Tag: Heritage crafts

Highlighting Endangered Heritage Crafts in the UK

What does arrowsmithing, coppersmithing, and straw hat making have in common? They are three of the eleven heritage crafts that have been newly classified as “critically endangered” in the UK, meaning that those craft skills could disappear in a generation. Sights such as Cornish coppersmith Francis Cargeeg working in his workshop in 1951 are now…


Hoping to Save Endangered Heritage Crafts in the UK

What does the making of glass eyes, ballet pointe shoes, and mouth-blown sheet-glass have in common? They are three of 20 heritage crafts that have been newly classified as “critically endangered” in the UK, a classification which means that those craft skills could disappear in a generation.  On May 24, a total of 130 ”endangered”…