making is slow

Industrial                                    DICHOTOMY                      Hand made 

Machine/de-skilled/intellectual                                             Hand/skilled/tacit 

Speed                                                                                  Slow 

       24 hour                                                                Different time frame 

Urban                                                                                  Rural 

Makes machines of people                                                    Gives people back their humanity 

Aggressive/destructive                                                        Therapeutic 

Colonialist/capitalist                                                             Anti-colonialist/capitalist 

Unnatural                                                                              Natural 

Repetition/similarity                                                             Individual/one off 

Revolutionary                                                                       Traditional 

A list expressing the contrast between hand made and machine made items. Through discussions had at the 'unconference' I and a few others expressed thoughts about the constant production of modern day industry and the social and environmental consequences of this. I feel that as a maker it is important to reflect upon the impact your creations may have upon the wider world. Especially as a textiles maker, after all the cotton industry has had disastrous consequences upon the environment yet it is so integral to global trade in the modern world. I am interested in the notion of making as a therapy and the lack of need  i feel there is for mass production.