With the launch of its new Amazon Handmade marketplace, select artisans and designers have been given the opportunity to use Amazon's powerful retail platform to showcase wares made in the spirit of sustainability, resourcefulness, and imagination. The invite-only program allows for small-batch creators to expand their customer base while keeping their unique processes and design aesthetics; this makes high-quality handmade items accessible to a greater customer base while encouraging local production. Oat Foundry, a Philadelphia-based agency of engineers, tinkerers, inventors and innovators, has recently been highlighted as an Amazon Handmade Featured Artisan, shortly following its induction as a Handmade Launch Partner.