Hi my name is Val and together with my partner Kevin we own and run our craft shop 'Perranuthnoe Village Crafts' in the heart of Perranuthnoe village. We began the business five years ago with no customers and for the first couple of years very little in the till at the end of each day but since then and with Kevin's patience and determination we have built up a village store where you can buy all manner of things. Free range eggs produced by Karen's chickens (they can be seen just off the track down to Trenow), fresh Bread every day, Cornish Milk and Butter, local Godolphin Honey, Cornish Apple Juice and finally Village Crafts own range of preserves.
And then there are all the local crafts, we now have work from well over 70 local artists and crafts people on display. There is a huge selection of local artist cards, prints and artwork and locally made pottery and wooden sculptures by Sam Vado. Annie's Angels take pride of place in a number of the gallery windows together with Ollie James paintings of St Michaels Mount.
Beautiful leather bags and hats from Owen Barry, and locally made jewellery by Debbie Lord, Carla Jennings and Lucy Kemp. Silver and gemstone rings, pendants and bracelets, Cornish Tin and Serpentine pendants and earings and locally made porcelain jewellery and buttons by Crispin.
There are books, childrens toys, music CD's from local musicians Sue Aston, Annie Henry and Medwin Goodall and fairtrade gifts and clothes. Needlework kits, knitting wool, Pachamama jackets and country clothing by Jack Murphy.
Only yesterday we had a delivery from Lyn Lovekin who makes the most fantastic willow baskets. Lyn lives within a couple of miles of Perranuthnoe, she grows her own willow which gives her basketwork a unique, distinctive and very Cornish appeal. She follows traditional methods and has replecated the Cornish Croust Box which the men of years gone by used to take down the tin mine or out into the fields with their lunch in it. It would also make a very handy work box too.
Lyn Lovekin's Traditional Cornish Croust Box - £95
available from Village Crafts
Lyn has also invented the Cornish Willow Back Pack which is unique to her own personal design, it is light to carry and very practical. A real talking point and a good means of carrying your picnic lunch.
Lyn Lovekin's Cornish Willow Back Pack £95.00
from Village Crafts Perranuthnoe
Village Crafts in Perranuthnoe is now becomming 'the place to go' by local residents and by visitors to the area. Many visitors return year after year and often they make a special journey to come and see us again and many have become friends.
This is what is special about Village Crafts - it's all about people, not only those whose crafts we display in the shop or those that call in for a quick greetings card and gift but also those who seek us out by recommendation. The word is out Perranuthnoe is the place to visit - why not come and find us we would love you to call in and if you do say Val invited you.
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