tinyfound is about the people who make our lives more beautiful and comfortable – potters, furniture makers, glass artists, painters, designers, small family workshops. Each story is built from their own answers: how they started and work, what matters to them, how they find customers – what worked, what didn't, and where to find them.
I've run an interior design studio for 35 years. Behind every good piece there's a person, usually invisible behind a listing or a product photo. tinyfound puts them in front of people who'd want to know them.
No success stories just for the sake of success. I'm interested in how a person built something of their own and found their people – by hand, without serious money for ads. You'll find work that grew, stalled or closed: a failure told plainly is more useful than a glossy success story.
One more principle: platforms aren't your friends. Algorithms change, reach drops, tools disappear. tinyfound isn't built into anyone's ecosystem, I don't promote tools I earn from, and every story links to the person's own site and shop.
For readers
If you're looking for something made by a real person – a table, a bowl, a painting, a designer for your home – each story shows who they are, how they work and where to find them. If you make things yourself, you'll find the notes of people a few steps ahead: the channels they used, what worked, what didn't, and the numbers when they share them.
For the people in the stories
Your story goes out under your name, with links to your work, your shop and your socials. There's no fee, now or later, and nothing is published without your approval. You end up with a finished piece about your own work – yours to share or put on your own site.
Where this is going
Over time I want this to be not just a feed of stories, but a publication and a database you can search and compare – by type of work, by channel, by platform or method. A full, well-made presentation of independent makers and their work – one that helps them sell and get found.
And I plan for the stories to keep living: every six months I'll ask each author what changed, what stopped working, and what new results came in. Tactics get old and everything moves fast, so the stories should keep updating rather than freeze in place.