ABSTRACT
Idonotknowofanyothercrafttradewhichsuggestssomanydiverse considerationsduringthestudyofitspractice,itstheoryanditshistory, interestingconsiderationsrichineconomicaswellasscientificapplication, asdocstheceramicart...Idonotknowofonewhichcreatessimplerormore variedproducts,productseasiertomakeormoredurabledespitetheirfragil-
MANUFACTURING AND LABOUR
Jean Sauvage/
ity. No other product of human industry unites all these qualities. Precious
metals ... arc difficult to win from the earth and difficult to prepare. The less
precious and more frequent ones-iron and copper-change with the pas-
sage of time. Those which do not change-gold and silver-have a rarity and
value that does not allow the multiplication of objects that one can make
from them, nor their long preservation. Neither fabrics, which are difficult to
weave. nor wood and organic fibres, which are so easy to work, possess this
durability of matter which is necessary to the history of man and nature.
