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The fairy-maker: ‘There are fairies in royal circles, Australia, New York – everywhere'
Dinah Nicholson's meticulously-recorded magical creations range from doppelgangers of real women to the whimsical Gin & Tonic fairy and have been created at home, on the move or even in the queue at the bank.
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The ice sculptor: 'People get very uptight about being cold but, if you relax about it, the cold is all right'
Mr Hamilton was a chef working at London's crème de la crème when he discovered a talent that would shape the rest of his life: the all but extinct world of ice sculpting.
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The barometer-maker: ‘The oldest one we’ve worked on here was dated 1705 – well before the internet or TV weather forecasts.'
Edward Allen has persevered through the potential banning of barometers and a steady decline in the industry, intent on repairing existing products to the highest possible standard and producing new ones for those who still see the unique beauty in barometers.
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The flint knapper: ‘They used to make prisoners do it, but I do it for fun and manage to make a living'
John Lord is one of very few people in Britain who makes a full-time living out of only one stone, in addition to aiding universities and museums with lithic work.
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The Miller: 'A Victorian miller could walk in and know exactly what to do'
Not many people in Britain can say that their workplace operates exactly as it did 200 years ago. Karl Grevatt can. He spoke to Tessa Waugh; portraits by Richard Cannon for the Country Life Picture Library.
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The poppy maker: ‘I was very weak, very emotional and in a bad place when I started, but I’m back to my old self again now’
Wish Lloyd battled a traumatic childhood, the army, an athletics injury and homelessness to find his place at the Poppy Factory, making the poppies we wear every November.
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The gravedigger: Digging graves by hand, putting aside emotions and his hopes for his own final resting place
Alan Munnery has spent the last 20 years working as a gravedigger at one of Europe's biggest cemeteries, which happens to be just outside Woking. He spoke to Tessa Waugh; portraits by Richard Cannon.
