I listened to a local radio show this morning about serving locally grown foods in holiday meals. One person offered that locally produced foods offer more meaning to the meal, and that holidays are all about meaning. I've been wondering what I can offer buyers as a reason(s) to purchase individually crafted items. Maybe meaning or having a story to tell about the item is one aspect that's missing from a mass-produced item. Watch Antiques Roadshow and see how often the story behind the antique is what makes it valuable, maybe not at auction but to the owner.
So when I weave, I can assure buyers that I weave because:
> weaving is one of my gifts and I feel that we're meant to share our gifts,
> that the items are not necessarily one-of-a-kind but limited (maybe I ought to label things 1 of 4),
> that there's no sweat shop or child labor involved, and
> that my prices are lower than many craftspeople's because I don't want to participate in an elist market.
My items that are organic (naturally colored cotton towels and table runners, blankets and scarves out of organic Merino wool and cotton) or sustainalbe (bamboo scarves) speak to care for our environment and the devasting effect of pesticides and deforestation, et. al.
Maybe meaning grows as connections and stories grow. I need to reflect on taht for a while.
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