About Us
By Hand, Canada’s Artisan Gift Show is a wholesale trade market that offers buyers the opportunity to discover the very best in Canadian handmade products.
Buyers have come to expect the unexpected at By Hand.
Buyers who visit By Hand will see the finest in handmade glass, ceramics, mixed media, fashion, jewellery, leather, art, wood, metal, raku, home décor, stone, pottery, photography, sculpture, toys and more. At By Hand you will find new and exciting product designs that will delight your customers and separate you from the “seen it all before” products of your rivals.
By Hand is a show where you will meet the designer and maker of the product and come to understand the joy and passion artisans have for their work.
By Hand, Canada’s Artisan Gift Show is produced by Signatures 25 years experience that qualifies us to attract the best artisans, artists and designers in Canada.
By Hand, Canada’s Artisan Gift Show is a wholesale trade market that offers buyers the opportunity to discover the very best in Canadian handmade products.
Buyers have come to expect the unexpected at By Hand.
Buyers who visit By Hand will see the finest in handmade glass, ceramics, mixed media, fashion, jewellery, leather, art, wood, metal, raku, home décor, stone, pottery, photography, sculpture, toys and more. At By Hand you will find new and exciting product designs that will delight your customers and separate you from the “seen it all before” products of your rivals.
By Hand is a show where you will meet the designer and maker of the product and come to understand the joy and passion artisans have for their work.
By Hand, Canada’s Artisan Gift Show is produced by Signatures 25 years experience that qualifies us to attract the best artisans, artists and designers in Canada.
What the market is saying...
“The ascendancy of chain-store culture and global manufacturing has left us dressing, furnishing and decorating alike ... the consumer craving for novelty, for the unique, the special, seems unquenchable.” “Buying something from an indie craft artist can result in a buyer-seller connection, but it can also make consumption itself feel like a creative act. This is the crucial element fueling the craft boom: People show up at the fairs, the shops and the Web sites. And they spend money.” “If the marketplace today has become alienating and disconnected, then buying something handmade, from another individual, rolls back the clock to an era before factory labor and mass production.”
From The New York Times, Handmade 2.0, by Rob Walker December 16, 2007.
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“The ascendancy of chain-store culture and global manufacturing has left us dressing, furnishing and decorating alike ... the consumer craving for novelty, for the unique, the special, seems unquenchable.” “Buying something from an indie craft artist can result in a buyer-seller connection, but it can also make consumption itself feel like a creative act. This is the crucial element fueling the craft boom: People show up at the fairs, the shops and the Web sites. And they spend money.” “If the marketplace today has become alienating and disconnected, then buying something handmade, from another individual, rolls back the clock to an era before factory labor and mass production.”
From The New York Times, Handmade 2.0, by Rob Walker December 16, 2007.
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What people are saying...
“They are made with more traditional and environmentally conscious methods … while high tech speaks to our minds, handmade speaks to our souls ... not planned to be obsolete – usually meant to last a lifetime ... reconnect to locally produced goods made with care and attention that can be seen and touched ... it is the result of skill and craftsmanship that is absent in the world of large-scale manufacturing the right products for a green environment.”
From Rancho del Arte article Why Handmade Gifts Rock? By Jamie Hollier, November 2008.