Meet Sasha Garrett, a jewellery designer who originally trained as a chemist and has a particular love of fordite – a material made from layers of paint built up in old car factories. Ellie Hipkin chats to Sasha about her fascination with fordite and the overlaps between craft and chemistry.

Meet Ellie Hipkin from Freyelli Textiles – a textile artist with an involved design process. Her textile art is built up through layers of colour, painting, printing and stitching before being digitally printed or translated into homeware. Her fine art prints are then embroidered again, often leaving the threads free to assert their handmade beginnings.

What is woodturning? We go behind the finished piece to explore the history of woodturning, look at the process and tools needed for creating turned wood, the benefits this craft can have on mental health and wellbeing, and share the work of contemporary woodturners in the UK.

Woodturner Mel Adams from Bluebell Woodturning had been captivated by the beauty of turned wood he had seen at craft fairs, so when he needed an outlet to escape the pressures of a stressful job, it was woodturning that he turned to. He tells us how he learned his craft.

Ever found yourself wondering what on earth SEO is and how to go about it? Read on for our lesson in SEO basics, alongside practical tips for finding the right keywords for your craft and how to use keywords in your online shop to boost your views on search engines like Google and get more sales.