tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post1360086251407022650..comments2024-03-25T00:51:07.107-07:00Comments on Laura's Jewelry Workshop: What Are People Pinning From Your Website and The Nature of Handmade... TRULYLaura Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364303327135116922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-37941123041803584832014-04-23T07:38:58.046-07:002014-04-23T07:38:58.046-07:00I agree, Handmade has many meanings. I started out...I agree, Handmade has many meanings. I started out simple never having done jewelry and thought my stuff was handmade and started selling. As I grew and joined groups and researched, what I am doing now is changing more into what I now think of as Handmade. I guess to me the difference now is, there are Crafts and there is Fabricating. All great stuff to be sure and I hope to continue to move into metal working and glass work, the feeling is so very different, like you forged a piece of yourself, it's marvelous.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11168501720520220783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-24756642571838087652014-03-21T07:36:38.858-07:002014-03-21T07:36:38.858-07:00Interesting food for thought. The FTC has a funny ...Interesting food for thought. The FTC has a funny description for handmade. For example all during my childhood we had "handmade" clothing. My mother made everything we wore. But she bought the fabric. She did not shear the sheep or weave the fibers. But the clothes were not store bought.dianaBdesignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12248461170482993940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205234273837988960.post-42414499667532386072014-03-19T17:35:12.267-07:002014-03-19T17:35:12.267-07:00I'd say that oyster did a fine job of fabricat...I'd say that oyster did a fine job of fabricating that pearl, but it isn't hand-made, either, since no hands were involved. <br /><br />Kidding aside, I think we have to allow that there are varying degrees of "handmade." Even something made in a factory may have involved the work of somebody's hands (and maybe the work of somebody else's brain). I'm very happy to share the credit and say that my stuff is the work of many hands. I'm even happier when my own hands and brain can achieve most of what I'm doing, but it's only possible because some farmer(s) grew my food, somebody sewed my clothes, somebody else put together the books I read, and so on. Where would we be if we still had to do everything by hand? I guess there was a bit of time for art in the paleolithic age, after the handaxes were finished.... Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692349855986691263noreply@blogger.com