Crafts Council Collections Online
The Crafts Council Handling Collection currently comprises over 700 objects including ceramics, jewellery, textiles, furniture, glass, metal and basketry accompanied by sketches, books and background material. The Collection was initiated in 1972 to document trends and innovation in the materials, processes, skills and technologies of contemporary craft and is now the UK’s foremost collection of contemporary craft, embracing all disciplines and featuring the most important makers of the last 40 years