Why do we still do DIY handicraft in today?

There have always been people who have had an interesting doubt about DIY handicrafts: With such a developed and booming industrial production level today, why would some people insist on making some handmade products themselves? Why handmade products will become a certain popular trend?

An indisputable fact is that most hand-made products are not only relatively expensive, but also require a lot of time, while precise processing by machines takes a very short time and the final results are relatively sophisticated.

In fact, there are many similar things in the field of art, such as painting. Compared with hundreds of years ago, we have cameras and cameras. We no longer have to sit still for hours to get a picture of the person we like. If you chase the sun, you will hide in the mountains and scribble the sunset.

But when a person holding a paintbrush paints something layer by layer, he is observing, thinking, and appreciating.

So painting will not be replaced by the lens. Even with thousands of filters and deformation tools, do you think there is no need to paint when you have such exquisite photos? Paintings and other DIY handicrafts are not only for decoration and use value, but also an experience and inner monologue that cannot be obtained without experiencing it, as well as our habit of creating beauty through play.

In most cases like this, there is a general explanation, that is, to experience the production process in person, or for humans to join in artistic creation, which is incomparable to machines. Personally, I think its essence is to add subjective thoughts to beautiful things and try to transform them into a kind of self-expression, ultimately leaving deep and beautiful memories.

Therefore, no matter how good the industrial products are, they can only give people and things their own use value, and human beings’ hidden desire for expression must be realized through the works involved.

Modern society is developing rapidly, everything is getting faster and faster, and all potential expectations are to be completed quickly, so we work quickly, rush quickly, eat quickly, even for entertainment, we also want to be fast and direct, such as TikTok Sound, if it doesn’t grab your attention quickly, you will rush by impatiently.

But many things cannot come quickly, such as growth and thinking.In this fast-paced era, we know how to speed up, but we don’t know how to slow down.

DIY Handcraft provides people with a way to slow down, the arrangement and combination of each module, the splicing and stacking of each element. In this process, each detail is slowly examined, the position and sequence of each element are analyzed, and a finished product is finally completed. For those who like it, you can choose the materials and finally produce a finished product. The final feeling of satisfaction is that this is something that completely belongs to you, or is something you created, which can satisfy your personal expressing desire, or not caring about the final result, just simply enjoying the DIY process.

This state of calming down and slowly examining the details, and finally completing a finished product is a way to slow down and face life. It not only makes up for the shortcomings of a single fast-paced life, but also gives you a new way to observe and understand life.

My thinking has only gone so far. If it has aroused your attention or curiosity, you might as well do some DIY together and experience the unique and irreplaceable beauty that handcrafting brings to people~

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