A shopper's guide to our Texas makers

Texas Makers Guide

Good things are being made in Texas.

From the pottery studio down the road to the furniture maker tucked away in the Hill Country, there's something special about discovering the people behind the pieces we bring home.

Consider this your invitation to explore.

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Handmade pottery, textiles, and a live-edge board arranged on a maker's workbench
Woman-ownedAggie-owned and operatedBryan–College Station, Texas

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Every business in the guide, in one filterable directory. A Priori Designs features these independent businesses editorially — when you shop, you buy directly from the maker or dealer.

Texas Makers

Businesses creating or producing their own goods — pottery thrown, boards milled, candles poured, glass blown, right here in Texas.

Antique & Vintage Finds

Texas businesses sourcing and selling distinctive vintage or antique merchandise. The dealer is Texan; an individual piece may come from anywhere, and we say so.

Featured Texas MakerCollege Station, TX

Tekton Timber Co.

Furniture & Woodworking · Bryan–College Station / Brazos Valley

A live-edge table with a black epoxy river in Tekton Timber Co.'s showroom, slabs stacked behind it
Photo courtesy Tekton Timber Co.

Aggie owned and operated — “your local source for custom tables, fireplace mantels, live edge slabs, box beams and more,” in owner Hank Robertson’s own words. A College Station sawmill and…

Shopping: Online · Custom orders

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Featured Texas MakerBryan, TX

NorthStar Pottery

Pottery & Ceramics · Bryan–College Station / Brazos Valley

Erica Cooper of NorthStar Pottery in her green apron at her Bryan studio
Photo courtesy NorthStar Pottery

Erica Cooper hand-builds stoneware pottery — mugs, bowls, and her signature "Volcano Bowls" — from her Bryan studio. Every piece is one of a kind, made for daily use.

Shopping: Online (Etsy)

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Featured Texas MakerCollege Station, TX

Clint Walker Woodworking

Furniture & Woodworking · Bryan–College Station / Brazos Valley

A live-edge conference table built by Clint Walker Woodworking
Photo courtesy Clint Walker Woodworking

Custom live-edge slab furniture — tables with epoxy inlays and powder-coated bases — from a one-man shop. Clint works in domestic and exotic wood species, and every commission gets his undivided attention.

Shopping: Online · Custom orders

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Featured Texas MakerCollege Station, TX

Shockwave Woodworks

Furniture & Woodworking · Bryan–College Station / Brazos Valley

A Texas A&M inlay cutting board by Shockwave Woodworks
Photo courtesy Shockwave Woodworks

A College Station woodshop building furniture-range pieces. Worth a look if you're furnishing a room and want something built, not boxed.

Shopping: Online

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Featured Texas MakerCollege Station, TX

White Lotus Pottery

Pottery & Ceramics · Bryan–College Station / Brazos Valley

Hands trimming a freshly thrown bowl on the wheel at White Lotus Pottery
Photo courtesy White Lotus Pottery

A local pottery studio making handmade pieces for daily use, with classes and an ever-changing online collection.

Shopping: Online · In person · Classes

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Featured Texas MakerComfort, TX

Hill Country Pottery

Pottery & Ceramics · Texas Hill Country

Hill Country Pottery's red-glazed dinnerware — bowls, mugs, and plates
Photo courtesy Hill Country Pottery

Brian Burckhardt throws dinnerware and kitchen pottery in a gallery set inside a rebuilt West Texas barn — mixed from local clay with cedar-ash glazes, fired with rainwater. About as Texas as a mug gets.

Shopping: Online

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Featured Texas MakerWimberley, TX

Wimberley Glassworks

Glass & Lighting · Texas Hill Country

A hand-blown glass vessel in blue, green, and pink by Wimberley Glassworks
Photo courtesy Wimberley Glassworks

Texas' premier hand-blown glass studio since 1992 — lighting, pendants, chandeliers, and art glass, with daily glass-blowing demos from a team of artisans. A genuinely special stop.

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Featured Texas MakerUtopia, TX

Canyon Candle Co.

Candles & Home Fragrance · Texas Hill Country

A black Canyon Candle Co. Blackjack Vista candle on Utopia gravel in front of a weathered ram skull
Photo courtesy Canyon Candle Co.

Mother-daughter duo Stacey and Libby Manela traded Houston city life for a cabin town of 241 people — and pour Hill Country–inspired candles like Hill Country Rain, Ranch Water, and Yellow Rose.

Shopping: Online

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Featured Texas MakerFredericksburg, TX

Hill Country Antler Art

Glass & Lighting · Furniture & Woodworking · Texas Hill Country

Antler chandeliers and table lamps on display at Hill Country Antler Art
Photo courtesy Hill Country Antler Art

Handcrafted antler and copper-cactus chandeliers, lamps, and candelabras — all made in Fredericksburg, with an in-house designer for custom pieces.

Shopping: Online · In person · Custom orders

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Antique & Vintage FindsFredericksburg, TX

Carol Hicks Bolton Antiquités

Antiques & Vintage · Texas Hill Country

A pair of antique upholstered armchairs at Carol Hicks Bolton Antiquités
Photo courtesy Carol Hicks Bolton Antiquités

A 30,000-square-foot warehouse known for handmade, one-of-a-kind beds and the linens that dress them, plus antiques from Europe and beyond.

