Artisan and Handicraft Entrepreneurs

Artisan and Handicraft Entrepreneurs
Author: Léo-Paul Dana
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2022-01-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030823032

In handicrafts and artisanal products, industry has witnessed both a technological shift and a renewed interest among customers, especially after the challenges and limitations of mass production became evident under the COVID-19 pandemic. This book portrays the worldwide development of this trend, the nature of entrepreneurship in these industries, and the unique challenges and opportunities that entrepreneurs face. The book shows how these businesses are gaining a resurgence due to customers preferring ethical, regional, and climate-friendly options to fulfill their needs. The chapters focus on artisan entrepreneurs' contribution to society by not only creating businesses, but also in terms of tourism development. The book reiterates that artisan entrepreneurs enable crucial cultural connections with tradition due to their affinity to a region, city, village, or community. Small business and entrepreneurship researchers as well as policymakers in the cultural sector would benefit from this book.

Artisan Entrepreneurship

Artisan Entrepreneurship
Author: Vanessa Ratten
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2022-01-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1802620796

Artisan Entrepreneurship analyses handicraft enterprise using different approaches at an individual, group and societal point of view, providing a better understanding about how these workers contribute to societal wellbeing and aid cultural heritage preservation for future generations.

Craft Entrepreneurship

Craft Entrepreneurship
Author: Annette Naudin
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2020-12-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1786613751

Craft practice has experienced a sharp rise in popularity since the late 2000s, partly through the ‘aura of the analogue’ and the desire for authentic, handmade products in an increasingly fast paced, digitalised world (Luckman, 2015) but also because of digital platforms such as Etsy and social media enabling ‘anyone’ to become a craft entrepreneur. This book brings together historical, policy and individual narratives to inform a broad understanding of craft entrepreneurship. Drawing on case studies from around the world, Craft Entrepreneurship considers questions of identity, community, and the digital in craft entrepreneurship. In doing so, it finds craft activities to be positioned between or across the arts, heritage, notions of a bohemian lifestyle and the challenges of micro-entrepreneurship. By engaging with the contradictions and fragility of sustaining a craft practice, the chapters in this book contribute to different perspectives for entrepreneurship studies. The contributions to this volume illustrate the craft entrepreneurs’ identity, motivation and sense of creative purpose through their craft, as these collide with the tensions brought about through entrepreneurship.

Artisan Entrepreneurship

Artisan Entrepreneurship
Author: Vanessa Ratten
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2022-01-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 180262077X

Artisan Entrepreneurship analyses handicraft enterprise using different approaches at an individual, group and societal point of view, providing a better understanding about how these workers contribute to societal wellbeing and aid cultural heritage preservation for future generations.

Craft in America

Craft in America
Author: Jo Lauria
Publisher: Potter Style
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2007
Genre: Decorative arts
ISBN: 0307346471

Illustrated with 200 stunning photographs and encompassing objects from furniture and ceramics to jewelry and metal, this definitive work from Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton showcases some of the greatest pieces of American crafts of the last two centuries. Potter Craft

Artisan Industries in Asia

Artisan Industries in Asia
Author: Sanjay Kathuria
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1988
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Given the large economic contributions provided by Asia's artisan industries in terms of new employment and foreign exchange, there is little formal information available, a deficiency which this document sets out to change. It discusses and presents data on Indian craft exports for the world market, labour conditions in the Philippine craft industries, labour conditions in the Indonesian batik industry, women's role in this batik industry and occupational segregation.

Creative (and Cultural) Industry Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century

Creative (and Cultural) Industry Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century
Author: Inge Hill
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2023-12-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1803824131

Both volumes of Creative (and Cultural) Industry Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century map and elucidate the adaptations and challenges faced by the creative professionals and the entrepreneurial solutions they have co-developed.

Almost Lost Arts

Almost Lost Arts
Author: Emily Freidenrich
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: Art
ISBN: 145217024X

This book is a celebration of tactile beauty and a tribute to human ingenuity. In-depth profiles tell the stories of 20 artisans who have devoted their lives to preserving traditional techniques. Gorgeous photographs reveal these craftspeople's studios, from Oaxaca to Kyoto and from Milan to Tennessee. Two essays explore the challenges and rewards of engaging deeply with the past. With an elegant three-piece case and foil stamping, this rich volume will be an inspiration to makers, collectors, and history lovers.