QEST give 24 new grants
New Scholars & Apprentices Announced
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QEST have announced the recipients of awarded funding to 22 new Scholars and 3 Apprentices working across the UK in a varied range of crafts.
QEST have announced the recipients of awarded funding to 22 new Scholars and 3 Apprentices working across the UK in a varied range of crafts.
The 25 new craftspeople have recently been awarded QEST funding to further their training and education, making the total grants awarded this year £450,000 to 47 makers.
The new Scholars and Apprentices include makers working in architectural origami, thatching, knifemaking, woodturning, the endangered craft of sporran making and much more.
These include:
- Aaron Leach, QEST Scholar Golf Club Making
- Cara Murphy, QEST Scholar Silversmithing
- Holly Loftus, QEST Garfield Weston Foundation Scholar Knife Making
- Katie Beard, QEST Scholar Metal Type Setting
- Kumiko Kihara, QEST Stanley Picker Trust Scholar Silversmithing
- Michael Dickson II, QEST Scholar Horological Conservation
- Patrick Davison, QEST Scholar Goldsmithing
Author:
Rebecca van Rooijen
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