84: The Slow Making Contradiction

"The Textile Creative" with Virginia Wygal · Jul 16, 2026 · 25m

The Slow Making Contradiction

There is something genuinely strange happening in the market for handmade work right now. The same culture that spent the last few decades training all of us to expect things faster, cheaper, and with less friction is now actively seeking out objects that are slower, more expensive, and require more of everyone involved. The culture created the conditions that make slow making rare. And then started paying a premium for the rarity it created.

That contradiction is worth paying attention to - because most serious makers haven't fully registered what it means for…