“Thirty dollars for a mug! How long did it take for you to make that?” Anyone who has ever sold pottery at an art festival has probably heard a similar question in response to the prices of their work. And many have appropriately responded, “Oh, about twenty years” or whatever the number of years it has been that they have been developing their work and their voice in clay.
“anything worth doing takes a lot of hard work.”
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Two great quotes by Mea Rhee.
Mea Rhee, June 1, 2011. The hourly earnings project
This is a great article and valuable read.
I love it, the amount of times I have heard this.
I say; value the tradition and life of the craft, and… it’s practising artisans!
