Casgliadau Arlein

John Makepeace was born in 1939. Inspired by the Cotswolds Arts and Crafts tradition (e.g. he admired Hugh Birkett and trained with Keith Cooper), he combines a traditional sense of craftsmanship with contemporary style and materials. For an overview of his career, including his move in the 1970s away from a potential mass-market design business for the likes of Habitat, Heal's and Liberty's towards expensive one-off pieces, see Tanya Harrod, 'The Crafts in Britain in the 20th Century' (Yale, 1999), pp.331-333.