Folksy is one of the services of Folksy Ltd. with the mission to support craft and design talent through showcasing work and also providing a cost effective platform to sell 'stuff'.

James Boardwell and Rob Lee are the people who started Folksy and together with Anne Ward (who manages day-to-day site activity) and, of course, the 000s of sellers, they make up Folksy.

So, why Folksy?

James was researching programme ideas back in 2002 for the BBC and got interested in the burgeoning craft blogger community. Some of that interest was probably due to James' background growing up in a mill town in northern England. With a interest in online and the power of distributed media as a means to create new business models the notion of Folksy was borne. Rob and James came together in early 2007 and with Rob's interest in electronics and robotics as a craft they worked on creating a sophisticated ecomm and community platform to support the business.

The Philosophy

• We believe that there are a lot of talented people who make wonderful things and that those people and those things deserve a better platform.
• Small scale production and handmade goods offer ways to manage resources effectively and support local economies. We're not anti-globalisation but we just like a thriving cottage industry too :)
• Making stuff is fun. This is really important and taps into the inclusiveness of the site. We want to encourage more people to make things, not necessarily to sell, but for their own enjoyment.

We hope you like it. Please do let us have your feedback.

Folksy around the www

We're mainly active on twitter, so do follow us there if you can.

Credits!

Thanks to:

• The excellent Jon Hicks for the page designs.
• LOVE for the logo work.