A Simple Question

[Glendon]

Can't say I disagree with anything that has been said yet. I consider myself a very techie person, but when I'm doing leatherwork, I'm doing it because I want to use my hands. I want to create something. I do use vactor graphics for pattern creation. It just makes more sense to do it that way since I simply don't draw well. And yes, I would love a laser cutter to make parts and engrave some simple desings that are harder to find made into stamps. I have neither the money or space for one however.

When you go too far into mass production techniqes, your end product will look mass produced. Pretty simple concept. You don't need an artists eye to see the changes either. You just lose the magic. I would guess that the large scale leather brands do use laser cutting and 3D prototyping, but that final process has to have human intervention tweaking along the way or the end result just doesn't come out right. And as for all of the smaller one man shops, we do this because we want to make things, not just ideas.