What can you make?
In a marketplace full of mass-produced, unimaginative, cheap and often shoddy goods, the handmade, custom-crafted and artisan quality creation is in great demand and often at a premium price before the right shoppers.
At Farmer’s Market Online, as with other markets worldwide, there are almost always
more buyers for handmade crafts and other goods than there are artisans available to produce and sell such work. Much more common are the importers, wholesalers, and resellers who buy in quantity and pitch to shoppers looking for bargains rather than uniqueness or artistic geniius.
In his book How to Start a Home-Based Craft Business, Kenn Oberrecht explains how to unlock your own crafting genius and, if you like, earn a decent income selling your creations to appreciative buyers. Consider the following list of popular American that Oberrecht compiled (follow the links to real-life examples by professional artists). Do you see a passion of yours listed? What can you make?
Baskets
Beadwork
Blacksmithing
Blockprinting
Calligraphy
Candles
Ceramics
Clocks
Decoupage
Decoys
Dolls
Fishing Tackle
Folk Art
Games
Garden Crafts
Glasswork
Gunsmithing
Holiday Crafts
Jewelry
Kitchen Crafts
Knives
Lamps
Leathercraft
Macrame
Marquetry
Metalwork
Models
Needlecraft
Picture Frames
Pottery
Puzzles
Quilts
Rugs
Signs
Silk-screening
Silversmithing
Stained Glass
Textiles
Tiles
Tincrafting
Tolepainting
Toys
Woodcarving
Woodworking
Yard Art
