Crafts is the world's leading magazine devoted to making.

Published six times a year by the Crafts Council UK, Crafts offers the latest news, reviews and opinion, alongside a selection of in-depth features, challenging essays and critical debate from the best writers in the business. Crafts champions high-quality contemporary craft practice nationally and internationally, as well as its impact on social, economic and cultural life.

The complete digital archive includes every issue of Crafts since 1973, providing readers with an unparalleled history of making; an essential resource for students, academics, researchers or anyone with an interest in craft.

Latest issue

Crafts July/ August issue has landed!

Summer has arrived! And with it, we welcome a new issue of Crafts.

On the cover, we feature the enigmatic work of Edinburgh-based glass and ceramic artist Andrea Walsh, one of twelve finalists for the prestigious Woman’s Hour Craft Prize.

Inside, to celebrate the opening of the Crafts Council’s new blockbuster exhibition States of Play in Hull, we invite the organisation’s creative director Annie Warburton to explore the relationship between playfulness and making, and visit one of the exhibiting artists, designer and maker Pascal Anson at his studio by the sea.

Also in this issue: artist Emma Hart’s inspirations; Jeremy Myerson, Konstantin Grcic and Sean Sutcliffe on the legacy of Parnham Furniture College; Studio Gutedort collaborate with female makers in Jordan; ceramic artist Phil Eglin’s latest work; Glenn Adamson reviews Rei Kawakubo at the Met and Tanya Harrod considers Eric Gill’s contentious legacy.