handmade cooperative

3 folk art marionette puppets in a store window. Photo by Aysegul Yasi on Unsplash.

The Policy Trinity Supporting Our Co-op

May 28, 2023
by walnutstudiolo

Three intertwined policies – a trinity – form the foundation of our unique, multi-stakeholder, community-owned business structure. As any woodworker knows, a 3-legged stool is… Read More »

Photo of circular piece of wood with a black dog hand painted on it.

4 Handmade Gifts for Graduation

May 23, 2023
by aggie

It is graduation season! After many years of dedicated studying, students are preparing to move onward, armed with the knowledge and experience that they learned… Read More »

Join Our Founders Circle Before July 31st

May 23, 2023
by walnutstudiolo

We’re offering special perks – including a lower sales commission – for the first 25-100 artisans to join our Founders Circle. Let’s take back control… Read More »

Title Image that says "Join an Authentic Handmade Marketplace! Now Enrolling Members"" with an illustration of Brook the cooperative mascot chicken pointing to her fellow birds and friends and raising their hands to join the membership

Now Enrolling Members! Join an Authentic Handmade Marketplace

May 23, 2023
by walnutstudiolo

Artisans Cooperative is now accepting its first members! In this post, we’ll share all the details about membership.

Cover photo for blog with picture of pink desktop, calculator and desk tools, and title "Bylaws and Board"

Our Bylaws & Board

May 20, 2023
by walnutstudiolo

In this post, we’re sharing our rules of engagement: our cooperative bylaws. In enacting the bylaws, we also had to appoint an interim board and… Read More »

Marketplace Development Plan

May 18, 2023
by walnutstudiolo

In this post, the Tech Team willl break down how we’re going to build the website on Shopify in phases before October launch.

Our Points & Tiers Policy

May 13, 2023
by walnutstudiolo

In this post, we’re presenting the details of our innovative Points & Tiers policy. The purpose of the Points & Tiers system is to incentivize… Read More »

The Risk of Making Things by Hand

May 10, 2023
by aggie

In order to learn more about “the workmanship of risk” from our handmade policy, we spoke to a few artisans from the co-op about their… Read More »

Artisans Profile: DragonTree.Emporium

May 3, 2023
by thevoid

From our Artisan Profile series: featuring Dragontree.Emporium, a family shop run by Elizabeth Drachenström, who creates a variety of crochet and knit items.

Image of four wooden artist's figures (like from IKEA) linking arms around each other, with the two outside ones raising their free arms in celebration. They are standing on alphabet blocks that spell COOPERATION. Above is the title We're Officially Incorporated! Artisans Cooperative

We’re Officially Incorporated!

May 2, 2023
by walnutstudiolo

We’re proud to announce that we officially registered as an Oregon Cooperative Corporation – and on May Day / International Workers Day!

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