Arts, crafts and such in Corby, Northamptonshire*

Anything from pukka art galleries to craft shops. Trendy and twee both welcome.

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• The local library often shows local art and crafts.
• There's a new market stall selling handmade jewellery and such, and supporsedly handmade soap after christmas - if it lasts that long! No body jewellery though.
• rathbone whattttttttttttttttttttttt!!!
• There is a shop called guieniveres that sells some quaint little nik naks.
• East Carlton Countryside Park
• Corby Library in the town, regularly holds craft groups and such groups events for children and/or adults.
• willows arts centre lounge bar. usually a display of local artists work. for exhibition space tel 01536 402233 building also houses corby community arts arts development officer for help on project funding music action zone for all information on youth music / tuition
• Not really, asda is your best bet, but there is genevieve up old village
• Kool craft shops up the old village. Genivive and another one next door.
• Genevieve in the village is good for jewellery and unusual odds and ends.
• Corby decided to knock Art related subjects off its budget coz 'Corby Works' and art isnt a proper job! No inspiration anywhere in corby apart from a small section in the library that dares to show a few paintings from students
• Your sit really needs updating about East Carlton Park the sugar craft left year ago my husband and myself have a work shop now doing motorbike sculptures,infinity candles and tealamps all my husbands art work there are more workshops now open there and it is well worth a visit.
• Try to catch the Rainbow Craft Fair at Rockingham Castle is the summer. You'll spend a fortune but it's worth every penny
• Try and catch the Rainbow Craft Fair at Rockingham Castle, it's worth every penny
• yeah you have to be really skilled at avoiding trouble.
• east carlton park do a lot of crafty things.
• Very little on Public display.
• a new witchcraft shop think near the escalaters above the bus station, quite good if thats ya thing! it dont float my boat though
• East Carlton Park, or try the Old Village.
• NOTHING REALLY APART FROM THE OCCASIONAL ART CLASS OR COURSE.
• buy some crayons out of partners - wooo
• A roaring trade in Damien Hirst/Tracey Emin style burnt-out cars, trolleys dumped in streams and Tennents Special cans piling up as we speak. Grafitti in the tunnels between Danesholme and the Lincoln is pretty ground-breaking too: "RAZ & JOCK 4 EVA 9T8" etc.
• No Arts and Craft shops, try Kettering.
• I dunno, East Carlton but I haven't been there for ages.
• someone mentioned that howitts have some craft shops but at the minute there is only a sugarcraft shop,however there might be some more coming
• a small museam down east carlton park talking about the steel works
• Finlay Crawfords crochet course at the tech. Learn how to knit your own yoghurt and curd tapestries, make wonderful bry nylon christmas gifts for all the family. Also save ££££££'s and learn how to make your own ginger fright wigs, celtic tops and cans of freckled tennants.
• This is corby ,do not be silly.Have to go 8 miles for anything like this
• East Carlton Park nearest Craft shop
• The Living canvas, a contempory account of suburban violence and tennants super fuelled male courtship ritual which involves two or more males wearing ginger fright wigs, freckles and celtic tops advancing and reteating ,in rapid and continued sucsession, circularly and agressively, for about ten minutes whilst two or more stringy females look on in awe and expectation sucking on cans of tennants super. The climax is achieved by one of the two or more males'friends scrunching the least agressive advance and retreating ones boat race in with a glass. Any Corby pub on a saterdey niet.
• Can't remember but my mate Wayne Davis and his wife have just opened a organic health food shop.
• genevieve quite nice gifts up corby old village.
• i think there's some crafty shops up nr (Howwits?) oh well its near the graveyard on rocky rd
• Melanie Price, an artist of some quality, will be exhibiting her new Modernism collection in May (Festival Hall).The collection includes "The Works" which was recently on show in the Tate modern and has been bought by Liam Gallagher for 50000 pounds
• graffiti in the subway is alright staff is anyway
• Genivieuves
• reflections in the old village is a good art shop
• Rockingham Castle holds art and craft things.
• There is a man who blows glass figurines at East Carlton Park (about 1 mile from Corby), it's free to watch with no obligation to buy. That's it for art in or in fact near Corby.

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Last updated: 2008-10-14