Art and craft shops, suppliers, and services in Cornwall

Supporting our Cornish arts and crafts people are an array of local Cornish art and craft shops, suppliers and services. If you would like your business listed here, please use our on-line submission forms and we may be able to help you promote your work.

Alternative Polperro

Alternative Polperro are stockists of Wendy, Sirdar, King Cole, Stylecraft, Cornish Organic Wool, Adriafil and Filatora di Crosa Yarns. We also sell tapestries, cross stitches and knitting accessories. We have a large variety of knitting patterns. We offer mail order service which is fast and reliable.

Arts & Graphics + Draftline

Arts and Graphics + Draftline in Redruth, Cornwall

Arts and Graphics + Draftline is an established Cornish company, founded in 1973, we sell art and craft materials from most major suppliers.

Over the years we have grown into a business with two main sides: Arts and Graphics where we stock a wide variety of fine art and craft supplies, and Draftline which supplies office furniture, drawing office supplies and stationery to the commercial and Local Authority sectors.

Atishoo Designs

Contemporary arts and crafts gallery in the historic port of Charlestown, run by artist and picture framer Liz Hackney and her family. Showing work by over 80 designer makers, mainly West Country based.

Blacker Sheep Limited

Wool from the Natural Fibre Company

Blacker Designs makes beautiful knitting and weaving yarns in Cornwall from natural wool, mohair and alpaca. The knitting yarns and our growing collection of patterns all come from British breeds sheep, goats and alpacas and many from Cornwall and the Westcountry. We can also supply bespoke knitwear. Our woven goods are made in Wales from our own yarns, by small weaving workshops and include scarves, throws, rugs and blankets.

Bohemia Guild of Art, Craft and Re-Makers

  • Address: 54 Market Jew Street, Penzance, Cornwall
  • Telephone: 01326 231146
  • Email: bohemiaguild@aol.com
  • Contact: Joanne Schofield

Art, craft, re-sourced and re-made works from Cornish and West country artists. From the decorative to the functional, Bohemia Guild is art with a conscience about people as well as their art.
Opening hours Monday to Friday 10am till 5pm.

Cakes By Design

Cakes By Design

Cakestand hire and tin hire
If you need to hire a cakestand or tin, you will find our service both cost effective and convenient.
Our Cake Tins come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes and we can even help when you have an unusual request!
We also supply a large range of sugar products from our Shop.

Callington School of Art

Callington School of Art offers a variety of residential and day courses for both beginners and the more experienced artist. Courses are held in our excellent well equipped studio and may involve location work as well.
Life classes are held regularly throughout the year and classes are small to ensure individual attention.
We also have classes in colour, mixed media, drawing and painting and photo silk screen printing.

Cassie Rafferty

Cloth doll supplies and workshops

We are a specialist cloth coll supplier, selling doll kits, cloth doll patterns, Wensleydale wool, Angelina fibres and lots more. We also run cloth doll workshops in Cornwall and have on-line forums.

Cathy Wallwork Garden Design

Professionally qualified garden designer with over 10 years experience. All types of work undertaken from full scale redesign of a garden, to planting plans, planting or garden advice. She works with a good local landscaper who translates her designs into reality. All styles of garden designs from courtyard to rolling acres. Please look at her website to see some examples of her work.

Chrissies Crafts

  • Address: 9 market house arcade, 7 market street, Launceston, Cornwall PL15 8EP
  • Telephone: 01566 770656 or 07968373791
  • Email: chrissies.crafts@hotmail.co.uk

We stock unusual craft supplies including card, paper, decoupage, piromage, peel offs, and some haberdashery. We also even have art lessons, offer advice.Come in for a chat and a coffee.

Colourwave

Here at Colourwave we use a large format canon IPF 8100, 12 colour printer - we print onto canvas, photographic and fine art paper - offering trade prices to artists and photographers. We also produce business cards, leaflets, flyers, PVC banners, stickers, personalised printed and embroidered clothing and acrylic frames.

Cornwall Furniture Restoration

Specialist in the restoration and polishing of antique and modern furniture.

Earth Crystals

Earth Crystals lapidary supplies

Earth Crystals lapidary supplies are one of the country’s largest suppliers of stone polishing machines, saws, lapping machines, tumblers.

Event Services SW Ltd

Cornwall's one stop shop for all your technical and production needs. Offering the very best in stage, sound, lighting, truss and rigging, projection, special effects, draperies, star-cloths, scenery and props.
Cornwall's largest range of outdoor covered stages for hire. PA systems from 100w to 30kw. Full concert facilities.
All events catered for, film and TV location services, outdoor events, theatre shows, rock festivals, corporate events and advertising, fund-raising events, weddings and party hire.
Call today for quality service and advice.

