Crafts News

Newspaper Crafts for Preschoolers Turn Yesterday's News Into Tomorrow's Fine Motor Skills

Safe, simple paper projects that build little hands with almost no preparation — and almost no cost.

The Bayeux Tapestry Comes to London for Its First UK Display in Over 900 Years

The 11th-century embroidery — some 70 metres of stitched narrative — has been confirmed for display at the British Museum from September 2026, the first time it has returned to Britain since it was made.

How Risograph Printing Layers One Vivid Colour at a Time

Laura Boswell Carves Her Print Blocks Away to Capture Scotland's Wild Coastline

Crafts Council Calls For Bold Craft Installations At Collect Open 2027

Independent makers and collectives are invited to pitch ambitious, craft-led proposals for the next edition of Somerset House's celebrated showcase.

Cyanotype Turns Two Iron Salts and an Afternoon of Sunlight Into Unfading Prussian Blue

Teaching Craft Classes Pays When the Arithmetic Is Honest

Workshop income looks like easy money until you price the prep hours, the hall hire and the half who book but do not come — here is the real economics of teaching what you make.

Why Craft Supply Prices Keep Rising — and What Makers Are Doing About It

Clay, wool, timber and the electricity that fires a kiln have all climbed since 2021; the makers coping best treat materials as a managed cost, not a fixed one.

Jongjin Park's Paper-and-Porcelain Strata Win the LOEWE Craft Prize 2026

The Seoul-based ceramicist took the craft world's richest prize in Singapore on 12 May, as the LOEWE Foundation's exhibition of thirty finalists opened at the National Gallery Singapore.

Open Studios Season Explained: The Friendliest Way to Sell What You Make

One weekend a year, makers unlock their doors, print a map and let buyers walk through the workspace — here is how UK open studio events work and how to take part well.