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The national charity for heritage craft skills
Supporting craft heritage
We are the national charity set up to celebrate, support and safeguard traditional craft skills, and to facilitate a national conversation about their importance to everyone now and in the future.
We are passionate about ensuring that everyone has access to craft skills that have developed over generations, and which we believe will be vital in helping us tackle the challenges of the future – and to be able to enjoy making as part of a fulfilled life.
Our Patron is His Majesty King Charles III.
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Heritage Crafts was set up just fifteen years ago. Since then it has gone from strength to strength, advocating at the highest levels for crafts, publishing the Red List of Endangered Crafts, and distributing 95 grants through the Endangered Crafts Fund. We have awarded 131 training bursaries, established the Heritage Crafts Awards and shone a spotlight on our world-renowned makers through 33 National Honours successes.
Many more people are now aware of traditional crafts and the objects produced by those who carry in their hands, heads, and also hearts the skills and techniques that have been passed down through the generations.
To continue this work we need your support. Please consider making a donation, however big or small, to help ensure that heritage craft skills in the UK are given the opportunity to thrive.
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17 very special items up for auction in support of @heritagecrafts for @londoncraftweek, ranging from one of a kind items, to bespoke pieces to maker experiences.
What is extra special about this auction is that the proceeds will be split between the makers themselves, ensuring they get a fair price for their work, and Heritage Crafts’ ongoing work to safeguard endangered skills.
🔗Find the link in our bio or on the website.
You can come and view the items on display at Living Legacies, at Leathersellers Hall, as part of @londoncraftweek, on Wednesday 13 May 2026, 11am to 4pm. The exhibition is free, but booking is required.
Featuring:
• ‘Holy sheet’ sheet glass by @ewalkerglassart
• ‘Message in a bottle’ flamework glass by @redflowerglass
• Bespoke hand-sewn shoes by @carreducker
• ‘Surrender’ illuminated artwork by @sarahdavisartist
• ‘Peace Dove’ neon sculpture by @neonworkshops
• Workshop experience: encaustic tile making with @welbyandwright
• Workshop experience: hand lasting with @carreducker
• Embroidery scissors by @grace_horne_designs
• Pair of passementerie tiebacks by @jessica_light_
• Bespoke handsewn kilt by @nikki_kiltmaker
• ‘Red List – Heritage in Clay’ encaustic tile by @welbyandwright
• Handwoven silk scarf by @fishbone.sycamore
• ‘Matilda’ woven silk panel by @papilionaceouspuresilk
• Handmade pigment set by @londonpigment
• Bespoke clog commission by @simon_brock_clogs
• ‘Scissor Nomenclature’ print by @grace_horne_designs
• ‘It’s A Sin / It’s Not A Sin’ prints by @buddyollie
Thank you so much to all our contributing makers!
#londoncraftweek #heritagecrafts #endangeredcrafts
Take part in our silent auction to support endangered crafts, this @londoncraftweek
This is a wonderful curated collection of items and experiences from makers featured on the Red List of Endangered Crafts. The skills represented within these crafts are at risk of being lost, some critically endangered, or being pulled back from the brink of extinction.
The proceeds will be split between the makers themselves, ensuring they get a fair price for their work, and Heritage Crafts’ ongoing work to safeguard endangered skills.
Browse the items to learn more about the makers and their skills!
Featuring:
• ‘Holy sheet’ sheet glass by @ewalkerglassart
• ‘Message in a bottle’ flamework glass by @redflowerglass
• Bespoke hand-sewn shoes by @carreducker
• ‘Surrender’ illuminated artwork by @sarahdavisartist
• ‘Peace Dove’ neon sculpture by @neonworkshops
• Workshop experience: encaustic tile making with @welbyandwright
• Workshop experience: hand lasting with @carreducker
• Embroidery scissors by @grace_horne_designs
• Pair of passementerie tiebacks by @jessica_light_
• Bespoke handsewn kilt by @nikki_kiltmaker
• ‘Red List – Heritage in Clay’ encaustic tile by @welbyandwright
• Handwoven silk scarf by @fishbone.sycamore
• ‘Matilda’ woven silk panel by @papilionaceouspuresilk
• Handmade pigment set by @londonpigment
• Bespoke clog commission by @simon_brock_clogs
• ‘Scissor Nomenclature’ print by @grace_horne_designs
• ‘It’s A Sin / It’s Not A Sin’ prints by @buddyollie
Thank you so much to all our contributing makers!
