Friends of the HCA and Affiliated Groups

Thank you to all of our Friends and Affiliated Groups, both those listed below and those that have chosen not to be listed.
For more information about our Friends' Scheme, and to sign up, visit the sign up page.

Individual Friends

  • Meghan Purvis - knitter
  • Raven Wolf - wood carver
  • Grace Horne - knife maker
  • Richard Charles - woodworker
  • Dr Brian Crossley - chair caner
  • Kevin Wilson Gauld - furniture maker
  • David Smith - cabinet maker
  • Shani Phethean-Hubble - spinner, dyer and weaver
  • John Williams
  • Nigel Townshend - green woodworker
  • Tim Kershaw - architectural modelmaker (retired), silversmith, spoon carver
  • Julian Jefferson - lace maker, hand quilter, tapestry maker
  • Tobias John Hinchliffe - stonemason and drystone waller
  • Joe Pattison - pargeter
  • Richard Law
  • Michael Neal
  • Julie Shackson - wool crafter and textile artist
  • Lindsay Roberts - hand spinner
  • Jon Lewington - leather crafter
  • Steven Byrne - bowl turner
  • Marcia B Clark - basket maker
  • Anna Crutchley - passementerie craftsperson
  • Tom Perkins - letter carver
  • David George Sellars - designer bookbinder
  • Robert Nicholson - spoon carver
  • Chamu Kuppuswamy
  • John Richard Kitching - mason pavior and wall pointer
  • Barbara Helen Fitch - straw worker and textile artist
  • Robin Wood - woodworker
  • Judy Love - cane seat weaver
  • Daniel Carpenter
  • Graeme Mair Fraser - greenwood carver
  • Paul Leslie Denial - woodturner
  • Alan Waters - coppice worker and wood collier
  • Rosanna Fay Rendell - apprentice coppice worker and wood collier
  • Doug Fitch - potter
  • Ruth Salter - basketmaker
  • Wendy Shorter - upholsterer
  • Chris Turk - woodturner
  • Robert Craig - woodturner
  • Andrew Clasen
  • Susannah Clasen
  • Wendy Carol Heaven - leaded light window maker
  • Joe Kelly
  • Geoff Forrest - willow weaver and basket maker
  • Lesley Cullen - textile craftsperson
  • Carol Robinson
  • Jenny Lawrence - decorative plasterworker
  • Karen Downing - potter
  • Isabella Whitworth - textile craftsperson and dyer
  • Mrs Angela Brown - lacemaker
  • Paul Jessop - potter
  • Marysa de Veer - bookbinder
  • Sheonagh Winterborne - cane and rush seater
  • Pip Weaser - basketmaker
  • Bruce Phethean-Hubble - wood, leather and metal worker
  • Philip Till
  • Richard Dyson - green woodworker
  • Beth Tilston
  • Andrew Grundon - signwriter
  • Josie Walter - potter
  • Mhairi Wild - hand spinner, weaver, framer and felting
  • Adrian Wood - artist blacksmith
  • Adam Cottrell - flutemaker and leather worker
  • Mark Stafford - stonemason
  • Peter Graham Wood
  • Jane Allan - basketmaker
  • Mace Brightwater - green woodworker
  • Owen Jones - oak swill basketmaker
  • Alistair R MacDonald - stonemason
  • Stewart McCarroll - woodturner
  • Kathleen Robertshaw
  • Annet Stirling - letter carver
  • Matt Jarvis - pole lathe turner
  • Peter William Shelley - straw worker
  • Peter Harrison - furniture maker
  • Gervase Webb - limeworker
  • Cyril Stewart Morrison - calligrapher
  • Alexander Frederick Herzer
  • Amanda Winfield - stained and fused glass artist
  • Paul Burdock - woodturner
  • Lee Chadwick - stickmaker
  • Rachel Evans - basketmaker
  • Greta Bertram
  • Mary Howard-George - potter
  • Martin Keyes - stickmaker
  • Rachel Poole - stained glass artist and willow worker
  • Brad Steele - stonemason and stonecarver
  • Cathy Unwin - feltmaker
  • Kevin Woods - lime plasterer
  • Susan Barbara Cox - calligrapher
  • Gill Barrett - calligrapher
  • Jan Sambell - calligrapher
  • Ellie Langley - feltmaker
  • Richard Dean - mechanical organ builder
  • Robert Newbould
  • Dr David Flynn
  • Roland Williamson
  • Sara Unwin
  • Stephen Shepherd - bone and leather worker
  • Martin Damen - bowl and spoon carver and pole lathe turner
  • Stuart King - woodworker
  • Laryna Elisabeth Wuppermann - weaver, spinner and feltmaker
  • Alex Argo - timber framer
  • Doug Joiner - horse logger
  • Debra Tracey - paper and mosaic crafter
  • William Wall - pole-lathe turner
  • Sue Holden - spoon and bowl carver
  • Richard Bates - coppice worker and green woodworker
  • Adrian Charlton - willow basketmaker
  • Peter Jameson - charcoal burner
  • Richard Arnold - joiner and cabinet maker
  • Ian Bowler - green woodworker
  • Mike Carswell - coppice worker
  • David Badkin - woodturner
  • Christine Roderick - knitter
  • Robin James Taylor - lettering craftsman
  • David John Poole – clockmaker
  • Susan Handy Routh - seat weaver and furniture restorer
  • Mark Rickwood - woodworker
  • Craig Fairless - heritage decorator
  • Barn Carder - spoon carver
  • Simon Hill – spoon and bowl carver
  • Tim Garrett – green wood work
  • Damien Bramhall – riddle and sieve maker
  • Jeff Tupholme
  • Norman Stevens
  • Lin Gardner
  • Sophie Hussain – stained glass artist
  • Thomas Bartlett – woodcarver
  • Catherine Davies – basketmaker
  • Stacey Harvey-Brown – weaver
  • Paul Vodden
  • Emily Hall – potter and basketmaker
  • Maggie Curtis – ceramicist
  • Dot Seddon – tapestry maker, spinner and feltmaker
  • James Grinham – furniture maker
  • Gail McGarva – boatbuilder
  • Mary Butcher – basketmaker
  • Julia Complin – weaver
  • Jennifer Sherrey – spinner, dyer and weaver
  • Timothy Clements – craft photographer
  • Jill Witham
  • Marian Eve Williams – textile dyer
  • John Subbiah – calligrapher
  • Toni Brannon – coppice crafter
  • Tanya Harrod
  • Chris Rowley

