Researched October 2026 — business details gathered from the shops’ own sites, the NFB’s BOOM directory, and press coverage; prices flagged wherever our research couldn’t capture them

Blind-owned businesses — made by blind hands

The idea: everywhere else on this site, blind people are the shoppers. Here, blind people are the makers. Every business on this page is owned and operated by a blind or visually impaired person who makes and sells a real product — no services, no consultants, nothing you can’t hold. Some of what they make is adaptive gear designed from lived experience. Most of it isn’t “blind products” at all: it’s bowls, bread, chocolate, jewelry, and beer that compete on quality — made by people who happen to work by touch, sound, and scent because sight isn’t available to them.

How these shops work — read this before you shop. Blind-owned shops are small shops, and small shops run differently from Amazon. Batches are small and restocks sell out — the woodturner below restocks periodically and sells through fast. Many makers don’t publish a price list anywhere we could read, so wherever a price appears below, our research captured it; wherever it doesn’t, we say so plainly instead of guessing — check the shop itself for today’s price. A few sell through Facebook or a market stall rather than a web store; we name the channel honestly rather than pretend there’s a checkout button. And the micro-shops at the end are flagged for exactly what they are: brand-new, sometimes with zero sales so far. Buying from a maker with five sales is a different bet than buying from a fifteen-year-old business, and this page won’t blur that line — it also won’t leave the beginners out, because every established shop on this page was once a shop with five sales.

Woodwork & pottery — the makers’ shelf

Furniss Studios (Washougal, Washington) — turned-wood bowls $225–$475 · smaller pieces from $23.

John Furniss — the TikTok-famous “Blind Woodsman” — turns bowls, lidded vessels, and honey pots on a lathe, shaping each piece entirely from a mental image: “like I’ve got a computer program in my mind.” A “Blind Man Special” bowl runs $225, a large lidded bowl $475, hive honey pots $175, wood smartphone-amplifier bowls $155–$185, bookends $185 — and his wife Anni’s prints ($25), shirts ($23), and charity brooch ($40) start at the giftable end. Know before you buy: restocks are periodic and sell out fast, and the studio takes no custom or international orders.

Blind Guy Boards (Brookings, South Dakota) — prices not published in our research; check the shop.

Ismael “Izzy” Collazo has handcrafted roughly 5,000 cutting boards in four and a half years — maple, cherry, walnut, purpleheart, tigerwood — plus charcuterie boards, coasters, and lanterns, with laser-engraved personalization. He inspects every board by touch and identifies wood species by the scent of the cut. His line: “Blind, one board at a time.” Covered by South Dakota Public Broadcasting and listed in the NFB’s BOOM directory. Where to buy: the Brookings Farmers Market in person, or his Facebook page — he ships across the U.S.

DeafBlind Potter (Kelvin Crosby) — mugs $65–$75 · stickers $4.99.

Kelvin Crosby, who is deafblind (Usher Syndrome Type II), hand-builds pottery designed as a tactile experience — mugs from 8 to 16 ounces, bowls, and pots, every piece carrying three rings for joy, perseverance, and character. Know before you buy: mug collections ship free in the U.S., and purchases help fund his planned ceramics school for people with disabilities — the pot funds the teaching.

GM Wurtzel Custom Furniture & Designs — flagged: details and prices not captured in our research.

Blind woodworker George M. Wurtzel builds custom furniture and wood art, listed in the NFB’s BOOM directory and selling via Facebook. Listed so you know the option exists; custom furniture is a conversation, not a checkout — start it on his page.

Food & drink — baked, brewed, and roasted blind

Sweet and Sourdough Co — “The Blessed Blind Baker” (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania) — everything $10–$34, the fullest menu on this page.

A 100% sourdough micro-bakery run by a blind baker (profiled by WGAL as “the Blessed Blind Baker”; her name wasn’t captured in our research — flagged). Everything is naturally fermented, aimed at gluten-sensitive customers: artisan loaves $12–$20, bagels $20 for six or $34 for twelve, cinnamon rolls $24 for four, sticky buns $28 for four, coffee cake $26, brown-butter cookies $24 a dozen, muffins $12 a four-pack, English muffins $18 for six, scones $20 for four, dinner rolls $20 a dozen, brownies $20, bread bowls $14 a pair, biscuits $18 for six, pizza dough $10, granola $10, and dried sourdough starter $20 if you want to bake your own. Where to buy: her Bakesy shop page, linked below.

Confections for Any Occasion — Confections by Joel (Theresa, Wisconsin) — prices not captured in our research; check the online shop.

Joel Bernhard has been making candy since 1999 — a blind chocolatier who grew from selling to neighbors into a full chocolate shop: handmade seasonal chocolates, nostalgic candies, and shaped chocolate pops (farm animals, dogs, cats, horseshoes, ball caps, soccer balls). The brick-and-mortar shop also serves lunch and sells Wisconsin-made products. Where to buy: his own site’s online shop, or the store at 101 N Milwaukee St, Theresa.

