Quality in craftwork depends on three...

Quality in craftwork depends on three things,according to furniture designer David Pye. Care, judgement, and dexterity. Herepeats the words over and over in The Nature and Art of Workmanship. Withcare, I take it to mean attention, a focused tuning in, the ultimate form ofcare. With judgement, I take it to mean honest discernment, an ability to look,openly, and assess, to see not what you want to see but to see what is, and indoing so, thereby see the possible routes to what you want. And with dexterity,I take it to mean, be it in carving a spoon, or in love, how intention istranslated to touch.