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Highlights from the Handling Collection

Started in 1979, the Crafts Council Handling Collection is a wonderful learning resource of over 700 objects. Some of the examples below from this collection were used in our successful 2015 First Decade learning programme which you can read more about in our First Decade blog.
Anna Brimley
Pomanders of a Synaesthete
2015  (HC1086)
Jim Partridge
Chair
(no date)  (HC711)
Claire Loder
In The Frame
2010  (HC713)
Alison Britton
Square Dish with Stripes
2010  (HC1088)
Ron Fuller
Flipper-Dinger
2015  (HC1067)
Janice Tchalenko
Mug
(no date)  (HC52)
Faye Toogood
Coat
2015  (HC1069)
Susanna Heron
Perspex Multiple
1976  (HC398)
Susanna Heron
Perspex Multiple
1976  (HC399)
Susanna Heron
Flexible Armpiece
1978 - 1979  (HC734)
Susanna Heron
Perspex Multiple
1976  (HC397)
Alison Willoughby
Skirt 315
(no date)  (HC.2018.1)
Kathryn Hinton
Digitally Hammered Silver Bowl
2011  (HC389)
Edmund de Waal
Teapot
c. 1995  (HC128)
Lois Walpole
Woven card bag
(no date)  (HC674)
Kim Ellwood, Mike Abbott
Cactus Trolley Clock
2001  (HC388)
Tracy Kendall
Sequins - white
2012  (HC1085)
Helyne Jennings
Paper Sample
1992  (HC750)
Stella Harding
Dark Jewel
2010  (HC695)
Helyne Jennings
Painted silksample
(no date)  (HC754)
Simon Hasan
Bottle
2010  (HC1059)
Susan Garret Wright
Hexagonal weave sample
(no date)  (HC692)
Mary Restieaux
IKAT sample
c. 1980  (HC512)
Siripan Kidd
Study piece for 'Flowers for the Girls'
1992  (HC533)
Lois Walpole
'Rapid Eye' Baguette basket
1993  (HC675)
Maddi Nicholson
Machine embroidery sample
c.1990  (HC507)
Ann Sutton
Rayon packing strap woven sample
c. 1985  (HC437)
Khatri Alimohamed Isha
Tie dye stages
(no date)  (HC496)
Helene Uffren
Hard Look II' (part 1: 'mortar')
2011  (HC749.1)
Helene Uffren
Hard Look II' (part 2: 'pestle')
2011  (HC749.2)
Simeon Featherstone
Market Estate
2011  (HC714)
Dail Behennah
Grid Sample
1998  (HC671)
Lucy Casson
Tin fish
c.1995  (HC606)
Richard Slee
Unglazed object
(no date)  (HC96)
Lucy Casson
Boat automata/sculpture
c.1995  (HC605)
Ann Sutton
Interlocked Wool Square
1976  (HC1022)
William Warren
Fob Off Keyring
c.1997  (HC648)
Jane Beebe
Asymmetrical Piece
(no date)  (HC324)
Elizabeth Swinburne
Fragile Grasp
1992  (HC382)
(no maker)
Glass Boat
(no date)  (HC350)
(no maker)
Wax Boat
(no date)  (HC349)
Cynthia Cousens
Man Made Twigs
c.1995  (HC718)
Seongyong Lee
Plytube table
2010  (HC1050)
Seongyong Lee
Sample
2010  (HC1051)
Liza Collins
Tapestry on frame
c.1990  (HC376)
Eleanor Bolton
Small twisted coiled necklace ('Twist Twist' model)
2010  (HC737)
Jasmin Rowlandson
Vivify
2010  (HC268)
Michael Marriott
Box Chair
1997  (HC707)
Maura Heslop
Crocodile Brooch
c.1985  (HC726)
Lina Peterson
Crocheted brooch
2008  (HC400)
David Poston
Forged Titanium Bangle Bracelet
2009  (HC1083)
Susan Allix
Portfolio for A Prospect of Gardens
2017  (HC1105)
David Poston
Pebble Wrapped with 1mm Stainless Steel Wire
2014  (HC1084)
Julia Manheim
Necklace
1982  (HC378)
Sarah King
Bioresin Egg
2002  (HC1087)
Julia Manheim
Spiral bangle
1982  (HC377)
Stephen Dixon
V&A Portrait Project Tile 5
2009-10  (HC1057)
Joanna Constantinidis
Tile sample
c.1990  (HC167)
Gareth Neal
'Anne' Table Leg Sample
2007  (HC1070)
Peter Niczewski
Irregular shaped Brooch
1982  (HC731)
Peter Niczewski
Kite Shaped Brooch
1982  (HC730)
Matthew Raw
London
2011  (HC704)
Carol McNicoll
Mug and Stand
1994  (HC293)
Siripan Kidd
Quilting study
1992  (HC460)
Philip Eglin
Modelled hand – terracotta
1980s  (HC202)
Philip Eglin
Back of head added
1980s?  (HC198)
John Grayson
Maquette
2016  (HC1073)
John Grayson
Copper Head Blank
2016  (HC1074)
Vanessa Rolf
GPS
2004  (HC411)
Matthew Hilton
Wait Chair
1996  (HC710)
Joanna Constantinidis
White earthenware sample
c.1990  (HC169)
Joanna Constantinidis
Red earthenware sample with blue and white stripe
c.1990  (HC168)
Paul Caton
Wooden Bowl
1986  (HC387)
Janice Tchalenko
Bowl
(no date)  (HC2)
Karen Thompson
Porcelain Sandwich
2014  (HC1055)
Howard Raybould
T-bridle Joint
(no date)  (HC570)
Howard Raybould
Punch stamp decoration
(no date)  (HC587)
Howard Raybould
Router cut for inserting
(no date)  (HC583)
Howard Raybould
Wiggly Wood
(no date)  (HC393)
Shelley James
Through A Glass
201  (HC361)
Stella Harding
Jig for five end spiral plait if made in centre cane
2010  (HC702)
Stella Harding
Porcelain spiral plait
2010  (HC703)
Peiling Lee
Spiral arm piece
1994  (HC694)
Lucy Brown
Handling Sample (1 of 2) (Untitled)
1998  (HC1081)
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