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What is It?
With every generation, styles and attitudes change. Both professional and amateur workshops evolved over the last 300 years from being exclusively guild-oriented workplaces to spaces where anyone who has the tools can attempt the creation of fine work. No longer is the shop the domain of the professional. For some, this is a degradation of the skill required to do first-class work. With each shift in the use of a workshop, the furniture and appliances change as new discoveries come naturally when greater numbers participate in a craft.