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Museum of the Sea opens Knots and Nets, an exhibition of maritime crafts
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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Saltings Pottery Guild pairs young makers with master potters
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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Ceramics in the workshop: from clay to form
Clay taking shape on the wheel, pots on market stalls and thousand-year-old pieces in museum cases.
