After 20 weeks of reader nominations, consumer voting, celebrity judging and much deliberation, The Pilot Pen Company (UK) Ltd has won the Craft Product of the Year award for its Pintor Art Markers.

Founded in 2003 by the publishers of Crafts Beautiful and PaperCrafter, Best of Craft Awards 2019 received 28,000 reader nominations and votes, reaching 1.2 million crafters. 

Sarah Crosland, Editor of Crafts Beautiful said, “our awards are a celebration of all those talented individuals and quality brands admired and voted for by our readers. We are very proud to be part of it.”

Stuart Barker, Marketing Manager for Pilot added, “we are absolutely thrilled that our Pintor markers have won the craft product of the year award as this was an incredibly competitive category. We were convinced when we launched Pintor back in 2018 that we had an exciting new product and to pick up this award confirms that and demonstrates that we have class-leading products in the arts and crafts category.”