A Future for Heritage Crafts with Mary Lewis

Mary Lewis, Head of Craft Sustainability at Heritage Crafts and Chair of the Basketmakers’ Association’s Traditional Basketry Project will introduce the traditional crafts most at risk of disappearing, highlighting the Red List of Endangered Crafts and exploring the challenges faced by contemporary makers. Mary’s talk will be  in the surroundings of rare examples of endangered crafts from the Harley Foundation‘s museum collection (including beautifully marbled historic books, an 18th-century State Bed showcasing the endangered art of passementerie, and handwoven tapestries dating back to 1660) plus contemporary examples of endangered crafts in the Basketry: Rescuing, Reviving, Retaining exhibition displayed in the Harley Gallery next door.

The Basketry: Rescuing, Reviving, Retaining exhibition forms part of the continued work of the Basketmakers’ Association’s Traditional Basketry Project supported by the The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers and delivered in partnership with Heritage Crafts.