Crafts CouncilCrafts membershipCrafts magazineCrafts issue 294: Back to the futureThe May/June 2022 issue spotlights makers for whom craft is a living link between past, present and futureCover image: Cannupa Hanska Luger's Future Ancestral Technologies: New Myth, 2021. Photo: Gabe Fermin, White Sands, NM. Image courtesy Garth Greenan Gallery and the artistOur cover star Cannupa Hanska Luger looks to his Native American ancestors for inspiration, drawing from historical approaches to materials and making to create work that is deeply embedded in contemporary politics, while in London the founders of Studio Furthermore draw on scientific techniques refined over decades to make ceramics destined for outer space.Become a Crafts memberStudio Furthermore's otherworldly designsWe meet craftspeople applying timeless hand-skills to working with plastic waste and explore traditional techniques from around the world that could help in our fight to save the planet.Textile titans Sheila Hicks and Magdalena AbakanowiczElsewhere, we look at Esna Su’s woven response to the Syrian refugee crisis and delve into the work of two twentieth-century titans of textiles, Sheila Hicks and Magdalena Abakanowicz, as their work goes on display at major institutions.The makers and designers giving new life to old plasticRead about how Crafts is changing in 2022ShareFacebook Twitter Whatsapp Email Pinterest ...Read moreCrafts Council eventWhat's onGaining Ground: How ancient craft knowledge can shape our futureOnline and in-person10 May 2022Crafts Council GalleryCrafts Council exhibitionCrafts membershipCrafts magazineCrafts magazineCrafts membershipBecome a memberCrafts magazine