Expert Flower Preservation by Sue Fowler

  • Address: 64 Currian Road Nanpean, St Austell, Cornwall PL26 7YB (by appointment)
  • Telephone: 07799 160638
  • Email: fowlers@susan-jane.fsnet.co.uk
  • Contact: Sue Fowler

We press and preserve fresh flowers from any special occasion and put them into frames, paperweights, coasters and cards to create a special personal reminder of the occasion.
Bespoke service.
Weddings (bouquets/buttonholes/corsages etc), Valentines, birthdays, proms, anniversarys, sympathy/funeral flowers
Commissions undertaken

Factory 54

  • Address: Bodmin parkway Industrial Estate, Bodmin, Cornwall PL30 4BB
  • Telephone: 01208 269824 / 07944 295745
  • Email: mail@factory54.co.uk
  • Web site: www.factory54.co.uk
  • Contact: Miss Christina Wainwright

Artist workshop space
Not for profit creative workspace set up to give access to affordable workspace to new and recent graduate applied artist's living in Cornwall.
Suitable for those working in large and small scale metals, ceramics, glass and other 3D media.
Rent's from £25 per week, available on long or short lets, projects or on a daily basis from £5 per day (negotiable).
Access to full use of Factory 54 equipment, inclusion on website, group exhibitions and much more.
Please see web site for more details.

Fat Hen Framing Company

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Picture framing for artist and photographers.

House of Bartlett

House of Bartlett, St Ives, Cornwall

House of Bartlett is a lovely little shop on the habour in St Ives, Cornwall, filled with wonderful textile art and crafts, yarn and knitting supplies.

The range includes textile art, jewellery, bags, scarves, fairies, bears, stained glass, boxes, mosaics, ceramics and much more. Many of the items in the shop are unique and made in the local area of St Ives and Penwith. You can also find bear, tapestry and cross stitch kits and some textile art supplies.House of Bartlett also stocks an ever increasing range for knitters and crocheters, with yarns, patterns and accessories and expert advice for free.

Iriss of Penzance

Iriss offers you a wide range of wool, yarn and knitting kits from Mariarosa Martin, Rowan, including Summer Tweed, and R2, Artesano Alpaca, UK Alpaca, Cornish Wool from the Gotland Breed, traditional Guernsey 5 ply, British Rare Breeds, Twilleys organic cotton, King Cole, Wendy, Patons, sock wool, and Peter Pan. Our pure wool is ideal for Fair Isle, Intarsia and Domino knitting and we have a comprehensive selection of tapestry, cross stitch and embroidery. We are Anchor Main Stockists for stranded cotton, tapestry wool and Stef Francis space dyed threads. Our range of latch hook rugmaking kits, rug wool and yarn (compatible with Readicut rug wool), canvas and rag rug materials will enable you to make luxurious and individual rugs, cushions and wall hangings.

It's A Wrap Cornwall

Personalised chocolate wrappers and gifts for any occasion.
All products can be personalised with names, dates and your own message for no extra charge. The prices listed in our shop are inclusive and we don't charge anything extra to include a photo or your own drawing.
If you don't see a design suitable for your occasion please contact us as we may be able to create one for you.

Kernowcraft Rocks and Gems Ltd

Kernowcraft Rocks and Gems Ltd

Since 1967 Kernowcraft has been supplying everything you need to make original, individual and above all, the most beautiful jewellery. Our passion for jewellery making goes hand in hand with our dedication to bring you the most personal, speedy and high quality service - so whether you are a beginner or a jewellery making addict you will love our fantastic FREE catalogue of gemstones, beads, findings, Precious Metal Clay, tools, metals, wire, books and all your jewellery making essentials... so get ready to unleash your creativity and turn your jewellery day dreams into a reality with Kernowcraft!

Lampwork Glass Beads

Bead from Murano/Efftre glass rods

I make designer lampwork beads from Murano/Effetre glass rods from Murano Island off Venice in Italy. They are made in the traditional way over the flame and are then kiln annealed for durability.

Merlin Mounts

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UK on-line supplier of picture mounts and photo mounts based in Helston, Cornwall. Custom mounts made to your requirements. Specialised mounts now have the option of framing choices.

