Significant milestones and pivotal moments that have shaped our growth, drive, and commitment to our core values. Discover the story of Carved Culture since its founding, and how we've continuously adapted to meet the changing needs of our customers and industry! Each milestone represents a chapter in our story of growth, passion, and dedication to our core values guiding our actions and decisions as we strive to make a positive impact to the world around us. 

Recent news from our team

Wooden kalimba and book titled 'The Complete Kalimba Player' on a wooden surface.

2024 (Growth and Digital Expansion)

Our team has grown with a social media manager, content specialist, and video editors, helping us deliver even more value across all platforms. We’ve also hit a major milestone of 7 million YouTube views, and our digital collection has expanded with new songs, eBooks, sound packs, and more You can now access sound packs and our first Kalimba Beginner eBook, with plenty more on the way.

Explore our eBooks

2023 (Milestones & Vinted Platform)

Based on your feedback on our worst performing YouTube videos, we have re-edited them and our YouTube community has grown to 6,000 subscribers. Also, we have started selling our sale and end of line products on Vinted, follow us on vinted for great deals in the button below.

Follow us on Vinted for Great Deals

2022 (Photography & Food Content)

We have been working with talented photographers to improve our product photos to make our website more beautiful. Also, we have been working with food enthusiast; ‘Sam Braggs’ to create entertaining food trying videos to help consumers with food buying decisions.

Watch the best of Sam Braggs Here

2021 (Etsy Platform & YouTube Partnership)

Our handmade products are now available on Etsy and we have been approved for the YouTube partnership which means that we now have a bigger budget for our YouTube videos to make better content for you.


December 2020 (Startup Interview about Coronavirus)

We had an interview with Startup on the topic of how the Coronavirus has affected our business, as well as how we are innovating in this time. You can read about how COVID-19 impacted us below.

Read about how COVID-19 Impacted us

2020 (Fundraiser for Muthu Ajith Kumar)

We setup a fundraiser for (Ravi) Muthu Ajith Kumar raising £90 and sent him food parcels, You can watch Ravi's story below. Also, our YouTube videos will now contain closed captions for those that are hard of hearing.

Watch Ravi's story here

2020 (Introduced Product Ranges)

We Introduced kitchen products from Japan to complement our cooking videos and natural aromatherapy products to our range by lifestyle brand Corinne Taylor. We joined the Amazon affiliates programme, and so when you purchase an Amazon recommended product from our blog, we will earn a small commission, as a result, our website just got upgraded with a new theme. It should now be faster and have more functionality and features.

October 2019 (Started YouTube channel)

Created our YouTube channel and started making cooking videos, You can watch our first YouTube video upload below.

Watch our first YouTube video here

June 2019 (Became a member of BAFTS)

We became a member of BAFTS (British Association of Fair Trade shops) This membership ensures that we follow fair trade principles. You can find out more about our BAFTS membership below.

Read about our BAFTS Membership

2017 (Introduced musical instruments)

Based on Ryan's passion for music and media - We started selling musical instruments sourcing products such as shakers, drums, flutes, gifts, furniture and more from various countries from around the world.

Shop for musical instruments

March 2016 (Carved Culture Founded)

Carved Culture was founded, we started out selling secondhand items online under the trading name: "Bomzer's Bargains".


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