Cat lovers chess set - made...
Handmade by Ritch and SJ£90.00
“Handmade means made by hand and that's just what we offer. Unique items made by us in our small North Lincolnshire studio!”
We are a creative couple who love to make things, lots of things! But in this shop we are just making chess sets and boards.
We've been making and selling for about four years now and have sent our products all over the world and even stared as the hero product in Etsy's 2022 fall avertising campaign.
It wasn't our intention to make chess sets, it just sort of happened. Let us tell you how!
Many, many years ago, before the internet was born, Ritch's dad started making chess sets and selling them at local craft fairs but when he retired from craft fairs he still had a few unsold sets which sat in his garden shed waiting for us. When we opened our first Etsy store selling vintage items he asked if us if his chess sets would sell. We listed them and they were snapped up like hot cakes so we scratched our heads for a while and wondered if we could make more. Luckily Ritch's dad still had his moulds so we started making chess sets and the rest is history!
We now have the ability to offer over 37 different sets in a multitude of colours and offer unique leather and oak chess boards to complement them. Working from our home studio, a converted out building, in rural North Lincolnshire is bit of a step up from the kitchen where we started! Its only a small studio but in that 3m x 3m space we cast, colour, finish and pack all of our sets, wherever possible using recycled and recyclable packaging.
We're not alone in our little studio, we are often visited by our quality controllers Cass and Kobi (AKA, our two rescue dogs, a husky and a samoyed) usually when they need a walk! We also have six cats, four hens and a pond of koi carp, so life with us is never boring!
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