HCA appoints Executive Director
The HCA is delighted to have appointed Julie Crawshaw as its new Executive Director to lead the organisation into the future.
HCA teams up with AirBnB Experiences
We have linked up with AirBnB Experiences, to offer a range of heritage crafts experiences from tassel making to building your own cart wheel.
Making is Good for You – The Heritage Crafts Association Conference 2019
When the Health Secretary starts to recommend ‘prescriptions’ for art and craft sessions instead of pills, you realise that at last other people are waking up to the value of making. Join us at the HCA Conference on 9 March 2019 to find out exactly how making is good for you.
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Two fortunate trainees, Ellen Wood and Tony Hassett, learned the traditional craft skills of gilding on the Cutty Sark ship in Greenwich on 6th and 7th August. Master craftswoman Rachael Linton demonstrated the skills and explained the processes and techniques. Tony...
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