There is a huge handmade crafting movement happening in this country right now. Far from clothespins pasted with plastic googley eyes and sweet grandmothers presiding over tables of crocheted pot-holders in churches, the new crafters are talented young creatives and they are leading nothing short of a commerce revolution.
It's a revolt against monolithic, faceless, corporate mass production. It's a revolt against items made without love, patience, and individual human idiosyncracies that make them special. It's a revolt against the outsourcing which has diminished decent paying middle class jobs in America, in favor of of lower input costs &