Makers & Craftspeople
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Why we love Sunderland lustreware and where to find the best pieces
We chart the 18th-century origins of lustreware and explain why this style of metallic-glazed pottery lends itself to contemporary interpretation and continues to fire up collectors
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Behind the scenes at an Egyptian creative collective producing extraordinary woven art
Egyptian architect Ramses Wissa Wassef believed passionately that creativity is in everyone. Elizabeth Metcalfe visits the thriving weaving centre he established nearly 75 years ago.
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Design Miami Paris 2025 spotlights 5 emerging designers you need to know
The much-anticipated art and design fair teamed up with tech giant Apple to explore how a new generation of creatives is working with tech to supercharge their design process
Travel
This unexpected English county is one of our favourite design destinations
The heart of the East Midlands, Leicester has a rich design heritage and is packed with exciting creative makers, designers and more
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Meet the artists and makers putting their local craft heritage back on the map
The UK has an extraordinary history of craftsmanship, but many of those traditions are close to disappearing. Luckily there are talented craftspeople whose work speaks to their hometown heritage
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Inside the Wiltshire workshop of Garden & Wood, restorers of charming, antique garden tools
A shared background in horticulture led Louise Allen and Piers Newth to set up an antique tool business that has grown into a purveyor of all things garden related
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Inside the world of paper plant maker Georgia Doherty
Elizabeth Metcalfe visits the former chef at her west London home, where she crafts strikingly realistic flowers from crepe paper and card to sell through her business, Plants for Shade
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United in Design launches its guide to makers and creators
The indispensable resource highlights the enormous amount of creativity from diverse names across the UK
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Behind the scenes with Rye Pottery
Ticky Hedley-Dent meets Josh and Tabby Cole, the third generation based in the Sussex workshop, who continue to introduce new designs while celebrating their heritage
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In the studio with the wood artist Darren Appiagyei
The London-based wood-turner tells Jennifer Goulding how an appreciation for nature and a passion for sustainability have influenced the development of his tactile, sculptural vessels
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The collections bringing global craft to the UK market
When it comes to preserving global craft and making it something we can have in our homes, these are the people leading the way
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The block-printing workshop every wallpaper designer has in their address book
As the company celebrates 30 years of hand-block-printing with a new wallpaper collection and plans for a showroom, Claire Bingham visits the family behind Bruce Fine Papers at their Lincolnshire workshop
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The ancient crafts that nearly died out and the people saving them
From parchment making to weaving oak swill baskets, these are the crafts which are - thankfully - being saved in the UK
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Why craft is good for the soul: creatives on how it has changed their lives
What is it about crafting and making that provides a place to heal, reflect, escape or think?
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Behind the scenes with a young trio of master stone carvers
At their London workshop, master carvers Tom Nicholls, Josh Locksmith and Sam Lee explain to Christabel Chubb how they are keeping traditional stonemasonry skills alive
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Inside a Sussex workshop creating sustainable building materials from the local environment
In their workshop in East Sussex, Ben and Loretta Bosence explain to Malaika Byng what has led them to develop the alchemy of turning natural ingredients and waste into sustainable building materials
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Meet a metalworker restoring Victorian iron ranges at his Somerset workshop
Christabel Chubb visits the Somerset workshop of Olly Osborne, who turned a side hustle restoring iron ranges in his garage into a successful business.
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Inside the technicolour world of marbled paper specialist Nat Maks
Influenced by the traditional Japanese art of paper marbling, Natascha Maksimovic tells Christabel Chubb about being immersed in a world of ink and water where no two designs emerge the same
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Behind the scenes with a proponent of the historic craft of globemaking
Introducing his new book The Globemakers: The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft, the Bellerby & Co founder takes us back to the early days of his now thriving business, when he made the bold decision to revive and reimagine a historic craft for a contemporary market
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Meet a furniture maker pursuing the perfect design on the edge of the North York Moors
Furniture maker Marcus Jacka uses traditional skills to create beautifully crafted pieces. He tells Hatta Byng about his pursuit of the perfect design