> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: [[King Charles III]] > Reference:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpsfJnqrAd0 > Date:: 2000-09-24 > Tags:: #warp #UK/England #monarchy > WeftLinks:: [[Historical value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft helps us understand the past]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > For seven centuries, the Goldsmith's Company has supported exceptional craft skills, which are now greatly appreciated. ### Highlights >The company remains as committed to supporting the craft and trade of jewelry and silversmithing as it was in 1327 when it was first formed in the city of London. The members of this community of makers use exceptional skills to create their pieces working primarily in precious metals and applying techniques that have been developed over hundreds of years mixed with contemporary creativity > >According to the crafts council ==the creative sector which includes the sole traders and micro businesses exhibiting at this year's fare is predicted to generate over 3 billion pounds for our economy in 2020== > ==The Goldsmith's Company has played a leading role in training apprentices for almost seven centuries== giving creative young people the opportunity and resources to flourish by offering living skills and job opportunities. >Since the onset of the COVID 19 disruption the business as usual shows us alternative lifestyles rooted in satisfying work as opposed to what William Morris called useless toil. Making things is a human instinct easily dismissed as marginal or anachronistic. I'm delighted to see that making has recently experienced an upsurge helped by the internet and social media and runs across a scale from the intense application of skills seen at this fair to community projects and things done in the home so nobody's left out.