Winner of the 2020 HCA President’s Award for Endangered Crafts Sheffield scissor makers Ernest Wright have won the inaugural President’s Award for Endangered Crafts in this year’s Heritage Crafts Awards. The prestigious...
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Winner of the 2020 HCA/Marsh Trainee Award The inaugural HCA/Marsh Trainee of the Year award went jointly to Richard Platt and Sam Cooper, chairmaking apprentices to Lawrence Neal at Marchmont House in Berwickshire. Richard and Sam are currently in...
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Winner of the 2020 HCA/Marsh Trainer Award The HCA/Marsh Trainer of the Year award went to shoe maker Achilles Khorassandjian, shoe making tutor at Capel Manor College in Enfield, Middlesex. Achilles, known as Ash, has worked in...
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Winner of the 2020 HCA/Marsh Made in Britain Award The HCA/Marsh ‘Made in Britain’ Award went to Two Rivers Paper. Established at Pitt Mill on Exmoor in 1987, Two Rivers is now the only manufacturer of...
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Winner of the 2020 HCA/Marsh Volunteer Award The HCA/Marsh Volunteer of the Year award was won by to John Savings, from Appleton in Oxfordshire, hedgelayer and volunteer at the National Hedgelaying Society. John excels at promoting...
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Winner of the 2019 HCA/Marsh Endangered Crafts Award Clog maker Simon Brock from Sheffield won the HCA/Marsh Endangered Craft Award. This award, set up with the support of the Marsh Christian Trust, recognises...
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Winner of the 2019 HCA/Marsh Made in Britain Award Sussex-based Aldershaw Handmade Tiles Ltd employs traditional hand making methods using wooden moulds and 150-million-year-old local Wadhurst clay. The company is one of only...
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Winner of the 2019 HCA/Marsh Volunteer Award Toni Brannon won the Volunteer of the Year Award for years of dedication to coppicing and woodland crafts, both as membership secretary of the Hampshire Coppice...
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Winner of the 2019 HCA/Marsh Trainer Award In his role first as a volunteer and then as the Small Woods Association’s Heritage Crafts Officer, Neill Mapes has trained and mentored many thousands of...
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Winner of the 2019 HCA/The Arts Society Heritage Crafts Bursary Simon Brock makes bespoke clogs, primarily for clog step dancers and Morris dancers. He will use his bursary to study with master clog...
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Winner of the 2019 HCA Maker of the Year James is the owner and operator of Somerset-based Two Rivers Paper, which manufactures handmade paper for artists, printers and designers. Based in a 400...
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Winner of the 2018 HCA/QEST Scholarship Stonemason Joe Milne was awarded an HCA/QEST Training Bursary. After learning stonemasonry at Weymouth College, Joe applied for the Advanced Stonemasonry Apprenticeship at Exeter Cathedral. Since working...
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Winner of the 2018 HCA/Marsh Endangered Crafts Award This is a new award generously funded by the Marsh Christian Trust to recognise a practitioner of one of the 62 crafts currently listed in...
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Winner of the 2018 HCA/Marsh Made in Britain Award Green Shoes are this year’s winners of the Made in Britain Award. The company was started in 1981 in Totnes, Devon by a group...
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Winner of the 2018 HCA Maker of the Year Hilary has been a highly-regarded member of the basketmaking community for many years and was awarded Maker of the Year in recognition of a...
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Winner of the 2018 HCA/Marsh Volunteer Award Suzy Bennett was awarded the Marsh Volunteer of the Year for the Dartmoor Artisan Trail, which she set up to provide rural craft businesses with a...
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Winner of the 2018 HCA/The Arts Society Heritage Crafts Bursary Zoe Collis has received HCA/The Arts Society Heritage Crafts Bursary of £1,500 to continue her training at Two Rivers Paper in Somerset. Zoe,...
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Winner of the 2018 HCA/Marsh Trainer Award Kathy Abbott, who was awarded the Marsh Trainer of the Year, has been a bindery manager at an antiquarian booksellers for over eight years, while also...
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Winner of the 2017 HCA Maker of the Year The last remaining professional fore edge painter Martin Frost was awarded the HCA Maker of the Year. Martin took up the craft of vanishing...
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Winner of the 2017 HCA/QEST Training Bursary Leather worker Candice Lau was awarded an HCA/QEST Training Bursary. Candice learned pattern making and the traditional leather technique of saddle stitching through a combination of...
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Winner of the 2017 HCA/Marsh Volunteer Award Pamela Emerson was awarded the Marsh Volunteer of the Year. NI Big Sock is a community participation project encouraging people to learn the skill of English...
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Winner of the 2017 HCA/Marsh Made in Britain Award Carréducker are this year’s winners of the Made in Britain Award. Deborah Carré and James Ducker both left previous careers to become shoemakers and...
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Winner of the 2017 HCA/Marsh Trainer Award Alistair McCallum was awarded the Marsh Trainer of the Year. Alistair trained at Loughborough College of Art and the Royal College of Art. On graduating in...
