About Canvasland
Made by people who know how to make things work.
Canvasland is a Cape Town custom canvas and made to measure business with more than 30 years of practical making experience. The work ranges from everyday covers and bags to transport, industrial, marine, sport and one off custom work.
A long history of solving practical problems.
Canvasland has grown around something very simple: people arrive with things that need covering, carrying, protecting, repairing or making, and the team works out how best to do it.
That may be a patio blind for a home, a custom bag for specialist equipment, a bakkie or trailer cover, a gym mat, an industrial curtain or a one off product that does not exist on a shelf.
The breadth of the work is part of what makes Canvasland distinctive. It is not simply a catalogue of canvas products. It is a workshop with the experience to adapt materials, dimensions and construction around the actual job.
Start with what you need the finished product to do, and we can work out the best solution together.
Years of experience
Decades of practical making, repair and custom making experience.
Made to measure
Products shaped around real dimensions, spaces and intended use.
Made in the workshop
Direct connection between the customer brief and the people doing the making.
Made in Cape Town
A local business with a strong sense of place and practical Cape Town know how.
Where the ideas become useful things.
The workshop is an important part of the Canvasland story. It is where measuring, cutting, stitching, welding, reinforcing, fitting and repair all come together.
Made in Cape Town. Made to fit.
Made, not merely supplied
Canvasland can manufacture around the brief rather than only reselling standard products.
Material chosen for use
Canvas, PVC, ripstop, shade cloth and outdoor materials can be selected according to what the finished product needs to do.
Repair matters too
Sometimes the best answer is to repair, reinforce or adapt what already exists rather than starting again.
Practical, personal and built around the job.
A practical approach, from the first conversation to the finished product.
Listen first
Start with what the customer needs the product to achieve before jumping to a standard answer.
Keep it practical
The right solution should work in everyday use, not just look good when it leaves the workshop.
Make it fit
Dimensions, access, fastening, movement and material should follow the real brief.
Welcome unusual jobs
A customer should feel comfortable asking, “I am not sure whether you make this, but…”
One set of making skills. Many very different applications.
This is why the Canvasland range can stretch from homes and vehicles to businesses, sport, therapy and marine work without feeling like unrelated products.
Custom measuring
Working from spaces, products and equipment rather than standard sizes alone.
Heavy duty stitching
Construction and reinforcement suited to robust everyday use.
PVC work & welding
Practical PVC work for protective, commercial and outdoor applications.
Repairs & alterations
Extending the useful life of existing covers, bags, mats and other products.
Bespoke problem solving
Developing a workable answer where there is no ready made product to copy.
Wide material knowledge
Selecting canvas, PVC, shade cloth, ripstop or other materials around the job.
Talk to the people behind the work.
Bring your questions, your ideas and the things that need to work differently. The Canvasland team can help you work out the next step.
Custom canvas • Made to measure
Start with a conversation
Tell us what needs covering, carrying, protecting, repairing or making. A photograph and a few approximate dimensions are a useful place to begin.
Talk to CanvaslandYou do not need to arrive with the solution.
Send a photo, approximate dimensions and a few words about what needs to happen. Canvasland can help work out what comes next.
