The makers down the road are worth finding.

Trestle connects independent Thames Valley makers with the buyers who are already looking for what they make. Built by hand, and opening soon.

Join as a Maker Join as a Buyer

Crafted by makers. Chosen by you.

A trestle table of handmade pottery at a Thames Valley farmers market

The Trestle Edit

Beautiful things, made by real people in real places.

Found, not filtered.

For Makers

We find the demand, you bring your craft.

Trestle is onboarding a founding group of makers. Each week, it will show you where the people who love what you make are already paying attention. You still write. You still make.

See how it works

A maker arranging her ceramics at a market stall

For Buyers

Find the makers down the road.

Trestle is how you find independent makers near you, follow the ones you love, and back the people who make things by hand.

Explore as a Buyer

Buyers browsing handmade goods at a Thames Valley market

BENEFITS FOR MAKERS

What makers get

Weekly research for founding makers
What people in your craft are searching for and asking about right now. A fresh brief each week, once your place opens.
Context for where to put your voice
Platform by platform, what tone and structure will make your work land.
Research you can count on
The same brief, week after week. The promise is the research showing up reliably. What you do with it is yours.
More time at the workbench
The research is done. You write, you make, you stop second-guessing.

BENEFITS FOR BUYERS

What buyers get

Makers chosen by hand
Every maker on Trestle was picked by the curator. Not by a grid or a ranking.
One Friday note
A small, unhurried Friday morning note. What the curator found this week.
Follow the ones you love
Save a maker and keep your own list of the people whose work you love.
Things with a story
Every piece here came from somewhere real and someone you can put a face to.