Heritage Crafts, the Leathersellers’ Foundation and the Saddlers’ Company are pleased to be working together to host 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 […]
Join Royal Museums Greenwich and Heritage Crafts at the Cutty Sark as we shine a spotlight on the heritage craft skills used to build and maintain this historic tea clipper. Join us for drop-in activities, where you’ll learn about crafts such as rope-making, fender-making and traditional caulking. You’ll also have the opportunity to take a closer […]
The Future of Craft – How do we keep vital skills alive? From stonemasonry and weaving to glassblowing and basketry, many traditional crafts are under threat. This conversation explores what these skills still offer, why they matter, and how innovation, technology and new models of support might help sustain them, reimagine them and carry them […]
A hat making symposium for endangered crafts The British Hat Guild and Heritage Crafts present a two-day symposium to celebrate Britain’s specialist millinery and hat making techniques that now feature on the Red List of Endangered Crafts. Hosted in the heritage-inspired surroundings of The Founders’ Livery Hall, and in partnership with the Worshipful Company of […]
Join us from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 June at our Marquee of Endangered Crafts at Craft Festival 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 (Dartmoor Shoemakers) – shoe making Zoe Gilbertson and Sophie Scanlon (LIFLAD CIC)– flax […]
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