Inspiring and connecting craft-lovers to the many handmade treasures, traditions, and natural wonders of North Carolina
Meet some of our artisans.
Our state has a long history of fine artisans providing beautiful and functional pieces for all to use, cherish, and enjoy. That continues today. NC Handmade provides a place for artisan and patron to meet and share their joy and appreciation for fine quality, handmade North Carolina crafts. Please browse through our marketplace, and enjoy getting to know our artisans.
Julie Ottesen
Skilled at the rare art of Nantucketry, this renowned basket-maker hand-carved handles and caning, drawing directly from nature.
Cindy Long
This weaver from High Country creates unique woven pieces with the yarns coming from mills in the Carolinas.
Frumet Raskin-Miller
This potter from Durham gets fired up making work for food-lovers and fiber artists — all out of her small home studio, her “garagio.”
Pam Washer
This sewist from Blowing Rock creates one-of-a-kind handbags using repurposed materials — all on her 1958 Singer Featherweight sewing machine.
New items
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Guest towel basket
$65.00 Add to cart -
2.5” Nantucket basket (squared handle)
$180.00 Add to cart -
Fruit basket
$175.00 Add to cart -
Wine basket
$66.00 Add to cart -
4” Nantucket basket (rounded handle)
$225.00 Add to cart -
Storage or waste basket
$130.00 Add to cart -
Nantucket visiting basket
$575.00 Add to cart -
7” Nantucket basket with cane stakes
$375.00 Add to cart -
Hand built tray
$42.00 Add to cart -
7” Nantucket basket with cherry wood stakes
$475.00 Add to cart -
15” Nantucket tray basket
$825.00 Add to cart -
5” Nantucket basket (no lid)
$235.00 Add to cart
Recent blog posts
Why Cindy Long chose woodbuttons.com as her source for beautiful wood buttons!
Buttonwood Corp. (aka woodbuttons.com) has been a family business in continuous operation since 1939. Steven and Dennis Hoffman’s dad and two brothers started a small manufacturing firm to create unique wooden apparel trim in NYC’s fabled garment center.
Bring Us Your Best: The Virtual Gallery
The Arts Council of Henderson County and local radio station WTZQ have partnered to present a modified version of this annual event right before the holidays. They hope this will
UPDATED: Upcoming deadlines for COVID-19 relief grants benefitting North Carolina craft artists
Times being hard for artists is the understatement of the decade! Between sheltering in place and a global recession, artists are struggling to replace lost income. So we thought we’d take one thing off of your plate and research all of the national, state, and local emergency relief grants for artists.
Becoming an NC Handmade artisan
Through December 31, the $10/month admin fee is waived for the first six months of membership.
Connect with NC craft-lovers from across the country who can purchase your work 24/7.
Save time, and avoid the COVID risk of setting up a booth at an in-person craft fair.
Devote more of your time to your work without worrying about maintaining your online presence.
Promote your upcoming events in our emails and social media posts and on our event calendar.