Our programmes range from beginner-friendly craft experiences to structured skills training. Workshops can be customised for corporate team-building programmes, schools, community organisations, family service centres, private groups, birthday celebrations and other special events. We also develop downloadable tutorials, sewing patterns, online courses and other learning resources for makers who prefer to learn at their own pace.

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Our Founder

Phoebe Na is a multidisciplinary designer, artisan, entrepreneur and educator with more than three decades of experience across the creative, craft and adult education sectors.

Her qualifications span fashion, jewellery, footwear design, adult learning and teaching, digital marketing and generative AI. She is also an ACTA-certified trainer and assessor with extensive experience in curriculum development, professional training and hands-on skills education.

From 2014 to 2025, Phoebe trained and assessed jewellery-making, shoemaking, bagmaking and leathercraft programmes with TaF.tc, where she was named Highest Rated Trainer of the Year in 2021. Her wider professional experience includes product development and prototyping, community-based training and conducting footwear training overseas.

In 2025, Phoebe and Barangshop – D’Crafts Studio were recognised as an Honouree of the Spirit of Enterprise Micro-Business Award.

Our Approach

At Barangshop, we believe that making is more than following a set of instructions.

It is a way to develop creativity, confidence, problem-solving skills and a deeper understanding of how materials, tools and ideas work together.

Whether someone is making their first piece of jewellery, sewing a bag, working with leather or exploring a new technology, our aim is to make learning practical, engaging and approachable.

Our programmes are shaped by years of hands-on experience. We understand where beginners tend to struggle, which shortcuts are genuinely useful and when there is simply no substitute for learning a technique properly.