The shape of things is an ambitious and exciting national artists, exhibition and venue development initiative for contemporary crafts taking place over the next three years.

The shape of things aims to encourage a contemporary crafts professional practice, audience and market that is culturally diverse and representative. The shape of things is creating an opportunity and context for considering and debating what distinctive contribution artists make to influence or reflect national identity, to connect Britain with global cultures and to reference the intercultural nature of British societ