It’s official, craft is good for you!
New research by Dr Helen Keyes of Anglia Ruskin University this week shows the benefits of making for your health (Frontiers of Health Journal ). Of course the rest of us have known this for some time, but it’s great that the rest of the professionals are catching up. This may mean an increase in social proscribing, where craft and creativity in crochet classes and the like, are given the due they deserve, instead of the pejorative sneer that often accompanies their mention.
If you would like to read more about the benefits of making, do get your copy of Intelligent Hands. Co-written with the writer Charlotte Abrahams and yours truly, it covers all the bases about why making is good, not just for us, but for children too.
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Rachael Matthews, rethinking consumption
This reinvention of the yarn creation process has culminated in Rachael's latest book, Rag Manifesto, which takes consumer waste and re-spins it into another story...
Rachael Matthews, rethinking consumption
This reinvention of the yarn creation process has culminated in Rachael's latest book, Rag Manifesto, which takes consumer waste and re-spins it into another story...
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The Red Dress
The Red Dress is a global project featuring work from 51 countries... They are communicating with each other, and us, using the language of stitch.
The Red Dress
The Red Dress is a global project featuring work from 51 countries... They are communicating with each other, and us, using the language of stitch.
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Katy and Quickthorn
Katy’s vision for Quickthorn is rooted in her lifelong passion for sustainability, accessibility, and the deep sense of wellbeing and resilience that comes from making and mending.
Katy and Quickthorn
Katy’s vision for Quickthorn is rooted in her lifelong passion for sustainability, accessibility, and the deep sense of wellbeing and resilience that comes from making and mending.
