Crafts

Baskets built by hand from split oak, willow and hazel.

1 piece

Stitch as decoration: needle and tambour hook worked into cloth, from pearl-set pieces to Lunéville beadwork.

34 pieces

Glass cut, painted, leaded, blown or worked in the flame: stained glass panels and lamps, engraved glass and lampwork beads.

4 pieces

Headwear and hair ornament made by hand, from shaped and stitched cloth to the ribbons and bows that finish it.

7 pieces

Oil, watercolour and the heritage painting traditions, from narrowboat roses and castles to sign writing.

17 pieces

Colour floated on a thickened bath, combed into pattern, then lifted onto the sheet in a single pull. No two are the same.

15 pieces

Whole images cut from a single sheet with a blade.

1 piece

Linocut, etching, screenprint, lithograph, letterpress and fine press: an image cut, etched, exposed or set, then inked and pulled by hand.

27 pieces

Three layers stitched into one.

17 pieces

Rope laid and knotted by hand, from bell ropes and mats to leads and lanyards.

2 pieces

Wheat straw and rush worked into corn dollies, hats and household things, following the harvest year.

4 pieces

Green wood, turned forms and marquetry: timber worked at the lathe, the bench and the knife.

21 pieces