Winners of the 2022 Heritage Crafts Awards
30th January 2023 | ANNOUNCEMENTS
The result was one of six revealed at the ceremony introduced by Heritage Crafts Co-Chair Jay Blades MBE and hosted by Heritage Crafts Vice Presidents Baroness Garden of Frognal and Lord Cormack. Other recent successes were also celebrated, including the awarding of the third annual President’s Award for Endangered Crafts, set up by Heritage Crafts President the former Prince of Wales and won by pargeter Johanna Welsh, and the inaugural Woodworker of the Year Award sponsored by Axminster Tools and won by luthier Jonathan Hill.
The Heritage Crafts/Marsh Maker of the Year award was won by slipware potter Hannah McAndrew. After serving an apprenticeship with Dumfrieshire slipware potter Jason Shackleton, Hannah has been running her own workshop since 2003. She draws influence from the ancient British folk heritage of country pottery, whose makers demonstrated extraordinary, intuitive skill, a high benchmark to which she aspires. Her ‘This is England’ charger was accepted into the permanent collection of Centre of Ceramic Art, York Art Gallery in 2021. This piece, made as a response to the racist abuse during the Euro2020 football tournament raised £9,000 for FareShare UK and was featured on the national news.
Finalists
The finalists were as follows:
Heritage Crafts/Marsh Maker of the Year
- Rachel Frost – felt hat maker
- Hannah McAndrew – slipware potter
- Fergus Wessel – lettercutter in stone
Heritage Crafts/Marsh Trainer of the Year
- Line Hansen – saddler
- Frances Roche – saddler
- Mark Romain – saddler
Heritage Crafts/Marsh Trainee of the Year
- Megan Rigby – hand engraver
- Sarah Ready – withy pot maker
- Eden Sorrel Russell – saddler
Heritage Crafts/Marsh Volunteer of the Year
- Patricia Basham – Knitting and Crochet Guild
- Kezia Hoffman – Granary Creative Arts Centre
- Ian Pearson – British Society of Scientific Glassblowers
The next round of nominations open on 1 March 2023.