The Clerkenwell Post, November 2015

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In November, The Clerkenwell Post published Violin Solo, my story about violin-maker Andreas Hudelmayer who was also featured in my recent book Makers of East London.

Clerkenwell is full of craftspeople, but perhaps one of the more unusual is Andreas Hudelmayer – a luthier, or maker of stringed instruments based at Crafts Central. Katie Treggiden finds out how exactly a violin is made.

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Design Milk, September 2013

One of my favourite shows at 2013’s London Design Festival was Imprint, an exploration of the medium of print, at Craft Central. This is the post I wrote about it for American design blog, Design Milk…
Imprint Craft Central

Imprint at Craft Central was a celebration of print in all its forms. It showed that print can be more than just ink on paper – and it also showed that ink on paper can be pretty impressive in its own right. Even the poster (designed by Turnbull Grey) impressed with on-trend neon orange and grey and a gorgeous printerly quality.

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