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Embracing imperfection is the way to attain peace.

The concept of observing imperfection within handcrafted items, and the discussion of it’s relevance within the process. I’ll be writing about how beauty, imperfection and what we make interact with each other and that the common idiom of ‘practice makes perfect’ is used. Using Kintsugi and Bernard Leach’s work as the foundation of my thesis.

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Part I: The decline of meaningful quality

For this post, I'll be diving into the idea of the difference between high-quality and meaningful quality, and the role that the Arts & Crafts Movement had in directing this. As well as, looking into the relationship between man and machine; how one of them is taking over in the wrong way..

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