part 1 of endangered crafts
part 2 of endangered crafts
part 3 of endangered crafts
part 4 of endangered crafts
if you’re STILL looking for an endangered craft to pick up, here are some more from @heritage-crafts.bsky.social who compiled the first list I shared!
Chair of Trustees sought
Deadline: 15 August 2025
With the charity growing as a result of successful awareness-raising campaigns and advocacy around the role of Intangible Cultural Heritage, now is an exciting time to be leading Heritage Crafts as Chair.
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The BBC reports that Moorcroft Pottery, which stopped trading at the end of April after more than 100 years in business, has been returned to family ownership.
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Tim Noad has been awarded an MBE in the King's Birthday Honours, in recognition of his international reputation as one of the most accomplished artists and craftspeople working in his field, combining heraldry, calligraphy, design and illustration.
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🧵🪡 Join us on July 5 in Bristol for our 2025 Celebration and hear all about our ongoing collaboration with @heritage-crafts.bsky.social including bursaries and our Fashion Textile Maker of the Year Award!
Tickets: costumesociety.org.uk/events/detai...
Excellent article but very concerning about our endangered traditional crafts as recorded in @heritage-crafts.bsky.social latest edition on their Red List of Endangered Crafts. More details here: www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/...
@heritage-crafts.bsky.social Red List is featured in the media today (here The Times, also BBC Breakfast) with v concerning data on more critically endangered crafts where the traditional skills are in danger of being lost within a generation. @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social needs to step up urgently.
Employer financial support for two new craft apprenticeships via @heritage-crafts.bsky.social: www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/apprenticesh...
My goodness - this is absolutely amazing!! Well done yet again @heritage-crafts.bsky.social for identifying a genuine problem for makers on the margin, and wow! well done and thanks to the anonymous donor who has made this possible!
We are thrilled to announce the appointment of six exceptional individuals to our Board of Trustees, marking an exciting new phase for the charity. www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/...
Keeping the craft skills of bespoke and fine tailoring going in a world dominated by men. Amazing woman! @heritage-crafts.bsky.social
The Society of Antiquaries of London, in partnership with Heritage Crafts, is thrilled to introduce basket maker Sarah Le Breton as the Maker in Residence for 2025 at Kelmscott Manor. www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/...
Happy #InternationalWomensDay from everyone at Heritage Crafts!
Join Heritage Crafts in conversation with illuminator Sarah Davis online at 7pm on 25 March. Sarah has been the second Society of Antiquaries of London / Heritage Crafts Maker in Residence at Kelmscott Manor. Register at www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/events/sarah....
Last week to apply for Heritage Crafts’ and @theroyalmintuk.bsky.social's training bursaries for new and early-career precious metal workers. Four successful applicants will benefit from up to £4,000 in funding each. Apply at www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/opportunitie... (deadline 7 March).
Making shoe last is now a critically endangered craft with very very few people who can carve a piece of wood to size such that a shoe can be created around it. Probably not a problem in Roman times with their appreciation of real craftsmanship! @heritage-crafts.bsky.social
Our partnership exhibition with New Brewery Arts in Cirencester, 'And The Work Goes On', is now open, featuring work by 15 makers under the age of 25, many of whom are just starting out and navigating the professional world of craft.
Our next Creative Network: Crafts session looks at sustainability, celebrating how craft groups are the original upcyclers! Join us and Heritage Crafts online on Wed 5 Mar, 7-8pm as we launch our report 'Crafting Sustainable Communities'. Book your free place: www.creative-lives.org/Event/crafti...
We’re delighted to be partnering with @creativelivescl.bsky.social ial at 7pm on Wednesday 5 March to celebrate and discuss how craft groups are the original re-users and upcyclers! We’ll be joined by guest Marianna Hamilton of R:evolve Recycle. Book at www.creative-lives.org/Event/crafti....
We still have a few places remaining at... Cut, Stitch, Sew – a symposium on craft skills that support UK fashion textiles
Where: De Montfort University, Leicester
When: Friday 21 February 2025
www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/events/cutst...
A grandfather has become a viral TikTok star after his daughter shared videos of him crafting stained glass. “Stained glass is a dying art, it’s literally on the endangered list with Heritage Crafts,”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
📷 @artworksbyroland
Now that’s some smocking on that smock! @heritage-crafts.bsky.social
🚨 Trustee opportunities 🚨
Deadline: Friday 28 February
Heritage Crafts is currently looking for Trustees (voluntary, part time) with the skills and experience to enable us to grow as an organisation and to help us to deliver our strategic aims. www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/...
Find out more about our funding and awards
When: 11 February and 17 April 2025
We will be providing training bursaries, grants (Endangered Crafts Fund and Maker Relief Fund) and awards in 2025. To find out more about the opportunities, please register via linktr.ee/heritagecrafts.
‘And The Work Goes On’ – young makers exhibition
Where: New Brewery Arts, Cirencester
When: 8 February to 24 May 2025
New Brewery Arts and Heritage Crafts are proud to showcase the work of young makers in our upcoming show. www.newbreweryarts.org.uk/exhibitions
Maker in Residence opportunity at Kelmscott Manor with the Society of Antiquaries of London and Heritage Crafts
YEAR 3 THEME: RURAL CRAFTS
Deadline for applications: 17 February 2025
Online information session: 28 January 2025, 4pm
www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/...
Knitting is absolutely good for my mental health. It gives me a sense of purpose and a rush of dopamine when I finish something.
Heritage Crafts and the Society of Scribes and Illuminators have launched a new training bursary for a new or early-career practitioner of calligraphy and/or illuminor who will benefit from up to £4,000 in funding. Deadline 7 March. www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/...
‘Knitting is a lifeline: young people turn to craft to cast off gloom', in the @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Heritage Crafts and the International Guild of Knot Tyers have launched a new training bursary for a new or early-career practitioner of maritime rope and twine crafts who will benefit from up to £4,000 in funding. Deadline 7 March. www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/...