Remember the days of arts and crafts, woodwork class and the anxiety of being judged at show and tell? The kids at kluster are all in for a revival of dying art forms - from knitting to millinery and tapestry to sewing, we want you to pick up a hot glue gun and get busy with your hands. We got to chatting with fellow craft lover Rebecca Young, a London based designer and hot glue gun extraordinaire about her label Bobby met Whitney.

How did you get into the weird and wonderful world of craft?

OK I admit it; I was never an avid participant in PE at school.  If any piece of sporting equipment headed my way (ball, racket, elbow), I would try to avoid all contact with it.  Instead I chose to spend most of my time in the Art Department where the coffee flowed and teachers were known by their first names (the last word in French cool to a 14-year-old girl).  It was during these formative years that I developed some pretty nifty skills with a hot glue gun, which would later turn into an obsession with all things craft.

What is craft?

Broadly, craft is using your hands to turn materials with little value into something beautiful, functional or both.  Personally, to me craft is art, fashion and therapy all rolled into one.

So craft can be seen as a form of therapy?

A little over ten years ago it was common for children to be taught metalwork, woodwork and sewing.  Sadly today’s schools are teaching these crafts less and less despite evidence that they improve concentration, coordination and mood in children and adults alike.  Judging by the number of requests I get from friends, even something as simple as sewing a button on is beyond most people. Despite this, craft has recently seen resurgence and has been adopted by a younger generation who want to create something original.  Workshops and University courses are now cropping up in subjects such as knitting, sewing and millinery.

Tell me about your label Bobby met Whitney.

I’ve spent many years making hats and fascinators but have only recently thought seriously about giving up my day job to focus on my fledgling label, Bobby met Whitney. The other day I was chatting to a friend who works in marketing about my business plan. He had a hard time getting to grips with the idea that craft cannot be mass-produced for profit.  In my opinion (and having lived in inner-city London for the past seven years), craft has never been more important as an antidote to mass production.  Spending the afternoon rifling through spools of ribbon or flipping through sample books for that perfect piece of gingham for my latest project is a simple pleasure more people could, and should, benefit from.