I’ve always thought that hard work has value, and making things by hand has significance. Even though this is obviously romantic and foolish and not in line with our modern culture, I still feel like it’s true. There is excitement and novelty about new things and we’re always told the more current they are-the more exciting. There is affordability (and sometimes cheapness) is mass produced objects that makes them widely available.But there is a uniqueness, an expression of personal vision and energy, and evidence of accumulated skill and care in objects made by hand. I’m pretty[…]
