A Library of useful contacts and sites for making stuff
Artists Suppliers
paints , inks , canvas , paper , mark making tools, pens, that sort of stuff
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Whitechapel based art supplier
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Cambridge Heath Rd, supply a wide range of artists paints and materials
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Clerkenwell rd , supplier of artist's and gilding materials .
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Islington, Soho , Kensington , Charing Cross , really good sales up to 85% off sometimes. Selection of portfolios
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By the British Museum , Artists Colourmen , pigments , bases
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Warren st, Alec Tiranti Ltd is a leading UK manufacturer and supplier of Sculptors' Tools, Materials and Studio Equipment for Carving, Modelling, Mouldmaking
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stock a comprehensive range of fine art and graphics materials. Portfolios
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Whitechapel, Creative Materials Centre, one stop shop featuring the essential model making tools and materials for all your 3D Design
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Shoreditch, Soho , Camberwell , general artist suppliers
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Printers Inks , unit 13, Gemini Project, Landmann Way, London SE14 5RL. 020 7394 8775
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Covent Garden , Theatrical , Scenic and artists supplies , a range of products that a traditional nineteenth century scenery painter would recognise, in addition to a complete and unique selection of modern materials.
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Museum quality frames. The best bespoke solutions for our clients we offering a creative approach to the presentation of artwork. With forty years experience, our traditional craft has evolved within the world of fine art and contemporary design
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Graphics, Presentation, Web design
Fonts, Bookbinding, Publishing, Printing, Stationary, Graphics
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A small, professional team of bookbinders situated in Clerkenwell. We undertake a broad spectrum of work, making portfolios, boxes and books. We also bind theses and presentations as well as undertaking repairs.
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Shepherds Bookbinders Ltd Fomerly Falkiner Fine Paper
Central London supplier of hand bookbinding equipment, tools and materials. Suppliers of traditional and contemporary fine art paper, specialist Japanese paper
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Paper , loads of it.
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Hackney. Manufacturers of Company Seals, Brass & Wax Seals, Sealing Wax, Paper embossers, Rubber Stamps & all types of Signs.
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Cumbria. Specialist card printers
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Recycled Papers for businesses , inkjet paper etc
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Soho. 143 Wardour Street, London , W1F 8HQ. Tel: 020 7437 0862 , some nice old school papers , tags , envelopes , kind of pre-computer.
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On-Line store . Coloured cello, commercial envelope printing, square padded jiffy bags, boxes, postal tubes, colored metallic bubble bags, CD, DVD things, and loads of envelopes
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Devon. Loads of differant types of labels , Label Printing , Custom made. Tyvek , Metal , Paper, High temperature, high strength, weather and water resistance, security labelling/ticketing or metal detectability
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South Wales. Cards, Business Cards , Flyers, Catalogues , Brochures , Promotional stuff
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For Silk Screens , Blackhorse Road, London SE8. 020 8694 9717
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Paper, 15 Rumsey Rd, London SW9. 020 7737 5199
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Great Printer with old press, Mayfair, 4 Mount Street, London W1K 3LW. 020 7409 0303 , inc , blocking , embossing , foils , litho.
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St Albans . Specialists in thermographic inks , embossing powders
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A Two Pipe Problem Letterpress
Walthamstow , Letter Press printer Stephen Kennys' bespoke service
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Hand Tools, Tools , Machinery
For wood , metals and plastics
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Holborn and Selfridges ,Tool Specialists since 1824
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Clerkenwell, Jewellers Tools
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Woodworkers Tools
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Tool shop , Bottom of Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch 02077399422 329, London, EC1V 9LQ
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Sidcup , Kent .These guys have taken over the smaller stock from the very great and now retired London Machinery. Engineering tools and machines , second hand , stakes , silversmithing and tinsmithing equipment , flypress , presses , drills , grinders
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Metals
Metal suppliers, precious and non-precious
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Dalston. Aluminium, Brass, Bronze, Copper, Stainless Steel , Steel
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unit 4 , 37 colville road acton w3 8bl , tel (020) 8993 8883, Ferrous and non-ferrous metals
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Wire ....enamelled copper wire, stranded and coloured wire, rectangular enamelled or nomex covered copper, bare / tinned / silver & gold plated copper wires, and a huge range of resistance wires. We also stock other types of wires.
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Clerkenwell. Manufacturer and supplier to the jewellery trade. Offering a choice of jewellery making supplies including jewellery findings, tools, wire and sheet gold, silver , platinum , argentium
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Cambridge. Supplies pure metals, rare metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers and composites as discs, sheets, foils, films, lump, powder, rods, wires, tubes, etc.
