Meet the makers
Twenty-plus years of working alongside artisan businesses — through Global Girlfriend, Trade+Impact, field research, and the International Folk Art Market. Most are women-led. Click the links to visit them online.
Artisans to know
A selection of partners
Friends and colleagues from around the world whose art and impact I admire and want to share — a few of the hundreds I’ve worked with across 20+ years and two books.
Hundreds more makers
This page holds a few favorites. The full global directory — hundreds of artisan businesses from 20+ years of this work — is shared with newsletter subscribers.
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