Objects of desire: kit from Britain’s coolest independent shops

These lovely British-made treasures are available from gorgeous shops around the UK that are all a treat to visit
  
  


Travel - cool kit gallery: Spark of music ring by Jill Graham
Spark of music ring by Jill Graham, £175 Space Craft, Belfast Craft and Design Centre, College St, Belfast, craftanddesigncollective.com/spacecraft.asp. From jewellery to pottery to sculpture, there’s a great mix of things on sale at Space Craft, all produced by local designers. Photograph: PR
Travel - cool kit gallery: Multicoloured bunting necklace
Multicoloured bunting necklace, £29 Tatty Devine, 44 Monmouth Street, and 236 Brick Lane, London, 020-7836 2685, tattydevine.com. From these small boutiques in central London jewellery designers Rosie Wolfenden and Harriet Vine (collectively Tatty Devine) sell a range of quirky designs all made in their studio Photograph: PR
travel: Mini kiltie Tartan Spirit
Mini kiltie skirt, £150 Tartan Spirit at By Storm, The Cottage, 156 Milngavie Road, Bearsden, Glasgow, tartanspirit.com. Designer Joyce Young heads this studio which creates and sells clothing and accessories Photograph: PR
Travel - cool kit gallery: Inky print top by Zoe Boomer
Inky print top by Zoe Boomer, £65 The British Designers Boutique, 14-15 Milsom Place, Bath, milsomplace.co.uk/british-designers-boutique.php. This not-for-profit organisation sells fashion designed and made in the UK from up-and-coming designers, including Tramp in Disguise, Paolita Swimwear and Zoe Boomer Photograph: PR
Travel - cool kit gallery: Men's sheepskin gloves
Men’s sheepskin gloves, £49.95 Skyeskyns, 17 Lochbay, Waternish, Isle of Skye, skyeskyns.co.uk. Visitors to this family-run tannery can take a guided tour of the workshop and learn about making leather, as well as shopping for Scottish-made sheepskin products from rugs to gloves and their own version of Ugg boots Photograph: John Paul/PR
Travel - cool kit gallery: Great Britain Teapot - Emma Bridgewater
Emma Bridgewater Great Britain teapot, £49.95 (new for September) Lichfield St, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, emmabridgewaterfactory.co.uk. Visitors can take tours, decorate pottery in the studio (from £10.95) and roam around the gardens before heading to the factory shop Photograph: PR
Travel - cool kit gallery: Fish & Chips dinner plate
Fish & chips dinner plate, £5.99 Poole Pottery, The Quay, Poole, Dorset, poolepottery.co.uk. Head to this vast studio on the Poole harbourfront to watch potters at work and pick up a piece of unique pottery Photograph: PR
Travel - cool kit gallery: Feather-filled cushions
Feather-filled cushion, £49 Melin Tregwynt, 26 Royal Arcade, The Hayes, Cardiff, melintregwynt.co.uk. Situated in a secluded valley in Pembrokeshire coast national park, this little mill specialises in high-quality soft furnishings and blankets spun from Welsh wool Photograph: PR
travel: Emily Speed plaster egg
Emily Speed egg plaster cast, £120 Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield, ysp.co.uk/shop. Yorkshire Sculpture Park has a fantastic giftshop, with products designed to accompany exhibitions. This limited-edition small plaster egg was created for Emily Speed’s MAKE SHIFT exhibition (running until 18 September), which features plaster eggs nestling against bits of miniature buildings – a roof here or a wall there
COMPILED BY JESSICA EDWARDS Photograph: PR
 

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