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Artisans

  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: October
    Shining examples of the art of enamelling on show in London

    Goldsmiths’ Fair presents the rich variety of approaches to the technique in contemporary jewellery

    Photo of a hand holding a pair of earrings
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    Felicity Aylieff’s big pot energy

    The ceramicist has combined China’s ‘white gold’ clay with artistic inspiration from Kew Gardens to create monumental floral pots for a new exhibition

    A woman stands between two giant colourful ceramic vases pots that are taller than her
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Interiors
    The golden touch of keum-boo

    The ancient Korean gilding technique is enjoying a resurgence — with a little help from YouTube

    Four silver beakers decorated with gold leaf patterns
  • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
    Wild new ways with wood turning

    Designer-makers are upping the ante on traditional lathe-fabricated forms

    Max Bainbridge uses a rotary sander on one of his large sculptures, created from a hollowed-out tree trunk
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Craft works: the joy of manipulating natural materials

    Two charming memoirs celebrate the simple appeal of the potter’s wheel and the lathe

    Overhead view of a clay pot being formed on a potter’s wheel
  • Saturday, 24 August, 2024
    Travel
    Hidden in the hills, the Japanese villages where thatching lives on

    In a nation better known for futuristic cities, a cluster of small villages is clinging to the ancient traditions of thatching

    A lush green mountain valley at dusk with terraced fields and a scattering of houses with steep roofs, many thatched
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    Interiors
    Shropshire’s daring, decadent and ‘completely wild’ crafts crowd

    Meet the makers inspired by the county’s rolling landscape, industrial heritage and medieval landmarks — and attracting a global clientele

    Image depicts a woman engaged in a textile printing or crafting activity in a well-organised studio
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    FT SeriesThe HTSI spring travel special
    Ruth Tomlinson’s odyssey to uncover Britain’s ‘homegrown gems’

    The jeweller is fossicking for Norfolk amber, Angus agate and Yorkshire jet

    Ruth Tomlinson on Seaton Beach near Looe, in Cornwall
  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    House & Home
    Craft comes out of the shadows

    London Craft Week puts the emphasis on education, financial reward and self-respect for artisans, often seen as poor cousins to artists and designers

  • Friday, 19 April, 2024
    House & Home
    Radical reupholstery uncovers the history of a chair

    Whether repairing antiques for a museum or refashioning a discarded piece yourself, there’s a story to be found in the stuffing

    a woman works on the upholstery of a chair
  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
    Watches & Jewellery
    Watchmakers work to keep artisanal crafts alive

    Luxury brands are stepping up investment as collectors place value on age-old skills such as engraving and enamelling

    A watch with a panther motif
  • Sunday, 31 March, 2024
    House & Home
    How metalwork moved from shipbuilding to furniture-making

    Heritage skills lost with the decline of heavy industry are being adapted in contemporary design

    A member of the Novocastrian team, based in Newcastle, working on the metal Rib Coffee Table
  • Saturday, 23 March, 2024
    Interiors
    Mingei, an extraordinary art that celebrates the ordinary

    The Japanese movement prompted waves of admiration for affordable, everyday ‘folk craft’

  • Friday, 15 March, 2024
    House & Home
    Politics on a plate: how ceramics became a tool for satire and protest

    A new exhibition celebrates the ‘Trojan horse’ of the decorative arts

    The exhibition ‘Contem’Plate’ at Messums West in Wiltshire - plates hung on walls
  • Monday, 11 March, 2024
    HTSI
    The Toast of the craft world

    The British fashion brand’s New Makers programme spotlights five great artisans

    Pieces by the 2024 Toast New Makers
  • Friday, 1 March, 2024
    Interiors
    Why mosaics are having a moment

    Whether in public works or private commissions for splashbacks or floors, the ancient art is quietly thriving

  • Sunday, 25 February, 2024
    Interiors
    The Collect craft fair 2024: from the surreal to the ephemeral

    More than 400 makers display their creations in wood, ceramic, silver and more at Somerset House in London

  • Sunday, 28 January, 2024
    Interiors
    Textile trailblazers receive long-overdue recognition

    A series of exhibitions highlights artists from the 1960s to today

  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    House & Home
    Attua Aparicio’s glass and clay designs win the Ralph Saltzman Prize

    The ceramic vessels and wall sculptures shimmer with shards of borosilicate glass waste

  • Saturday, 16 December, 2023
    Interiors
    100 ways to hook into the legacy of the sculptor JB Blunk

    The exhibition ‘100 Hooks’ is the first in a series being staged by the daughter of the late artist

    hooks made of different materials hanging on a wall
  • Wednesday, 13 December, 2023
    FT Globetrotter
    Little wonders: the marvels of Rome’s mini Nativity scenes

    ‘Presepi’ — intricate and often wildly imaginative dioramas of the birth of Christ — are a highlight of the Italian holiday season. Here’s where to see them at their most magical in the capital

    Detail of the presepe at Santa Maria in Via Church, Rome, with figurines of angels perched on top of Roman columns
  • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
    House & Home
    Twelve chandeliers of Christmas: artists and glassmakers light up Venice

    An exhibition of collaborative works will reside in St Mark’s Square through the winter

  • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
    Interiors
    ‘It feels like sorcery’: Florian Gadsby, potter and social media sensation

    With his international following, the works sell instantly — but you can at least see some now at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

    many pots and vases in different shades of grey to green
  • Friday, 3 November, 2023
    Interiors
    Women woodworkers go against the grain

    Female artisans are creating unusual designs in a craft that has been traditionally male dominated

  • Friday, 27 October, 2023
    Interiors
    The botanical fantasies created by wall-mounted ceramic plants

    Artists using porcelain and clay capture transient nature to make something permanent

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