[Jewelry making - Article 00339] - Re: [Orchid] Why Young People Care About Handmade Things

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>     "Appealing to Young Collectors, Why Young People Care About
>     Handmade Things" 

    I am a hand carver and do a lot of things in very old fashioned
    ways. It would be great for me if people were more impressed with
    "handmade". My impression is that they care a lot less about
    "handmade" as in making things without a lot of technology, than we
    did in the 1970s. I think they can be impressed with individually
    creatively made things. We have some very powerful technology
    available to the small scale producer these days and that artistic
    content is as powerful as ever. It seems like you could do something
    by hand badly 40 years ago and certain people were impressed and
    gushed on about "dieing arts" Now I think it is taken for granted
    that there are competent craftsmen in most media and these younger
    folk have grown up with that. To be competitive it is far better to
    stress design and creativity rather than process. It can still be an
    intimate experience. 

Stephen Walker
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