesmonite Candle Holder 🎟️

    2pm

    WALKING TOUR — Maker Studio Tour 🎟️

    WORKSHOP — Cocktail Making 🎟️

    WORKSHOP — 3D Scanning 🎟️

    3pm

    WORKSHOP — Punch Needle Hair Pin 🎟️

    WORKSHOP — Woodwork Stress Reliever 🎟️

    6pm

    PARTY — Festival Fade Out
    Standard Bar

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    🎟️ Tickets required
    Booking open Tue 30 April

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Learn new skills

OVER 25 WORKSHOPS

Learn new skills and get hands-on at our workshops, hosted by POW (Park Royal Open Workshop) and by the expert makers & designers of Park Royal

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Tatreez - Palestinian Embroidery

FRI 17 May — 12pm
Levant Book Cafe

🎟️ Booking opens Tue 30 April

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Henna Design

FRI 17 May — 12pm
Levant Book Cafe

🎟️ Booking opens Tue 30 April

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DROP IN — Cardboard Sculpture Making

SAT 18 May — 12 - 5pm
Location TBC

FREE - no booking needed, just drop in

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Punch Needle Hair Pin with Ana Nunes

SAT 18 May — 1pm
SUN 19 May — 3pm
Craft Market

🎟️ Booking opens Tue 30 April

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Jesmonite Candle Holder with Sofia Nunes

SUN 19 May — 1pm
Craft Market

🎟️ Booking opens Tue 30 April

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3D Scanning

SUN 19 May — 2pm
POW Classroom

FREE - no booking needed, just drop in

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Woodwork - Make a Stress Reliever

SUN 19 May — 3:30pm
POW Classroom

🎟️ Booking opens Tue 30 April

More
workshops
announced
soon…

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DROP IN — Tile Making with Pati Starzykowski

SAT 18 May — 12 - 3pm
SUN 19 May — 12 - 3pm
Craft Market

FREE - no booking needed, just drop in

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Custom Perfume Making

SAT 18 May — 10am
POW Classroom

🎟️ Booking opens Tue 30 April

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Leather Lacing with Charlene Grandison

SAT 18 May — 11am
Craft Market

🎟️ Booking opens Tue 30 April

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Embroidery with Coco WA

SAT 18 May — 12pm
POW Classroom

🎟️ Booking opens Tue 30 April

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Cocktail Making and Distillery Tour

SAT 18 May — 2pm
SUN 19 May — 2pm
Standard Bar

🎟️ Booking opens Tue 30 April

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Make a Breadboard

SAT 18 May — 2pm
POW Classroom

🎟️ Booking opens Tue 30 April

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Bookbinding with Kate Grimes

SAT 18 May — 1pm
SUN 19 May — 3pm
Craft Market

🎟️ Booking opens Tue 30 April

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MartinWare - Talk and Workshop

SAT 18 May — 3pm
Craft Market

🎟️ Booking opens Tue 30 April

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DROP IN — Preloved Fabric Printing with Fashtag

SUN 19 May — 12 - 3pm
Location TBC

FREE - no booking needed, just drop in

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Creative Writing and Collage

SUN 19 May — 12pm
POW Classroom

🎟️ Booking opens Tue 30 April

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Tintype Photography - Talk and Workshop

SUN 19 May - 1pm
POW

🎟️ Booking opens Tue 30 April

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Crochet a Beanie with Sophie

SUN 19 May — 1pm
Craft Market

🎟️ Booking opens Tue 30 April

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SHOP LOCAL DESIGN

CRAFT & FOOD MARKET

Hosted by Standard Market, browse and shop beautiful handmade goods from selected local makers and artists.

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Maker Stalls

Sad Clown Printworks / Jemima Cotter Jewels / Utopian Creates / Cat Sparrey / Phil Webb / Timothy Gibbons / Pati Starzykowski / Coco WA / Maria Maya / Wholistic Rituals / Paloma Grimm / Grandison London / Fruu Cosmetics / Aziza Illustrates / Maison Miles / and more

Details announced soon…

FOOD Stalls

Many food stalls from Park Royal’s finest kitchens and chefs

Details announced soon…

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SEE & EXPERIENCE

EXHIBITIONS, DEMOS & TOURS

Visit several exhibitions, demo sessions and tours, exploring the intersection of modern technologies and traditional craft.

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ARTISANAL INTELLIGENCE

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Technology and AI meets art and craft.

Students from Imperial College London have been working with Park Royal makers to explore how new ideas can reinvigorate ancient crafts and, vice versa, how new technologies can draw inspiration from the past.

Rather than a completed showcase, the exhibition is deliberately designed around the spirit of research and development, with a mixture of some finished works, some in progress, some failure and some success. Above all the exhibition represents the collaboration between engineers and artists, in discovery of new and innovative ways of working.

Participating Artists

Absolute Beginners / Blast Studio / David Samuel × Alex Christopherson / Koalaa × Gilbert Wedam / Students from Dyson School of Design Engineering / Sunday / Victor Pedrosa

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Parkroyalgallery at EX2
41-43 Standard Road, NW10 6HF
Get Me There ➔

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Ancient Crafts of the Levant

Display of various textiles, woven baskets, and decorative objects on wooden shelves in a craft or gift shop.

Visit Levant Book Café for a fascinating insight into the ancient skills and traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean region, many of which are only practiced by a handful of people today.

Levant Book Café is a hidden gem in Park Royal, where you can find traditional crafts for sale, workshops and demonstrations in Syrian embroidery and marquetry, live folk music, delicious food and homemade Damascene ice creams.

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Levant Book Cafe
26-28 Standard Rd, NW10 6EU
Get Me There ➔

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MANY DEMO SESSIONS

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Join makers and artists at their market stalls for demos of their work and learn about the processes and techniques behind their practise.

Watch out for the signs on the market stalls to find out the times of their demos.

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Craft & Food Market — Individual stalls
9-11 Standard Road, NW10 6EX
Get Me There ➔

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MAKER STUDIO TOURS

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Join a guided tour of maker studios including ceramics, embroidery, leatherwork, woodwork, glassware, bookbinding and more.

TIMES

Fri 17 May — 3pm
Sat 18 May — 12pm
Sun 19 May — 2pm

MEETING POINT

Excelsior Studios
17-19 Sunbeam Road, NW10 6JP
Get Me There ➔

FREE - But booking required

Booking opens Tue 30 April

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CELEBRATE

PARTIES & EVENTS

Come celebrate the festival with us, at several parties and events throughout the festival weekend.

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Festival Launch Party + Opening of Artisanal Intelligence

Fri 17 May — 5pm

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Parkroyalgallery at EX2
41-43 Standard Road, NW10 6HF
Get Me There ➔

FREE - RSVP here

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Live Music event
at Levant

Sat 18 May — 6pm

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Levant Book Cafe
26-28 Standard Rd, NW10 6EU
Get Me There ➔

FREE

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Festival Fade Out
at Standard Bar

Sun 19 May — 6pm

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Standard Bar
9-11 Standard Road, NW10 6EX
Get Me There ➔

FREE

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Craft Festival
2024

Park Royal Design District

See u there.