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I cannot speak for the rest of the world, but here in the UK there is a growing appreciation of the skills of craftsmen. This can take the form of custom furniture, a building or a work of art to name, but a few.
A wise cobbler I once knew remarked that the happiest people are those who work with natural materials. This can be partly attributed to the material qualities of the leather, wood or clay in question, and also to the tools and manipulation skills of the craftsman.
A lump of oak is just firewood, a plane is just a piece of sharp metal and a person is just a carbon based life form; but together they can...