Reading Notes: The Revival of Handicraft

A reading about Handicraft, slang term for Art Workmanship.
This is written in 1888, a time where there is a growing feeling that the workman’s individuality in craft is of value. At this point there was a change occurring in the workplace, and thus in peoples’ lives. Goods were more and more frequently made by machine, distancing the connection of the object to the person in terms of both ownership and as a maker.
The public accepted the out come of this: The ability to accept less for less. As a result: less individuality in objects brought and designed, increased difficulty in finding quality handmade goods, repair service or old products. The market is flooded with competitive manufactured goods.

The author proposes an opinion against this change because hand-made goods are replaces by machinery, which could not produce and finish products to the same level of beauty and quality.
Changes in the people:
They no longer make the products, but buy them. They have also become ignorant of what good quality is. (Handicraft being a metaphor for quality)