Making

Q&A | ‘We want to avoid the static, glass-case model and create a place that excites curiosity’

Crispin Kelly, the chief executive of Baylight Properties, tells us about a flagship new cultural development on Ipswich Town’s waterfront, Clay 1A

Museum of… Leach Pottery, St Ives, Cornwall

Eleanor Mills delights in a collaboration of British and Japanese potters

Derby unveils Museum of Making

Long-awaited redevelopment of historic mill cost £18m

V&A Dundee to become national centre for design

Museum will receive £2m a year to expand its remit to develop Scotland’s design capacity

Q&A | ‘Some makers have had the most incredibly productive period’

As the Crafts Council prepares for its first virtual Collect fair, we find out how the pandemic has affected the craft industry

Making space

How museums are turning to makerspaces to encourage informal connections with diverse local communities

Museum shops are key outlets for craft sales

Physical and online shops are significant buying channels for the UK’s highest-spending craft buyers, says the Crafts Council