Bid or donate online at https://uk.givergy.com/heritagecrafts or via the linktr.ee in our bio.
Come and view the items on display at Living Legacies, part of @londoncraftweek, on Wednesday 13 May 2026, 11am to 4pm. Free booking required at https://londoncraftweek.com/events/living-legacies-endangered-crafts-in-the-uk/ or via the linktr.ee in our bio.
Auction ends Wednesday 13 May 2026, 7.30pm. Heritage Crafts is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1159208.
#londoncraftweek #endangeredcrafts #heritagecrafts
It’s @londoncraftweek next week from the 11 to 17 May.
From discussions on craft and algorithms with @theforgespace, maritime crafts at the Cutty Sark @royalmuseumsgreenwich, to millinery at Heads Up: A Hat Making Symposium for Endangered Crafts with @britishhatguild, to heritage craft exhibition at Leathersellers’ Hall, and a talk at Crafted at @sothebys. There is something for everyone! Booking required for all events, book via the @londoncraftweek website.
You can also support a maker and help keep these skills alive by taking part in out silent auction, with a chance to win a one-of-a-kind handcrafted piece… the auction is now live!
What’s on:
Beyond the Algorithm: Why Real Space and Real Makers
Matter Now: FORGE 59 Leather Lane, London ECIN 7TJ
17 Tuesday 12 May 6pm-8pm
£25
Living Legacies – Exhibition at Leathersellers’ Hall
📅 13 May 2026 🕚 11:00–16:00
Heads Up: A Hat Making Symposium for Endangered Crafts
📅 16 -17 May 2026
Crafted – Sotheby’s
📅 16 May 2026
Heritage Crafts Talk – Cutty Sark (‘Tween Deck)
📅 16 May 2026 | 🕑 14:00–16:00
Come along, get inspired, and celebrate the value of heritage crafts.
#heritagecrafts #londoncraftweek #craft
Living Legacies – 13 May 2026, 11am to 4.30pm
Leathersellers’ Hall, 7 St Helen’s Place, London EC3A 6AB
Heritage Crafts, @theleathersellers and @saddlerscompany.saddlershall are delighted to be collaborating on Living Legacies, a unique celebration of some of the UK’s most endangered craft traditions. This day-long showcase brings together master makers, heritage experts and the public to explore rare skills – from passementerie and pigment making to shoemaking and falconry furniture making.
This is a pop-in exhibition, open between 11am and 4pm, with the opportunity to hear from practising makers, and for visitors to ask questions and experience these crafts up close. At 3.30pm, Mary Lewis, Head of Craft Sustainability at Heritage Crafts, will offer insights into the state of endangered crafts today.
Discover the living heritage of the UK’s craft traditions – and the people keeping them alive.
Book for free at https://londoncraftweek.com/events/living-legacies-endangered-crafts-in-the-uk or via the linktr.ee in our bio.
📷 @jonny.shoots
Endangered Crafts Auction raising funds for Heritage Crafts’ work to safeguard at-risk craft skills
Heritage Crafts has curated this wonderful collection of items and experiences from makers featured on the Red List of Endangered Crafts using at-risk skills. The proceeds will be split between the makers themselves, ensuring they get a fair price for their work, and Heritage Crafts’ ongoing work to safeguard endangered skills.
Featuring:
• ‘Holy sheet’ sheet glass by @ewalkerglassart
• ‘Message in a bottle’ flamework glass by @redflowerglass
• Bespoke hand-sewn shoes by @carreducker
• ‘Surrender’ illuminated artwork by @sarahdavisartist
• ‘Peace Dove’ neon sculpture by @neonworkshops
• Workshop experience: encaustic tile making with @welbyandwright
• Workshop experience: hand lasting with @carreducker
• Embroidery scissors by @grace_horne_designs
• Pair of passementerie tiebacks by @jessica_light_
• Bespoke handsewn kilt by @nikki_kiltmaker
• ‘Red List – Heritage in Clay’ encaustic tile by @welbyandwright
• Handwoven silk scarf by @fishbone.sycamore
• ‘Matilda’ woven silk panel by @papilionaceouspuresilk
• Handmade pigment set by @londonpigment
• Bespoke clog commission by @simon_brock_clogs
• ‘Scissor Nomenclature’ print by @grace_horne_designs
• ‘It’s A Sin / It’s Not A Sin’ prints by @buddyollie
Thank you so much to all our contributing makers!
