Welcome to World Art & Crafts Ltd

About Us
World Art & Crafts Ltd started life in Falmouth as the 'Morning Price Gallery' in 1988. The gallery was originally conceived as a means to finance world travel through the sale of ethnic art and crafts purchased by proprietors and former art teachers Fred and Maureen Wilkinson.

The business grew steadily throughout the 1990s and a new company, World Art & Crafts Ltd, was formed to develop a franchise and establish a fair-trade wholesale operation to supply retail outlets nationwide.

We have expanded our product range to around 3,000 products, including handmade furniture. In addition to our own retail outlet we now have a thriving fair-trade wholesale business supplying retailers nationwide, and also operate a highly original informal franchise for anyone wishing to establish an art and craft business in their own locality. Specialist exhibitions continue to be mounted in other galleries and museums from time to time, and fine art pieces and ethnic artefacts are purchased for, and on behalf of, museums and private collectors in Europe and the United States.

Since starting the business we have made more than 50 buying trips to the Far East - including Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Bali, Lombok and Sumba. We have also made numerous buying trips to Brazil, Peru and Bolivia, and India and Nepal. Please visit the main web site for a full and in-depth look at what we have to offer.

Fair-Trade Importers
We are specialist importers of decorative handicrafts, ethnic art & crafts, and furniture from around the world. Everything in our collection has been personally selected or commissioned directly from the artist or craftsman at source in the country of origin. We know all our producers individually, and make advance payments to enable them to purchase raw materials. Every effort is made to ensure that all carved items are made from sustainable cultivated timber, and that non-fade child-safe acrylics are used on painted products.

Our direct trading policy currently provides well-paid regular employment for about 200 families in some of the poorer regions of the world. We make several major buying trips each year in search of new stock, and to maintain both the quality and continuity of our current range - the most recent being to Indonesia, Nepal, Peru and the Amazon.

Please visit the main web site for a full and in-depth look at what we have to offer.