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Scenario

How handmade crafts compete with machine production

I make the most intricate lace by hand but machine-made versions look almost identical and cost a tenth of the price and I do not know why anyone should buy mine.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The value of human touch becomes invisible when only the final product is judged rather than the spirit embedded in its making.

Your guide for this
Mura
Mura works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Craft traditions across cultures — the shokunin?”

Peri

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