On 2 Mar 2003 at 10:18, William Robb wrote:

> Some thoughts (mine only) on craftsmanship though. A craftsman can
> produce something from raw material with skill and little waste. In the
> woodshop, that means not making bad cuts that cause you to waste that piece of
> wood and start again. In the darkroom, that means being able to pull a good
> print without going through a dozen sheets of paper to get there.

I think that you'd do best keeping that definition of a crafts person to 
yourself. Its referring to skill, not waste or speed. As an example a crafts 
person might use 4 trees to produce one small rocking chair and take two years 
to do it.

Rob Studdert
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