Katherine Boyle

Tell us about your scholarship My QEST funding was used to spend time working with Tim Cranmore, one of the only other recorder makers working to the highest level in … Read more

When Sarah Wilkinson left school in 1983 aged 16 she decided to follow her passion for sewing and wrote to numerous tailors in the West End to ask for work. … Read more

QEST Trustee Deborah Carré tells us how she became involved with QEST and which scholars and apprentices have caught her eye. How did you become involved with QEST? Through QEST … Read more

Our partnership with The Prince’s Foundation is continuing this year with the launch of the Building Arts Programme.  Following on from the success of our Traditional Building Skills course last … Read more

QEST Benefact Trust Apprentice Elaine Wilson talks to us about her weaving apprenticeship at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh. Why did you choose an apprenticeship? When I was looking for work … Read more

Artist Craftsman Wayne Meeten was honoured to give a lecture last October at Tsubame Prefective in Nigata, Japan. He was personally invited by Dr Katsuri Morohito Sensei, a hugely respected … Read more

It is traditionally believed that the first porcelain to arrive in Europe was brought from Dehua, China by Marco Polo in 1295 and known as Blanc de Chine, literally meaning … Read more

How did you start out? My apprenticeship covered diamond rings to civic regalia, incorporating mounting, engraving, and small-scale enamelling. This gave me a strong foundation of skills upon which I … Read more

London Craft Week returned to the capital for its fifth edition in May 2019. Celebrating outstanding British and international creativity, the festival brought together over 240 established and emerging makers, … Read more

The John Smedley story began during the infancy of the Industrial Revolution. Its home at Lea Mills in Derbyshire, established in 1784, is the oldest, still-manufacturing knitwear factory in the … Read more