Do you do any heritage crafts and how are you stopping them from disappearing completely?
Many Cornish hedges are thousands of years old, preserving field patterns and providing wildlife habitatsA new report has warned that several traditional crafts in the UK are at a risk of becoming extinct.has resulted in 17 new additions to a so-called "red list" of endangered skills in the UK.It cited a range of factors including high energy prices, cheaper overseas production and dwindling interest.
Mouth-blown flat glass-making is the latest to be categorised as extinct, according to the third edition of the report released on Thursday. Five new crafts have been added to the critically endangered category which means they are on the verge of extinction because there are very few practitioners or trainees left for skills to pass on.The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, "continuing uncertainties around Brexit and structural issues relating to the funding for skills transmission" have been cited as among the main reasons for the decline.
Mary Lewis, who led the research, said: "We know that heritage craft skills operate like an ecosystem; if we lose one part it can have devastating consequences on other parts of the system." The making of shinty sticks, used in a traditional team game mostly played in the Scottish Highlands, was moved out of the Red List's critically endangered category due to a change in fortunes.The only traditional stained glass manufacturer left in the UK, English Antique Glass, is hopeful it can resume production of mouth-blown flat glass sometime in the future.
"The last few years have taught us the importance of resilience when things don't always go to plan, not only with the relocation of English Antique Glass, but in the face of the huge increases in costs for raw materials and gas, as well as inflation in general.
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