Word: craftsmanship
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...with big houses, lots of wall space and nothing to put on them," explains Magyar. "Initially, I thought it would be quite fun to sell modern art prints." She was quickly inundated by customers looking for other home products and, since 2000, has combined her love of traditional local craftsmanship?basketry, weaving, leatherwork?with her own appreciation of designs that are both useful and attractive to Western sensibilities...
...nothing to put on them," explains Magyar.[an error occurred while processing this directive] "Initially, I thought it would be quite fun to sell modern art prints." She was quickly inundated by customers looking for other home products and, since 2000, has combined her love of traditional local craftsmanship - basketry, weaving, leatherwork - with her own appreciation of designs that are both useful and attractive to Western sensibilities. Drawing on her diverse background - and a foundation art course in Britain - Magyar works with more than 90 small local producers and craftspeople who design a range of household items made from indigenous...
...gets to the finish line without a boat. A dragon boat weighs as much as 2,000 lbs. and can cost $6,000 to $14,000, depending on the design, craftsmanship and materials used. That doesn't include the recurring cost of trailering the boats to different competitions. Given such expenses, many teams don't even own their boats; they share them. The California Dragon Boat Association, for example, has a complicated practice schedule to allow more than 20 crews, including the City College of San Francisco and the Rainbow Koi, a team of gay and lesbian paddlers, to train...
...what luxury gurus now call the "über-premium" market. "There are very few brands in this segment of the market, and those that exist are traditional and serious. What Tomas has done is bring a very innovative and avant-garde vision to this brand's history of craftsmanship...
...chairmaking. During the Renaissance, local carvers and carpenters from the region had their hands full with orders from Venice, 75 miles away. Production of chairs for the masses began in the 1800s, but the real boom came after World War II. Big distributors, primarily from Germany, discovered the local craftsmanship and started buying in bulk, turning Manzano chairs into a $1 billion-a-year business. To cope with the demand, the number of firms grew tenfold as highly specialized artisans set up their own shops, supplying individual parts to their neighbors, who would then work them into the next stage...