Through researching hand-made production in art, crafts, design and textiles (and generally walking around, being alive and watching endless programmes like Kirstie Allsopp's 'hand-made Christmas) I have found that there is an ever-growing market for the hand-made. People are trying it for themselves (home-made crafts) and being more concious of the products they buy when they enter a shop; quality of fabrics, quality of manufacture and techniques and also the ethics behind the production and the people who have made the product ie fair trade, and of course the effects the production may have had on the environment (is it a recycable/sustainable material).
The obvious advantage to mass-production and technology such as, photoshop that can very quickly create a repeated design and in several different colours, is the speed of the process. The longer the process the higher the price. Can we realistically create by hand? Is there a place in industry for slow design?
I wanted to look at designers who use their hands and take their time creating beautiful designs with traditional, methodical techniques, and to see how they survive.
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