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segment on npr about craft and apprenticeships

updated fri 11 jan 08

 

Jonathan Kirkendall on thu 10 jan 08


Heard a piece on NPR last night that I thought others might enjoy. It was
about a man in Philly who is apprenticing to become a tailor. There were
some very thoughtful things said about craft vs. mass production, and really
you could substitute "tailor" for "potter" and "sewing" for "throwing" and
it would mean the same thing:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17859903

Jonathan in DC
I've just opened a GMail account just for Clayart - we'll see how it goes