Forty-two makers, one shop.
15 miles
30 miles
45 miles
Malton
Thirsk
Pickering
Hutton-le-Hole
Beverley
Masham
Saltaire
Skipton
Whitby
Hebden Bridge
Pots, prints, wool, silver, spoons and candles, made across Yorkshire and sold on Fossgate in York. Every tag says who made the piece, and where.
12
makers work within fifteen miles of the shop. Nothing on the shelves comes from a wholesaler.
30
within thirty miles, from Hannah Ellis's byre outside Thirsk to Will Thackray's shed in Hutton-le-Hole.
42
all within forty-five, as far as Ruth Aske in Whitby and Anil Mistry in Hebden Bridge.
Book a workshop seat
Find the shop
Fossgate, York YO1, open Tuesday to Sunday
Every tag has a name on it
Four of the forty-two, on the shelves this autumn. The makers set their own prices and keep 70% of every sale. To buy one, ring or send a WhatsApp with the maker's name.
Anil Mistry
Woven wool, Hebden Bridge
Throw, Wensleydale fleece
£165
Hannah Ellis
Stoneware, Thirsk
Mug
£28
Ruth Aske
Linocut, Whitby
Small prints
from £24
Grace Okafor
Recycled silver, Saltaire
Stacking rings
£38
Also on the shelves
Most pieces cost between £9 and £165.
Saltwick Bay, Low Tide, a linocut in an edition of 40, unframed (£140 in an oak frame)
£85
Ruth Aske, Whitby
Rapeseed wax candle in an old jam jar
£18
Isla Brennan, Malton
Willow log basket
£75
Joe Haigh, Beverley
Hand-sewn notebook
£22
Martha Kell, Skipton
Glass tumbler
£24
Dev Sharma, Pickering
Forged coat hook
£14
Callum Firth, Masham
Maker of the month, October
Will Thackray finishes every spoon with the knife, not sandpaper
He carves in a shed at the bottom of his garden in Hutton-le-Hole, from cherry, sycamore and birch felled within ten miles of it.
Eating spoon
£24
Cooking spoon
£32
Butter knife
£16
Ladle
£58
Saturday 17 October, 11am–3pm
Will is carving in our window. Come and watch.
Carve a spoon with him
Evenings upstairs at the long table
Seats are booked one at a time, and everything you need is provided. On workshop evenings the door opens at 6.15pm.
Lino printing
£45
a seat
with Ruth Aske, from Whitby
Cut a block, print it, and take home the block and five prints. Eight seats.
Thursday 22 October or Thursday 19 November, 6.30–9pm
Spoon carving
£55
a seat
with Will Thackray, from Hutton-le-Hole
Green wood and the knives to use, and you take your spoon home. Six seats, for over‑16s.
Wednesday 28 October or Wednesday 25 November, 6–9pm
Wreath making
£58
a seat
with Bea Collins, who grows flowers near Easingwold
The foliage, a moss ring and ribbon, with mulled apple juice and mince pies. Ten seats.
Thursday 3, Tuesday 8, Thursday 10 or Tuesday 15 December, 6.30–9pm
Book a seat
Choose an evening, and we'll be in touch to confirm your seat.
Request a seat
No online shop. Just ring us.
Seen something in the window or on our Instagram? Ring or send a WhatsApp with a photo or the maker's name. We take payment by card over the phone and post it the next weekday, wrapped.
Call 01632 960735
WhatsApp us
“I sent a WhatsApp at lunchtime about one of Anil's throws for my sister in Truro. It was with her on Thursday, wrapped in that foxglove paper.”
Rob, Acomb
UK post
£4.95, and free on orders over £80. It goes out the next weekday.
By hand in York
On Friday afternoons, free on orders over £40, to
York city centre
Clifton
Heworth
Fulford
Acomb
Dringhouses
Bishopthorpe
Held for you
Anything in the shop, for a week.
Gift wrapping
Free, in our own foxglove paper, printed from a linocut Ruth cut for us in 2018.
Gift vouchers
From £10, for anything in the shop or a workshop seat.
Commissions
A set of six mugs, a ring a size larger, a throw in your colours: tell us, and we pass it to the maker, who rings you with a price and a date. Most take four to eight weeks.
A few doors up from Foss Bridge
A narrow Georgian shopfront, opened in May 2016 by Nell Garside, a weaver, and Tom Akroyd, who trained as a cabinet maker and built every shelf in the place.
Fossgate, York YO1
Get directions
Opening hours
Tuesday to Saturday
10am–5.30pm
Sunday
11am–4pm
Monday
Closed
The shop is step-free; the workshop room is up one flight of stairs. Dogs welcome.
01632 960735
07700 900735 on WhatsApp
hello@foxglovemakers.co.uk
“I came in for a birthday card and went home with a jug, two spoons and a seat at the lino evening.”
Kate, Clifton