The number of heritage craftspeople in the UK is dwindling and as a result, ancient skills are in danger of dying out and being lost forever. Here, Johnathan Swann introduces us to two such practitioners, both of whom point to the importance of passing on and teaching these skills to the next generation
This year sees Mirka (UK) Ltd parent company, Mirka Ltd (Finland), celebrate its 80th anniversary, growing to become one of the world’s leading manufacturers in the surface finishing industry
Gifted some scraps of wood by a neighbour, Crediton-based luthier Shaun Newman was delighted to find they’d come from the workshop of world-famous violin maker, Arthur Richardson, who’d lived in the same market town. Using pieces of fine-grained spruce, flamed maple and beech, he incorporated these into a ‘Baroque’ style guitar
Award-winning Craft Festival Bovey Tracey will return to the idyllic parkland setting of Mill Marsh Park, Bovey Tracey, Devon from 9–11 June for it's 19th edition
