About Us
Working Together to Help Each Other
Our creators offer a captivating array of handmade treasures. From exquisite jewellery, stylish clothing, upcycled items to beautifully crafted pottery, wooden items, wall art, garden art, body product, household products and more.
Our focus is local and we also have creators / makers outside of Taranaki, Our local artist cover the hours at the shop, Our children’s books are by N.Z Authors, Our range of Pounamu is largely from the South Island in N.Z.
Our Story
I was interested in being part of another co-op, and had my mind on finding a space. I heard the local craft shop of 21 years was closing, so I went to see them and found a sale was not on the table.
Tony only had a few weeks to get out and still had a lot of stock. I offered Tony to share a space to wind down, while I wind up the Makers / Creators, he liked the idea and then become part of the co-op with a request to bring the name to continue on the memory of his late partner John 💕
And that is how we got our name – ‘the Crafty Fox co-op’.
Meet The Shop Team
List of Creators and Makers
Below is a list of all the creators & makers that are involved or selling items in the co-op, including their name, region and short description about their work.
Louz Wishing Well
Natural body balms, clothing for children, adults and upcycling.
Louise Murray - Oakura
Kevin Longstaff
Garden art made from wood, crystals and glass beads.
Queen of Clay
Clay large range of earings and Hot and Cold bags for food.
Rachelle Garrett and ... - New Plymouth
Ahu's Artisan Crafts
Natural homemade range of soaps, bath bombs, lotions, melts, candles and more.
Annie Newman - Oakura
Andy Evans
Crafted wooden items, flower holders, kitchen and household items.
Chrissie Melvin
Crafted kid’s mobiles, letters, decorations for the room or xMas tree.
Oakura
Jeanne Mattingley
Home made knitted scarf's, with ruffled edge in a multitude of colours.
Oakura
Margaret Scott
Original paintings, prints, cards, cups and cushion covers of Margaret's Art from over the years.
Oakura
Beverley A Hall
Bed quilts, all sizes and colours. Quilted jackets and vest for children and adults. Option for makes to order if.
Oakura
Priya Affleck
Makes beaded elastic bracelets with unique verses. Our youngest member.
Oakura
Pam Jones
Potter & Artist, Pam creates unique items for house, garden and buttons for clothing.
New Plymouth
Adrian Cleary
Photography, Adrian takes amazing large Bird Portraits.
New Plymouth
Jushua Wilson
Wooden lasered art, chopping boards, coasters, wall and garden items.
Opunake
Barber Wood
Button and pin art in old collectable china and cups.
Oakura
Steve Mauri
Glass from the beach used to create treasures.
Deborah Morgan
Prints of landscapes of Taranaki, often Black & White with a red Pohutukawa.
Oakura
David Gall
Photographer, unique art of Taranaki. David sells prints, cards and T-shirts with printed images.
New Plymouth
Charlie Robertson
Amazing vibrant water colours of a wide range of items, birds and plants.
Oakura
Hooked by Amy
Handspun from premium NZ Polwarth wool, headbands, head cowl's.
Okato
Barbara Olsen-Henderson
Chief, Cookbook Author, Bread Maker, Creator of Aprons and other items.
Oakura
Lynette Price
Crochet bags and tops, toys and baby sets.
Jeff Slater
Local artist, big murals, mandalas, and loves painting waves.
Fran Gaston
Crochet toys, knitted toys, large dolls
Marcus Greenslade
Paintings, water scenes of Taupo
Phoebe Bennett
Cute bobble candles
List of Authors
Below is a list of all the authors who are involved or selling items in the co-op, including their name, region and short description about their work.
Melissa Burtenshaw
Childrens books, The Creatures of the Earth, The Unknown World & Attention Please!
South Island
Lis McArthur
Gordie's Scary Dream. By Liz McArthur, Illustrated by Polly Rabbits.
Oakura
Murray Baily
Surfing The Unruly Coast Book.
Oakura
Lesley Dowding
Home Before Acorns Fall. By Lesley Dowding, Illustrator Brenda Cash.
Okato
Mark Danenhauer
The Real Guide to New Zealand.
Oakura
Lois Parks
Childrens book, Coastal Countdown.
New Plymouth