Artful Making: What Managers Need to Know About How Artists Work

Toward Industrial Making

Some version of Hugh’s manufactory could have been run-

ning in England or on the continent anywhere from 900–1500.

The earlier we imagine Hugh’s foundry, the more heartfelt the

connection between a maker and his product. His idea that the

harness would grow under his making, its many parts fitting

each to the other, persisted throughout this time, but gradual-

ly the idea of interdependence among the maker, materials,

form, and purpose wore away.

As the world grew more commercial, the armor’s final pur-

pose, its cause for being, evolved from fulfilling the vocation of

the maker (to do God’s work) and a function for the buyer ...