What is craft?
Leading figures in the craft world to tell us what the term craft means to them.
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Crafts reading list
Reading list compiled of general crafts related publications, and publications related to ceramics and Asia.…
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Interview with Harriet Hill, contemporary textile artist
Harriet Hill has been a practicing artist for about six years based in the Welsh Borders, focussing on felt-making. At present she lives in London while she is doing an MFA Textiles at Goldsmiths College.
Interview with Steve Howlett, professional wood worker & sculptor
Steve Howlett is a professional wood worker and sculptor, and has over 30 years experience. He worked first as a joiner, then furniture-maker, furniture-restorer, wood-turner and, finally a sculptor.
DLR Documenting Life in Residence: a platform for change
3 October 2011 – 29 January 2012 ‘Documenting Life in Residence’ charts the journeys of three mid-career craft makers who participated in the V&A Craft Residencies between 2008 and 2010: Mary Butcher (contemporary basketry), Dorothy Hogg (jewellery) and Laurence Kavanagh (automata).
Interview with Charlotte De Syllas, jewellery maker
Producing one-off commissioned jewellery since 1966, Charlotte De Syllas creates extraordinary pieces which reflect the individual.
Regional knitting in the British Isles & Ireland
A number of areas in the British Isles and Ireland have their own distinctive style of knitting or a particular garment for which they are known.
A gift in your will
You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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Essential Arts and Crafts
Karen Livingstone explores the origins, myths, and multiplicity of the Arts and Crafts Movement through some of its most ground-breaking works.
Buy nowEvent - Monday Craft Club: Patchwork & Quilting
Mon 27 February 2012 13:00
PRACTICAL WORKSHOP: Master the traditional techniques of English patchwork and hand quilting in the first of
a series of Monday Craft Club workshops. Share ideas in a social setting whilst creating evocative fabric pieces to take home.
