Craft Uprising! – The Heritage Crafts Association Conference 2020
Bookings are now open for our annual conference which will take place at Oxford Town Hall in Oxford on Saturday 4 April 2020. The conference will focus on craft as a tool for change-making and rebellion and feature keynotes from the Great British Sewing Bee’s Patrick Grant and the Craftivist Collective’s Sarah Corbett.
The Sound of Craft at London Craft Week 2020
Hosted in the stunning Wren church of St Anne and St Agnes, this event on 30 April, by the Heritage Crafts Association as part of London Craft Week, will be a celebration of the craft behind some of the most beautiful sounds.
Craft skills under threat with 37 additions to the Red List of Endangered Crafts
New research by the Heritage Crafts Association has unearthed dozens more traditional craft skills on the verge of extinction in the UK, in the first major update of its pioneering project, the Red List of Endangered Crafts launched on Saturday 9 March.
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Craft Uprising! – The Heritage Crafts Association Conference 2020
Bookings are now open for our annual conference which will take place at Oxford Town Hall in Oxford on Saturday 4 April 2020. The conference will focus on craft as a tool for change-making and rebellion and feature keynotes from the Great British Sewing Bee’s Patrick Grant and the Craftivist Collective’s Sarah Corbett.
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The Sound of Craft at London Craft Week 2020
Hosted in the stunning Wren church of St Anne and St Agnes, this event on 30 April, by the Heritage Crafts Association as part of London Craft Week, will be a celebration of the craft behind some of the most beautiful sounds.
read moreTrainee sought to help secure the endangered craft of boot tree making
Horace Batten Bootmakers in Northamptonshire is currently seeking a trainee boot tree maker to help secure the future of its business, whilst at the same time safeguarding an endangered craft skill.
Three MBEs awarded to heritage craftspeople
Three of the best heritage craftspeople from across the UK have been awarded MBEs in the New Year Honours List 2020, in recognition of their unparalleled craftsmanship and tireless work in ensuring their skills are passed on to current and future generations.
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@SimonNewton5 The female tasks of textile making in all preindustrial cultures involved massive skill and time: every thread of plant fibre has to be removed from the plant and twisted; every skein of wool spun by hand. Then the weaving... and this work alongside feeding & raising tiny humans