What is the craft worker's experience of the challenges and opportunities afforded through entrepreneurship? This book reveals the individual experience of craft entrepreneurship, drawing on case studies from around the world, considering questions of identity, policy, community, and the digital in crafting a life. Craft practice has experienced a sharp rise in popularity since the late 2000s as demand and interest for authentic handmade products has increased in a fast paced, digitalised world. Etsy and social media platforms allow seemingly 'anyone' to become a craft entrepreneur. As part of the creative economy and regional cultural policy initiatives, craft and artisanal practices are encouraged by governments. But
Introduction - Craft Entrepreneurship Part 1: Craft Entrepreneurship & Cultural Policy 1. Craft - The new entrepreneurship? Julia Bennett, Crafts Council UK 2. Far out crafting Andrea Peach, Robert Gordon University 3. Craft entrepreneurship and public policies in Serbia Hristina Mikic, Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship and Innovation Serbia 4. Artisan or designer: Montreal craft workers and the global discourse on creativity Guillaume Sirois, University of Montreal Part 2: Craft Entrepreneurship in the digital age 5. "Safe spaces" and "cultural appropriation" - opportunities and challenges for BAME women makers using social media Karen Patel, Birmingham City University 6. Online entrepreneurial practices of the craft entrepreneur Julia Griffey, Webster University 7. "I can't put that out there as me": Exploring the relationship between creative identity and intellectual property in contemporary craft Lauren England, King's College London Part 3: Crafting a Life 8. From amateur to all-business: women on the verge of craft entrepreneurship Mary Kay Culpepper, Buffalo State university 9. Smoothing out the peaks and troughs: examining the sustainability strategies of island-based creative practitioners Katherine Champion, University of Stirling 10. Becoming a craft entrepreneur: a journey of identity change and conflict Vishalakshi Roy, University of Warwick 11. Crafty women and entrepreneurship Annette Naudin, Birmingham City University Part 4: Craft Entrepreneurship & Community 12. Tight-knit: shaping a hybrid entrepreneurial model for empowering women in craft communities Jaleesa Wells, De Montfort University 13. Collaborative mindsets and collective action plans: supporting the strategic development of Scotland's craft network Louise Valentine, University of Dundee 14. Making it is gendered work: how "For the love of making" within Maker Culture obscures gendered labour hierarchies within Canadian "DIT" communities Jessica Ring, Carleton University
