Ailsa is a History graduate with a background in museum education. More recently, she has worked for a sports organisation as a Finance Officer and Administrator. Ailsa has had a passion for all sorts of crafts from a young age. She has taken courses in paper marbling, traditional upholstery and textiles art history, as well […]
New research by Heritage Crafts has unearthed more traditional craft skills on the verge of extinction in the UK, in the latest major update of its pioneering project, the Red List of Endangered Crafts, funded by the Pilgrim Trust.
This autumn, Helen Chislett and David Linley’s (the Earl of Snowdon) book, Craft Britain: Why Making Matters will be published, featuring a number of crafts on the Red List of Endangered Crafts.
21 March 2022 marked the inaugural #EndangeredCraftWeek, an effort by Heritage Crafts and partner The Prince’s Foundation to shine a light on the urgent need to preserve traditional craft skills.
How does it feel to let a new person in to your thriving craft business? Lucy McGrath runs Marmor Paperie, a successful paper marbling business with a studio at Cockpit Arts. Read more…
We have linked up with AirBnB Experiences, to offer a range of heritage crafts experiences from tassel making to building your own cart wheel.
Speech delivered by Greta Bertram, HCA Secretary, at the launch of the Radcliffe Red List of Endangered Crafts, 3 May 2017 at the House of Lords.
The Cockpit Arts/NADFAS/HCA Award provides a year’s free workshop space at Cockpit Arts, as well as dedicated business support and training, to a craftsperson whose work contributes to the continuation of heritage craft skills.