Heritage Crafts Awards 2025 finalists announced

Following a strong year full of high-quality nominations, the finalists for this year’s Heritage Crafts Awards, supported by the King Charles III Charitable Fund, The Royal Mint, Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation, Marsh Charitable Trust, Costume Society, William Grant Foundation, Silverlining Furniture, Leathersellers’ Foundation, House of Sonnaz, Rose Uniacke, Broderers’ Company, Lucy and Laurence Butcher and the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust have been announced.

The finalists are (in alphabetical order):

Patron’s Award for Endangered Crafts (supported by the King Charles III Charitable Fund)

• Emily Johnson – industrial ceramicist
• Deborah McGuire – quilter in a frame
• Mark Shiner – sail maker

Precious Metalworker of the Year (supported by The Royal Mint)

• Angela Cork – silversmith
• Alice Fry – silversmith
• Stephen M Goldsmith – silver polisher

Fashion and Textile Maker of the Year (supported by the Costume Society)

• Rachel Frost – hat maker
• Claire Hunter – weaver
• Chloe Savage – embroiderer

England Maker of the Year (supported by the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation)

• Angela Cork – silversmith
• Florence Hamer – basketmaker and green woodworker
• Razwan Ul-Haq – Arabic calligrapher

Northern Ireland Maker of the Year (supported by the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation)

• Bernard Cunningham – traditional plasterer and tool maker
• Karen Hamilton – weaver
• Deborah White – linen damask weaver

Scotland Maker of the Year (supported by the William Grant Foundation)

• Sam Cooper and Richard Platt – chair makers
• Rachel Frost – hat maker
• Mark Shiner – sail maker

Wales Maker of the Year (supported by Silverlining Furniture)

• Hannah Cantwell – straw worker
• Billie Ireland – charcoal sculptor
• Alan Jones – thatcher

Lifetime Achievement Award (supported by the Marsh Charitable Trust)

• Stephen M Goldsmith – silver polisher
• Mick Gregory – rattan weaver
• James McCormack – shoemaker

Trainer of the Year (supported by the Marsh Charitable Trust)

• Sarah Cant – milliner
• Ben Kerslake – lime plasterer
• Gareth Rees – upholsterer

Trainee of the Year (supported by the Marsh Charitable Trust)

• Ash Appadu – marionette maker
• Toby Britton-Watts – stained glass maker
• Bradley Stuart Wills – blacksmith
  

Community Catalyst of the Year (supported by the Marsh Charitable Trust)

• Lauren Broxton – leatherworker
• Alice Burnhope – textile artist
• Razwan Ul-Haq – Arabic calligrapher

Emerging Leatherworker of the Year (supported by the Leathersellers’ Foundation)

• Ella Boucht – leatherworker and tailor
• Ana Del Rio Mullarkey – leatherworker and fashion designer
• Maisie Hill – leatherworker

Emerging Upholsterer of the Year (supported by House of Sonnaz)

• Lara Birley – upholsterer
• Ellie Lang – upholsterer
• Nadya Webster – upholsterer

Emerging Weaver of the Year (supported by Rose Uniacke)

• Caitlin Binks – weaver
• Leonie Edmead – weaver
• Kitty Wilson Brown – weaver

Emerging Embroiderer of the Year (supported by the Broderers’ Company)

• Sophie Boylan – embroiderer
• Katerina Knight – embroiderer
• Alice Long – embroiderer

Emerging Metalworker of the Year (supported by Lucy and Laurence Butcher)

• Clare Collier – blacksmith
• Bernard Cunningham – traditional plasterer and tool maker
• Rebecca Oldfield – jewellery maker and silversmith
• Bradley Stuart Wills – blacksmith

Environmental Sustainability Award (in partnership with QEST)

• Nominees to be revealed

Thanks to our judges and congratulations to all of the finalists. The winners will be revealed at a prestigious Winner’s Reception at Wentworth Woodhouse on Monday 17 November 2025, supported by The Royal Mint and Wentworth Woodhouse.