Comments on: a critique on the “buy handmade” movement http://lauratorres.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/a-critique-on-the-buy-handmade-movement/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:48:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Deb http://lauratorres.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/a-critique-on-the-buy-handmade-movement/#comment-2158 Deb Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:48:25 +0000 http://lauratorres.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-2158 Laura thanks for your thoughtful perspective. I appreciate your ability to shed some light on an otherwise unspoken topic of the handmade movement. I wondered if I might link your shop and this article to my facebook fan page, here is the link http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Eugene-OR/Zootla/137238684727 It is a new fan page where I am featuring Etsy artists and articles on the handmade movement. Yours would be a great addition. let me know... Deb Laura thanks for your thoughtful perspective. I appreciate your ability to shed some light on an otherwise unspoken topic of the handmade movement. I wondered if I might link your shop and this article to my facebook fan page, here is the link http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Eugene-OR/Zootla/137238684727 It is a new fan page where I am featuring Etsy artists and articles on the handmade movement. Yours would be a great addition. let me know… Deb

]]> By: sandrar http://lauratorres.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/a-critique-on-the-buy-handmade-movement/#comment-2155 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:25:38 +0000 http://lauratorres.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-2155 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> By: Helen http://lauratorres.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/a-critique-on-the-buy-handmade-movement/#comment-2153 Helen Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:13:56 +0000 http://lauratorres.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-2153 I agree that etsy represents more consumption, more stuff, more future garbage and more resources spent. The idea that by consuming more stuff we can help save the planet is certainly an odd one! We need to STOP consuming if we want to help the planet, but most of us (myself included) love shopping, so we buy something "green" like a hemp skirt or an organic handbag and tell ourselves we're doing our bit! Somehow (maybe because etsy appeals to grow-your-own-organic-food-and-knit-your-own-teacosy types of people) "handmade" had gotten muddled up with "green". Etsy, a giant on-line shopping mall, is certainly not "green". What it is, however, is a wonderful opportunity for creative people to have an outlet for, and possible income from, their creative energies, and to be put in contact directly with buyers, and that, in itself, is a great thing. I agree that etsy represents more consumption, more stuff, more future garbage and more resources spent. The idea that by consuming more stuff we can help save the planet is certainly an odd one! We need to STOP consuming if we want to help the planet, but most of us (myself included) love shopping, so we buy something “green” like a hemp skirt or an organic handbag and tell ourselves we’re doing our bit! Somehow (maybe because etsy appeals to grow-your-own-organic-food-and-knit-your-own-teacosy types of people) “handmade” had gotten muddled up with “green”. Etsy, a giant on-line shopping mall, is certainly not “green”.

What it is, however, is a wonderful opportunity for creative people to have an outlet for, and possible income from, their creative energies, and to be put in contact directly with buyers, and that, in itself, is a great thing.

]]> By: LT http://lauratorres.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/a-critique-on-the-buy-handmade-movement/#comment-2071 LT Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:56:32 +0000 http://lauratorres.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-2071 Oh, no doubt. Traditional maunfacturing pracices are typically wasteful, not to mention cause larger scale pollution issues. This is why I mentioned more ethical "lean" manufacturing processes that try to tackle these problems. Oh, no doubt. Traditional maunfacturing pracices are typically wasteful, not to mention cause larger scale pollution issues. This is why I mentioned more ethical “lean” manufacturing processes that try to tackle these problems.

]]> By: perianwyr http://lauratorres.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/a-critique-on-the-buy-handmade-movement/#comment-2067 perianwyr Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:36:30 +0000 http://lauratorres.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-2067 <i>Especially when you take into account the enormous amount of waste that goes into handmade.</i> As someone who has helped coordinate manufacturing in both the US and China, I can tell you that factory work usually wastes a similar amount of material (at best slightly less,) and on a larger scale. This isn't a reasonable claim to make. Especially when you take into account the enormous amount of waste that goes into handmade.

As someone who has helped coordinate manufacturing in both the US and China, I can tell you that factory work usually wastes a similar amount of material (at best slightly less,) and on a larger scale. This isn’t a reasonable claim to make.

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