📢 Applications for the 2025 QEST and Heritage Crafts Sustainability Award are now open. This award champions craftspeople who have taken significant steps to reduce their environmental impact and improve the sustainability of their craft practices. 🌍✨ Do you know a maker you'd like to nominate? Or would you like to put your own practice forward? Here’s what you need to know about the award: ➡️ Prize: £1,000 ➡️ Award Categories: 'Innovative Approaches' and 'Incremental Changes' to Environmental Sustainability ➡️ Open to: craftspeople and micro-businesses ➡️ Deadline: 1 July (with winners announced in November) ➡️ Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eJDZsrkJ PLUS join us on the 8 April for a Craft Masterclass: Advancing sustainability in your practice. Hosted by QEST & Heritage Crafts with guest speakers and winners of the 2024 Awards – Allister Malcolm and Rachael Colley. 📸 1 > 2024 Winner, Rachael Colley, who explores themes around food and the body through jewellery, tableware, and sculpture. 2 > 2024 Winner, Allister Malcolm, recognised for reducing his glass studio's carbon footprint through the use of renewable energy.
