We Tell Makers' Stories
This is not another how-to or hobbyist craft magazine; this is the quarterly publication for real craft enthusiasts. It is an adventure into the workshops, studios, and front rooms of the world's most incredible makers, each sharing their journey, their why, and passion with you. Learn about the incredible world of makers, craftspeople, and artists who uphold craft traditions, skills, and magic.
Edition Seventeen
Edition 17 of We Are Makers is a 148 print journal about how people build real working lives around craft.
This issue was made on the road, travelling through the UK, Italy, Spain and the United States, spending time inside workshops, studios and small family businesses to record not just what people make, but how they got there.
On the cover: Euan Findlay, a young cooper from North Yorkshire, working in one of Britain’s oldest and least practised trades. Inside, readers will also meet a leather worker in Santa Fe, cameo engravers in Naples, a bookbinder in Glasgow, hat makers in Madrid, and more makers who depend on their work to make a living.
These are not trend pieces or studio portraits. Each story is our lived experience from days spent with the makers themselves, using long-form interviews and documentary photography so readers can read their stories and understand the paths that led them to this work.
The publication is made by a husband-and-wife team Kate & Jack, alongside a dedicated copywriter and a trusted designer. It is printed sustainably in the UK and designed to last.
This edition also continues MAKE IT, a 16-page section of practical advice and lessons from makers who’ve done the hard yards and are eager to share their findings with other creatives.
We Are Makers has built a loyal international readership because it treats craft as a way of life, not a lifestyle. Edition 17 continues that approach with one of the magazine’s most wide-ranging and human collections of stories to date.
Printed on premium uncoated stock with a thick, tactile cover.
Designed to be kept, revisited and passed on.
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What is We Are Makers?
We Are Makers is a quarterly printed magazine - 148 pages of long-form storytelling and documentary-style photography - taking you inside the lives and workspaces of real craftspeople around the world. Made to be kept, not scrolled past.
What can I expect?
The digital reader is an archive of 17 past editions. filled with features of craftspeople and their stories, told through in-depth interviews and photography captured in their own environments. You’ll read about their work, their lives, their turning points, and the realities of making - not a tutorial, and not a highlight reel.
Who is this digital reader for?
For people who want more than surface-level inspiration but dont want to have the cost of postage.
This is about the people behind the work - not just the work itself and this digital reader tells those stories in the same way as our quarterly magazine, just without that beautifully tactile feel and convenience of print.
Is this a one-off purchase or a subscription?
Our digital reader is a monthly subscription. and is billed every month on the same day you placed your order.
It is cancelable at any time, and there is no minimum term.
Who publishes We Are Makers?
We Are Makers is published by Kate and Jack Lennie (a husband and wife team) We travel to meet makers in person, spend time in their spaces, record long conversations, and shape each story from what they choose to share.
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