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Ruth Kaplan

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Ruth Kaplan covers Crafts News, Art News and Editorial.

Articles by Ruth Kaplan

Harvard's Free Museum Night Puts Empanadas Beside an Exhibit About Conformity — and the Pairing Is Worth a Second Look

Harvard's Free Museum Night Puts Empanadas Beside an Exhibit About Conformity — and the Pairing Is Worth a Second Look

Ruth Kaplan

Newspaper Crafts for Preschoolers Turn Yesterday's News Into Tomorrow's Fine Motor Skills

Newspaper Crafts for Preschoolers Turn Yesterday's News Into Tomorrow's Fine Motor Skills

Ruth Kaplan

Wool threads and linen cloth on wooden work table in soft light

The Bayeux Tapestry Comes to London for Its First UK Display in Over 900 Years

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Bright ink drums and uncoated paper sheets on pale bench

How Risograph Printing Layers One Vivid Colour at a Time

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Laura Boswell Carves Her Print Blocks Away to Capture Scotland's Wild Coastline

Laura Boswell Carves Her Print Blocks Away to Capture Scotland's Wild Coastline

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Crafts Council Calls For Bold Craft Installations At Collect Open 2027

Crafts Council Calls For Bold Craft Installations At Collect Open 2027

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Cyanotype Turns Two Iron Salts and an Afternoon of Sunlight Into Unfading Prussian Blue

Cyanotype Turns Two Iron Salts and an Afternoon of Sunlight Into Unfading Prussian Blue

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Map infographic of the paisley motif's migration route to Britain

How textile motifs travel: paisley's long route to Britain

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Infographic of UK trading allowance and registration thresholds for makers

When a Craft Hobby Becomes a Business: The UK Tax Basics Makers Ask About

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Book designer checking folded page proofs against a backlit lamp

The invisible grid: how book pages are actually designed

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Engraved museum prize trophy on a plinth in close detail

The Box, Plymouth Wins Art Fund Museum of the Year 2026

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Layered paper and porcelain sculpture surface in close detail

Jongjin Park's Paper-and-Porcelain Strata Win the LOEWE Craft Prize 2026

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Infographic of Turner Prize winners who later represented Britain at Venice

Lubaina Himid Carries Britain to the Venice Biennale

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Boxed handmade mug cocooned in bubble wrap and fragile tape

Shipping Ceramics and Prints Without Funding a Tragedy in Transit

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Potter's wheel and glaze buckets in a shared studio corner

What Studio Space Really Costs British Makers — and How to Climb the Ladder Slowly

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Infographic breaking down craft fair stall economics into cost layers

What a Craft Fair Stall Really Costs Once You Count Everything

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Wooden trays of sorted metal type stacked in a print workshop

How typeface anatomy reveals the decisions hiding in every letter

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Infographic of a pottery competition series by numbers

The Great Pottery Throw Down Returns to Channel 4 for a Ninth Series

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Heritage craft workshop bench with cobbler's lasts and hand tools

The Red List of Endangered Crafts Explains Why Some Skills Are Slipping Away

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Infographic diagram of the letterpress platen press process in labelled stages

Why letterpress printing refuses to die in British studios

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Makers of different generations working together in a community craft workshop

Crafts Council Opens 2026 With a Call to Safeguard Britain's Living Craft Traditions

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Textile designer pinning printed pattern swatches to a studio cork board

How pattern repeats actually work: half-drop, full-drop and tossed layouts

Ruth Kaplan