The Makkist

A little whimsy, a lot of wonder✨

Who says ceramics have to be serious?

Next up in our Meet the Makers series, we're celebrating two makers who bring colour, imagination and a wonderful sense of playfulness to their work.

/ GOATpierrot - creates expressive little characters, full of colour, personality and unexpected details. Each piece is a tiny character with a story of its own.

/ Rachael Bell Art - brings a similarly playful spirit to clay, creating curious cats, tiny ducks and beautifully textured ceramics that balance craftsmanship with a sense of humour.

Two distinctive approaches to ceramics, both showing how much joy and imagination can go into something made by hand.

And you'll be able to discover their work in person by joining us at SAMHAIN – A Festival of Making.

📍 The Haberdashery, Glasgow
📅 31 October & 1 November · 11am–4pm
🎟️ Free entry

Anyone else suddenly feel like they need a tiny ceramic companion?

A weekend of creative experiences at Samhain 🍂

Alongside our curated makers market, we’ve invited a small group of brilliant creatives to host intimate workshops across the weekend . A chance to learn directly from the makers, try something new and leave with something you’ve made yourself.

On Sunday, join Paper Street Dolls - to create your own Moon + Stars Paper Wreath, a 90-minute workshop exploring their distinctive approach to colourful paper decoration. £25 per person.

Also on Sunday, Concrete Nature - will introduce you to the beautiful craft of Japanese Stab Binding, guiding you through the process of creating your own hand-bound book.
11am–12.30pm · £35

And on Saturday morning, join Blosme & Blume - for Gathered, a two-hour autumn bouquet arranging workshop using a beautiful selection of seasonal flowers and foliage to create your own hand-tied bouquet.
11am–1pm · £60.29

There are plenty of ways to take part beyond the workshops too. Join our free Stitch + Sip on Sunday, or bring along unused creative materials to exchange at our Creative Materials Swap Shop on Saturday with

All alongside a changing line-up of independent artists, designers and makers across our two-day curated market.

Samhain – A Festival of Making
31 October – 1 November · 11am–4pm
The Haberdashery, Glasgow
Free entry to the festival

Workshop places are limited and booked separately. Explore the programme + reserve your place via themakkist.com.

Meet the Makers ✨ First up: jewellery.

We have a brilliant group of independent jewellers joining us for Samhain – A Festival of Making this autumn, each bringing their own approach to materials, process and craftsmanship.

Here’s a first look at four of the jewellers you’ll be able to discover across the weekend:

✦ Crowsong Jewellery
✦ EMOSIWN - Emosiwn
✦ Aisla Ritchie - Ailsa Ritchie Jewellery
✦ Rae & Stone

And this is only our first jewellery introduction — we have plenty more still to share, alongside ceramics, textiles, art, print, homeware and more from across our Samhain line-up.

Come and discover their work in person at:

🍂 Samhain – A Festival of Making
📍 The Haberdashery, Glasgow
📅 Saturday 31 October & Sunday 1 November
⏰ 11am–4pm
✨ **Free entry**

There’ll be a different mix of makers across Saturday and Sunday, alongside creative workshops, live making, our Creative Materials Swap Shop, Sunday Sip & Stitch, food, drinks and more.

Make this at Samhain 🌙✨

Our next workshop is here and this one feels particularly at home at Samhain.

Join Paper Street Dolls to create your own Moon + Stars wreath, inspired by autumn, celestial details and the changing seasons.

Founded by sisters Claire and Julie Sheridan, Paper Street Dolls bring together backgrounds in textiles, illustration and design to create colourful, playful decorations that blur the lines between art and craft.

No experience needed, just come along, get creative and leave with your own celestial wreath ready to take home.

🌙 Moon + Stars Wreath Making
with Paper Street Dolls

📅 Sunday 1 November / 2 - 4pm
📍 The Haberdashery, Glasgow
🎟️ £25 + booking fee
✂️ All materials included

Fancy a seat at the table?

Tickets are available now via themakkist.com

And keep an eye out, there’s still more of our Samhain programme to come…

SAMHAIN · A Festival of Making
31 October & 1 November 2026

Thoughtfully made. Locally found.

Could your work belong at The Makkist?

Alongside our physical makers markets and events, we’re building something that exists all year round: The Makkist online marketplace.

A curated online home where people can discover and shop from independent makers across the UK, and where beautifully made work can be found beyond a single market or weekend.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve spent a lot of time looking through the work of some incredibly talented independent makers and it’s been a reminder of exactly why The Makkist exists.

We’re looking for work rooted in craftsmanship, originality and thoughtful making. The process matters. The person behind the work matters. And the story of how something has been made matters.

You don’t need to fit a particular aesthetic. We’re looking for skill, quality and originality across ceramics, textiles, jewellery, print, art, homeware, botanical goods, paper and beyond.

So whether you’ve joined us at one of our markets before, applied for Samhain, or have only just discovered The Makkist, we’d love to see what you make.

Applications to join The Makkist online marketplace are open now.

Apply via themakkist.com

Thoughtfully made. Locally found.

The Samhain line up is taking shape.

The response to Samhain has been wonderful, with makers, artists and craftspeople bringing together a mix of work that feels perfectly suited to a weekend rooted in creativity, craftsmanship and the turning of the seasons.

Maker applications for Samhain – A Festival of Making will close on Monday 31 August at 12 noon.

So if you’ve been thinking about joining us but haven’t quite got round to applying yet, we’d still really love to hear from you.

31 October – 1 November
The Haberdashery, Glasgow

Applications via the link in our bio.

And now that the market is taking shape, we can start showing you a little more of what we’ve been planning…

There’s so much more behind something handmade than the finished object.

It’s the years spent learning a skill. Knowing how a material behaves. The experiments that didn’t quite work. The small decisions made along the way. And the hands of the person who actually made it.

That’s why craftsmanship sits at the heart of The Makkist.

We want to make it easier to discover genuinely well-made, independent work and to give the people behind it a platform that values the skill, process and story just as much as the finished piece.

Because choosing handmade isn’t just about buying something different. It’s about choosing to support the skills, knowledge and independent makers we want to see continue.

And we’re always looking to discover brilliant makers.

Know someone whose work deserves to be seen by more people? Tag them below we’d love to find them.