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Miscellaneous Materials
Other shizzle
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London , Dental Supplies , wierd rubber bands , wire , plaster , masks
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Tottenham Court rd . For your electrical and electronics needs
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Designer, manufacturer and supplier of unique dental instruments, tools and equipment for over one hundred years.
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German online shop for ultra well designed traditional stuff , great stationary and tools, true classics which have stood the test of time. They are made from materials of the highest quality, they function well and will outlive any trend or fashion.
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Mad shit, loads of stationary, plastic stuff you never new you needed but once seen you can't do without. This is the online shop
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Screws , Nuts , Bolts , Fasteners, Fixings - 109 Clerkenwell Road, Clerkenwell London EC1R 5BY +44 (0) 20 7405 1215
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Chandlers, Rope , Shackles , Bottle screws , Marine supplies, 194 Shaftesbury Avenue, Covent Garden London, WC2H 8JP , 020 7836 9034
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Pall Mall, Hunting, Shooting, Fishing- Fishing tackle, feathers, yarns , fishing wire
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Islington/Dalston, 9-10 Culford Mews, London N1 4DZ Tel: +44 (0) 20 7254 2962- Leather Merchants & Wholesalers , saddle leather, tooling leathers, findings, leather tools, books
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Off Brick Lane, inspirational and knowledgeable supplier of leather. Combining traditional expertise with cutting edge techniques,
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Gillingham, Kent. Bearings , Ball Bearings, Sprockets , Bike Chains , Belts, Pulleys, Roller Chains, Adhesives, Industrial Solvents , Oils and Grease
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We source, advise, create and sell surfaces (finishes) and materials for every conceivable surface both inside and outside the building.
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0207 729 4727 ,Bevelling , Cutting , Glass , friendly helpful place, 120 Hackney Rd ,E2 Next to the Joiners Pub
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1A Cranmer Rd London E7 0JW 020 8534 2262 , bespoke accurate glass blowing
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Plastics, Rubber
Hard and soft
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Islington, Neoprene , Latex , Rubber , Sheet , Tube , Rod, Foam , Foam stuffing / pellets
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Bethnal Green. Stockists and fabricators of Perspex, Acrylic Cast and extruded tube and rod . High tolerance acrylic sheet . Polycarbonate, Foamex, Diabond, Polypropylene.
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W. Sussex. Polyester Resins and other Synthetic materials manufactured to replicate natural products. Ivory , Bone, Tortoiseshell, Horn, Mother of Pearl, Wood etc.
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Kettering , Northamptonshire. 01536516563 6 Robinson Close, KETTERING, NN16 8PU . Liquid Plastic Manufacturer.
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Wood
Fine , Hard and Soft woods , composites
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Purfleet , Hardwoods, softwoods, composite panels, laminates, veneered boards, flooring
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Barking , Essex . Panels , Veneered MDF (unfinished) Veneered MDF (pre-lacquered) Veneered Plywood, Real wood Veneer laminate , Masterflex, Real wood veneer
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Quality hardwood suppliers in South London, also tools and finishing products. Situated near Croydon
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Dalston. Small local supplier , timber, MDF 415 Kingsland Road, London, E8 4AU 020 7249 3199
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Coatings and surface finishing specialists
Powder coating , Sandblasting , Anodising , Etching , Laser marking
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Grit blasting, powder coating and nylon coating.
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Photoetching
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Enamelling Kilns, Kiln furniture , Enamelling Supplies and tools, PNP paper ,
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Clerkenwell. Paints , Decorating and specialist wood finishes
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design, manufacture and supply of: Anodised Aluminium Nameplates, Chemically Etched Stainless Steel Nameplates, Chemically Etched Brass Nameplates, Undersurface Printed Plastic Labels, Printed Vinyl and Foil Stickers.
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Anodising, Electroless Nickel Plating, Hard Anodising, Sulphuric Acid Anodising, Coloured Anodising , Chromate Coating Colouring and Finishing
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Birmingham.Includes silver, brass, gold, red, violet, green, blue and black. All can be supplied in a matt or bright finish. We are also able to offer a "stainless steel look" finish to aluminium
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Chemicals - Gases, Liquids, Powders
Acids , Patination
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Proper old fashioned chemists
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Oxygen, Propane , Butane , Aceteline , Torches , Equipment , Safety Equipment.
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Skills and Services - Metals
where to go to get stuff done.....
