Who is Cornish Whispers?
With a passion for all things hand made, and a love of Cornwall, Husband and Wife team Adam & Emily decided to start their own business where everything is designed and made in Cornwall, and thus Cornish Whispers Ltd was born.
Officially established in 2012, Cornish Whispers was an "accidental" start up. We had a couple of toy shops (www.toyday.co.uk) and purchased a small engraving machine in order to personalise some of the toys that we sold. To cut a long story short, Emily started playing around with different designs and discovered that it was really enjoyable, and started to create lots of beautiful laser-cut wall hanging decorations with a paper cut design. These proved to be very popular and before we knew it we had a fully fledged new company.
Whilst we are still a small, family run business with a little bit of help, we have crafted a vocation for ourselves that allow us to carry out out passion, and feel very lucky to be able to do what we enjoy, and love the daily challenges of creating new things.
Meet The Team
| Due to Adam's background in carpentry, he tends to favour wood and reclaimed chunks of timber as his material of choice, although he also likes to play with acrylics, cardboard, leather, ceramics and glass and likes to mix traditional and rustic designs with a modern style. Adams influence is mainly in the technical aspects of our design. He's so busy that he has to write with two pens at once! |
AdamMcCollough | InterestsFatherhood, gardening, creating things, DIY, coding, hacking (improving) things, music, writing, art & playing on boats. |
| Emily's addiction to beads and jewellery making was getting quite out of hand, and after running out of family members to make for, we had to find some new customers to appreciate her jewellery, all one-off unique designs. Emily is the chief designer and designs and makes virtually all of the Cornish Whispers creations. |
Emily McCollough | InterestsGood food, travel, music, festivals, making things, drawing, painting and running. |
| CJ is a good friend of ours with a common interest in crafting beautiful things out of wood. He decided to come on board and join the team in the summer of 2023, and is helping out with all aspects of the business. In his spare time he'll be out in his workshop making all sorts of things from beautiful one-off pieces of furniture to his spectacular wood and resin magic wands. |
CJ AKA Christopher Horan | InterestsWoodworking, DIY, Resin crafts, sarcasm and being wonderfully weird. |
| Our son Blake is learning the ropes and helps out with various aspects of our business. He has also got the crafting bug, and has set up his own section of the website with his own makes. Read more about Blake's new crafty venture. |
Blake McCollough | InterestsGaming, making things, and reading. |
We all bring entirely different skills to the table, and we all like to help each other and get involved with the design of every Cornish Whispers make.
What we make
Our website features a range of Cornish Whispers gifts, most of which can be personalised with special dates, names and places, which are perfect for wedding presents, Christening gifts, unique Christmas or birthday presents, or perfect for treating yourself to a finishing touch for your home.
We aim to make all of our gifts totally unique and personal, so you can be confident that your recipient will truly love the originality of their gift.
Bespoke work
We are also happy to undertake bespoke projects and will be happy to work with you on creating a product. Whether you would like some unusual personalised wedding invitations or party favours, or an exclusive new product line for your shop, we can take your idea's and help you to make them into a reality. We really enjoy making a wide variety of custom pieces, whether it's some simple engraving, to complex machine parts, we love to help with such a challenge.
More information and some bespoke product examples.
Wholesale Enquiries
If you have a bricks and shop and would like to stock any of our lines, then we may be able to offer you a wholesale account, with the regular retailer margins you are used to. Take a look at our trade page for more information.
Please contact us if you are interested in commissioning us to make something for you. You can see some examples of some past commissions we have made.
