The Arts and Craft Movement promoted quality design and drew inspiration from times when hand skills were highly developed and honoured. Why are hand made objects more desirable and valuable?

A hand-made piece has a quirk and personality that a machine made piece cannot possibly have, because a machine does not have a soul, it cannot think, it cannot make a “mistake” and then turn that mistake into the best part of the piece by working on that flaw.

Every piece that comes out of a machine is exactly the same, with a hand-made piece even if you do two of the same thing; both are going to be unique. Time and effort and love go into a hand-made piece, and you can feel it, see it, touch it…

Spot the difference: wich one is hand made?