#crafts council
Work by Sussana Heron
Images from a book about her bodywork exhibition at the Crafts Council
1980
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In the last five years participation in craft-related GCSEs fell by 25% and the number of higher education craft courses fell by 46%. Yet craft contributes £3.4 billion to the economy and is vital to our society, culture and economy.
Today the Crafts Council is launching a manifesto to secure the future of craft education at the Houses of Commons: Our Future is in the Making: An Education Manifesto for Craft and Making.
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After 7 May the UK will have a new government, and it’s critical that whoever comes to power acknowledges the importance of craft in education and acts to protect it.
You can help make sure that happens.
Here’s how - - >
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