Craft
Keep up to date with craft news and exhibition reviews from UK museums and galleries and explore the latest listings, websites and resources highlighting Britain's great craft collections and practitioners.
In Pictures: A taster of objects from the Crafts Council 40:40 website
A teasing taster of objects from the Crafts Council's beguiling 40:40 website celebrating 40 years of supporting crafts based practice in the UK.
Unravelled plans conceptual craft shows for three National Trust Properties
Ten artist-makers have been lined up for an intervention next year at Nymans in East Sussex, with future projects planned for The Vyne and Upparks House and Garden.
John Uzzell Edwards bring warmth and social history to Swansea Waterfront Museum
Inspired by his collection of Welsh quilts, a new exhibition of abstract paintings by John Uzzell Edwards reveal stories of the industrial and social history of Wales.
Malian artist Abdoulaye Konaté makes vast Window Commission at Rivington Place
The former Artes Mundi Prize nominee makes a seven-metre cotton fabric in the annual commission, symbolising his feelings on politics and religion in Africa.
Sarah Strang uses bedding from the homeless to tackle rough sleeping at Union Chapel
In a thoughtful and beautiful installation in the tower of a London chapel, young artist Sarah Strang brings the issue of homelessness in the capital inside.
New Spode History Centre to open in Stoke on Trent for Spring 2012
An important aspect of the ceramic heritage of Stoke-on-Trent is to be preserved as the Spode Museum Trust reveal plans to open a visitor centre at the former Spode Factory site.
Cutting Edge: contemporary paper art at Mottisfont Abbey in Romsey
Gothic houses, autumn leaves and the human genome inspire some of the contemporary paper art at Mottisfont from artists including Rob Ryan, Ed Kluz and John Dilnot.
New gallery reveals skill of Neolithic Chinese potters at The Oriental Museum in Durham
After two years of intensive research by Chinese art-historian Xiaoxin Li, the Durham University site opens a beautiful display including bronze weapons and religious artefacts.
Curator's Choice: Michael Regan picks three tiny teapots made by a Master of Shandong ceramics
The curator of From the Realm of the Dragon: The Ceramic Heritage of Zibo, China, at The Lightbox in Woking, enjoys a combination of beauty and functionality.
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre want you to push their buttons in Automata at the Allen Gallery
The Alton venue hosts 20 interactive machines - include men who nibble matchsticks and Egyptians swatting flies - courtesy of the revered art-engineering collective.
Lost in Lace: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and Crafts Council in lace and space
Curators explore the "potentially radical relationship between the structure of lace networks and architectural space" in a new show in the Gas Hall in Birmingham.
The Power of Making portrays the power of the Crafts Council at the Victoria & Albert Museum
Kathleen McIlvenna beholds the beauty of the V&A's major exhibition to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the British Crafts Council.
Royal College of Art sculptor uses Staffordshire clay to win Ceramics Biennial Spode Award
Phoebe Cummings, a 30-year-old sculptor who shapes clay on site, wins top prize at the British Ceramics Biennial for Fragment, from her series A Place Half Remembered.
Newlyn Art Gallery to send one-off Art Book to auction after Museums at Night epic
We find out about the beautiful book designed by respondents to a call-out from the Cornwall venue for an all-night binding session as part of Museums at Night 2011.
The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman: Grayson Perry let loose in the British Museum
A hubristic journey sees pieces from the British Museum’s collection pitched against the works of the Turner Prize winner, who acts as artist, curator and guide.
