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Celebrate UK Heritage Crafts

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Celebrate UK Heritage Crafts
Apprentice paper maker Zoe Collis hangs paper at Two Rivers Paper in Somerset, England. Alison Jane Hoare
Lorraine Ferrier
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What do watchmaking, commercial papermaking, piano making, and scissor making all have in common? They’re all traditional heritage crafts that are practiced in the UK, and each one of them has been deemed critically endangered according to a newly published report: “The Heritage Crafts Association Red List of Endangered Crafts 2019 Edition.”
Commercial papermaker Jim Patterson from Two Rivers Paper in Somerset, England. (Alison Jane Hoare)
Commercial papermaker Jim Patterson from Two Rivers Paper in Somerset, England. Alison Jane Hoare
Lorraine Ferrier
Lorraine Ferrier
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Lorraine Ferrier writes about fine arts and craftsmanship for The Epoch Times. She focuses on artists and artisans, primarily in North America and Europe, who imbue their works with beauty and traditional values. She's especially interested in giving a voice to the rare and lesser-known arts and crafts, in the hope that we can preserve our traditional art heritage. She lives and writes in a London suburb, in England.
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