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Winner of the 2017 HCA/NADFAS Heritage Crafts Bursary Frances Pinnock has received HCA/NADFAS Heritage Crafts Bursary of £5,000 to train with cordwainers Carréducker and pattern cutter Fiona Campbell, as well as equipment that...
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Winner of the 2016 David Bell Memorial Fund Award Wheelwright Joe Fredericks received the David Bell Memorial Fund Award. After studying engineering, Joe secured an apprenticeship to develop his knowledge and skills of...
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Winner of the 2016 HCA/QEST Training Bursary Saddler and side saddle specialist Coralie Chung was awarded an HCA/QEST Training Bursary. Coralie runs her own business as an early-career saddler and harness maker carrying...
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Winners of the 2016 HCA/NADFAS Heritage Crafts Bursary Basketmakers John Cowan, Julie Livesey and Emma Purcell each received an HCA/NADFAS Heritage Crafts Bursary. All three are established basketmakers and plan to use the...
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Winner of the 2016 HCA/Marsh Volunteer Award Priscilla McGirr was awarded the Marsh Volunteer of the Year. As chair of Alford Craft Market, Priscilla has led and organised a variety of events to...
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Winner of the 2016 HCA/Marsh Trainer Award Weaver Jason Collingwood was awarded the Marsh Trainer of the Year. Jason was taught to weave by his father and, in 1986, set up his own...
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Winner of the 2016 HCA Maker of the Year Master harp maker Allan Shiers, of Telynau Teifi, was awarded the HCA Maker of the Year. Since completing a five-year apprenticeship in 1978, Allan...
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Winner of the 2016 HCA/Marsh Made in Britain Award Skelton Saws are this years winners of the Made in Britain Award. Inspired by the master saw makers of the 18th century, Shane and Jacqueline...
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Winner of the HCA/QEST Training Bursary Bethan studied footwear at university and is passionate about forging a career in the handmade, bespoke market. She believes that an apprenticeship would give her the knowledge,...
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Winner of the 2015 HCA/NADFAS Heritage Crafts Bursary With a background in stone conservation, Luke is currently completing a placement to learn letter carving at the Colin Braid Stone Workshop. Luke plans to...
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Winner of the 2015 HCA/Marsh Volunteer Award Jean has a formidable background in the lace craft, including (and this only scrapes the surface) an active member of Glasgow Lace Group, editor of the...
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Winner of the 2015 HCA/Marsh Trainer Award Mary has been working in ceramics for 25 years, in particular the ancient process of pit-firing. She is especially interested in the links between history, art,...
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Winner of the 2015 HCA/Marsh Made in Britain Award Equus Leather was born from a desire to introduce quality and craftsmanship into leather goods. Charlie’s background is in saddlery and this gave him...
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Winner of the 2015 HCA Maker of the Year Owen took over his father’s hat block making business in 2008. He enjoys “learning and discovering traditional ways of working, with a heart to...
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Winner of the 2014 HCA/QEST Training Bursary Isatu’s dissertation at Falmouth University was on the working ideals of craftsmanship and how they encourage sustainable design, so her focus has been on craft for...
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Winner of the 2014 HCA/NADFAS Heritage Crafts Bursary Kate has a background in theatre costume and was taught hand embroidery by her grandmother. She heard of the Future Tutors programme at the Royal...
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Winner of the 2014 HCA/Marsh Volunteer Award It was thought when Standard Quay closed that boat building and restoration would cease at Faversham. However, the gas purifier building, on the opposite bank, was...
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Winner of the 2014 HCA/Marsh Trainer Award Wendy runs the largest independent soft furnishing and upholstery centre in the country, and almost 400 students have been taught a range of accredited and non-accredited...
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Winner of the 2014 HCA/Marsh ‘Made in Britain’ Award Yvette was called ‘an ambassador of hat making’ by her proposer. She specialises in hand blocking and hat making, and is based in the...
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Winner of the 2014 HCA Maker of the Year Award Colin has been building traditional boats for over 35 years and set up his own boat building business on the Thames in 1982....
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Winner of the 2012 HCA/NADFAS Heritage Crafts Bursary In 2012, over £4,000 was awarded to Alexandra James, to learn further skills in basketry. It was a difficult decision as many of the short...
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Winner of the 2013 Marsh Heritage Crafts Volunteer Award As Chair of the Lace Society, Angela pulled the Society round from a low point when the founder had died. She saved the Society...
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Winner of the 2013 Marsh Heritage Crafts Trainer Award Cameron Maxfield (Max) was tutored by the late David Mellor, renowned around the world for his contemporary cutlery design. Cameron attended the Royal College...
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Winner of the 2012 Marsh Heritage Crafts Volunteer Award Jim Portus is the organiser, creative director and driving force behind Fishstock Brixham. Fishstock is a one day event, that requires a great deal...
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Winner of the 2012 Marsh Heritage Crafts Trainer Award Wayne studied engraving at evening courses when he was 14 and then at the John Cass at 18, gaining a diploma. He was then...
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