Some things are made in Wales. The most interesting things are shaped by it. Across the country, designers, distillers and creators are producing work rooted in landscape, culture and tradition – from denim to television. What connects them is a shared belief in craft, storytelling and place. This is Welsh making at its most thoughtful, grounded and quietly confident. In other words, made tidy.

Hiut Denim

Handcrafted Jeans – Cardigan, Ceredigion

Founded to revive Cardigan’s historic denim industry, Hiut Denim trains a new generation of makers to produce carefully crafted jeans – proving that traditional skills still have a place in modern fashion.

Traditional Caerphilly

Originally created in South Wales to feed coal miners, because of its quick maturation. As mining and dairy production declined in Wales, much of the cheesemaking moved to England, where producers now craft traditional versions. Independent cheesemongers such as Fauvette in Penarth and The Welsh Cheese Company help champion Welsh cheeses and the producers behind them.

Melin Tregwynt

Textiles – Pembrokeshire

Weaving since 1841, Melin Tregwynt produces iconic Welsh blankets, throws and textiles – and cute bunnies – whose bold patterns draw inspiration from the surrounding landscape.

Tŷ Nant

Natural mineral water – Bethania, Ceredigion

Drawn from a deep aquifer beneath the Welsh countryside, Tŷ Nant became an international design icon with its cobalt-blue bottle created by Welsh designer Ross Lovegrove.

Penderyn Whisky

Single malt whisky – Bannau Brycheiniog

Penderyn revived Welsh whisky making after more than a century of absence, establishing an internationally recognised distillery in the Bannau Brycheiniog.

World of Groggs

Ceramic figures – Treforest

For decades, this Rhonddaa-based ceramics studio has captured Welsh cultural figures – from rugby legends to musicians – in instantly recognisable sculpted “Groggs”.

Hensol Castle

Hand-crafted Welsh gin

Distilled on the grounds of the historic Hensol Castle estate, this Welsh gin reflects a growing craft-spirits movement drawing inspiration from local botanicals and landscape.

Bad Wolf

Television production – Cardiff

Bad Wolf has become one of Wales’s most influential creative studios, producing television that reaches audiences around the world. The company has helped transform the capital into a thriving production hub, supporting local crews, training initiatives and new opportunities within the screen industry. By pairing global storytelling with Welsh talent and infrastructure, Bad Wolf has helped redefine how Wales appears on the international stage.

Efa Lois

Illustrator and writer – Cardiff

Welsh illustrator and writer Efa Lois explores the rich folklore, customs and landscapes that shape Welsh cultural identity. Originally from Aberystwyth and fluent in both Welsh and English, her work draws deeply on the stories, myths and histories woven through the country’s communities. Her debut book Gwrachod Cymru / Welsh Witches brings together the tales of more than one hundred women from Welsh folklore.

Efa says her fascination with Welsh folklore stretches back to childhood. “I’ve always been interested in Welsh myths,” she explains, recalling early school projects inspired by the Mabinogi. Over time, that curiosity developed into a broader exploration of what folklore can reveal about a place. “These stories tell us something about towns and villages in Wales – about their landscapes, their plants and the people who once lived there.”

Her creative process is closely tied to the natural world. “Learning to recognise birds, leaves, plants and fungi has brought me so much peace and inspiration,” she says. That sense of landscape and memory runs through her work, where illustration gives visual form to the folklore that still lingers across Wales.

Read Efa’s interview in full at www.viewmags.co.uk/efa-lois