division details - handmade®

Handmade® is the industry's hallmark of design, craftsmanship, artisan, and original applications, in all media and across such categories as tabletop, ceramics, textiles, home decor, jewelry, apparel, and more. In August 2010, Handmade® was repositioned to present two distinct collections of handcrafted merchandise.

The Selection Committee’s criteria for acceptance includes: a newly developed line of unique and original work; authentic design, limited-production maker; and quality craftsmanship.

handmade® designer maker

Handmade® Designer Maker will showcase 360 designer maker resources from across
the United States and around the world, with a focus on limited-production
makers across all categories and media.

handmade® global design

Handmade® Global Design will present 200 global import resources with a focus on
good design, traditional craftsmanship, and community building through global
artisan workshops.

Features

Emerging Designer Maker Platform showcases talented designers of handmade product lines in the Handmade® Division. Designers, in business for one year or less, can submit their designed-driven handmade product line and the selected participants will be awarded prime display space in the Emerging Designer Maker Platform display next to our Handmade® Designer Maker Division. (If you're interested in applying to Emerging Designer Maker Platform, click here for a submission form).

maker to market scholarship

The Carol Sedestrom Ross Maker-to-Market Scholarship, funded by the NYIGF®, will be presented to one emerging artisans displaying the greatest potential for success in the wholesale craft arena. Applicants to NYIGF’s Handmade® Designer Maker and Handmade® Global Design, will be eligible to receive one free booth in the Fair, complimentary travel and hotel during market and business-to-business marketing support.

The scholarship is named in honor of the late Carol Sedestrom Ross, GLM’s former director of craft marketing, and an instrumental force in the development of NYIGF’s Handmade division. An advocate of craft artisans since the early 1970’s, Ross also was the founder and chief executive officer of American Craft Enterprises (A.C.E.) and senior vice president of A.C.E.’s parent organization, the American Craft Council (ACC). Ross died unexpectedly in June 2010.

Every Handmade applicant for the Summer 2012 market automatically will be considered for the scholarship as part of the application review and acceptance process. The Handmade juries will recognize and reward the artist they believe have the greatest potential for creativity, craftsmanship and unique artisanry.

key exhibitors

Aid to Artisans
Beehive Kitchenware
Beyond Borders
Bitters Co.
British Contemporary Crafts
Catherine Weitzman Handmade Jewelry Creative Women

Danica Designs
Danny K.
DBO Home
Dinnerware.com
Dunitz & Company, Inc.
Dwelling
Elements/Jill Schwartz
Engler Glass

Eric Silva
Hudson Beach Glass
Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH, Messe Stuttgart
Lisa Neimeth Ceramics
Rebel Designs
Santa Fe Stoneworks
Silver Seasons/Table Art

Smartworks
Stiles in Clay
Stinson Studios
Ugone & Thomas
Vilmain
Watch Craft

key retailers

American Museum
of Natural History
Anthropologie Stores
Art Institute of Chicago
Coldwater Creek Stores
Dallas Museum of Art
Free Hand

Getty Museum
HD Buttercup
Metropolitan Museum of Art
MOMA
Montreal Museum of Fine
Arts

Moss Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pottery Barn Kids
Seattle Art Museum
Simon Pearce
Smithsonian

Starbucks Coffee Company
Sundance Catalog
Twist
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

key press

AOL Living & Home
Apartment Therapy
Better Homes & Gardens
Bridal Guide
Coastal Living

Country Living
The Crafts Report
CraftShownews.com
Elle Décor
Family Circle

HGTV
Home Accents Today
House Beautiful
Martha Stewart Living
Metropolis

O, The Oprah Magazine
Point Click Home
The Trend Curve

Product Images

focus on handmade

contact information

Sales Manager: Liz Beauregard

Apply to exhibit in Handmade^®Tips for applying to Handmade.

Examples of Handmade Designer Maker applications. Example 1, Example 2

NOTE: Although the Handmade Selection Committee has already met, applications will be reviewed with the Committee on an on-going basis depending on space availability.

american craft week

NYIGF is a proud sponsor of
American Craft Week!

The 2012 celebration, to be held October 5-14, will bring together individuals, small businesses and organizations from all 50 states in recognition of the countless ways handmade objects enrich our daily lives and contribute to our national aesthetic and economy. For information, visit www.americancraftweek.com.