Build Your Craft Business

A practical course for makers and creative entrepreneurs

Turn your craft, skills and ideas into a practical business plan

Starting or growing a craft business can be exciting, but knowing where to start, what to focus on and how to turn your skills into a sustainable business can be challenging

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What is this about

This practical three-session course is designed for makers, artists and creative entrepreneurs who want to develop their craft into a viable business.

Based entirely on Gordon Hamme’s book How to Build a Craft Business, the course takes you through the key ideas and practical steps covered in the book, with a particular focus on applying them to your own business.

Across the three sessions, we will explore the book’s seven chapters, discuss the key principles behind building a successful craft business, and work through how they can be applied to your own ideas, products and ambitions.

Martin Baker

Most importantly, you won’t simply leave with notes and ideas. By the end of the course, you will have developed your own practical Business Plan, giving you a clearer direction and a set of concrete next steps for moving your craft business forward

What you’ll get

 

✅ Three practical group sessions with Gordon Hamme
✅ A structured introduction to the seven key areas covered in the book
✅ Practical discussion and guidance tailored to craft businesses
✅ The opportunity to develop and refine your own business ideas
✅ A practical Business Plan to take away at the end of the course
✅ One free one-to-one session with Gordon after completing the course

Graham Stewart

Martin Baker & Jane Short

Maureen Edgar

Your one-to-one follow-up session

 

After completing the course, you will receive one complimentary one-to-one session with Gordon, lasting up to one hour.

This personal session is an opportunity to discuss your Business Plan, ask questions, review your ideas and talk through the next steps for your craft business.

Course details

Price: £125 per person

3 sessions · 6 hours total

Where: Jordans Village Hall, Green W Rd, Jordans, Beaconsfield HP9 2SY

When: Tuesdays, 2026

  • 27 October

  • 3 November

  • 10 November

Time: 6:00–8.00 pm

A course built around the book

The course is based entirely on How to Build a Craft Business by Gordon Hamme.

The book brings together practical knowledge gained from decades of working with makers and creative businesses, and the course gives you the opportunity to take those ideas further, discussing them, asking questions and applying them to your own business.

EXPLORE THE BOOK

Ready to build your craft business?

If you have a craft, a creative skill or an idea that you would like to turn into a business, this course will help you take the next step, with practical guidance, a clear structure and a Business Plan of your own.

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