Newly Published Red List of Endangered Crafts
New research by Heritage Crafts has unearthed more traditional craft skills on the verge of extinction in the UK, in the latest major update of its pioneering project, the Red List of Endangered Crafts.
The research, which has been funded by The Pilgrim Trust with additional sponsorship from The Royal Mint, has found that the energy crisis and inflation has only exacerbated the issues faced by our most at-risk skills, building on the cumulative effect of COVID-19,continuing uncertainties around Brexit and structural issues relating to the funding for skills transmission.
Five new crafts have been added to the ‘critically endangered’ category of the Red List, meaning that they are at serious risk of dying out in the next generation, including encaustic tile making, a building conservation craft.
Click for further information about the Red List of Endangered Crafts and how to receive funding from the Endangered Crafts Fund.
