Judges
Daniel Carpenter
Co-founder and Director, Heritage Crafts, UK
Daniel has worked in the arts, crafts and heritage sectors for over 15 years. He is co-founder and now Director of Heritage Crafts, the charity set up to celebrate and safeguard traditional craft skills in the UK and a UNESCO-accredited NGO in the field of Intangible Cultural Heritage. He is the author of the 2019 edition of the Red List of Endangered Crafts, the first research report of its kind to rank craft skills by the likelihood they will survive the next generation. Daniel also spent nine years working for Creative Lives, which exists to promote active participation in everyday creativity. He is a Trustee of Arts & Heritage, which forges collaborations between contemporary artists and heritage organisations and museums, and an Ambassador of The Fathom Trust, which promotes health and healing by creating opportunities for people to participate in the conservation of traditional crafts, landscapes, and cultures.