From boatbuilding to barge painting, traditional British crafts at growing risk

Nathalie Hildegarde Liege, a stained glass artist at her studio in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

From building wooden boats and Cornish hedges to making marionettes and painting canal barges, many traditional British crafts are under threat because of a “perfect storm” of economic stresses including the aftermath of Brexit, a heritage charity has said.

Heritage Crafts has added 17 crafts to its “red list” of endangered skills that could be lost unless the economy improves or more action is taken to protect them.