Bid or donate online at https://uk.givergy.com/heritagecrafts or via the linktr.ee in our bio.
Come and view the items on display at Living Legacies, part of @londoncraftweek, on Wednesday 13 May 2026, 11am to 4pm. Free booking required at https://londoncraftweek.com/events/living-legacies-endangered-crafts-in-the-uk/ or via the linktr.ee in our bio.
Auction ends Wednesday 13 May 2026, 7.30pm. Heritage Crafts is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1159208.
Join @heritagecrafts at @londoncraftweek 11 – 17th of May
From maritime crafts at the Cutty Sark @royalmuseumsgreenwich , to millinery at Heads Up: A Hat Making Symposium for Endangered Crafts with @britishhatguild , to heritage craft exhibition at the Leathersellers’ Hall, and a talk at Crafted, at @sothebys . There is something for everyone! Booking required for all events, book via the @londoncraftweek website.
You can also support a maker and help keep these skills alive by taking part in the silent auction, with a chance to win a one-of-a-kind handcrafted piece (more details to follow!)
What’s on:
Living Legacies – Exhibition at Leathersellers’ Hall
📅 13 May 2026 🕚 11:00–16:00
Heads Up: A Hat Making Symposium for Endangered Crafts
📅 16 -17 May 2026
Crafted – Sotheby’s
📅 16 May 2026
Heritage Crafts Talk – Cutty Sark (‘Tween Deck)
📅 16 May 2026 | 🕑 14:00–16:00
Come along, get inspired, and celebrate the value of heritage crafts.
#heritagecrafts #londoncraftweek #craft
Join us from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 June at our Marquee of Endangered Crafts at @craftfestival in Bovey Tracey, where we’ll be featuring demonstrations of crafts featured on the Red List of Endangered Crafts and an exciting talks programme.
Demonstrations:
• Ed Griffiths and Sarah Spicer (@dartmoorshoemakers) – shoe making
• @zoegilbertson and @sophie_scanlon (LIFLAD CIC)– flax processing
• Simon Nobs and Marcus Nobs (@sthcoaststudio) – woodgraining and marbling
• @nick_hand (Department of Small Works) – letterpress
• James Ashwell (@mottes_pots) – clay pipe making
• @stephs.midnight.flit – wagon painting
Talks: (subject to change)
Friday:
• 10.30am – Mash Bonigala (@theenglandarchive)
• 11.30pm – @amy.goodwin.signwriter (fairground artist) in conversation
• 2pm – @wheelwrightgreg and @wheelwright.sam (wheelwrights) in conversation
• 3pm – @bramblecarpentry interviews @lacebynicholas (lacemaker)
Saturday:
• 10.30am – Sarah Liscoe (sail maker) in conversation
• 11.30pm – @jamesfox283 (author of ‘Craftland’)
• 2pm – @bramblecarpentry interviews @johnwilliamson.dartmoor (Devon stave basket maker)
• 3pm – @katestrasdin (author of ‘Dressing the Queen – 200 years of Making and Monarchy’)
Sunday:
• 10.30am – @thistlemetimbers (boatbuilder) in conversation
• 11.30am – @papilionaceouspuresilk (ribbon maker) in conversation
• 2pm – @sarahvigarsart (marionette maker) – talk and performance
Book via https://heritagecrafts.org.uk/events/marquee-of-endangered-crafts/ or the linktr.ee in our bio.
Living Legacies – 13 May 2026, 11am to 4.30pm
Leathersellers’ Hall, 7 St Helen’s Place, London EC3A 6AB
Heritage Crafts, @theleathersellers and @saddlerscompany.saddlershall are delighted to be collaborating on Living Legacies, a unique celebration of some of the UK’s most endangered craft traditions. This day-long showcase brings together master makers, heritage experts and the public to explore rare skills – from passementerie and pigment making to shoemaking and falconry furniture making.
This is a pop-in exhibition, open between 11am and 4pm, with the opportunity to hear from practising makers, and for visitors to ask questions and experience these crafts up close. At 3.30pm, Mary Lewis, Head of Craft Sustainability at Heritage Crafts, will offer insights into the state of endangered crafts today.
Discover the living heritage of the UK’s craft traditions – and the people keeping them alive.
Book for free at https://londoncraftweek.com/events/living-legacies-endangered-crafts-in-the-uk or via the linktr.ee in our bio.
📸 @onurpinarphoto
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