Affiliated Groups

  • The Border Stick Dressers Association
  • Guy Mallinson Woodland Workshop
  • Ernest Wright and Son Ltd
  • Devon Guild of Craftsmen
  • Fabrication
  • David & Charles
  • Hadrian's Dry Stone Walls
  • The Crafts Council
  • The Association of Pole Lathe Turners and Greenwood Workers
  • The Makers' Guild in Wales
  • Yorkshire Hurdles
  • Craft Northern Ireland
  • The Coracle Society
  • The Calligraphy & Lettering Arts Society
  • The Liquid Glass Centre
  • Woodland Skills Centre
  • Melita Armitage Limited
  • craft&design Magazine
  • Design Factory
  • Chris Topp & Co Ltd
  • The Old Kennels, Devon
  • Simply Stained Glass
  • Sheffield Woodturning Club
  • The Association of Master Upholsterers & Soft Furnishers
  • The Worshipful Company Of Wheelwrights
  • Redstone Willows
  • The Craft Guild of Traditional Bowyers & Fletchers
  • Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers
  • Pennine Camphill Community
  • Greenwood Worker Group
  • Four and Twenty Blackbirds
  • South Pennine Walling Company
  • Carpenters' Fellowship
  • Weald & Downland Open Air Museum
  • New Legacy School of Woodworking
  • The Quilters' Guild of the British Isles
  • DyeVerse
  • ASF Shetland
  • The Memorial Arts Charity
  • Basketmakers' Association
  • The Harley Foundation
  • The Lace Guild
  • Dorset Coppice Group