Welcome to Artycat.com

the web site for Francis Iles Art and Craftworks

Art & Craftworks, owned by Francis Iles, prides itself on a high quality service and a wide choice of art and craft materials.  Local to historic Rochester, this family run shop is well known throughout Kent, whilst visitors from London, Essex, Surrey and Sussex have all found the friendly advice from knowledgeable staff invaluable.  All this is available through an excellent mail order service too!

Dedicated to suggesting new products and ideas, we offer workshops, demonstrations and are often at Art & Craft Fairs, as well as our own Biennial Expo, all of which will be announced on this website, so why not bookmark it or sign up for our email alerts?

news update!

Try Silk Painting - it’s easy!

Click here for our step-by-step guide.

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Knitting in the New Year

Art and Craftworks has everything you need for those long winter evenings by the fire, beautiful yarns, including some new in store, knitting needles of all shapes and sizes and a large selection of fashionable knitting patterns for men, women, children and babies.

Click here to see some of the new seasons yarns and patterns to get you inspired.

New  DCM Cross Stitch Kits

We now have the new season’s DCM Cross Stitch Samplers and Floral Designs in store. To take a look at the new designs and for pricing information, click here.