What is Featured Creatives ? 

Featured Creatives was first introduced in 2024, designed to encourage craft and entrepreneurship in the local community. The aim is to support local independent crafters and makers by offering the opportunity to showcase and sell their product in our retail space The Garden Room. 

Participating Creatives will have their products displayed and made available for retail purchase within The Garden Room. Our team will support the display and visual merchandising of their product and promote it on our social media platforms.

How Does it Work?

Featured Creatives operates on a commission basis. The Garden Room will retain 30% of each sale to cover our costs and to invest into our community projects. The Maker will receive the remaining 70% from each sale. You can read more about how this is calculated here.

Creatives are encouraged to set the Retail Price for their products. However, if your product is selected, we are more than happy to offer our experience in this area and support you in finalising a price that offers our customers good value for money while also reflecting your time, skills and creativity.

We ask Creatives to provide some information about themselves and their craft so that we can share this with our customers, who always love to know the story behind the products featured in The Garden Room.

We usually operate on a quarterly basis, featuring a selection of Creatives for approximately 3 months at a time. 

Who is Eligible to Apply?

We are keen to hear from Crafters, Makers and Artists who are just starting out, as well as those who are more established and would like to connect with a new audience. You do not need to have a website or large social media presence to apply, but we do ask that you support us in marketing your work if you’re selected.

We encourage Featured Creatives to host a class, talk or workshop to people to engage with your craft and to support the marketing of your product range. If this is something you would like to do but have not done before, we can support and guide you

At The Exchange we are keen to promote handcrafted, high-quality products that are produced in a way that aligns with our values. If you’re thinking of applying, please take a few moments to read our Featured Creatives Guidelines. Applicants are not required to meet all of the requirements listed, but the guidelines should give you an indication of the work that we would be most excited to showcase. 

As we are a community organisation, we will prioritise applications from those who live in or have strong connections to the local area.