Past events
Hanny Newton in Conversation
Join Heritage Crafts in conversation with embroiderer Hanny Newton. Hanny Newton is an embroidery artist who specialises in a contemporary approach to metal thread embroidery, and is currently exploring the potential of straw and other plant fibres as a ‘natural gold’. In 2023 Hanny was awarded the QEST Broderers Company Scholarship to further her study […]
Chris Fisher in Conversation
Christopher Fisher RPT is known as ‘the blind woodturner’ and is currently the UK’s only completely blind professional and accredited woodturner. Born in 1969 in Eccles, Manchester, Chris lost his sight in 2008 at the age of 39. Following a year of rehabilitation to re-learn basic life skills, he taught himself woodturning, acquiring his initial […]
Daahir Mohamed in Conversation
Join Heritage Crafts in conversation with lime plasterer Daahir Mohamed. Daahir Mohamed has worked in buildings conservation and renovation for the last 15 years, specialising in plastering and rendering, including using natural and traditional materials. Following a training bursary from Heritage Crafts in 2021, he completed the William Morris Crafts Fellowship in traditional lime plaster […]
Deborah Carré in Conversation
Join Heritage Crafts in conversation with shoe maker Deborah Carré at 7pm on 30 July. Deborah Carré is an award-winning bespoke shoemaker (cordwainer) who in 2004, together with fellow shoemaker James Ducker, founded Carréducker, where they make handsewn shoes to commission using traditional heritage techniques. They are champions of the heritage craft of shoe making […]
Marquee of Endangered Crafts at Craft Festival
Join us from Friday 7 to Sunday 9 June at our Marquee of Endangered Crafts at the 20th Anniversary Craft Festival in Bovey Tracey, where we’ll be featuring demonstrations from fan maker Victorica Ajoku, pigment maker Lucy Mayes, marionette maker Oliver Hymans, Devon stave basket maker John Williamson, letterpress printer Nick Hand, maille maker Anna […]
Zack Pinsent in Conversation
Join Heritage Crafts in conversation with period tailor Zack Pinsent at 7pm on 11 June, for a special extended edition to mark our 50th In Conversation event. A self-taught tailor and social media influencer, Zack Pinsent ceremonially burned his last pair of jeans at the age of 14, and has not worn an article of […]
Andrew Grundon in Conversation
Current Heritage Crafts Maker of the Year Andrew Grundon is a true Renaissance man! A specialist in the rare craft of hand painting, lettering, and carving of pictorial signs, he combines traditional sign painting with wood carving, marionette making, illustration and sculpture. He is also currently writing his first novel and building a mobile marionette […]
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