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Handmade Confessional: Eli Loves Ghosts

2008-12-01T11:36:00Z

We met Eli Dlugach and his mom Sam at the LA Felt Club. Viva la next generation handmade! We made a series of videos with folks telling us why handmade is important to them.

Share your Handmade Confessional with us. Click here to add your video response in Youtube.

Find out more about the Handmade Consortium | Sign the Handmade Pledge

Buy Handmade Pledge

2008-11-28T18:25:00Z

Here we are. It's "Black Friday" again and we weren't waiting on line at the mall. There's something in the air and it's not muzak pumped throughout the florescent lit aisles of big box stores. It's been building across the world for some time now: a movement to bring together conscientious consumption and the joy of making things.

Since the Handmade Consortium launched the Buy Handmade Pledge (http://buyhandmade.org) last year, over 30,000 people have signed. Some say "hand-made is the new black" — but it's not a trend. This is about real people making changes in their everyday lives and figuring out how to make those changes lasting and sustainable. It's about being able to quit your day job and shop local. It about personal history and the inspiration behind making something of your own vision.

Etsy admin Tara aka weirdwolf recently met some of you at the Los Angeles Felt Club and filmed why handmade is important to you. This video with Stephanie Donon is just the first of many of your Handmade Confessionals. Click here to add your video response in Youtube.

Find out more about the Handmade Consortium | Sign the Handmade Pledge

What Does Handmade Mean to You, Los Angeles?

2008-11-16T16:30:00Z

What does handmade mean to you, Los Angeles artists and crafters, and you who buy from indie sellers?

At LA Felt Club on November 16th, 2008, from 2pm-6pm (Pacific Time), Tara (Etsy admin weirdwolf and video shooter) wants to meet you and tape very short (15 second) individual videos. Please bring something handmade you've bought or made and tell us why you buy/wear/sell/gift handmade. There will be a sign up sheet and each shoot will only take a few minutes. So pop by and help us spread the word about the handmade movement!

[LA screenrpint by miriamdema]

These videos will be used on Etsy's blog and BuyHandmade.org as part of the Handmade Consortium, among other places.

Not in LA or can't make it to Felt Club? Here's the perfect excuse to try making your own quick video! Here are some suggestions and here are our Getting Started in Video How-tos.

Comment below if we'll see you there!

Shop Local Los Angeles | Take the BuyHandmade.org Pledge

Handmade Confessionals: Buttonhead

2008-02-12T14:38:00Z

As part of our on-going call for Your Handmade Stories, Buttonhead submitted this great video. Thanks for saying loud and clear how you feel in this Handmade Confessional!

You too can get involved! To find out how to make a video, click here! See all videos from this series. Buyers are welcome to tell us why it's important to buy handmade too!

Oh, and don't forget to subscribe to Etsy's videos on Youtube.

Your Handmade Stories: momerath on Buying Handmade

2008-02-06T16:15:00Z

momerath submitted a really interesting video in response to our call for Your Handmade Stories. She uses her "collection of Stick Figure Man photos" to illustrate her point about consumerism. She "photograph[s] informational/warning signs around the world." It has a kind of spooky effect. Well done, momerath. Very thought-provoking.

You too can get involved! To find out how to make a video, click here! See all videos from this series. Buyers are welcome to tell us why it's important to buy handmade too!

Handmade Confessional: Giant Dwarf

2008-01-24T11:16:00Z

GiantDwarf submitted this great video to the Your Handmade Stories series. Thank you! And hey, you have such a cool studio! Sue also has a neat flickr stream you should check out...

You too can get involved! To find out how to make a video, click here! See all videos from this series. Buyers are welcome to tell us why it's important to buy handmade too!

Your Handmade Stories: Gathering with tangerinetreehouse

2008-01-18T16:25:00Z

Etsy seller and art jewelry-maker tangerinetreehouse, made this slideshow-plus-audio with a photographer, Russ Roca. It's a look behind-the-scenes at the creative process. Thanks, tangerinetreehouse, for submitting this to the Storque!
To find out how to make a video, click here! See all videos from this series. Buyers are welcome to tell us why it's important to buy handmade too!

Your Handmade Stories: shandke

2008-01-14T11:20:00Z

The Buy Handmade Pledge continues, even after the holidays! In this video, Etsy seller shandke tells us a little bit about her shop, her future artistic plans and why she thinks it's important to buy handmade.

To find out how to make a video, click here! See all videos from this series.

Video Project: Tell us Your Handmade Story

2008-01-11T20:23:00Z

We're launching a new Storque documentary project, my friends, in conjunction with the Buy Handmade Pledge. The names that are being collected on the BuyHandmade.org website are a powerful testament to the people behind the handmade movement. We also want to see your faces and hear your voices! Online video seems to be a great way to do this.

Our project has two veins: one for sellers, called "My Handmade Story," and one for buyers, called "Why I Buy Handmade." Any Etsian is free to participate by making a short video that expresses these ideas. One of the most powerful things about Etsy is the community. Each Etsian has a unique perspective, a special talent in what she/he makes, a genuine expression in what she/he buys, and a personal history that she/he brings to the collective.

