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Fait a la Main, French for "made by hand," celebrates the craftsmen of Louisiana. This website is a directory of juried Louisiana craftsmen provided as a source for shop owners, gallery owners, interior designers, architects, and collectors of handmade crafts. This website edition of Fait a la Main is, in part, an economic development program that strives to stimulate several markets for Louisiana craftsmen.

The program includes many different types of craftsmen targeting various markets. Some of the craftsmen have extensive experience wholesaling to shops and galleries. Others do not wholesale at present, but have the desire to do so. Some produce fine contemporary crafts appropriate for the most discriminating markets, while others target the local Louisiana tourist market. Still others target museum shops or collectors of rare traditional crafts. We encourage you to explore this website and identify craftsmen who suit your needs.

Revivalist craftsmen produce traditional forms, but their training has come from outside the traditional community through books or workshops.

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