A pilot project from the UK’s only UNESCO City of Craft, supporting local makers and breathing new life into the city centre
Perth, the UK’s first and only UNESCO City of Craft, is proud to deliver Make Room, an initiative inviting craft makers from across Perth & Kinross to take on a free 4-12 week lease of a fully equipped city‑centre creative space.
Make Room is a pilot initiative designed to support makers while exploring innovative uses for vacant shop units. Successful applicants will gain free access to a flexible, public‑facing unit that can be used as a retail shop, working studio, gallery, workshop venue, meeting room, office, or collaborative space.
This pilot aims to energise Perth’s creative sector, strengthen the visibility of local talent, and contribute to a vibrant and culturally active city centre.
Make Room is located at 19 Princes Street, Perth.
Who’s in Make Room?
The current pop up in the Make Room, Carrie’s Handweaving, is open from September – November 2026.
Carrie’s Handweaving, a small Handweaving studio based in Perth Creative Exchange, will be taking on the Make Room as an opportunity to have a public facing Handweaving studio, retail space and workshop space. Carrie will use the space as a retail opportunity in which she can engage with customers about the products and actually demonstrate her craft rather than this being behind closed doors. Carrie is keen to share her craft and hopefully engage people to want to learn more about it and even give it a go themselves.
During the residency there will be weaving workshops for beginners, opportunities for parents and children to experience the traditional craft of weaving, and demonstrations throughout the day of the craft. There will be a community piece woven by the public over the duration of the residency and Carrie will work on a special piece to commemorate her time in the pop up.
Carrie is keen to share the craft of Handweaving with customers and passers by and will use widow displays to show the different stages of the Handweaving process and link this back to the history of weaving in Perth.
OPENING HOURS
Tuesdays and Wednesdays – 09.30 – 15.00
Saturdays – 09.30 – 17.00
Sundays – 09.30 – 13.00
Keep an eye on @CarriesHandweaving for any changes to opening hours and for information on upcoming workshops.
Enquiries: [email protected]
