Material World
Make a Sustainable Future with The Eden Project
Submissions have now closed for Craft School: Material World 2024 - 2025
Craft School: Material World invited learners to explore the natural and human-made materials around them and how they relate to their own heritage, community or the place where they live.
Craft materials at the Craft School: Material World celebration event at Nelson Academy. Photo: James Fletcher. Students visit the Crafts Council Gallery to see their work exhibited as part of Craft School: Yinka's Challenge
This year's competition was run in partnership with The Eden Project - a Global Garden and eco attraction, home to the world’s largest rainforest in captivity. The Eden Project is a global movement working with nature to respond to the planetary emergency, demonstrating and inspiring positive action for the planet.
A student making craft at the Crafts Council gallery. Photo: Steve Bainbridge
Cardboard craft workshop at the Crafts Council Gallery, October 2021 Students visiting the Crafts Council gallery for the Craft School exhibition. Photo: Steve Bainbridge
About Eden Project
The Eden Project. a Global Garden and eco attraction, is home to the world’s largest rainforest in captivity. Their garden was created in a disused Cornish quarry, demonstrating that positive change is possible, and has a collection of plants, artwork and people telling the story of our connection to nature. The Eden Project demonstrate and inspire positive action for the planet.
