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    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      House & Home
      Knives out: Sheffield’s craft steel revival

      After decades of decline, the UK city’s famous industry is being revitalised by young artisans

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Interiors
      Modern alchemists: the furniture makers to watch in 2023

      A new spirit of experimentation has taken hold among designers

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Interiors
      Rachel Scott’s house full of woven wonders

      Her rugs, carpets and cushions were made for a domestic space but are now the subject of a Hauser & Wirth exhibition

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      House & Home
      The hand tools that built the world

      In an extract from his new book, Dominic Chinea of TV’s ‘The Repair Shop’ delights in the craftsmanship of the past

    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      HTSI
      A furniture store in Lima supporting craft collectives

      Don Bosco showcases exquisite furniture, furnishings and sculptures made by artisans in the Andes – and all profits go to them 

    • Friday, 21 October, 2022
      Interiors
      The masters of Hida: 1,300 years of woodcraft

      An exhibition in London celebrates the skills of carpenters from this forested region of Japan

    • Friday, 16 September, 2022
      Interiors
      Radical carpenters: ‘The timber just pops’

      From LA to Bosnia and Herzegovina, woodworkers are subverting techniques and classic furniture forms

    • Friday, 9 September, 2022
      House & Home
      Edmund de Waal’s plate collection for Wedgwood and the V&A

      The writer and ceramicist celebrates the history of porcelain with four limited-edition pieces

    • Monday, 15 August, 2022
      Travel
      Postcard from Khiva: weaving magic at the Silk Carpet Workshop

      It’s 20 years since the city’s only maker of the traditional item opened — though thousands of years have gone into its craft

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      House & Home
      The ware that we breathe: how air pollution is used in pottery

      Particulates are being harvested to create glazes for ‘Smogware’ and other ceramic ranges

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      Interiors
      Dahye Jeong wins the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize

      Her ethereal basket woven from horsehair is described as ‘peaceful and poetic’

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      Interiors
      A toast to the drinking glass

      Two exhibitions highlight how these vessels have reflected the mores and tastes of their times

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
      House & Home
      Stitches across time: 150 years of the Royal School of Needlework

      A new exhibition explores the history of the decorative art of embroidery and challenges stereotypes

    • Saturday, 4 June, 2022
      Southern Europe Special
      Ceramic homewares that fire the imagination

      Modern updates to ancient craft techniques help creators produce desirable objects

    • Friday, 29 April, 2022
      FT SeriesThe home in 50 objects from around the world
      The home in 50 objects from around the world #27: the rag rug

      Multiple histories are layered in the cotton, tweed, silk and wool of these thrift rugs

    • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
      HTSI
      Time to rethink the tile

      Lace-carved, feather-fringed and tessellated takes on flooring are the stars at Homo Faber 2022

    • Friday, 25 March, 2022
      Interiors
      The Harewood Biennial showcases craft as a force for social change

      Designers address issues such as colonial heritage and diversity at the historic house near Leeds

    • Friday, 18 March, 2022
      Interiors
      Fashion and homewares brand Toast mentors emerging artisans

      Five New Makers are chosen annually in a non-profit programme run by the shop

    • Saturday, 22 January, 2022
      FT SeriesThe home in 50 objects from around the world
      The home in 50 objects from around the world #13: Gee’s Bend quilt

      Produced in a hamlet in the American South, these quilts have been likened to compositions of abstract art

    • Friday, 29 October, 2021
      FT SeriesThe home in 50 objects from around the world
      The home in 50 objects from around the world #3: Blue Mountain Pottery

      The elongated, stylised vases and animal figurines lent an otherworldly aura to Canada’s provincial homes

    • Friday, 15 October, 2021
      Interiors
      From horticulture to handicraft: a collection of plant-inspired homewares

      Petersham Nurseries has enlisted British makers for its new venture

    • Thursday, 5 August, 2021
      HTSI
      Future perfect: the father-daughter design duo making the medieval modern

      Artist Sophie Coryndon and her cabinetmaker father, Nick, work in wildly divergent mediums, but their creative collaborations uphold family traditions

    • Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
      Travel
      Postcard from Cairo: stitches in time at the Tentmakers’ Bazaar

      The ‘craftsmen on cushions’ are battling to preserve their centuries-old art

    • Friday, 16 April, 2021
      HTSI
      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
      Watches & Jewellery
      Sapphires and steel: industrial materials show their mettle

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

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