About Care & Craft

Hi, I’m Vincent Shaw, a writer and storyteller based in Sussex, England.

I’m old and grey, but don’t let that put you off. For forty years I’ve been writing stories, drawing and painting, and thinking deeply about why creating with our hands and imaginations is what makes us human.

I love exploring places, be they real or imaginary, and turning them into words and worlds. Increasingly, I'm spending time in schools, running creative writing workshops and seeing first-hand how children's faces light up when you spark their imaginations.

Care & Craft is where I think out loud about why handicraft matters, be it writing your own stories (my first love), painting your own pictures, or baking your own cake, and why it matters now more than ever.

If you’ve ever felt that something important is slipping away, from you or your children, then you’re in the right place.

Care & Craft is free. No paywalls, no sales pitch. Just one person making the case for something real.

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Best Wishes - Vincent