Custom kitchenware & tableware made by UK makers

Chopping boards sized to a specific worktop, serving platters in a matching timber, hand-thrown mugs and bowls to replace a set that has lost a piece, copper pans, cheese knives with a handle that suits the hand holding it.

Kitchen commissions are usually driven by a measurement or a material rather than a picture, so the brief that gets the best bids gives the dimensions you need and says what the piece will meet: heat, blades, food, a dishwasher. Say whether you want it oiled, waxed or food-safe sealed, and whether this is a single piece or the first of a set you may come back for. Ceramics and turned wood usually run two to six weeks.