The Crafts Study Centre holds collections of 20th and 21st century British craft, primarily in the fields of calligraphy and lettering, ceramics, furniture and wood, and textiles, but also has small collections of jewellery, works of art on paper, and other miscellaneous items.
[1] Much of the collection has been built up from donations and bequests and includes work by Bernard Leach, Lucie Rie, and Hans Coper in ceramics, Ethel Mairet, Phyllis Barron and Dorothy Larcher in textiles; calligraphy by Edward Johnston and Irene Wellington, and furniture by Ernest Gimson and Edward Barnsley.
[3] The Centre is a registered charity[4] with a Board of Trustees, currently chaired by the potter and writer Alison Britton.
The Crafts Study Centre has a programme of exhibitions from both its permanent collections and of work by contemporary artists and makers.
It also hosts talks, lectures, symposiums, open days, workshops and other events by artist-makers.