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Why Fair Trade Matters

When we think of handmade items, whether they were made recently or a long time ago, we can feel a connection with a person or a community who worked on those pieces,…

Accessories, Artizan Categories, Bags, Children, Community, Fair Trade, Featured Gallery, Gift Guide, Home Decor, Jewelry, Metal, Scarves/Shawls, Textile, Upcycled, Wood
Bulgarian Weaving Heritage: From Grandfather to Grandaughter

Silvia Hara weaves tapestries, paints and plays Bulgarian folk music. Her life as an artist came naturally for her as her grandfather was an acclaimed textile designer who inspired her journey. You…

Artizan Made News, Community, Home Decor, Member News, Textile
The Colors of Being Thankful

Featured image: carved gourds from Peru, Lucuma Designs Many of us are living in stressful times: financial worries, political madness, climate change destruction, health challenges.... even figuring out what is true…

Accessories, Community, Eco Product, Embroidery, Fair Trade, Home Decor, Jewelry, Scarves/Shawls, Textile, Upcycled
Goldin Fellowship, Creative Cities and Artizan Made

The Goldin Institute has two projects, both aimed at training community organizers at effectively creating change by amplifying assets that are already found there. The first project is in Chicago, where Goldin…

Artizan Made News, Community, Upcycled
Artizan ReMade – Focus on Fast Fashion

Featured image: Guerra de la Paz. Follow the Leader, 2009. Found patterned garments, wood, footwear and hardware, approx. 75 feet long by 7 feet tall. Courtesy of the artists and Chloe GIll-Holster Projects. …

Artizan Made News, Community, Eco Product, Fair Trade, ReMakers, Textile, Upcycled
Making Art Out of Trash (or just something useful…)

Update Feb 2024: I wrote this post in 2020 and we finally have action happening! Artizan ReMade is a study group looking at our waste and brainstorming about how we can create…

Community, Eco Product, Fair Trade, Upcycled
ReMakers: Call to Action for Upcyclers!

Update: This blog post was the first idea stage message that I got out there. We are now officially called Artizan ReMade and my long term vision is now laid out here:…

Artizan Categories, Artizan Made News, Community, Eco Product, Upcycled
Come to the Table – The Handmade Touch

Rituals The photo at the top is of my sister, Helen Faber (Biel), sitting at her birthday table in Brazil. I believe this was her third birthday, so 1969. It has long…

Animals, Artizan Categories, Ceramics, Community, Fair Trade, Home Decor, Textile
A Prayer for Peace – St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis has long been one of my favorite figures represented in folk art. The little carving above came from Guatemala, given to me by a friend many years ago. He is…

Artizan Categories, Artizan Made News, Community
Artizan Kids: Handmade Gifts for Children

Surrounding a child with handmade products from an early age helps them make sense of the world, especially if they also learn how to stitch, paste, cut, weave and assemble. So many…

Accessories, Artizan Categories, Children, Community, Eco Product, Fair Trade, Gift Guide, Home Decor, Textile, Upcycled
Animals Category: Mythology, Totems, Spirit Guides, Popular Culture and Best Friends

Our Animals Category is one of my favorites! They show up in all kinds of products, from cute and funny to mythical and strange. Humans have had a close connection to animals…

Animals, Artizan Categories, Community, Eco Product, Fair Trade
Creative Efforts to Support Ukraine

As I sit to write this post, CNN blasts images of destruction and death, reporting on Russia’s continued insane assault on Ukraine. One reporter talked about Putin’s last speech, where he also…

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