Which Craft?
Find a real Centre for Craftsmanship near you — provenance-verified studios teaching genuine trade skills.
No Centres confirmed near you yet
Which Craft? is brand new — founding studios are joining right now. Tell us where you are and what craft you’re after, and we’ll let you know the moment a Centre opens near you.
Real trades. Real provenance.
Which Craft? lists working trade studios teaching genuine craft skills, verified and recorded under CWA’s provenance framework.
Woodworking & Carpentry
Joinery, furniture making, fine timber work.
Metalwork & Architectural Hardware
Blacksmithing, forged hardware — think hand-carved door handles, not mass-produced fittings.
Leatherwork & Saddlery
Tanning, stitching, traditional saddle and goods making.
Ceramics & Functional Pottery
Thrown and fired work built to be used, not just displayed.
Textile Weaving & Spinning
Loom work, fibre preparation, traditional cloth-making.
Lacemaking
Bobbin lace, needle lace, and traditional lace techniques.
Stonemasonry
Carving, restoration, and traditional stone trade skills.
Glassblowing & Glasswork
Hot glass studios, furnace-based making.
Jewellery & Silversmithing
Metalsmithing at the bench, not casting kits.
Cultural Provenance Works
Culturally-specific making traditions with documented provenance — the third pillar alongside Crafts and Industrial Products.
Need somewhere to sell your craftsmanship?
Join as a Practitioner
Get your Unique Provenance Identifier and a verified maker record — the foundation for selling, exhibiting, and being recognised as an Australian craftsperson.
Get Your UPI →List in the Marketplace
The Southern Cross Marketplace is where verified provenance meets real buyers — list your work and sell directly, with your story and origin attached.
Visit the Marketplace →In the fashion industry? Need cloth — or make it?
Australian Cloth connects fashion and textile designers with verified Australian weavers, spinners, and fibre makers — and gives those makers a direct line to brands actually looking for provenance-backed material, not just stock fabric.
See Australian Cloth →
Local craft. Global reach.
Every working maker starts somewhere. Here’s the actual path from “I make things” to running your own Centre for Craftsmanship.
Get your UPI
Register as a verified Australian Maker and get your Unique Provenance Identifier — your permanent record as a recognised practitioner.
Start here →Build your connected presence
List your work in the Southern Cross Marketplace and connect to buyers, stockists, and the wider Australian Crafts Alliance network.
List your work →Grow toward your own Centre
Teaching, training apprentices, running a studio — one day, that’s a Centre for Craftsmanship of your own, listed on Which Craft? for the next generation of makers.
See what’s involved →Run a Centre for Craftsmanship? Get listed on Which Craft? the moment you’re accredited.
Become a Centre →