Source order
We begin with museums, public bodies and official organisations; then academic and specialist work; then makers and workshops speaking for themselves. News and commercial pages can add context but do not carry historical claims alone.
Facts, interpretations and unknowns
The site separates direct evidence, attributed interpretation and editorial inference. Unknown fields stay empty or display Research in Progress.
People and quotations
We do not invent makers, biographies, quotations, workshop access or social links. Interview text requires a traceable conversation and publication permission.
Corrections
Material corrections will update the reviewed date and, when useful, retain a short note explaining what changed and why.
Images and AI
Rights, credit and licence information travel with every image record. Generated imagery will never be presented as a documentary photograph of a real person, workshop or event.