Endangered Scottish crafts

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This makes alarming reading -

https://www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/skills/crafts/

And, as you might imagine, there are a few crafts close to XMarkers' hearts that are on what you might call life-support in the ICU.

Only by supporting the artisans - buying their craftwork for what it is, rather than buying foreign-made for what it costs - will they survive commercially.

I feel it is a duty of enthusiasts such as us here, to do what we can to stop the decline, but the main problem is that the old market for the craft products no longer exists. Fortunately, we are in a position to do something about that.