Handmade vs. Machine Made

When reading a segment from "In Praise of Shadows" I learned how the value that each object has affects a person.  As we design, we should consider the true value that something has.  I have never experienced eating in authentic lacquerware but I imagine that it would be very nice as it is described in the excerpt.  One major thing that I took from the reading is that quality definitely outnumbers quantity in so many cases.  If something is of better quality, it probably holds up better than a cheap object and is usually more unique.  An example of faux fur versus real fur is shown below:

The faux fur seems less soft and is less warm than the real fur jacket shown below.

I felt that the reading from "The Theory of Decorative Art" had very close to the same meaning and point that "In Praise of Shadows" was trying to present.  Quality is much better than quantity.  Handmade usually incorporates much better quality than something that has quantity and is also much more unique.  Below is an example of an item handmade, but also one that is machine made. Uniqueness only applies to handmade objects because each item can never be replicated exactly the same unlike machine made items because a machine constantly repeats itself.

The handmade bowl above is so much more unique than the plain machine made bowl below.

Tanizaki, Jun’ichirō (1977). In praise of  shadows. (T.J. Harper and E.G. Seidensticker, trans.) Sedgwich, ME:

Leete’s Island Books, Inc. (original work published in 1933).

Frank, Isabelle (editor) (2000). The theory of decorative art: An anthology of European and American writings 

1750 – 1940. New York: Yale University Press.

Tanizaki, Jun’ichirō (1977). In praise of  shadows. (T.J. Harper and E.G. Seidensticker, trans.) Sedgwich, ME:Leete’s Island Books, Inc. (original work published in 1933).Frank, Isabelle (editor) (2000). The theory of decorative art: An anthology of European and American writings 1750 – 1940. New York: Yale University Press.