STOREBENBIZ STORE · MAKERS
Start with Mert’s leather workshop. His own photographs, videos and products offer a closer look at how he works. The other profiles are illustrative examples of how new makers could introduce themselves in this market.
INSIDE THE WORKSHOP
Hear from the maker about what they do, how they learned and what matters in their work.
The maker chooses which photographs, videos and personal details appear here.
Materials, preparation time and challenges belong in the story too, helping you understand what the maker can offer.
Experiments to make a leather backpack grew into Strawderi. Alongside making, Mert now helps others discover what they can create with their own hands.
Mert’s founding story in his own words and two films about making.
A maker portrait will show, with their consent, not only what they offer but why they produce, what they do well, where they struggle and what support they need.
A video-portrait format where the grower speaks in their own field instead of reading prepared advertising copy.
Instead of polishing a product under one name, the Store story makes the different hands and decisions touching it visible.
A serial video-portrait format in which a different contributor explains their work and limits in each chapter.
In this story, a body is not reduced to a mass-production size. Where the jacket will be worn, how it should move and which details belong to the wearer emerge fitting by fitting between maker and user.
A representative video-portrait plan from cloth and pattern to final review.
Behind a small object sit a drawing, a wax or other model, mould knowledge, casting labour and the hand that finishes the surface. This profile keeps those contributions from disappearing behind one polished object.
A representative workshop-film plan from model and mould to raw casting and surface finish.
The hand begins a ceramic form, but does not decide the result alone. Drying, glaze and kiln behaviour also take part; the maker story does not cover that uncertainty with a promise of perfection.
A representative video-portrait plan following one piece from shaping to kiln opening.
A seed kept in one Oba can meet a grower in another when the applicable conditions are verified. The return is not money but another traceable local seed, and both sides add what they learn from the next planting to the same record.
A representative video-portrait plan covering growing, selection, storage and a seed-for-seed match between two Obas.
A salt story is not built on a mineral count alone. Trust begins when water source, bottling, analysis and measured kitchen use are explained with equal clarity.
A representative process-film plan separating source information, bottling, batch records and bottle formats.
Reading a small kiln change, the colour of a flow or a shift in consistency is knowledge accumulated over years. The story makes that knowledge visible without giving the material extraordinary powers.
A representative production-film plan from material preparation to controlled flow, making no health or use promise.
Natural fibre alone does not make a good garment. Pattern, stitching, use, care and repair are parts of the same production decision; the maker portrait makes those choices visible.
A representative workshop-film plan following cloth choice, pattern, reinforced seams and repair thinking.
A shoe’s story does not end with its visible fabric. The sole touching the ground, the assembly method, wear in use and possibility of repair deserve the same clarity.
A representative product-development film plan following upper, sole, assembly, wear testing and repair potential.
If you make something, offer a service or want to share a skill, start with your own information. Describe your work and terms in the app as a prospective maker, or visit Exchange to list a need or contribution. Sharing initial information does not grant maker admission or permission to sell.
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