Crafts

Jewellery, millinery, ceramics, textiles, woodworking, paper and felt art from designers and makers around the world.

All images courtesy of Lindsey Thomas. Via Creative Boom submission.

Lindsey Thomas's adorable needlefelt animals riding bicycles and wearing party hats

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22 September 2019, Drop-in Craftivism Workshop #DaretoDream, Heritage Open Days @ People's History Museum © Photo by Robin Prime. All images courtesy of People’s History Museum

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The Art of Gentle Protest lets you create your own cloud to dream of a better world

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All images courtesy of Asia House and Wallace Chan. Via Creative Boom submission.

Jewellery artist known as the 'Shapeshifter' to reveal his most innovative designs in the UK

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Sculptures made out of folded paper inspired by the 3D characters created in video games

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Life-like paper insects painstakingly made from fine crepe paper

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Rosie Wolfenden and Harriet Vine on the making of Tatty Devine, the go-to statement jewellery brand

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Carolyn Genders on lessons learnt from four decades of surviving and thriving as a ceramic artist

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Dana Nechmad's textile-based art explores the visceral nature of female memory

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Can art make us listen more when it comes to LGBTQ rights?

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All images courtesy of the artist. Via Creative Boom submission.

Groves of ceramic fungi-like forms that sense and react to people nearby

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Peggy Turnball, with gallery assistants Edith and Mary Flint. Courtesy of Crafts Study Centre, University for the Creative Arts

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Pioneering women in craft who made successful businesses during the two World Wars

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All photography courtesy of Central Saint Martins

Caroline Broadhead on 10 years at Central Saint Martins and her love of jewellery and collaboration

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10 January 2019

New rainbow-coloured blobs, drops and squishes covered in spikes by Dan Lam

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Sam Pierpoint

Sam Pierpoint on working with paper, living in the countryside and doing good in the world

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13 December 2018

Sheena Liam’s gorgeous embroidered portraits with lifelike, flowing hair

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25 October 2018

Maëlle Doliveux for Buzzfeed News.

Maëlle Doliveux's innovative comics and illustrations beautifully crafted out of paper

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23 October 2018

Paper Flower by MISAWA Haruka. Photography by Amana Group

Subtle explores Japanese minimalism and the limitless creative possibilities of paper

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27 September 2018

All images courtesy of Jessica Dance

Jessica Dance crafts 300 colourful fruit and veg made entirely from wool

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18 September 2018

All photography courtesy of Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair

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Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair celebrates cutting-edge craft and design in Manchester

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6 September 2018

All artwork and images credit: copyright, Andrew Ooi

Andrew Ooi's intricate 3D artworks crafted by hand out of thousands of pieces of paper

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Helen Musselwhite on working with paper, why it's good to mess up sometimes and avoiding burnout

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Lisa Lloyd on working with paper, never giving up and the kindness of the creative industries

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Laura-Jane Atkinson on her love of 'naff' materials, experimentation and Manchester

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Alexandra Kehayoglou. Copyright Emiliano Granados

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Weaving is back: Take a peep inside the studios of contemporary makers on the loom

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