Artisans infuse personal attention and love into their work and it is evident in the pieces that they create. What does it mean when a piece of jewelry is “handmade”?
No Mass Production Machinery Involved
By definition, handmade jewelry is literally just that, made by the “hands” of the artisan or maker. The pieces are soldered, sawed, carved and shaped without the use of mass produced manufacturing machinery. A machine can crank out hundreds of units per hour while an individual can only make a finite quantity or fraction of the number of pieces in the same amount of time.
The Maker’s Process