Supporting makers across the UK
Professional and Business Development
Celebrating the most innovative craft makers in the UK.
Events
Research reports commissioned by the Crafts Council
Research and Policy
Our research strategy for 2018-2022
Research and Policy
Hothouse supports talented makers at the start of their career
Professional and Business Development
A Crafts Council Collection online resource and learning programme
Collections
Our Future is in the Making: An Education Manifesto for Craft and Making #FutureInMaking
Learning, Research and Policy
Visit our exhibitions across the UK
Exhibitions
Our responses to government and other national consultation documents
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Our exhibitions and films are available to hire
Collections, Exhibitions
Join us for our summer exhibition as we celebrate 20 years of Tatty Devine.
Exhibitions
Resources and Support for Artsmark Schools
Learning
A new set of cards that illustrate how craft skills are integral to product development.
Innovation, Professional and Business Development, Research and Policy
What is craft innovation? Explore stories from some of the most innovative makers and projects led
Innovation
Collect took place at the Saatchi Gallery from 28 February - 3 March 2019.
Events, International
A special edition of Make:Shift hosted by the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland that
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Presenting the new wave of British making at the inaugural FORM Miami, 6–10 December 2017
Events, Exhibitions, International, Professional and Business Development
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13 September – 22 October 2017
Exhibitions, International
A Crafts Council showcase presented at Tresor Craft fair in Basel, 21-24 September 2017.
International
At the 1 Hotel & Homes from 28 November to 2 December 2016.
International
A collective of 16-25 year olds interested in shaping the future of craft, design and making in the
Learning, Research and Policy
A two day conference on 17-18 June 2019 to ignite your creative business ambitions
Professional and Business Development
A Crafts Council and Hull 2017 Partnership Exhibition, supported by the British Council
Exhibitions
A Crafts Council Touring Exhibition
Exhibitions
Studying Craft 16 presents a picture of a sector at risk, facing an unsustainable model for
Research and Policy
Make Your Future is a hands-on programme that is reinvigorating craft in schools
Learning
Driving innovation through craft
Innovation, Research and Policy
An exhibition of automata
Exhibitions
Storytelling through objects and making
Exhibitions
A Future Made showcase at Design Miami/ Basel from 14 - 19 June 2016
International
I AM HERE: Portable art, wearable objects, jewellery since the 1970s. I AM HERE will be showing in
Exhibitions
Building markets for British craft across the globe
International
Showcasing British craft in South Korea
International
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Support craft all year round
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Help grow the Crafts Council Collection
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Remember craft in your will
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Host a Hey Clay! workshop from 17 - 19 May 2019
Learning
Find makers and craft across the UK
Professional and Business Development
Make:Shift 2016 took place on the 10 and 11 November 2016 at the Museum of Science and Industry,
An exhibition of furniture from the Crafts Council Collection
Exhibitions
Make:Shift 2014 took place on the 20 and 21 November 2014
April brings a flavour of the General Election and a raft of new reports
An exhibition exploring new ways of working, sharing and collaborating
Exhibitions
A professional development programme for established makers
Professional and Business DevelopmentThis brief picks up policy issues during February
A tightly packed brief for the end of last year and the beginning of this one
Collect: The International Art Fair for Modern Craft and Design
Events, International
A two-week festival of craft in Plymouth and Mount Edgcumbe from 12 to 26 September 2014
Exhibitions
How luxury is made and understood in the 21st century
Exhibitions
Showing British craft on the world stage
International
The Learning and Participation team promotes life-long learning in craft throughout the UK.
Learning
Championing craft learning!
Learning
A rich learning resource of over 700 objects
Collections, LearningThis brief picks up on policy issues in October
This brief picks up on policy issues in both August and September