So we're putting out an on-going call for short videos made by you. We're suggesting only a couple contraints in terms of format: sellers should be filmed in their studio/home/workshop and buyers should be holding/wearing/interacting with what they bought. If you're a seller, tell us how making things by hand or selling on Etsy has changed your life. If you're a buyer, tell us why you buy handmade. The videos that we think are the most extraordinary, compelling, unique personal stories will be featured on The Storque and integrated into the other ways Etsy spreads the word about buying handmade.

Guidelines:

Keep it short and sweet: Please keep your story to less than 1 minute. Ideally 30 seconds or less.
Have the rights: Please only use footage you own or that is under certain Creative Commons licenses. Please only feature people in your piece who gave you permission. By submitting to Etsy, you're giving us the non-exclusive right (you're free to share your video elsewhere!) to play your video on Etsy and when we're spreading the word about Etsy.
Sellers submit their "My Handmade Story" to The Storque by filling out the Storque pitch form via the "You Can Too" link on the Storque homepage. Make sure to include the link to your video, whether it's on Youtube, Vimeo, blip or whichever online video service you choose. We recommend that you tag it with BuyHandmade and Etsy.
Buyers submit "Why I Buy Handmade" pieces in the same manner.
Sellers should be in their studio/home/workshop and tell how making/selling handmade has changed their lives.
Buyers should be holding/wearing/interacting with what they bought and say why they buy handmade.
Participation is open to any Etsian with a username (nationality does not matter).
We kindly ask that you add English subtitles to your foreign language submissions.
Please do not use music in your videos (Etsy wants to integrate music we have the rights to).
We will publish videos on The Storque or other places at our discretion.
There are no prizes because this isn't a contest.
We'll be reviewing submissions on the 1st and 15th of every month. Be one of the first to get yours in (the first deadline is November 15)!
There is no fee associated with participation.
Participation is voluntary.

Further Resources:

We are inspired by Story Corps, a radio oral history project started by David Isay and Sound Portraits.
We are inspired by zine culture.
Jumpcut is a website where you can upload small clips and edit them online.
Youtube, Vimeo, blip are free video hosting services. The Internet Archive is great.
You can find some great, simple DIY video how-tos here.
How to Light, by DIY Network.
Tips from USC Annenberg.
Shannon posted these DIY Video Tips.

FAQ:

Q. I don't know if my story is compelling enough. Why should I spend the timing making a video?
A. Hey, listen. Why not give it a shot? We want to hear from you. As added incentive, consider this an excuse to make a video you can use to tell people about your work. Or if you're a buyer, consider it a way of showing your support for indie artists.

Q. I don't know how to use a videocamera. Can I have someone help me?
A. Of course someone can help you. This isn't a contest where you have to produce something all on your own. Plus, we're posting some quick and easy tips for DIY video.

Q. What are you going to use these videos for? Why are you doing this?
A. We want to get the word out about buying handmade. We use our faves in other promotional ways besides The Storque, such as playing them at conferences, including them in press pitches, and viral advertising for your shops.

Q. I want to add music because it will really spice up my video. Why don't you want me to?
A. If you add music (especially music we don't have the rights to), we can't play it on Etsy.

Q. What would be the best time to get it in, since there's no real deadline?
A. We review at the first and fifteenth of every month. We're eager to get started, so we hope you'll get it in soon (like before the holidays)! But we see this as an ongoing project and we continually want to collect links to your videos.

Q. I don't want to go through Youtube or one of those websites. Can I just email the movie to The Storque?
A. No! Etsy can't host video right now and we don't want our email server to be flooded with huge files.

Q. If I participate, am I giving Etsy the copyright to my video?
A. No, you're giving us permission to play it. You keep the copyright to your video and you can play it where ever else you choose.

Recommended Blog: Superziper

2008-01-08T18:06:00Z

This post in our Recommended Blog series serves a dual purpose: to encourage you to continue to promote the Buy Handmade Pledge and to also urge you to let Brazilian Etsians know they are amazing!

Superziper, a Brazilian blog, has been making strides in encouraging Brazilians to take the Buy Handmade Pledge (see this post).

lacrafiteira, the Etsian who writes Superziper, also posted DIY tutorials that circumvent the potential language barrier we often face on the web: their videos are cleanly shot and based on gestures and visuals.

Great work, lacrafiteira!
ps
You can use Shop Local to find some sellers in Brazil! But we need more Brazilians to add their geographical location! Brazilian sellers, spread the word about this How-to Sell Local! Maybe there's even an Etsian that knows Portugese who would translate it?

Your Handmade Stories: Peeech

2008-01-03T13:32:00Z

The Buy Handmade Pledge continues, even after the holidays! Etsy seller Peeech shows us some of her adorable polymer clay art and tells us why she thinks it's important to buy handmade.

To find out how to make a video, click here! See all videos from this series.

Your Handmade Stories: LeaKarts

2007-12-19T17:30:00Z

Another Handmade Story! This video is from LeaKarts. Thank you so much for sharing!

See jelene's video here. See the Etsy admins' and Cubistliterature's here.

Your Handmade Stories: jelene

2007-12-11T12:00:00Z

jelene reponded to our call for videos for the BuyHandmade Pledge. Here she is in her colorful studio in Columbia, South Carolina. She's been a member of Etsy since July 2005!

We want to hear YOUR stories and see you in YOUR studios, sellers! And if you're an Etsy-addicted buyer, we want to see you and your purchase and hear why you think it's important to buy handmade. Just check out this post for the details.