Carina’s Bakery (Beaverton, Oregon) — prices not captured in our research; check the bakery.

Carina Comer, who is legally blind, runs a 100% vegan bakery and café built on Swedish-heritage recipes — molasses crinkles, cardamom bread. Two things set it apart: she employs many visually impaired staff, and the café runs an accessibility-forward operation, down to an audio-talking register. Where to buy: the café in person, or her site.

The Unseen Bean (Boulder, Colorado) — prices and shop site not captured in our research — flagged.

Gerry Leary, blind since birth, has roasted coffee since 2004 by smell and hearing, using talking thermometers — a certified Master Coffee Roaster whose guide dog Midnight appears on the packaging. One of the most-cited blind-owned product businesses in the country, featured in Denver’s 5280 “Top of the Town.” Where to buy: the Boulder roastery and café; our research found the story everywhere but couldn’t capture a working shop URL, so start from the Wikipedia profile linked below and check before you travel.

Blind Boy Brewing (Queensland, Australia) — official shop site not captured in our research — flagged.

Jacob Viel, legally blind, built a craft brewery after the industry wouldn’t hire him — and put tactile braille, dyslexia-friendly fonts, and color coding on the cans, because the brewer knows who else reads by touch. His beers medaled at the 2026 Royal Queensland Beer Awards and he was named Emerging Queensland Brewer. Where to buy: Australian craft-beer channels; the press coverage linked below is the reliable route in until we capture his shop.

Blind Dog Coffee (Gardnerville, Nevada) — flagged: blind-founded, now family-run.

Founded by Mark Berry, who is blind, and grown from a 15-pound home roaster to supermarket shelves across Northern Nevada — Raley’s, Safeway, Whole Foods, Costco — in lime-green bags. Today his son and daughter-in-law run the roast. Listed with the flag on its face: the founder is blind and the family carries it now, which is either exactly the success story you want to support or a distinction you’d rather know. Now you know.

Designed by blind makers — kitchen tools and cane gear

The Blind Kitchen (Debra Erickson) — collection prices not captured in our research; check the shop.

Debra Erickson, a blind executive chef, curates four “Essentials Collections” — sets of 15 to 20 kitchen tools each, chosen and adapted for blind cooks, with every tool labeled in large print and braille and audio-described video tutorials to go with them. Why it belongs here: this is the one kitchen shelf on the internet where the person choosing the tools has cooked a professional career without sight. Free packaging and handling on orders over $25; virtual gift cards available.

Awarewolf Gear (Sedona, Arizona) — prices not captured in our research; check the shop.

“Sedona Dave” — former pilot, SCUBA instructor, and wildland firefighter who lost his vision — re-engineered hiking poles in his own workshop into the All Terrain Cane: titanium alloy, adjustable handle, roller-ball tip, built for rugged trails. Plus the foldable Urban Xplorer cane, colorful replacement tips, and apparel. The All Terrain Cane already stands on our cane shelf: see Awarewolf on the white canes page →

The Essential Kane Keeper (Baltimore, Maryland) — flagged: owner name and prices not captured in our research.

A blind-owned shop (listed in NFB’s BOOM) making a proper carrying case for a folded cane: 15-inch nylon, drawstring closure, stainless carabiner to clip to a belt or bag. It answers the exact problem our cane-retention page documents — a folded cane escaping into booth seats and car floors. See the cane holsters & carry cases page →

Jewelry & apparel — made to be felt

Blind Girl Designs — prices not captured in our research; check the shop.

Tricia ran twenty-plus years in fashion before retinitis pigmentosa took 90% of her vision — and kept designing. Her graphic apparel is hand-printed with tactile ink: hoodies and shirts whose designs are raised, so the print is felt, not just seen, with blind-cane-inspired and whimsical art. Celebrating its fifth anniversary. Know before you buy: free shipping, and phone ordering with a human — “CALL 862-448-1011 TO SHOP” is printed right on the site, which is its own kind of accessibility statement.

Elegant Insights — prices not captured in our research; check the shop.

Handcrafted, made-to-order braille jewelry since 2011 — necklaces, charm bracelets, earrings, purse charms, and cane charms, much of it personalized — from a blind-founded company (the founder’s name wasn’t captured in our research) whose whole fifteen-year pitch is “bringing out the beauty of braille.” A braille necklace is the rare gift that is both jewelry and a sentence only the wearer’s fingers need to read.

Eyespire Designs (Lakewood, Ohio) — prices not captured in our research — and flagged: the coverage our research found is a few years old, so confirm the shop is current when you visit.

Jennifer Stringer, almost completely blind since 2014, makes wire jewelry by touch from Lake Erie beach glass and natural gemstones — the shop has listed 77 earring designs and 75 pendant necklaces, with friends and family helping sort stones by color. She “remembers what color is” and builds each piece tactilely; the work won a $15,000 Amazon Handmade award in 2020. Where to buy: her site and Amazon Handmade.