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Croyden, Skilled Electroformers and silversmiths
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Holborn , precious metal casting , 24 Hatton Garden , London EC1N 8QB , tel 0207831 0542
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Casting of precious metals, with particular emphasis on high temperature materials in the platinum group of metals. Not just jewellery, and Objets D'Art, but also hi-tech specialist projects for non-jewellery applications.
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A big foundry , Charlton, London. Offers a complete service from casting to finished products, specialising in all aspects of Ferrous and non-Ferrous Sand, Die and Investment castings.
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Birmingham. Rapid prototyping . Precious metal casting
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Dagenham, London. Sheet metal fabrication, laser cutting, shearing, cnc punching, bending, edm machining, welding, metal cutting, metal stamping, metal fabrication
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Hatton Garden. Polishing, Plating ( Silver , Gold , Rhodium ) , Silversmithing
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23 Hatton Garden , EC1N 8QB tel 0207 404 3352 , Plating ( Gold , Black Rhodium , Rhodium )
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Laser profiling, laser welding, laser drilling and laser marking. All processes can be achieved on flat or three dimensional pre-formed components
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Hatton Garden. Laser Welders , 1st flr 25a Hatton garden EC1N 8DA tel 02074055208 also finishing , jewellery repairs .
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Skills and Sevices - CAD ,
3D scanning , 3D Printing , Rapid Prototyping , 3 and 4 axis milling , 3D CAD to Metal Sintering
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Shoreditch. Inition is a cutting-edge centre of 3D expertise and technology. We have an unrivalled knowledge and product portfolio of all things 3D. 3D scanning and printing , 3D animation , imaging , design
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Hatton Garden. Expertise in CAD/CAM and Rapid Manufacturing to the UK jewellery industry
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Haberdashers
beads, thread, ribbon, dye, tassels, pins, zips, etc
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Dalston. Largest and leading wholesale stockist and distributor of all tailors’ and textile trimmings in the UK.
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Marylebone, Sloane Sq. Ribbons, tie backs, tassels and trimmings , feathers , silk flowers, Bespoke Ribbon Embroidery/ Printing
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Creative Bead Craft formerly Ells and Farrier
Soho. Beads, sequins, trimmings, imitation pearls, diamante, jewellery components etc. Swarovski crystal.
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Covent Garden. We have two floors stocked with everything from Swarovski crystals to semi-precious beads and sterling silver findings, gemstones, pearls, glass, plastic and ceramic beads
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Soho Haberdashers, 5 Noel St. 020 7437 6162.
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Off Oxford st ,round the corner from LCF, Dress trimmings & materials, haberdashery, sewing notions, couture linings, interlinings & interfacings
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Soho , 2.3 Kingly Court , London, W1B 5PW 0207494 2323 . Beads , threads and nylon elastic , precious metal findings, beading needless
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Film / Photography
all of it , digital , celluloid , glass plate, cyanotype , ambrotype , tintype, daguerrotype.
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35 Lower Clapton Rd,Hackney, E5 (020 8985 1766) Mon-Sat 10am-8pm. Super 8 Buff , collectors’ projectors, cameras and films. Private screenings of old favourites,home delivery of cine film projector and screen. He can also transfer film stock to any media
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Clerkenwell. Photographic printing, Re-touching, Lab services, Processing, Minilab, Scanning, Proofing, Finishing .
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Russian style analogue camera madness , on line community and shop , lomos ,celluloid 120 film , pinhole cameras , gallery etc
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Islington, Tottenham Court rd, chain of photogrpahy shops, digital compact and SLR cameras, printers, scanners, accessories and paper
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USA. modern daguerreotype and wet-plate collodion studio
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Hackney Bureau , for all video services shooting and editing for 360 delivery
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Trend Analysis
Fashion Forecasting and Trend Analysis , Colour forecasting , Fashion Blogs
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Stylesight is a team of seasoned and accomplished industry insiders whose extensive careers traverse the fields of fashion design, trend analysis, forecasting, reporting, merchandising and apparel manufacturing.
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The world's leading fashion and style forecaster. Blog etc
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Diane , a shaded view on fashion
Diane Pernets' infamous blog
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Scott Schumans New York style blog
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The online home of Vogue. Covering the world of fashion, designers,
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FashionCapital aims to provide a one-stop online support resource for all areas of the Clothing and Fashion industry. Established in 2001 FashionCapital has a wealth of expertise to provide all users a unique insight into the fashion industry
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Browse the hottest color palettes of the month and find out what color schemes people are in love with right now.
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David Report offers cutting-edge critical thought in the intersection of design, culture and business ideas. An in-depth trend report, a blog which is updated on daily basis and a selected tip-offs.
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This Work, A Library of useful contacts and sites for making stuff, by Sian Evans is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
