Artisans of the New Age
We live in a world in which technology drives design. In virtually every field of manufacturing, products can be modeled by computer and fashioned by machine. What is the role of the artisan in this high-tech age? Mark Boddington, the founder of Silverlining Furniture, believes he has the answer.
“Human creativity will never be replaced by technology, however far it advances,” he says. “There are essential, human elements in successful design that cannot be defined so easily, or measured so precisely. What’s exciting about being an artisan today is combining new technologies and materials with the slower art of traditional craftsmanship.”
After training with John Makepeace, the “father of British furniture
