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Delia Fian holding a copy of her book Foraged Basketry.

Meet the Maker - Delia Fian

Delia Fian on Foraged Basketry

I started weaving just to make myself a pack basket for foraging wild food and medicine plants, and to help carry things up the mountainside to the tent I was living in at the time. I had no idea how…

23 Sept 2026
Hammered Flowers book cover with a photo of Michelle Moore and flower tags

Meet the Maker - Michelle Moore

Michelle Moore on Hammered Flowers

I began natural dyeing in 2015. During that time, I came across a few images of flowers that had been pounded and printed, though the results were not very clear. I was intrigued by the process and de…

07 Aug 2026
Sally Pointer photo, Nalbinding book jacket and spiral technique photo on a blue background

Meet the Maker - Sally Pointer

Sally Pointer on Nalbinding

I was first introduced to nalbinding over 30 years ago when I was a member of an early medieval re-enactment society whilst at university. The technique really appealed to both the lifelong crafter in…

23 Apr 2026
A colourful ceramic pot resting on a rock with a dark grey background

Kevin Millward on The Great Pottery Throw Down

The birth of The Great Pottery Throw Down

I had just finished working on 24 Hours in the Past, a celebrity reality TV show in which participants were transported back in time. In this episode, the celebrities lived the life of Victorian potte…

09 Mar 2026
Bloomsbury craft and hobby book covers on a red gradient background

Craft and hobby books

6 inspiring new craft books for 2026!

With 17 step-by-step projects, discover the art of paper quilling based around the four seasons.Quilling is the enjoyable art of curling strips of coloured paper and glueing them on-edge to create dec…

15 Dec 2025
Mosaic Secrets book cover with photos either side of Becky Paton holding the book and a mosaic piece

Meet the Maker - Becky Paton

Becky Paton on Mosaic Secrets

I come from a very creative family, my mother is a botanical illustrator and my father a budding photographer – art was in my blood from the very beginning. I used to enjoy making big collages and dec…

20 Nov 2025
Ceramics: A Green Approach book cover, photos of Kevin Millward sculpting clay on a potter's wheel and a display of finished ceramic plates

Meet the Maker - Kevin Millward

Kevin Millward on Ceramics: A Green Approach

My interest in ceramics began at school. Although I loved the feel of clay, my main focus was art and sculpture. What is now recognised as dyslexia made an academic path difficult, so this became my w…

17 Oct 2025
The Spooky Season Handbook book jacket on a gold background

The Spooky Season Handbook

5 ideas to get in the mood for Halloween

The end of October brings a rustle of something darker. The days are shrinking down and dusk approaches faster, which means that we spend more time tucked away in the shadows. For some, this is a beau…

16 Sept 2025
Indian Block Printing book jacket alongside a photograph of the authors and an idea from the book

Meet the Maker - Holly Jones and Tess Grace

Holly Jones and Tess Grace on Indian Block Printing

For a long time, we've always wanted to write a book together about printing. Over the years, through travelling in India, teaching workshops, and doing a lot of printing ourselves, we’ve gathered so…

15 Sept 2025
Witchy Stitching book jacket with cross stitch photos on an orange background

Meet the Maker - Meg Black

Meg Black on Witchy Stitching

It was a crisp Canadian December in 2017 and funds were low, my family and I had decided to have a handmade holiday. While scrolling online image boards I stumbled across cute and kitschy cross stitch…

28 Aug 2025
Wild Basketry by Ruby Taylor book jacket with images of Ruby and details from her book on a green background

Meet the Maker - Ruby Taylor

Ruby Taylor on Wild Basketry

I’ve always been a maker, with a materials-led approach and an interest in traditional and indigenous skills. When I joined a team of archaeologists in 2009 I was introduced to many ancestral skills f…

19 Jun 2025
Quilling Round the Year book cover with a photo of the author, Rachel Warrillow and a quilling art piece

Meet the Maker - Rachel Warrillow

Rachel Warrillow on Quilling Round the Year

I knew about quilling way back in the 1980s and dabbled with it as a little girl. But for me, it was a lockdown re-discovery! I had been working as a milliner up until that point, but of course nobody…

11 Jun 2025

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