Maker
The individual, studio or collective associated with the piece - only where identity is verified.
TGA Craft Passport
Know what gives a piece its meaning.
The Craft Passport is TGA's provenance framework: a clear way to keep verified information about maker, place, craft, material, technique and care connected to an eligible product.
It is not a decorative badge. It is a promise to distinguish what we know from what we do not yet know.
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What a passport can contain
Eight fields. One clearer story.
Not every piece will have every field on day one. Information appears only when it can be supported by seller, maker or TGA verification.
Place
The town, region or craft cluster connected with the making.
Craft
The technique or craft tradition that best describes how the piece is made.
Materials
The principal fibres, metals, woods, clays, pigments or other materials used.
Technique
The making method - weaving, embroidery, casting, painting, printing, carving or another process.
Making time
An approximate time range only when the maker or production partner can support it.
Care
Useful guidance for keeping, cleaning, storing or displaying the piece appropriately.
Verification
A simple indication of which provenance fields TGA has checked rather than merely received.
Why it matters
Better context makes better choices.
Knowing the craft, material and place behind a piece helps a buyer understand what they are paying for, how to care for it and why two superficially similar objects may be very different.
Where product-level provenance is incomplete, TGA will still provide craft-level context without inventing a maker story.
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No invented provenance.
If a maker is unknown, we do not manufacture a biography. If making time is not documented, we do not guess. If a place is associated with a craft but not verified for a specific product, we keep those two facts separate.
The goal is simple: make verified context easier to see without turning authenticity into marketing theatre.