Liz and Solange are joined by Mary Lewis, head of craft sustainability at Heritage Crafts. Where does conservation and craft overlap? Let’s talk it out! Also tune in for a book review from Jenny.

00:24 Sponsorship news, hooray!
01:57 Meet Mary
05:53 Kindling crafts and their benefits
07:44 Intangible cultural heritage and the fetishisation of objects
11:45 Endangered crafts
17:19 Being human and using your hands
24:40 Overlap between making and repairing or maintaining
30:32 Woes of making a living
35:42 Shortages in conservation and crafts
42:58 What’s the next big craft trend?
48:44 Review: Conservation of Plaster Casts

Show Notes:
- BevArt: https://www.bev.art/
- Heritage Crafts: https://www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/
- A little about Mary: https://www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/staff/mary-lewis/
- Ratification of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/united-kingdom-great-britain-and-northern-ireland-ratifies-2003-convention-safeguarding-intangible
- The Red List of Endangered Crafts: https://www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/skills/redlist/
- List of Living National Treasures of Japan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Living_National_Treasures_of_Japan_(crafts)
- Stone carving podcast mentioned by Solange: https://sites.libsyn.com/442152
- Conservation of Plaster Casts: https://archetype.co.uk/our-titles/conservation-of-plaster-casts/?id=436

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Hosted by Solange Masher, Liz Hébert, and Mary Lewis.

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