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  • Friday, 16 April, 2021
    How To Spend It
    Preservation society: meet the craft revivalists

    The ceramicists, rush weavers and other dedicated artisans saving rare skills from the brink of extinction

  • Saturday, 10 April, 2021
    Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: April
    Sapphires and steel: industrial materials show their mettle

    From carbon fibre to aluminium, alternatives to precious metals are making their mark in high jewellery

  • Saturday, 20 February, 2021
    House & Home
    The handmades’ tale: the artisans crafting new tools for trading

    Makers are navigating the pandemic with digital fairs, livestream selling, masterclasses — and champagne

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    House & Home
    A man of letters: where typography meets sculpture

    Artisan Iain Cotton makes hand-carved stone signs for houses and streets

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Travel
    The shipwright saving Britain’s maritime heritage

    The largest wooden cutter in more than a century sets sail amid a surge of interest in wind-powered cruises

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    Travel
    The last thatcher of the Western Isles

    In the Outer Hebrides, only one craftsman still makes roofs with marram grass but tourism is helping keep the ancient craft alive

  • Friday, 2 October, 2020
    House & Home
    The Palladian mansion that became an artists’ hub

    A grand house in Scotland has been given new life as workshops for creatives and craftsmen

  • Friday, 11 September, 2020
    From waste to taste: the art of recycled ceramic tableware

    How a Liverpool manufacturer is creating sustainable dishes from broken plates and old building rubble

  • Thursday, 10 September, 2020
    How To Spend It
    Chip off the block – lessons from my father, JB Blunk

    As a new book shines a light on the work of the late American sculptor, his designer daughter recalls how his aesthetic shaped her own

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    Best in glass: the new wave of makers

    Meet the artists shattering tradition to create a fresh new art form

  • Saturday, 13 June, 2020
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    Cult gardening tools we really dig

    All the shears, spades and secateurs worth forking out for

  • Friday, 15 May, 2020
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    The perils of upcycling

    A DIY approach to tarting up furniture is to be advocated — but know your limits

  • Friday, 8 May, 2020
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    How to choose chic knobs for cupboard doors

    Look for something elegant and distinctive but not overbearing

  • Wednesday, 6 May, 2020
    Residential
    Traditional design ideas that give a contemporary bathroom a Moroccan feel

    Style options distilled from a confluence of African, Arab and Mediterranean cultures

  • Monday, 6 April, 2020
    Residential
    How to furnish a warehouse apartment

    Bohemian and industrial heritage options to help create a vintage inner city look

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
    House & Home
    Meet Adrian Isaac, the man who couldn’t stop building

    This Lincolnshire resident has devoted his life to construction, from boyhood forts to his salvaged Tudor house

  • Friday, 6 March, 2020
    House & Home
    How social media and high tech came to Burleigh pottery

    The venerable Stoke ceramics company blends tradition and innovation

  • Friday, 6 March, 2020
    Collect 2020 shows the global demand for craft

    The fair brings traditional and experimental pieces, in materials from glass to conkers

  • Friday, 17 January, 2020
    Meet the ceramicist making light fixtures from porcelain

    Margaret O’Rorke imbues mass-produced lighting with the warmth of the human hand

  • Friday, 10 January, 2020
    House & Home
    From Mayfair to the Middle East, artisan weavers are rethinking rugs

    Independent makers use the finest materials and unbridled creativity to make classics more contemporary

  • Saturday, 28 December, 2019
    How To Spend It
    Meet the makers: a bold new wave of craft creatives

    Five artisans talk about the experimentalism, obsessions and environmental passions that inform their work

  • Monday, 23 December, 2019
    ReviewVisual Arts
    Spinning craft into art at the Whitney Museum

    New York exhibition focuses on artists who make bold work from humble materials

  • Monday, 23 December, 2019
    Residential
    Chalet chic: accessories for a mountain retreat interior

    Objects from natural materials create harmony between the indoors and the rugged landscape

  • Monday, 23 September, 2019
    Fruits of the loom: Anne Low’s woven sculptures using historic weaving methods

    The textile artist uses old techniques to generate new things, using the woven fabric as a bedrock

  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    FT SeriesCollecting: PAD London 2019
    Can Netflix’s ‘Blown Away’ help break through the glass ceiling?

    Reminiscent of ‘The Great British Bake Off’, a new series takes on competitive glass-blowing

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