[1] Craft NI was set up in 2004 and is located in Cotton Court, Cathedral Quarter, Belfast.

It represents Northern Ireland on national and international bodies including the UK National Advisory Panel for Craft, World Crafts Council, NI Employers Panel for Creative and Cultural Sector Skills Council.

The work represented gave the first multi-disciplinary overview of craft in the region in the period from the 1980s to the first few years after 2000.

[2] In May 2007, the exhibition travelled to the S Dillon Ripley Centre, Smithsonian Institution as part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure's Rediscover Northern Ireland programme.

Craft NI also runs a 2-year business incubation programme for designer-makers entitled 'making it'.