Cræft : how traditional crafts are about more than just making
In a period of meaningless mass manufacturing, our growing appetite for hand-made objects, artisan food, and craft beverages reveals our deep cravings for tradition and quality. But there was a time when craft meant something very different; the Old English word craeft possessed an almost indefinable sense of knowledge, wisdom, and power. Alex Langlands goes in search of the mysterious lost meaning of craeft. He resurrects the ancient craftspeopl...