Ministry Of Signs

  • Address: 32e Normandy Way, Bodmin, Cornwall PL31 1EX
  • Telephone: 01208 72170
  • Email: ministryofsigns@btconnect.com
  • Contact: Graham and Heidi Tallis

Signs and Graphics
A family run company that delivers a good quality speedy service. We are not the cheapest and not the most expensive, but give quality. We can provide shop signs, banners, a frames, pop up graphics, cable display systems, the works. With either vinyl lettering or digital printing up to 1.6mtrs wide to really give your business a boost. Is your signage commanding attention!!

Monty Models

Monty Models

Professional photographic model for businesses only within Cornwall and Devon region. Advertising/ marketing /calendar commissions.

Moonshine Framing

Moonshine Framing shop Penzance

Picture framing and picture mounts. UK supplier of picture frames and picture mounts in custom sizes, easy on-line ordering or shop counter. Established 1994.

Newquay Screen Print

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Newquay Screenprint prints and designs stickers, t shirts, decals, signs, rally plates, photo mounts and provide vinyl graphics. The partners of Newquay Screenprint have worked in the printing industry for over 20 years. We are a friendly local business that likes to have a close working relationship with our customers and produce high quality work.

Silvercleave Framing

Custom made frames for every thing you require frames for. Mounts of every colour and design Come to us or ring and we come to you.

Smith Jewellery

Makers and repairers of fine handmade diamond and gemstone jewellery. Smith Jewellery is run by a brother and sister team who trained in London's West End and Hatton Garden. "We run a small workshop away from the expense and trappings of London so we are able to offer handmade, and often one-off pieces of jewellery at a more reasonable price. Because we are a workshop selling directly to the public we have cut out the 'workshop to shop charge'. In addition, because we still source our materials either direct from source or via London based suppliers, we have not compromised on our quality or service".

The Art Centre

The Art Centre has been manufacturing the finest Artists' Stretched Canvases, and Picture Frames for discerning artists for three decades. Our frames and canvases adorn many of the Royal Palaces, reflecting the renown of some of the artists who have had a long association with us.
Artists' Materials Online has now been launched for online sales of all the Art Centre's product ranges, with a user-friendly and easily navigable website with a vast range of art and craft supplies at discount prices, for the convenience of our clientèle throughout the UK, Ireland and Western Europe.
We have a huge range of art and craft supplies on display in our 10,000 square feet showroom and factory unit. We carry over 3,000 artists' canvases in stock at any one time, and we have ready-made frames for watercolours and oil paintings on canvas, as well as ready-cut mounts. We also have some incredible offers on many types of easels, ready for despatch.
We welcome all new customers to join the group of 2,000 amateur and professional artists who make up our long-established customer base.

The Art Studio

New teaching/workshop/studio available.
The Art Studio is set high up on Carn Marth - a beautifully lit quiet peaceful space approx 30'x18', underfloor heating, full width mirror wall. Ideal for those wishing to teach, run classes, or give talks. Feeling miles from anywhere yet very accessible.
We can also accommodate up to 11 people in our 4 and 5 star cottage accommodation for those living further away.

The Best Image

Photograph by The Best Image

Commercial and General Location Photography
We undertake commercial/advertising/portrait/landscape location photography across Cornwall, also calendar/greetings cards commissions.

The Crafty Corner

The Crafty Corner, Penzance

Located in Penzance, Cornwall, we stock card making and scrapbooking craft materials from many stockists including Do Crafts, Flowersoft, Joanna Sheen, Personal Impressions, Crafters Companion and More.

The Natural Fibre Company

The Natural Fibre Company has launched its own range of specialist wool products under the name Blacker Designs starting with knitting yarns, scarves, cushions blankets and throws. It was taken over by Sue Blacker and her family in 2005 and moved from Wales to a 15,000 square foot factory at Launceston in Cornwall. Since then it has started a minor revolution in the textile industry by doing almost everything in small quantities. The company has been adding value to fleeces supplied by farmers since 1991, but the new management introduced worsted spinning in 2007, and a dye plant in and on-line shop in 2008.

Three S Films

Three S Films

Video/Film Production company and conversion services
Three S Films is a film and video production company specialising in promotional/informative films and documentaries. We also provide a video and film conversion service converting many different formats to DVD or other media. We also hire out video cameras, projectors and screens of varying sizes.

Westcountryeditions.com

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Art gallery and picture framers.
Westcountryeditions is an art production and distributors company. St Just is the home of our gallery and picture framing workshop. Artwork by Nicholas Smith, Rob Banaster, Izumi Omori, Colin Maccallum and Laura Bray.