Making It: A celebration of craft and community in Winchester: Curated by Alice Kettle
Winchester Discovery Centre

Making It was a festival at the Winchester Discovery Centre curated by Alice Kettle, exploring how craft and the process of making is central to our everyday lives. The festival championed craft and making through activities, exhibitions, installations, workshops, talking about making, learning about making and a World café party. 

Alongside invited speakers, artists, makers, and a variety of participants, the festival demonstrated the central place of craft and making in everyday life. With a different focus for each day, the events were designed to engage audiences through activity, participation, and discourse. With specific events for makers, teachers, families, and children, Making It showed how craft was an important part of how we live and work.

The festival aimed to be inclusive, from academics to practitioners, for adults and children alike. The programme included seminars and lectures to open current debates in craft practice, marketing, and education. Other events showcased makers at work, as well as films, theatre, and demonstrations.

Making It brought together makers and audiences to establish new connections, share ideas, and simply enjoy talking, thinking, and crafting.