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Field cards · 21 makers · checked 17 Oct 2026

Meet the makers and buy from them

Chapter 01 · 4 places

Kitsilano and the West Side

Maker · Kitsilano and the West Side

Debra Sparrow

Debra Sparrow suits a visitor who wants to take home a blanket drawn from a Musqueam weaver's own work, through Salish Blanket Co.'s collection of her and her daughter's designs. The company's production partner in the EU weaves the blankets from her originals, and her hand-woven pieces hang in museums and public spaces.

See her large woven works for free at the airport.

Maker · Kitsilano and the West Side

Hilary Morris

Hilary Morris suits a visitor who wants a painting or a card of Vancouver drawn street by street, and her studio sits in Railspur Alley on Granville Island.

Visit Walk in during opening hours

The blue corrugated front of Kasama Chocolate's workshop and store on Granville Island, with red doors and lit windows.
The Strawberry White bar won Canadian Gold in 2026.
Maker · Kitsilano and the West Side

Kasama Chocolate

Kasama Chocolate suits a chocolate lover on Granville Island, since its workshop and store make bean-to-bar chocolate a short walk from the public market and sell it over the counter.

Visit Walk in during opening hours

Maker · Kitsilano and the West Side

LanaBetty

LanaBetty suits anyone who wants a ring made by a goldsmith they can meet, now that Lana Lepper has opened a studio and shop on Granville Island.

Visit Walk in during opening hours

A hand-coloured natural history plate of a great blue heron.
Great blue heron

Chapter 02 · 7 places

Main Street and East Van

Maker · Main Street and East Van

East Van Jam

East Van Jam suits a cook who wants a jar of BC fruit with far less sugar than the supermarket kind, and it turns up in shops from Main Street to Whistler. Natalie Ferrari-Morton runs no café or shop of her own, so you buy it through stockists and markets.

Visit At markets only

Shops in Squamish and Whistler stock the jars too.

Maker · Main Street and East Van

EastVan Bees

EastVan Bees suits a buyer who wants honey that tastes of Vancouver's gardens, since the hives live in backyards and community gardens around the city.

Visit At markets only

A risograph greeting card from Steph Ford Studio printed with a red folk-style heart and green tulips.
Bring a sketch, since every workshop starts with your own art.
Maker · Main Street and East Van

Fluoro Press

Fluoro Press suits a visitor who wants to make something with their own hands, since Steph Ford's Main Street studio teaches risograph printing in short workshops from $35.

Visit Through a class

Maker · Main Street and East Van

JAM Pottery

JAM Pottery suits a buyer who likes calm, earthy mugs and bowls from an East Vancouver potter.

Visit At markets only

Maker · Main Street and East Van

Melt Confectionary

Melt Confectionary suits a sweet tooth on south Main Street, with chocolates and ice cream made in small batches in its own shop.

Visit Walk in during opening hours

Walk about a kilometre west to Queen Elizabeth Park.

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Chapter 03 · 6 places

Squamish

Maker · Squamish

Effie Baker Designs

Effie Baker Designs suits anyone after jewellery that carries a bit of the BC coast, since she sets pebbles and sea glass she collects herself. She sells online and at Circle Craft in November, so there is no studio to drop into.

Visit At markets only

Find her table at Circle Craft, 11 to 15 November 2026.

A Sḵwálwen Botanicals pouch, round tin and blue bottle set side by side.
The estuary trails start steps from the store.
Maker · Squamish

Sḵwálwen Botanicals

Sḵwálwen Botanicals suits anyone who wants skincare made in Squamish from plants of the Squamish Nation's lands, and its own store beside the estuary opens six days a week.

Visit Walk in during opening hours

Maker · Squamish

Bee Wild Paradise Valley

Bee Wild suits anyone who wants honey from a single Sea to Sky valley, raw and unfiltered from hives in Paradise Valley north of Squamish.

Makes Raw, unfiltered honey from a…

Maker · Squamish

Liz Sax Ceramics

Liz Sax Ceramics suits a market-day visitor in Squamish who wants a mug made in the valley, and her Boler trailer doubles as a tiny studio where you can take a short pottery lesson.

Visit At markets only

Maker · Squamish

Raven Timberworks

Raven Timberworks suits a cook who wants a board with a known origin, since Ian and Claudia mill the wood themselves in Paradise Valley north of Squamish.

Visit At markets only

Find their boards at the Squamish Farmers' Market.

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Chapter 04 · 1 place

Lonsdale and the Shipyards

Maker · Lonsdale and the Shipyards

Thomas Haas Chocolates

Thomas Haas suits a chocolate lover with an hour on the North Shore, because the fourth-generation pâtissier's café on Harbourside Drive sells his chocolates over the counter.

Visit Walk in during opening hours

The Impark lot across the road gives four free hours.

Chapter 05 · 2 places

Deep Cove and Mount Seymour

Maker · Deep Cove and Mount Seymour

Charlie Girl Goods

Charlie Girl Goods suits anyone who wants a sweet thing made in Deep Cove, since a mother-run kitchen there cooks every batch of caramels from scratch.

Visit At markets only

There's no shop, so order online or find the market stall.

Maker · Deep Cove and Mount Seymour

Peter Fruhling

Peter Fruhling suits a visitor who wants a picture of Deep Cove made by someone who lives there, since he cuts his linoleum-block prints of the cove and sells them a few steps from the water.

Visit At markets only

Chapter 06 · 1 place

Whistler and Pemberton

Maker · Whistler and Pemberton

Sziktsut Creations

Sziktsut Creations suits a visitor who wants jewellery Victoria Saddleman makes from wood gathered in her home territory of the Lil'wat Nation, and you can buy it from her at the Squamish and Whistler farmers' markets.

Visit At markets only

Buy at her market table, where she explains each piece.

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