Parndon Mill, nestling on the banks of the river Stort on the outskirts of Harlow, is a centre for creative activity. Since the sixties it has been occupied by artists and craftsmen who have gradually restored the premises. On the top floor of the mill there are studios for painting, sculpture, weaving, calligraphy and print making, the first and second floors being occupied by designers in various fields and architects. Workshops on the ground floor include the skills of guitar making, ceramics and glass blowing, fusing and casting, while in the outbuildings and old stables a variety of other crafts flourish, including jewellery, porcelain and carpentry and there is a blacksmith who in his spare time is restoring a Dutch barge.

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