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Donald Williams

Senior Correspondent

Donald Williams covers Family, Design and Crafts News.

Articles by Donald Williams

Design Within Reach? Buying Quality Furniture Without the Markup

Design Within Reach? Buying Quality Furniture Without the Markup

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How Does Risograph Printing Actually Work?

How Does Risograph Printing Actually Work?

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Weaving diagram showing warp spacing beside a plain-weave structure grid

Weaving on a frame loom begins with a well-spaced warp

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Gallery wall hung with framed hand-drawn illustrated maps of British towns

Why Hand-Drawn Illustrated Maps Are Quietly Flourishing Again

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Infographic of a craft class budget across materials, venue and hours

Teaching Craft Classes Pays When the Arithmetic Is Honest

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Framed vintage railway travel posters hanging along a heritage station wall

What British railway posters still teach designers

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Shopkeeper restocking shelves of yarn and clay in a craft shop

Why Craft Supply Prices Keep Rising — and What Makers Are Doing About It

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Close-up of a kraft craft box with tissue and a wax seal

How small studios design craft packaging that survives the post

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Studio doorway with an open studios sign and bunting

Open Studios Season Explained: The Friendliest Way to Sell What You Make

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Infographic diagram of museum gallery visitor flow and typography hierarchy

How exhibition graphics get made for museums

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Botanical artist painting a pressed herbarium specimen at a museum workbench

Why Natural History Illustration Still Matters Alongside Photography

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Printer drawing a squeegee across a screen above a tote bag

Screen printing at home needs only a screen, a squeegee and a kitchen table

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Two designers comparing printed colourway swatches beneath a daylight lamp

Why pattern designers build whole families of colourways

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Studio wall covered in pinned character development sketches and expression studies

How Character Design Decides Whether a Picture Book Works

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Infographic comparing UK craft funding routes and training types

Craft Funding Explained: How QEST Scholarships and Heritage Crafts Bursaries Work

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Maker talking with visitors behind a craft market stall

How to Apply to Craft Fairs When Every Stall Is Judged Before You Arrive

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Close-up of indigo block-printed wallpaper showing a scrolling foliage motif

How William Morris's pattern rules still shape British design

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Maker carving a grey lino block at a wooden bench in daylight

Linocut printing for beginners runs from first cut to final pull

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