Useful Links

• Government Agencies and Bodies

  • Arts Council England

  • Arts Council of Ireland

  • Arts Council of Northern Ireland

  • Arts Council of Wales

  • Crafts Council

  • Crafts Council of Ireland

  • CraftScotland

  • CC Skills

  • Creative Choices

  • Creative Scotland

  • Creative Skills (Cornwall)

  • Wales Arts International

• Sites and Companies We Like

  • The Cheese Shed

    Fantastic friends supplying equally fantastic West Country artisan cheeses!

  • Ceramic Review Magazine

  • Craft Club

    National campaign for craft in schools & education centres

  • Craft and Design Magazine

  • Selvedge Magazine

  • Rod and Bens, Exeter

    Homemade, organic soups and veg, fresh from the field from the inimitable Rodney Hall.

  • Papa Deli, Bristol

    Our fave! Superb deli and restaurant in Bristol.

  • Cowslip Workshops

    An inspirational organic farm in Cornwall running textile workshops and tuition.

  • The Make Lounge

    Contemporary craft workshops with a stylish, social twist.

  • The Papered Parlour

    Organisers of art events, workshops and parties. If only we lived in Clapham!

  • Concrete Wardrobe

    A fabulous shop in Edinburgh promoting contemporary Scottish designer-makers.

  • Bovey Castle, North Bovey, Dartmoor National Park

    Luxurious and friendly welcome awaits you at Bovey Castle

  • BBC Homes and Antiques Magazine

    Antique, vintage and contemporary craft specialist magazine.

  • Elle Decoration Magazine

    An inspirational magazine - one of our favourites.

• Blogs and Forums

  • UK Handmade Blog

    A fantastic blog written by the guys behind this great online design magazine.

  • Contemporary Ceramics Blog

  • Woven textiles Blog by Laura Thomas

  • Warp & Weft weaving Blog

  • Christine Kaltoft Blog

    Blog by one of our sellers, jeweller Christine Kaltoft.

  • Hannah McAndrew Blog

    Blog by one of our sellers, potter Hannah McAndrew.

  • Hanne Rysgaard Blog

    Picture blog by one of our sellers, potter Hanne Rysgaard.

  • Blog by Rachel Dormor

    Blog by one of our sellers, potter Rachel Dormor.

  • Jewellery blog by Japanese jeweller, Nobuko Okumura

    Blog by award winning jeweller and one of our sellers Nobuko Okumura.

  • Interiors and home blog

    Be inspired by vintage and contemporary handmade for the home.

  • Made Blog

  • Kate Wood's Blog

    Blog by one of our sellers, jeweller Kate Wood.

  • Hens Teeth Blog

    Blog by one of our sellers, textile artist Viv Sliwka of Hens Teeth.

  • Pachadesign Blog

    A beautiful and inspirational blog by pachadesign, makers of contemporary furniture and accessories, and our sellers too!

  • Kickcan & Conkers

    A beautifully written Blog celebrating craft, vintage, kids accessories and home decor.

  • Handmade LIves blog

    A lively blog written by Dixie Nichols

  • Her Little Place

    An inspiring interiors blog written by journalist and writer Huma Qureshi

  • MadAboutTheHouse

    Be truly inspired by the finds of freelance journalist Kate Watson-Smyth

• Events

  • 100% Design

  • Art in Action

  • British Craft Trade Fair

  • Cardiff Design Festival

  • Ceramic Art London

  • Collect

  • Craft in Focus

  • Dazzle

  • Desire

  • Festival of Crafts

  • Earth & Fire

  • Goldsmith's Fair

  • Hereford Contemporary Craft Fair

  • Knitting and Stitching Show

  • London Design Festival

  • Lustre

  • Made Brighton

  • Made By Hand, Tredegar House

  • Origin

  • Potfest

  • Tent London

  • The Contemporary Craft Fair

  • The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair

  • Top Drawer

• Organisations, Guilds and Societies

  • The Devon Guild of Craftsmen

    Membership organisation, exhibition space, shop and Terrace Cafe. Membership only open to makers living in South West (Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Somerset, Glos,Wiltshire.) Exhibition opportunities for non-members.

  • Hidden Art

  • Makers Guild in Wales

    Membership organisation, exhibition space, shop & cafe. Membership only open to makers living in Wales. Exhibition opportunities for non-members.

  • British Artist Blacksmith Association

  • Craft Central

  • Guild of Herefordshire Craftsmen

  • Shropshire Guild of Contemporary Craft

  • Anglian Potters Association

  • The Worshipful Company of Turners

  • Association of Contemporary Jewellery

  • North Wales Potters

  • Somerset Guild of Craftsmen

  • The Worshipful Company of Pewters

  • Crafts Council of Ireland

  • Guild of Enamellers

  • StudioPottery.co.uk

  • Dorset Arts & Crafts Association

  • The Design Trust

    Invaluable advice on starting and running a craft business

  • Axis

  • The Basketmakers Association

  • Design Factory

  • Design Gap

  • Design Nation

  • Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen

  • Artsmatrix

  • South Wales Potters

  • Westcountry Potters Association

  • Craft Potters Association

  • Craft Scotland

  • Scottish Potters

  • The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair

• Venues, Galleries and Public Craft Collections

  • Aberystwyth Arts Centre

    Features a major collection of ceramics.

  • Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

    Extensive museum collection including contemporary craft.

  • Bankfield Museum, Halifax

    Collections of historic and contemporary textiles and baskets and ethnographic collection.

  • Bowes Museum

  • Cartwright Hall

  • Craft Study Centre, Farnham

    Permanent collection, exhibition space and research centre.

  • Geffrye Museum

    Permanent historic and contemporary collection.

  • Hove Museum & Art Gallery

  • Manchester Museum & Art Gallery

    Permanent historic and contemporary collection includes craft and design.

  • Mima Middlesborough

    Permanent collection of contemporary craft and visual art. International exhibition programme.

  • National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

    Major national collection with specific interest in contemporary ceramics.

  • Pitt Rivers Museum

    Unique and unrivalled ethnogrphic collection

  • Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

  • Sainsbury Centre, Norwich

  • Sheffield Millenium Galleries

    Permanent collection and major exhibition space.

  • Shipley Art Gallery

    Permanent historic and contemporary craft collection.

  • V&A Museum

    Internationally acclaimed collections and exhibitions.

  • Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

  • Bluecoat Display Centre

  • Craft Central

  • Craftspace

  • Dartington Cider Press Centre

  • Devon Guild of Craftsmen

    Leading exhibition space in the South West.

  • Ferres Gallery

  • Flow

  • Leeds Craft & Design Centre

  • Crafts in the Bay

  • Manchester Design & Craft Centre

  • Midlands Arts Centre

  • National Glass Centre

  • New Brewery Arts

  • Ruthin Craft Centre

  • Smith's Row

  • The City Gallery, Leicester

  • The Scottish Gallery

  • Washington Gallery

  • De la Warr Pavilion

  • Unit Twelve

    Workshop and exhibition space curated by Jennifer Collier.

  • Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre

  • Awol Studios

    Artist studios, workspace and gallery in Manchester