Crafts Council
Dr. Shelley James, known as The Light Lady, is the founder of Age of Light Innovations since March 2019 and serves as a Light Concept Advisor for the International WELL Building Institute since February 2022. With extensive experience in academia, Dr. James is a lecturer and visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art and the Institute of Making at UCL, respectively, and is a Maker with a Mission at Makerversity. Additionally, Dr. James offers freelance curation and works as an electrician for Enlightened, providing installation and testing services. An accomplished researcher and mentor, Dr. James has been associated with the RCA Ceramics and Glass program and the Crafts Council's Parallel Practices programme. Dr. James holds multiple advanced degrees, including PhDs in Perception, Optics and Perception, and Glass, along with a Master's in Multidisciplinary Printmaking and a Diploma in Textiles.
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Crafts Council
We are the national charity for craft. We inspire making, empower learning, and nurture businesses. We believe that craft skills and knowledge enrich and uplift us as individuals and in doing so will change our world for the better. Established by Royal Charter in 1971, we are funded by Arts Council England as well as through fund raising and earned income activities. Society has faced unprecedented challenges in recent times and craft has shown its value; from the many volunteers making scrubs for the NHS through to the rise in craft making at home during lockdown. Yet many craft businesses have suffered a drastic loss of income and need our support. Our goal is to be an impactful organisation that can: • champion craft and its positive impact on society • increase levels of craft education at all ages • grow the market for craft With our new public space for craft recently opened and our fiftieth anniversary to celebrate, there’s never been a more exciting time to work at the Crafts Council.