A small team with a big dream
What are you looking for?
Start with the piece, the occasion or the price. If a place matters more, take the local route just below.
Browse the full catalogue ↗Shop by what you need
Cards, prints, jewellery and original art — choose the route that fits.
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The makers' roll
Ninety-two makers under one roof.
Everything on our shelves is made by someone we can name — these are the names the catalogue knows best, as of 26 July 2026. Every name opens that maker's collection on our own shop.
- OhhDeer79 pieces
- Gill Books61 pieces
- Hunter Paper Co.56 pieces
- Field Day47 pieces
- Once upon a Dandelion46 pieces
- Piera Cirefice39 pieces
- Alison McIlkenny36 pieces
- Alan Ardiff34 pieces
- Fiddle Fig29 pieces
- Gemma Marie27 pieces
- Dasalee Textile Art26 pieces
- Derek Melville24 pieces
- Rhea Hanlon24 pieces
- Gary Murray23 pieces
- Polly Gribben Art23 pieces
- Linda Connolly21 pieces
- Wild About Soap20 pieces
- Irish Socksciety18 pieces
- Figment Ceramics18 pieces
- Norma Slack18 pieces
- Amber Jordan Design
- John O'Flaherty-Lynch
- Kate Broderick
- Kevin Collins
- Liz Christy
- Pocket Mountains
- …plus the rest of the 92 — every maker on our shelves has a name.
Our lightfilled upstairs gallery space has added a new dimension to Painted Earth. It is the perfect canvas to showcase our Artist and Craftspeople.
“A beautiful gallery - a splendid space of calm and inspiration!”
A second way in
Take a piece of this place with you.
Useful for visitors and gift buyers, optional for everyone else. Choosing a place applies a removable filter to the original-art shelf.
Art inspired by Mournes Art inspired by Murlough Art inspired by Tollymore Art inspired by Newcastle Art inspired by Royal County Down
The handover
An original is not posted. It is collected.
The most precious thing we sell changes hands in person — up the stairs at 98 Main Street, in the lightfilled gallery we opened in April 2025. You meet the work, and the people who chose it, before it is yours.
Explore available original art- Collection from 98 Main Street — original art is not posted
- A shipping quote, arranged by asking us first
- Free gift wrap on every order
- Next-day dispatch Monday to Friday
- No returns on original art
Workshops
Four workshops, and every one of them full.
Places go quickly, and the waiting list runs by hand — as the sold-out listings say: “Currently sold out, get in touch to join our waiting list.”
- 26 March 2026Gel Monoprinting with Jenny Bailie£30Fully booked
- 4 June 2026Needle felting with Deirdre McClorey£50Fully booked
- 2 July 2026Painting with Gemma Marie Blakely£50Fully booked
- 6 August 2026Needle felting with Deirdre McClorey£50Fully booked
Proposal: a waiting list you can join from this page, instead of a note inside a sold-out listing. Until then,our workshops live on the shop ↗
Many hands make one place.
Different materials and makers come together, then one handmade piece travels home.
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