OPENING TIMES:

The Crafts Study Centre is open from 10am - 5pm Tuesday to Friday and 10am - 4pm on Saturday. The centre is closed on Sunday and Monday. Entrance is free. For more information on visiting us please see our ‘Contact Us’ page.

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NEW EXHIBITION Dialogues in Making 📍 Tanner Gallery, Crafts Study Centre 📅 6th – 28th May 2026 The Crafts Study Centre presents Dialogues in Making, a showcase of work by MA Textiles students from @unicreativearts The showcase brings to
Join us for a FREE Meet the Makers event to accompany the Crafts Study Centre exhibition Black Atlantic Makers: Conversations 📍 @craftscouncil London N1 9BY 📅 Friday 15 May 🕛 12pm to 2pm This is a rare chance to join a discussion among artists w
Please Touch! This week we held the second of three workshops engaging Farnham communities with the Crafts Study Centre's Handling Collection. We worked with @creative__response to explore what ideas arose from handling the work with a view to devel
Would you like to be part of a team committed to asserting the relevance of craft research and practice in Britain today? The Crafts Study Centre is recruiting new trustees to support our vision to nurture the study and practice of craft in all its
In March, the Crafts Study Centre joined with @farnhamcreativesnetwork to run the first of three workshops exploring the Centre’s handling collection. Although modest in size, the handling collection can be used off-site by different community
The work of Althea McNish is instantly recognisable for its sheer brilliance in the use of colour. But it goes far beyond that, with each design also telling a story, whether linked to her homeland of Trinidad or floral decorations or even the simple

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UCA Exhibition Review competition
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Edward Johnston – handwritten Missal for Holy Trinity Church, Hastings
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Peter Collingwood Macrogauze Wall Hangings
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Ewan Clayton in discussion with Rosalind Wyatt
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The Clare Hall 20th Century Studio Ceramics Research Centre: Bell Collection Symposium
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New Acquisition: Ranti Bam, Iwa. Contemporary Art Society Griffin Award.

WHAT VISITOR’S HAVE SAID

“As a Black Briton and student of craft it feels important to be reminded that there is a place for me and that so many before me (and presently) have carved out this space. Great exhibition!”
— Visitor to 'Black Atlantic Makers: Conversations' - May 2026
“More exhibitions like this please! Good to see engagement with de-colonial practices.”
— Visitor to 'Black Atlantic Makers: Conversations' - April 2026
“A great inspiration for my own artwork for my grad show”
— Visitor to 'Black Atlantic Makers: Conversations' - May 2026
“Inspirational work. Given us lots of ideas for our Textiles GCSE final piece”
— Visitors to 'Joy in the Detail: Small Work from the 62 Group of Textile Artists
“A 5-hour round trip to see this exhibition. Absolutely worth the time and expense! I loved it!”
— Visitor to 'Joy in the Detail: Small Work from the 62 Group of Textile Artists
“Very taken with the work, especially as someone unfamiliar with textiles. Thank you for the exhibition.”
— Visitor to 'Mary Farmer: A Life in Tapestry' - June 2024
“Moving and inspiring to see Mary’s work exhibited like this. Her precision and use of the medium are unparalleled. ”
— Visitor to 'Mary Farmer: A Life in Tapestry' - August 2024
“Such a though-provoking, visually arresting exhibition about craft and context. Influential and important.”
— Martina Margetts on 'Neil Brownsword: Obsolescence and Renewal' - January 2025
“Almost a dream-like reaction to pottery and its process.”
— Visitor to 'Neil Brownsword: Obsolescence and Renewal' - October 2024
“Beautiful sentiment, and thought-provoking - helped me see remnants and repair in a new light.”
— Visitor to 'Wholeness Remnants Fragments' - April 2025