That smoke you smell is my wee tiny brain recovering from a recent brainstorm. One of my greatest joys is the wonderful connections that I’ve been privileged to make within the handmade community. There are so many artists and crafters with such divergent perspectives, yet we seem to be able to transcend time and location to make up a collective whole of amazing creativity. I love that about us. My struggle has been to think of a word that covers all of us. Then it hit me: we are handmakers. Spell-check doesn’t like the word, but I do and I hope you do too, because I need you help to make this official.
Nothing makes a word more official than a manifesto. So, let’s write one just for us, the handmade community. I’m looking for 7 basic principles that make us who we are. I’ll start it off:
- Our hands are our tools.
OK, can we come up with 6 more. Be creative and let me know in the comments: what makes you a handmaker? I’ll take your ideas and complete the manifesto. Then, I’ll talk to you about spreading it around. Thanks handmakers!
Editor’s note: This post was originally published by Brett on IAMTHELAB, check out the original post here & join us in the comments here or on Brett’s post to create our own manifesto!
We may make many, but we are not mass-produced.
2. We create joy.
we put love into each piece
Our passion is our fuel
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P.S. Love the comments I read by other handmakers…!
Our imagination is our canvas.
We love to live with possibility.
It’s all in the details.
Also: What we make you can’t buy at Target. 🙂
How about something along the lines that each product is one of a kind or unique (kind of all the lines that we don’t mass produce)
Each thing we make is unique and has its own identity and story.
Great comments, one and all! I will have the Manifesto done soon with an sidebar icon to share.
Handmade is heartmade. {Spell check isn’t liking the word heartmade either}