Etsy launches Manmade to celebrate male designer makers

It is true that often we talk about women artists and designers or at least we tend to feature more news on women who have the talent to make things.

Now Etsy (Etsy.com), the New York-based online marketplace for handmade products,  has joined forces with Crafty Fox Market and print-maker Sam Wingate to launch ‘Manmade’, a new craft market in London showcasing 60 male designer makers.

The event will take place at the Truman Brewery in trrendy East London on 12^th and 13^th June, just in time for Father’s Day.

Manmade will celebrate the work of the male designer makers from across the UK, covering a wide range of work from art and jewellery through to fashion and ceramics. 

As well as the marketplace, Manmade will feature a visual art area, also talks by inspirational male designers, beginner’s screen-printing workshops, craft demonstrations, music, food and drink.

Etsy seller and printmaker Sam Wingate (etsy.com/mrwingate) is the brain behind Manmade.  He came up with the idea for a men-only craft market when he noticed how few men participated at the craft fairs he attended.

“As a man who makes things, I have always been aware of quite how few of us are out there making and selling in comparison to our female counterparts” says Sam Wingate. “The number of women selling at craft fairs like Crafty Fox far exceeds the number of men. I want to get more men involved with making and selling and dispel the myth that craft and making is just for the girls.”

Manmade will be curated by a selection panel comprising Crafty Fox’s Sinead Koehler, Sam Wingate, David Nicholls, Features Editor of House and Garden (formerly The Telegraph Magazine’s design editor and menswear columnist), and Sarah Hewett, International Community Programmes Specialist at Etsy.

Manmade takes place at The Old Truman Brewery, East London
(F Block G4 & G5, facing the courtyard at Ely’s Yard) 

on Friday June 12th (12 noon - 9pm) 

and Saturday June 13th (11am - 8pm).

Entry is free of charge.