Alyssa’s Beads for Life! — flagged: listed as blind-owned in the NFB’s BOOM directory; the shop’s own homepage doesn’t state it, and prices weren’t captured.

Handmade bracelets, earrings, and necklaces from maker Alyssa. Included because BOOM lists it, flagged because the listing is our source — the same standard this page applies in both directions.

Skincare & scent — judged the way blind makers judge

The Gilded Goat (Bone + Bear Farms) (Grantsburg, Illinois) — prices not captured in our research; check the shop.

Lois Inman, 72 and legally blind, makes heritage goat-milk skincare from her grandmother’s recipes and her own small herd’s milk: freeze-dried goat-milk bath pearls, serum pearls, and heritage soaps. Her quality rule is quoted because it is the whole philosophy of this page in one line: “If a product doesn’t hold up to touch, sound, and scent, it isn’t done.”

3 Senses Heaven — flagged: owner name, specific products, and prices not captured in our research.

Handcrafted candles and gifts “through the unique perspective of a blind creator.” Candles are a naturally touch-and-scent-first craft — the one product category where working without sight is no limitation at all — and the maker’s mission says exactly that. Small and lightly documented; listed with its flags on.

The Etsy & marketplace makers — small shops, flagged honestly

The newest end of the blind maker economy lives on Etsy and eBay: one-person shops, tiny sales counts, everything handmade by the owner. Sales counts below are from our October 2026 research and will already have moved. Treat this shelf as discovery: you are often a maker’s first dozen customers, and that’s the point of it.

HeathersEdgeCrafts (Etsy) — crocheted rainbow turtle cushion about $61.65.

Abi taught herself to crochet by touch and designs her own pieces — the rainbow turtle cushion is an original — with Essie handling sewing and finishing. An Etsy Star Seller, which is the platform’s own mark for a shop that ships reliably and answers messages: the strongest track record on this shelf.

BlindKnitterCrafts (Etsy, UK) — flagged: early-stage — 5 sales in our research.

Ruth Keeping, on the Isle of Wight, designs and produces knitted and crocheted crafts herself — working alongside her guide dog, Mocha. Every item is her own design, made by a blind knitter’s hands.

TheBlindBrush (eBay) — one-of-a-kind paintings about $10–$35 · owner name not captured.

Original abstract and fluid acrylic paintings by a blind artist, at genuinely giftable prices — every piece one of one, so when it’s gone it’s gone.

BlindCoffeeRoast (Etsy) — 11 coffees and a tea · flagged: 10 sales; the owner’s blindness isn’t explicitly confirmed in the source — “health challenges” are mentioned. Included with the flag on.

Tim Howard, roasting for thirty years with Golden Bean medals, sells through Etsy. If the roasting pedigree is what you’re buying, it’s documented; the blind-owned status is the part we couldn’t fully confirm.

BlindCreationsByKim (Etsy, Knoxville, Tennessee) — 47 items · flagged: 0 sales in our research, and product types weren’t clear from the listing.

Kim Filomena’s shop runs under the motto “Created with a Vision!” A full shelf of stock and no sales yet is either a brand-new shop finding its feet or one that stalled — visit, look, and know which bet you’re placing.

MadeByMeahCreations (Etsy, Latrobe, Pennsylvania) — 7 items · flagged: new shop (2026), 0 sales in our research.

Paintings and pottery by blind artist Meah Ezykowsky. The smallest shop on this page — which means a purchase here is quite possibly her first.

theBlindBeggar (Etsy, Rogers, Arkansas) — 72 items · flagged: blindness is implied by the shop name but wasn’t explicit in our source — unconfirmed.

Anne’s primitive folk-art crafts — ornaments and clothespin pieces, the largest catalog of the Etsy makers here. Listed with its flag: the name says blind; our research couldn’t confirm it beyond that.

OneBlindEyeDesigns (Etsy) — flagged: product details not captured in our research.

Six sales and a 5.0 rating in our research — a perfect score on a tiny base, which is either the start of something or too little to judge. Look at the shop and decide with your eyes open, so to speak.

Go wider: the directories

This page features the businesses our research could document well. Two directories list far more, and they’re the right next click:

NFB BOOM — the Blind Owned and Operated Marketplace. The National Federation of the Blind launched BOOM in 2025 as a living directory of blind-owned businesses, browsable by category — art and homemade goods, food and beverage, jewelry, clothing, travel tools, and more. It is the single best discovery tool in this space, and several shops above were found through it. If a blind maker exists, BOOM is the likeliest place they’re listed.

Blind Mice Mega Mall — “the mall with the blind in mind.” Every store in the mall is an independent business owned by a blind or low-vision community member: braille watches, talking recorders, braille bingo cards, protective cases, and more — a working mall, not just a list.

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