Alison Bailey Smith: Abscraft

Having spent the last twenty years in Wirral being part of making creative things happen, I am delighted to join with John from Wirral Code Club, Tony Terry and Jules Kay in organising the third annual Wirral MakeFest. I am a contemporary craftsperson and my own creative practice has spanned 3 decades and three different countries since leaving Edinburgh College of Art in 1990. The motivation behind my work comes from being the child of post war parents, Scottish thriftiness and an avid watcher of Blue Peter!

In the last few years, I have been involved closely with community arts projects (planting 500 wellies for example) and with arts administration in Wirral – working with the Williamson Art Gallery & Museum as press officer and the Culture Team at Wirral Council as partnership and participation officer during the Liverpool City Region Borough of Culture in 2022 and most recently heavily involved with Saving Ron’s Place.