Artisan Work Gifts

Violin Maker

Shoe Shine/Lace Tie

"Everything taste so divinely artisanal."

"I feel your pain."

"The raw material was all around me: That's how I got started as a sculptor..."

'MY husband made the coffee table out of an old door.'

"Lovely dovetail."

Artisan hot dog stand has pigs tethered to it.

"Take the off this minute, young lady."

From Hunter-Gatherer to Influencer: The Evolution of the Dignity of Labor

Romantic Glass Blower

Luthier

About the potter.

From Hunter-Gatherer to Influencer: The Evolution of the Dignity of Labor

"How are we on bread?"

"I wanted to see if it made a picture."

"Any beaver can cut down trees, but marquetry, now that's art."

Pottery Slam

Matador Holds Up Wooden Board For Woodpecker

"It's all locally-sourced, made from scratch."

"Just so you understand in advance - we're not old-time craftsmen, and we don't take pride in our work."

Bakery. The smell of freshly baked bread is the only truly perfect man-made thing on earth.

"Larry made that chair from a pile of sticks."

Craft Show: Earth & Martianware.

Artisanal Pottery

Bootmaker upset over the death of a long term customer

Members of the Luddite community carving computers from solid blocks of oak and maple

"He must be a South Pole elf..."

'I ran into a whittler.'

"I see you've got a new cheese counter."

Gentrification of the Fridge.

Printing Room

Cottage Industry

"Your father and I were hoping for something a little less artisanal."

Cheesemaker