Handmade vs Machine Made — handmade vs machine made

Why would someone pay 10 times as much for one of our lamps compared to something slightly similar at a bargain department store? It's an honest question. Well you don’t have to study consumer buying habits to know it comes down to affordability. 

Have you ever bought something requiring a good deal of assembly? It's time-consuming right? Imagine making it from scratch and don't forget the cost involved in buying the materials and the tools to make it as well. Like so many of our fellow hand-crafter artisans, we put so much effort and time into...