
90th Anniversary Exhibition of the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen 1933-2023
Crafts in Gloucestershire have a long history based on traditional handwork and the inspiration of designer-makers from the Arts and Crafts movement: Gimson and the Barnsleys who settled in Sapperton in 1894, the radical Whiteway Colony founded in 1898, and C. R. Ashbee whose Guild of Handcraft moved from London’s East End to Chipping Campden in 1902. Craft guilds have existed since medieval times as a way of regulating quality