The Value Of “Handmade”

Thoughts From Artisans on Why Handmade Matters

Valerie Schafer Franklin
Creators Rising
Published in
7 min readSep 29, 2023

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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
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

In this post written on behalf of Artisans Cooperative, we continue to explore why “handmade” matters in support of our innovative Handmade Policy.

We’ll say it: Handmade items are Art. And whether they’re functional items (“applied arts”) or decorative (“fine art”), art touches us more profoundly and deeply than most…

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Valerie Schafer Franklin
Creators Rising

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