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Valerie Schafer Franklin

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Leather Crafts: In-Depth Information on Tools, Materials, and Techniques (Idiot's Guides)

Leather Crafts: In-Depth Information on Tools, Materials, and Techniques (Idiot's Guides)

From the people behind Walnut, 20 projects ranging from beginner to advanced, each one building on the skills that have been taught in prior projects.

2016

Geoffrey Franklin, et al.

Geoffrey Franklin, Valerie Schafer Franklin

Stories

Actually Made in the USA

How to find and support makers and manufacturers who are genuinely “American Made”

Jul 19

Clean blue piping and a red turn wheel that looks like old-fashioned steel manufacturing against a white-washed wall. Reminiscent of an American factory but without the hardknocks.

Jul 19

Published in
Creators Rising

“I’m Not On Sale” — How Artisans Stand Up to the Pressure to Discount

The Artisans Choice Sale, Plus: How and Why Artisans Discount Their Work

Nov 19, 2023

“I’m Not On Sale” — How Artisans Stand Up to the Pressure to Discount

Nov 19, 2023

Published in
Creators Rising

Announcing The Launch of a New Handmade Marketplace

Artisans Cooperative is a “Co-op Alternative to Etsy”

Oct 2, 2023

Image of a handmade, handcrafted wood sign that says, “Come In We’re Open”

Oct 2, 2023

Published in
Creators Rising

The Value Of “Handmade”

Thoughts From Artisans on Why Handmade Matters

Sep 29, 2023

An older person’s wrinkled hand holding out scissors, thread, and pins in the palm of their hand over a work table with fabric scraps and patterns

Sep 29, 2023

Published in
Creators Rising

We Have to Talk About the Cost Of “Handmade”

How Artisans Price Their Handcrafted Work

Sep 29, 2023

An illustrator tightly grips an ink pen as they draw a cartoon on a sheet of high quality expensive paper, which is held to a board with masking tape. His tools and materials and scattered around.

Sep 29, 2023

The Best Wine is Slow

Terrible headaches caused me to seek out minimally-processed “natural” wine, and now I’m never going back.

Aug 15, 2023

The Best Wine is Slow

Aug 15, 2023

Published in
Creators Rising

The Etsy Payment Reserves Scandal Shows Why We Need a Better Alternative

Etsy Sellers Are Struggling to Make Rent While the Platform Withholds Their Funds

Aug 1, 2023

The Etsy Payment Reserves Scandal Shows Why We Need a Better Alternative

Aug 1, 2023

Published in
Creators Rising

What is Print-on-Demand And Why Is It On a Handmade Marketplace?

The Rise of Print-on-Demand (POD) Is Confusing Marketplaces, But Artists, Makers, & Artisans Still Sometimes Need It

Jul 17, 2023

A photo print of artwork coming out of an industrial machine

Jul 17, 2023

Published in
Creators Rising

After the #EtsyStrike, Crafting a Co-op Alternative

Artisans Cooperative Interview Talks About the Historic “Strike-to-Cooperative Transition”

Jun 6, 2023

After the #EtsyStrike, Crafting a Co-op Alternative

Jun 6, 2023

The Policy Trinity Supporting Our Cooperative Handmade Marketplace

Three intertwined policies that form a whole — a trinity — make up the foundation of our unique, multi-stakeholder, community-owned…

May 28, 2023

Handmade wooden statue with three heads and one heart. — three parts make a whole in a trinity

May 28, 2023

Valerie Schafer Franklin

Valerie Schafer Franklin

Book Author

Building Artisans Cooperative (https://artisans.coop), running a family craft business (walnutstudiolo.com) and writing for fun about food.

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