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  1. Owen Pryce Culture

    Museum of the Sea opens Knots and Nets, an exhibition of maritime crafts

    Why it matters: More than 300 objects, from hand-braided rope ladders to a herring net still smelling faintly of tar, fill the museum's grand hall in a show built around the skills that kept the harbour working.

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  2. Isabel Duarte Culture

    Saltings Pottery Guild pairs young makers with master potters

    Why it matters: Twelve young makers will spend nine months at the wheel beside experienced potters in the marsh villages, in a scheme the guild hopes will keep its craft alive for another generation.

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  3. Viktor Lind 11 photos Culture

    Ceramics in the workshop: from clay to form

    Why it matters: Clay taking shape on the wheel, pots on market stalls and thousand-year-old pieces in museum cases.

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