Amara Hark-Weber is a shoemaker, artist, and educator based in St. Paul, Minnesota, making English welted, German welted, pegged, cemented, and Norwegian sewn shoes for individual clients. She is the recipient of the 2017 Rare Craft Fellowship from the American Craft Council in association with The Balvenie. Amara has degrees from the London School of Economics, School of the Art institute of Chicago, and Bard College.