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30th August 2024

 

Rural harvest customs such as corn dollies survive thanks to writers and makers who celebrate folk and popular arts in the tradition of Barbara Jones, author of The Unsophisticated Arts (1951) and organiser of the influential Black Eyes & Lemonade exhibition at the Festival of Britain. One of the masters of the art-form was Fred Mizen from Great Bardfield who created a huge Lion and Unicorn for the Festival; he can be seen making a traditional corn dolly in a Pathé newsreel clip

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