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Antique & Vintage FindsRound Top, TX

Round Top Ranch Antiques

Antiques & Vintage · Round Top & Surrounding Areas

An antique European oak sideboard at Round Top Ranch Antiques
Photo courtesy Round Top Ranch Antiques

The largest importer of Scandinavian antiques in the U.S. — European antique furniture and oil paintings, 37 years in business, shipping nationwide from their Round Top shop.

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Antique & Vintage FindsRound Top, TX

Junk Gypsy

Antiques & Vintage · Round Top & Surrounding Areas

A western art print from Junk Gypsy's home décor collection
Photo courtesy Junk Gypsy

Sisters Amie and Jolie Sikes (plus mom Janie) have been doing boho-western vintage home décor and custom furniture since 1998 — yes, the HGTV Junk Gypsies, headquartered right here.

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Antique & Vintage FindsLa Grange, TX

Old World Antieks

Antiques & Vintage · Round Top & Surrounding Areas

A pair of dark demilune console tables from Old World Antieks
Photo courtesy Old World Antieks

A family business importing antiques from 13 countries into a 55,000-square-foot La Grange shop — and a regular vendor at Blue Hills and The Compound during Round Top Antiques Week.

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Featured Texas MakerWarrenton, TX — Zapp Hall

Sunday Supper

Antiques & Vintage · Round Top & Surrounding Areas

A handmade yo-yo quilt cape by Sunday Supper, seen from the back
Photo courtesy Sunday Supper

Kate Mefford creates one-of-a-kind pieces handmade from vintage quilts, denim, and fur — paired with storied equestrian, Americana, and Texana jewelry. A Zapp Hall dealer during show weeks.

Shopping: Online · In person at shows

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Featured Texas MakerDallas, TX

Casita Dallas

Furniture & Woodworking · Other Texas Regions

A pale green upholstered daybed with bolster arms and floral cushions by Casita Dallas
Photo courtesy Casita Dallas

Founded by former interior designer Alison Dale, Casita builds customizable furniture near the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and ships nationwide.

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Maker road trips

Some of the best finds are worth the drive. Tap a route to open it in Google Maps, and check each maker's hours before you go — small shops keep small-shop hours.

The In-Town Loop

College Station · an easy Saturday

Two stops, minutes apart — the sawmill and the pottery wheel.

Tekton Timber Co. → White Lotus Pottery

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The Round Top Run

Round Top · Warrenton · La Grange · a little over an hour from Aggieland

Antiques country. Time it for Antiques Week if you can — but the Ranch, the Gypsies, and Old World Antieks keep regular hours year-round. Sunday Supper shows at Zapp Hall during show weeks.

Round Top Ranch Antiques → Junk Gypsy → Sunday Supper at Zapp Hall → Old World Antieks

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Fredericksburg & the Hill Country

San Marcos · Comfort · Fredericksburg · a full day, better a weekend

Glass in Wimberley, pottery in Comfort, antler light and French antiques in Fredericksburg. (Canyon Candle Co., out in Utopia, sells online — find them in the directory.)

Wimberley Glassworks → Hill Country Pottery → Hill Country Antler Art → Carol Hicks Bolton Antiquités

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Know a Texas Maker?

The best discoveries often start with a recommendation. We're always discovering talented makers and independent businesses across Texas — if you know someone creating something special, we'd love to hear about them. Submissions are reviewed before a business is added to the Guide.

Submissions are reviewed before a business is added to the Guide. You can also nominate by email at [email protected].

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Shopping handmade in Texas — FAQ

Start in town: NorthStar Pottery and White Lotus Pottery both make stoneware by hand right here in Bryan–College Station, and Hill Country Pottery in Comfort fires dinnerware from local Texas clay. Every potter in this guide sells in person or through their own shop, linked on their card.

Tekton Timber Co. in College Station — an Aggie-owned sawmill and timber shop — builds custom live-edge tables, fireplace mantels, box beams, and countertops from Texas wood. Clint Walker Woodworking (also College Station) and Shockwave Woodworks (College Station) makes custom slab furniture, cutting boards, and commissioned pieces.

Wimberley Glassworks in Wimberley is a working glassblowing studio — hand-blown glass lighting, vases, bowls, and glass art, with artists blowing glass in the studio most days. Their card above links straight to their shop.

This whole guide is a gift map: hand-poured soy candles from Canyon Candle Co., hand-thrown mugs and bowls, Texas A&M inlay cutting boards, vintage-quilt pieces, and one-of-a-kind antiques — all made by independent Texas makers, most within a short drive of Aggieland.

Round Top Antiques Week runs each spring and fall (fall 2026: roughly Oct 15–Nov 1, with individual venue dates varying) across Round Top, Warrenton, Carmine, and Burton. Expect antique furniture, European antiques, vintage and western décor, textiles, and makers and dealers from all over Texas — several in this guide show there.

Yes — that's the point of the guide. We design rooms around real, locally made pieces: a live-edge dining table, hand-thrown pottery on open shelves, blown-glass lighting. Tell us about your project on the estimate page and we'll help you pull it together.

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Our promise on this guide: every maker here is an independent Texas business we researched ourselves — no paid placements, no sponsored spots, ever.

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