We have the best curated goods for your most creative buddies — this is our Christmas gift guide for the artists, potters, makers, textile lovers and design-minded people in your life, the ones who notice what things are made of and how they're made. Everything here is small-batch, independent and chosen because it's the kind of thing someone with a good eye would choose for themselves, which makes it exactly the right gift for someone who's hard to buy for because they're particular.
Handmade ceramics anchor the collection as the most appreciated Christmas gift for artists and makers who already own everything. Leach Pottery's mixing bowl sets, prepping bowl sets, nesting bowls and pestle and mortar are some of the most iconic pieces in British studio pottery, still made in the same St Ives tradition as Bernard Leach himself, in dolomite white and ash green glazes. Eloise Rose's hand-painted terracotta platters in lemon stripe and clementine stripe bring a more joyful, painterly quality; Brickett Davda's colour-blocked mugs and bowls in mustard yellow, aloe green, leaf green and brick pink are the kind of design-led ceramics that people with a good eye collect deliberately; and Sarah Quick's pinched medium bowl, Annabel Roberts' vine utensil pot and Tim Lake's faceted cups and beakers in dolomite grey and rust represent genuinely one-off, studio-made stoneware for the serious ceramics lover.
For plant people and those who love a considered shelf, Wildwood Ceramic Studio's hanging plant pots in four glazes and white dipped plant pots, Su Leaver's black volcanic pots and Susan Early's hand-woven willow basket with leather straps make statement pieces worth giving as a significant Christmas gift. Wax Atelier's plant-dyed stubby and dining candles, La Luna tin candles, Moorlands beeswax long stubby pairs and a Harvest black cardamom jar candle give the artist a beautifully lit studio to work in. Beatrice Larkin and Chickpea merino and lambswool hot water bottle covers, Oaken mohair socks in rust, and Le Bon Shoppe sailor tops in pine green and coffee stripe keep the creative person warm and looked after while they make. COCO Chocolatier salted caramel and black pepper milk chocolate finishes things off for anyone who needs a very small but perfectly formed additional extra under the tree.
Makers
Annabel Roberts, Beatrice Larkin, Botanique Workshop, Brickett Davda, Chickpea, COCO Chocolatier, Eloise Rose Design Studio, Harvest, La Luna, Le Bon Shoppe, Leach Pottery, Liz Vidal, Moorlands Candles, Oaken, Pip Hartle, Rosie Gore, Sarah Quick, Su Leaver, Susan Early, Tim Lake, Wax Atelier, Wildwood Ceramic Studio
