Effective protesting for activist Sarah Corbett: pretty, non-threatening scenarios – picnics and cupcakes, or handkerchiefs embroidered with the truth – to engage and draw people in, allowing the conversation to begin. Craft: invaluable tool to bring people together, encourage them […]
Fair featuring contemporary craft from 35 international galleries opens as part of London Craft Week.
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here I have on top of the cupboard in my studio an old grubby padded bra. I have stuck glass-headed pins into it in a floral pattern on the outside, as if beaded. The points […]
How did I get into the craft of Leather work? Well that journey started when my family and I were watching the first series of The Great British Sewing Bee, April 2013. There was a rather interesting fellow, who didn’t […]
Ceramicist Edmund de Waal has added his support to the Save Our Crafts campaign, which is fighting the proposed closure of Falmouth University’s well respected Contemporary Crafts degree.
Crafts Council’s recent Make:Shift conference in London addressed how new technologies are driving innovation in craft practice. Inspired by the two-day event, Mike Press of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design reflects on the challenges and possibilities that lie ahead.
Following the announcement that Falmouth University is to close three of its BA (Hons) courses, a petition to oppose the closure of the highly respected Contemporary Crafts degree has reached nearly 6,000 signatories.
In response to falling levels of participation in craft-related subjects at GCSE and in higher education, the Crafts Council has launched Our Future is in the Making: An Education Manifesto for Craft and Making, as a means to safeguarding craft education in the UK.
Following the announcement that parts of the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation are to remain on display until the end of the month before setting off on a tour of the UK, artist Paul Cummins is to plant the final poppy at the Tower of London on 11 November 2014 to mark Armistice Day.
Mixed media sculptor Malene Hartmann Rasmussen has been named as the winner of aspex gallery’s second annual open submission competition for artists and makers working with craft.
aspex gallery has announced the 14 artists, designers and makers selected for its second annual open exhibition of emerging craft practitioners.
‘Waste doesn’t come from itself. It is the mirror of our society…it is the mirror of who we are’ Philip Heylen, Antwerp, Belgium. Vice-mayor for Culture and Tourism at Stad Antwerpen Today marks the end of the official conference talks in […]
Mapping and impact study of the contemporary craft sector commissioned by the Crafts Council.
Substantial document from the Crafts Council analysing the size, scope and contribution of the crafts sector, which is shown to have a market that is bigger than that for fine art.
Headline data from the Taking Part survey 2005-06
