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Hothouse

Our creative and business development programme for emerging makers and businesses


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James Trundle and Sarah Porter, Porter and Trundle

Over the past two decades the Crafts Council’s Hothouse programme has provided a wide range of support including setting-up studios, business development workshops and training tailored to the needs of diverse, ambitious and talented emerging makers.

Established in 2011, Hothouse is our most recent flagship programme; delivered with a network of leading UK craft and design organisations, it has to date supported over 250 emerging craft businesses. We’ve provided the next generation of creatives with the tools to grow sustainable and successful businesses and build professional networks when they are needed most, at the start of their career.


  • Francisca Onumah in their studio

  • Nikole Tursi in their studio

The success of Hothouse underpins our wider business support offer, open to all makers. We draw on the rich pool of experts, from branding through to intellectual property rights, to shape high-quality learning in our resources and events.

Our alumni from Hothouse, and other previous business development programmes, are ambassadors for the craft sector who share what they have learnt and champion the importance of investing in business training with other makers.

We are currently reviewing our talent development programme, including Hothouse, to ensure that our activities meet the needs of makers in such turbulent times. Now more than ever we need to support all makers to strengthen their craft businesses.


  • Antigone Lentzos in their London studio. Photo: Jan Krejci 2019

  • Sam Lucas with their work

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