handmade movement
don’t write them off
After an experience like BlogHer – or really any trip to Target or jaunt to the shopping mall – it’s easy to write off most of America as caring little about individuality or originality. It’s easy to see mainstream society as caring more about cheap stuff, brand names, and the status quo. I do my [...]
About the Author
Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.
(re)defining the craft movement
One of the goals of this site is to provide a platform for the spread & discussion of the handmade movement. One such discussion I’ve tried to spark here, rather unsuccessfully, is what we actually think of when we think of “the handmade movement.” To me, this isn’t a semantic argument but rather one of [...]
About the Author
Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.
we scout wednesday: e is for evolution
Things evolve. But evolution is speeding up (and yes, evolving). While it used to take a hundred thousand years for significant changes to happen to our physical culture, the nature of information and a connected society means that ‘everything’ might change in just a few months. Ideas that spread, win and organizations that learn from [...]
About the Author
Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.
buying handmade isn’t a trend. buying crap is.
It’s easy to think of buying handmade as a trend. We see cool people buying handmade, embracing homegrown, and embracing the DIY aesthetic. Go to the mall – look around – you’ll see big brands trying the emulate hand-stitched appliques, hand-thrown ceramics, and indie designed jewelry. Surely this is just one trend in a succession [...]
About the Author
Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.
the language of handmade & the entrepreneurial spirit
houses and birds print by judy kaufmann in the last few months, i’ve been given a few opportunities to ponder the “language” of handmade. when i say language, i don’t just mean the random labels we put on things but the intrinsic meaning behind those labels. the differences between indie & traditional, crafter & artist, [...]
About the Author
Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.
