Artizan Made: a collective of handmade shops from around the world!
Honoring the past, we use familiar tools to innovate and look to the future. A world that embraces handmade also cares about sustainability, quality of life and beauty.
Artizan Made connects our shop members to a community that shares a passion for the techniques and training that inform the best of handmade.
Our Market links member products to their shops on Etsy or their own sites.
It’s Cactus – Christmas Nativity Guatamala
“I’ve about decided that’s the main thing that separates happy people from the other people: the feeling that you’re a practical item, with a use, like a sweater or a socket wrench.”
― Barbara Kingsolver
All of our members have been vetted based on talent and professionalism. Connect with them and shop with confidence!
Located in Paducah, Kentucky, USA, with an International membership.
Creatives standing tall for creativity, the environment, diversity, and equality!
Creative PlaceMakers
If you are a creative who believes in supporting diversity, equity and inclusion and also care about the environment, join our sister site, Creative PlaceMakers! Stand up and be seen on our map. Share it with your friends. It’s one way that we can show resistance to what is happening now and we do it through our creative assets, our strengths in building and our joy of sharing this planet with all of its people, creatures and plants. Membership is only $25/yr!
Have you ever explored our site by country? We have tagged all of our products with the country they were made in so that you can explore by Provenance! I thought it would be fun to explore a Christmas theme and match a video from a country with a product from one of our members. …
As the cold weather blows through the Northern Hemisphere, we pull out our scarves, shawls and warm clothing. Some of it is practical, a barrier against cool temps, but a lot of it is also fun. There are two reasons I like Fall and Winter: I can wear my woolens (and other favorites) and I…
Holiday Gift Guide: Handmade Ornaments from Around the World
Decorating for the holidays is a huge deal for many people, with many bringing out treasures that have been handed down for generations. Ornaments and stocking stuffers can be great small gifts that delight young and old. But, just because something might be small in size, it doesn't mean that it is necessarily "cheap". The…
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 of the toys and products most children interact with have no real connection with nature or self-sufficiency, so parents and adults with children…
Is the desire for adornment an innate human drive? Most cultures seem to express their identities through their clothing, jewelry and hair styles, often messaging to the public their roles in society with what they wear. They might signal marital status, wealth, professions, cultural identity, and even subcultures born out of rebellion against those same…
“Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift. ” ― Maya Angelou Click on the photos to visit our member websites. It's…
Halloween or Day of the Dead? Costumes from the past.
When I was a kid, 50 years ago now, Halloween was a fun but strange time. I grew up in Brazil where All Saints Day was celebrated with visits to the cemeteries, but people did not dress up. There were about 20 American and Canadian missionary families in our city and we went to a…
Harvest: handmade metal, ceramics, glass, textiles and gourds
Featured image: Lucuma Gallery Gourd Art It’s September, harvest time in the United States. I’ve been thinking of small family farms, big corporate farming, my farmer grandparents, growing your own food, and the man made crisis we are walking in to as crops rot in the fields. I saw this artist on Instagram and immediately…
I was thinking about the heart shape, wondering how it became the symbol for love. Clearly, the physical heart must have inspired poetry, ballads, and stories for thousands of years because of how it pounds in our chests when we think of the beloved, hold a child, face an enemy, take a risk or engage…
“That’s the thing with handmade items. They still have the person’s mark on them, and when you hold them, you feel less alone.”
― Aimee Bender, The Color Master: Stories
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