Crafts
Dannevirke Spinners and Weavers Club celebrates 50th anniversary
The Dannevirke Spinners and Weavers Club celebrated 50 years of Craft Cottage over the weekend. The club meets every Friday to spin, knit and crochet. Anne Willis is the club secretary, and she's been… Audio
Keith and Faith Martin's Dolls' Hospital
Why is the BBC TV series The Repair Shop - where heirlooms are repaired by experts - so popular? The skill of the craftspeople is certainly breathtaking. But often it's the story behind the objects… Audio, Gallery
Crafty Mathematics
Mathematical equations can help us get new perspectives, but sometimes can be difficult to understand. This week, one story about how maths has helped the understanding of a enigmatic quirk of heart… Audio
Creative in the Caroline Valley
Kim Spencer-McDonald says she knows a number of women who, as she did, have fallen in love with the farmer but not necessarily the farm. She says meaningful, stimulating off-farm jobs are difficult to… Audio
Fledgling, yet thriving fishing lure business
Taranaki's Ken Murphy has gone from working on oil rigs to crafting game fishing lures in Bell Block. Audio, Gallery
Traditional professions waning
Traditional professions are dying out because of population change. The BBC reports that the exodus of young people means that villages are left without a next generation to whom they can pass along… Audio
Objectspace
The country's only gallery committed to craft, design and architecture has a new home, an Auckland warehouse redesigned and kitted out in a 630-thousand dollar makeover. All will be revealed later… Audio, Gallery
Oscar Enberg - Visual Arts Resident in Berlin
An early mining settlement in the mountains of Germany that now produces carved wooden toys is where New Zealand artist Oscar Enberg is heading. He's just been announced as this year's recipient of… Audio
Subversive stitches, the History of Embroidery
Philipa Turnbull is an historic British embroidery specialist. She's in New Zealand to share her passion for crewel embroidery (embroidery worked in wool) with a series of lectures and workshops… Audio, Gallery
Ceramics of the future
This year's Portage Ceramics Award judge is renowned Irish ceramic artist Ingrid Murphy, who's exploring how new technology can create new ways to work with clay. She's particularly interested in… Audio
Community Coffin
The Golden Bay community coffin is used about 12 times a year. It was designed in 2002 by Takaka resident Henry James, with the support of community worker Sheryl Nalder and made by local… Audio
The Korowai Makers – 1977
Alwyn Owen talks with Rangimarie Hetet and Digger Te Kanawa, famous for artistry in cloak making. Audio