re: #455 allegro

See, there’s another thing… with the elimination of small businesses we have to drive distances for stuff that used to be close by. It blows.

Maybe my own career has set me in a bias- But I for one am really liking the little silver lining in the recession for jewelry making. The trend is against the big store discounters, against mass manufactured items. Especially in platinum. The business took a huge hit as you would expect overall.

But the growth is in the small local maker of custom jewelry. If her new gold whatever is a one off, both she and he will be more likely to close the sale and be far happier long term with the item. There are even stores where you use a CAD kiosk to design your jewelry before its made for you.
Made in just a few days.

Of course inexpensive silver is huge now. But the custom factor plays into that category too. As I said I have a bias, a dog in this fight. But localizing manufacture for some things seems to be one slice of the grass roots recovery pie. Maybe its a small slice but still…